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1.0 PreambleThere are numerous prehistoric paintings in caves in Europe, especially France
and Spain ... as well as various other kinds of rock, stone, and cliff art in
several places, including in places as far apart as Mexico, Finland, and
Australia. In archaeology, the term 'rock art' is the more general term, referring to any
man-made markings made on natural stone. Rock art can be divided into petroglyphs (carvings into stone surfaces), pictographs (rock and cave paintings), and petroforms and inukshuks (that is, rock art made by aligning or piling natural stones). 
As expected, cave paintings are limited to cave walls and ceilings; none seems
to have been made on cave floors for practical reasons. The other common forms
of rock art (pictographs such as rock paintings; and petroglyphs or carvings on
stone surfaces) appear anywhere that could be practical, although if
'open-air', much of these rock art would have been degraded or destroyed by the
elements, so that we can't be 100% certain of all the possible locations that
had been used. Here is an example of an image that apparently shows two ancient astronauts,
wearing 'space helmets' ... This image came from cave paintings in Val
Camonica, Italy, which is estimated to be from 10,000 B.C. or so.
2.0 Hoaxes?Originally, when cave paintings were first discovered, the paintings were
thought to be hoaxes. As Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia, describes it,
"When Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola first encountered the Magdalenian paintings of the Altamira cave, Cantabria,
Spain in 1879, the academics of the time considered them hoaxes. Recent
reappraisals and increasing numbers of discoveries have illustrated their
authenticity and have indicated high levels of artistry of Upper Palaeolithic
humans who used only basic tools." (Note: Upper Paleolithic is the third and
last subdivision of the Paleolithic or Old Stone Age, sometime between 40,000
and 10,000 years ago.)
3.0 YouTube VideosHere are two YouTube video clips, the first one is about rock art and cave paintings around the
world, the other about prehistoric cave-cliff paintings in Baja, California,
Mexico ...
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Of the two video clips above, the first video ("Ancient Rock Art & Cave
Paintings of the World") is a slightly more formal video of cave paintings and
other forms of rock art, while the second video ("Prehistoric Cave Painting")
is an informal and personal journey by a group who were prepared for the
travelling and rigor of their journey and climb. The first video was apparently uploaded to YouTube on April 04, 2007, by
someone who uses the Internet handle "BoilerPlateFilms". The summary on the
YouTube site of this video speaks of "the earliest figurative rock art of the
remote Kimberley region of north-western Australia to the mysterious stone
statues of Easter Island. Throwing light on the artistic legacy of our ancient
ancestors, we travel from the deep caves of Niaux in France to the magnificent
carved giraffe of the Sahara, and on to the dawn of the age of the megalith in
Europe. In this first series of iLecture documentary films, join us as we
explore our prehistoric world." You can get many similar video clips from YouTube and other video hosting
sites, by searching under the relevant keywords, including general keywords
such as "cave painting", "rock art", and "easter island". (Try also using
adjectives such as "ancient" or "prehistoric"
or even, say, "native american indian" or "aboriginal".) Enthusiasts and advocates of UFO visitation in the distant past of the human
race have interpreted some of the images in the cave (and rock)
paintings — such as those shown in the first video
above — as records of ancient astronauts who have visited our
distant ancestors, or that these ancient astronauts may even have been our
ancestors (which would make us 'aliens' or ETs on this planet!). Of course, there are so many examples of cave paintings and rock art of various
sorts, that — other than the wildness of the idea of ancient
astronauts and prehistoric visitations by UFOs and aliens or
ETs — it is not too scientific to just pay attention to the
'hits' (what you think constitute 'evidence' or 'proof') and ignore the
'misses' ...
Misses are Important!
Dr. Michael Shermer; "Why People Believe Strange Things" (excerpt)
TED 2006 Conference @ Monterey, California
(TED = Technology, Entertainment, Design) I am not saying that the idea of ancient astronauts is an impossible idea, even
though I think it is a wild one — my position is simply that of
scientists such as the late Dr. Carl Sagan (1934-1996), who once said that (and he was referring specifically to UFOs,
but it applies to all Mysteries of the World), "Precisely because of human
fallibility, extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence!". This famous statement had been made in several places, including in Dr. Sagan's
long-running Cosmos TV series, and it was said to be based on a nearly identical earlier quote by
fellow CSICOP (now CSI) founder Professor Marcello Truzzi (1935-2003), "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof." And what constitutes non-ambivalent, unequivocal, extraordinary evidence or
proof? Well ... it certainly isn't cave paintings and rock art, although these might
be possible evidence or proof — especially taken with other possible evidence or proof ... but remember, like I always say, "A possibility is not
equal to a reality!' A really excellent and extraordinary piece of evidence or proof would be a real, tangible and totally verifiable UFO or UFOs. That is, we have the UFO or UFOs
in our hands and we can examine the UFO or UFOs using our array of scientific
tools and instrumentations. Here we are assuming that the UFO or UFOs are alien
spacecraft, and not as an alien lifeform! — that is, we view
UFOs under the banner of the ETH, or Extraterrestrial Hypothesis. Sorry, photos or videos (vague or otherwise) ... or radar sightings ... or
testimonies of visual sightings (even if these were made by well-trained
observers such as police, and military or airline pilots) ... would not do as extraordinary evidence; these are too easy to fake ... or mistakes in
interpretation and perception as well as cognitive bias and affective bias ...
would come into play to foul up the quality of such 'evidence'. Another excellently extraordinary evidence or proof would be a real alien, dead
or alive (preferably alive and unharmed or undamaged), that could be similarly
verified by scientists ... And, in such an event, we hope we would be somehow
able to communicate intelligently with said alien entity! Again, sorry! ... photos or videos (whether vague or otherwise) of such
'aliens', including their apparent 'autopsies' (if dead), would not do as extraordinary evidence; they are so easy to fake, as have been presented
and discussed in our various 'Alien Autopsies' web articles in our 'Articles' section. Anyway, coming back to our YouTube video ... The second video — which was apparently uploaded to YouTube on
February 21, 2006, by someone using the Internet handle
"delezynski" — carries the following YouTube summary, "Three
intrepid explorers who had heard about prehistoric cave painting that exists
throughout the mountains of Baja California, Mexico, decided to check them out
(at least one cave anyway). We paid for a permit in town and arranged for a
guide. The next morning we drove 20k to a dusty dirty road and then drove
another 40k. We meet our guide who started out at a brisk pace on a trail only
he could discern. After about an hour hiking, things got more exciting! We
began a steep climb upwards. After many stops and starts we arrived at the
proper location. It was a mystical experience!"
4.0 LocationsNearly 350 caves have now been discovered in France and Spain that contain art
from prehistoric times. Here are a few of the famous locations in these two
countries, plus numerous other examples of rock art (including petroglyphs and
pictographs) in many other countries ... if some of these are records of
ancient astronauts who had visited ancient peoples, then these ancient
astronauts really were having a ball of a time travelling all over this planet: Lascaux, France La Marche, in Lussac-les-Chateaux, France Chauvet Cave, near Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, France Cosquer Cave, with an entrance below sea level near Marseille, France Font de Gaume, in the Dordogne Valley in France Altamira, near Santillana del Mar, Cantabria, Spain Cueva de La Pasiega, Cuevas de El Castillo, Cantabria, Spain Knowth, Ireland (contains more than a third of the total number of examples of
megalithic art in all Western Europe) Creswell Crags, Nottinghamshire, England (also, cave etchings
and bas-reliefs discovered in 2003) Rock paintings created during the Stone Age have been found at 127 sites around
Finland Rock art in Valle Camonica, Italy (greatest complex of rock drawings in Europe,
with approximately 350,000 petroglyphs — probably drawn by the
Camunni tribe — on hundreds of exposed rocks dating from about
8000 BC) Magura, Belogradchik, Bulgaria Kimberley region of north-western Australia (e.g., shown in first video clip
from YouTube, above) Baja California, Mexico (second video clip from YouTube, above) petroglyhs in many parts of USA and Canada, e.g., Columbia River Gorge
(Washington, USA); Bishop Tuff tableland (eastern California, USA); upside-down
man in Western Colorado (USA); Arizona (USA); Rochester Rock Art Panel in the
San Rafael Swell (Utah, USA); Peterborough (Ontario, Canada) Ukhahlamba-Drakensberg, South Africa — paintings may be perhaps
3,000 years old, probably done by the San people who settled in the area some
8,000 years ago Somalia — with a large number of rock art found at sites across
the country, most prominent rock art site recently discovered by French
archaeologists in Laas Geel Tassili N'Ajjer in Algeria (national park and World Heritage Site); South Oran
in Algeria; Saharan rock art Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka, India (World Heritage Site) rock paintings in caves in India, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia (in
Thailand, caves and scarps along the Thai-Burmese border; in the Petchabun
Range of Central Thailand, and overlooking the Mekong River in Nakorn Sawan
Province) Sources: such as Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia
According to Wikipedia, "Rock painting was also performed on cliff faces, but
fewer of those have survived because of erosion. One well-known example is the
rock paintings of Astuvansalmi in the Saimaa area of Finland."
5.0 AgeThat many of these cave paintings are pre-historic is clear: the earliest known
European cave paintings, which are in Chauvet, southern France, have been dated
to about 32,000 years ago. The Chauvet Cave or Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave is located at N 44° 21' and E 4°
29' 24", near Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, in the Ardèche département, in southern
France. It became famous in 1994 after a trio of speleologists found that its
walls were richly decorated with Paleolithic artwork, that it contained the
fossilized remains of many animals, including those that are now extinct, and
that the floor preserved the footprints of animals and humans. The Chauvet Cave
was soon regarded as one of the most significant pre-historic art sites, along
with Lascaux, Altamira, and Cosquer and, based on radiocarbon dating, it
contains the oldest known cave paintings. The cave is named after Jean-Marie Chauvet, who, together with Eliette Brunel
Deschamps and Christian Hillaire, discovered it on 18 December 1994. Wikipedia points out that the Chauvet paintings are "possibly 32,000 years old
according to radiocarbon dating." There are some researchers who believe that
these drawings are too advanced for this era and question this 32,000-year
dating [citing Paul Pettitt, "Art and the Middle-to-Upper Paleolithic
transition in Europe: Comments on the archaeological arguments for an early
Upper Paleolithic antiquity of the Grotte Chauvet art", in Journal of Human Evolution, 2008]. Wikipedia, however, notes that
The age of the paintings in many sites has been a contentious issue, since
methods like radiocarbon dating can be easily misled by contaminated samples of
older or newer material, and caves and rocky overhangs (parietal art) are
typically littered with debris from many time periods. Recent advances make it
possible to date the paintings by sampling the pigment itself [here Wikipedia
cited R. Dale Guthrie, The Nature of Paleolithic Art. University Of Chicago Press, 2006]. The choice of subject matter can also indicate date such as the reindeer at the
Spanish cave of Cueva de las Monedas which imply the art is from the last Ice
Age. Other examples may date as late as the Early Bronze Age [3000 B.C.-2200 B.C.],
but the well known
prolific and sophisticated style from Lascaux and Altamira died out about
10,000 years ago, coinciding with the advent of the Mesolithic period [Middle
Stone Age, 10000 B.C.].
6.0 PurposeWhat is the purpose of these cave paintings, rock paintings, and
petroglyph/stone-carvings? The answer is: We don't really know for sure! Cave paintings are not thought to be merely decorations of living areas
(prehistoric 'living rooms' and 'bedrooms'), since many of the caves in which
cave paintings have been found do not have signs of ongoing habitation. Also,
these cave paintings are often in areas of the caves that are not easily
accessed. The other forms of rock art (such as rock paintings and petroglyphs)
may be decorative, but no one can be 100% certain of this! Theories of the purpose of all these rock art usually range from being a way of
transmitting information or keeping primitive records, to the usual religious
or ceremonial purpose so beloved of the historians and archaeologists. But, of
course, all these are mere conjectures and possibilities, and do not
necessarily equate to realities. So ... the ancient astronaut theory, at least
for some of the rock art, may still be another possibility!
7.0 PostscriptThe jury is no longer out regarding the somewhat wild idea that some cave paintings and other forms of rock art may be records of visitations by
ancient astronauts. That is, the idea that these visitations led, or motivated,
or stimulated, our distant ancestors to record such visitation events in the
form of paintings and art in caves, cliff faces, rock faces, and other
megalithic structures ... is possible but
improbable — especially if you use Occam's razor, or the
principle of parsimony, in order to adopt the simpler, more mundane,
explanation, that these rock art may be just that, art for art's sake or for
decorations or for religious or spiritual purposes ... We really, really need to have better evidence or proof than what have been
offered so far, since we should base our examination on the not-unreasonable
platform that "Extraordinary claims required extraordinary evidence or proof!"
Rock art and cave paintings can hardly be called "extraordinary evidence". Besides, only a very small number of these rock art resemble anything like
records or expressions of visitations events involving ancient astronauts;
these 'hits' are too small given the greater number of 'misses'. So, our conclusion is a 'Temporary Judgment (Against)' (which idea we have explained in our 'Why Mysteries?' web article):
There had been no visitations by ancient astronauts, based just on the
'insufficient or inadequate evidence' of rock art, including cave paintings. Please note carefully our explanation of 'Temporary Judgment (Against)' — this judgment does not mean that I have become close-minded;
far from it, as explained in the 'Why Mysteries?' web article, I am still open to further evidence to reverse this 'Temporary Judgment (Against)'.
'Nuff said!
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Sciences ... Four Categories of Science By Stanton T. Friedman (Former Nuclear Physicist)Some people have insisted that if I can't provide a piece of a [flying] saucer
or an alien body, there is nothing to support my claims. I was quite surprised
during my last visit with Carl Sagan in December 1992, when he claimed that the
essence of the scientific method was reproducibility. In actuality, as I wrote
Sagan later on, there are at least four different kinds of science: - [Category-1 Science] Yes, there is a lot of excellent science done by people who set up
an experiment in which they can control all the variables and equipment. They
make measurements and then publish their results, after peer review, and
describe their equipment, instruments, and activity in detail so that others
can duplicate the work and, presumably, come to the same conclusions. Such
science can be very satisfying, and certainly can contribute to the advancement
of knowledge. However, it is not the only kind of science.
- [Category-2 Science] A second kind of science involves situations in which one cannot
control all the variables, but can predict some. For example, I cannot prove
that on occasion the moon comes directly between the sun and the Earth and
casts a shadow of darkness on the Earth, because I cannot control the positions
of the Earth, moon, or sun. What can be done is predicting the times when such
eclipses will happen and being ready to make observations when they occur.
Hopefully the weather where I have my instruments will allow me to make lots of
measurements.
- [Category-3 Science] A third kind of science involves events that can neither be
predicted nor controlled, but one can be ready to make measurements if
something does happen. For example, an array of seismographs can be established
to allow measurements to be made at several locations in the event of an
earthquake. When I was at the University of Chicago, a block of nuclear
emulsion was attached to a large balloon that would be released when a
radiation detector indicated that a solar storm had occurred (something we
could neither produce nor predict). Somebody would rush to Stagg Field and
release the balloon. When the balloon was
retrieved, the emulsion would be carefully examined to measure the number,
direction, velocity, and mass characteristics of particles unleashed by the sun.
- [Category-4 Science] Finally, there is a fourth kind of science, still using the rules
to attack difficult problems. These are the events that involve intelligence,
such as airplane crashes, murders, rapes, and automobile accidents. We do not
know when or where they will occur, but we do know they will. In a typical year
more than 40,000 Americans will be killed in automobile accidents. We don't
know where or when, so rarely are TV cameras whirling when these events take
place. But we can, after the fact, collect and evaluate evidence. We can
determine if the driver had high levels of alcohol in his or her blood, whether
the brakes failed, whether the visibility was poor, where a skid started, and
so on. Observations of strange phenomena in the sky come under this last
category.
In all the category-4 events, we must obtain as much testimony from witnesses
as possible. Some testimony is worth more than other testimony, perhaps because
of the duration of observation, the nearness of the witnesses to the event, the
specialized training of the observer, the availability of corroborative
evidence such as videos and still photos, or the consistency of evidence when
there is testimony from more than one witness. Our entire legal system is based
on testimony — rarely is there conclusive proof such as DNA
matching. Judges and juries must decide, with appropriate cross-examination,
who is telling the truth. In some states, testimony from one witness can lead
to the death penalty
for the accused. We should take note of the fact that even instrument data is dependent on
testimony from the observer of the instruments, and on appropriate calibration
and validation under standardized circumstances. Also, our courts place limits
on requirements for testimony, such as that against one spouse by the other.
Furthermore, there are rules about hearsay testimony, and rules regarding legal
evidence are complex and detailed. When it comes to flying saucers, we must remember that the reason most
sightings can be determined to be relatively conventional phenomena, often seen
under unusual circumstances, is that most people are relatively good observers.
The problem comes with the interpretation of what was observed. People watching
the sky late at night may get excited about a very bright light that moved very
slowly. Checking on the position of the planets at that time may reveal that
that light was Venus, because we have good information as to the angle of
observation, the direction of the light from the observer, the relatively slow
rate of motion, the location of Venus at that time, and so on. On three
occasions, when living in Southern California, I was called by people who
described an unusual object moving rapidly. I tried to make sure that I
analyzed their observations, such as, what time was it? In what direction were
you looking? In what direction did it seem to be moving? Was there any sound?
What was its apparent size, say, as compared to the moon (just covered by an
aspirin held at arm's length)? Two of the people wanted to tell me that the object was just over the next
hill. I stressed that this was an interpretation, because even huge objects far
away can seem to be small objects nearby. In all three cases, I felt that what
was being described sounded similar to a rocket launched down the California
Coast when the sun had gone down, but while the object was high enough to still
be in sunlight. I had seen such a spectacular case once myself. I checked, in
all three cases, with Vandenberg Air Force Base, which launches many rockets
down the U.S. West Coast. Indeed, there had been a launch at the right time in
each case. One case was especially intriguing, because several witnesses were
looking out across the ocean from a beach area and described the thing they saw
as similar to a string of popcorn. It turned out to be the launch of a special
weather satellite with extra solid boosters being dropped off multiple times. The people were good observers. To say the least, it would be irrational to say
that people are good observers when their input allows us to identify the
object being observed, and yet poor observers if we can't identify the UFO as
something conventional. — Stanton T. Friedman (Nuclear Physicist)
Flying Saucers and Science
Subtitle — A Scientist Investigates the Mysteries of UFOs: Interstellar Travel, Crashes,
and Government Cover-Ups
(Chapter 1 - "The Case for the ET Origin of Flying Saucers")
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- Disagree with the statement without basis, out of general contrariness.
- Perhaps the statement is true, but what if it isn't? How then to account for
the phenomenon?
- How much of the statement rationalizes to suit man's purpose that he and his
shall be ascendant at the centre of things?
- What if the minor should become major, the recessive dominant, the obscure
prevalent?
- What if the statement were reversible, that which is considered effect is
really cause?
- What if the natural law perceived in one field also operates unperceived in all
other phases of science? What if there be only one natural law manifesting
itself, as yet, to us in many facets because we cannot apperceive the whole, of
which we have gained only the most elementary glimpses, with which we can cope
only at the crudest level?
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- Please do not assume or conclude that, just because I present many views (in
the form of textual notes, pictures/stills, and audio and video
clips) — as well as many advertisements, some by me and some
automatically by Google Adsense and Amazon — on this website,
it does not
mean that I am in agreement with or that I believe in the views and/or ads
offered-proferred ... That would be displaying such a parochial and provincial
attitude, towards this website and towards me as well!
As an ex-military officer, I assure you that I am in the habit of reading,
viewing and digesting lots of stuff that I don't necessarily believe in ... We
call all the stuff we read, view and digest, 'military intelligence' ... The
same applies with 'business intelligence' in the business world, of course. Our aim, as usual, is to find out what others (including our friends, enemies,
competitors, suppliers, strategic partners, business partners, etc.) believe
in. In order to do that effectively, we have to 'get out of the way', so to
speak — we have to remove our humongous
ego! — else we will never ever really have gotten started in
our journey of exploration and discovery of the Mysteries of the World. Furthermore, similarly and additionally, as a "Charismatic Christian", there
are lots of stuff presented in this website that I do not believe in ... which
had even led some to label me as "Fundamentalist"! ... Whatever! Matthew 7 1Judge not, that ye be not judged.2For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye
mete, it shall be measured to you again. 3And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest
not the beam that is in thine own eye? 4Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye;
and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? 5Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt
thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye. — Jesus the Christ
(Yahoshua ha Mashiach;
Yeshua/Yesua; Ieosus; Joshua),
"Sermon on the Mount"
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In short, in this website, I present many things that, I am hopeful, would be
of interest to a student, explorer and investigator of the Mysteries of the World ... but this doesn't mean that I believe in any of the stuff presented. ... Got it? ... Right! - Here is a purpose that I am wholeheartedly in agreement with ...
[Mysteries, Monsters, Mutants, Myths, Miracles & Much More ...]Our purpose ... is to describe the rich variety of anomalous, unexplained,
sometimes totally bizarre phenomena that people have experienced in all times
and places and that are still occurring today. ... the nature of the world and
of our existence are quite different from that which we were taught at school.
The reality is far more interesting, humorous and expansive than any religious
or rational, scientific world-view can possibly accommodate. It is not our intention here to dispute anyone's beliefs or
theories — but we should like to point out their limitations.
There are things that happen in this world - and have occurred throughout the
whole of human experience - for which there has never been a lasting
explanation. Explanations are temporary products, coming and going in response
to fashions. Meanwhile, the happenings they are supposed to explain carry on as
mysteriously as ever. — John Michell and Bob Rickard
The Rough Guide to Unexplained Phenomena (Rough Guide Reference)
(New York, NY: Rough Guides Ltd, 2007) - Here is a sentiment that I am wholeheartedly in agreement with ...
As I sit down to redo this book for an American audience, what rises before me
is last night's dream: I'm in a broad and beautiful land among many trees. It's
night. I look up at a huge old tree that's dark against the starry sky in its
detail of twig and branch. There is room enough here for all of us, I realize,
here in this big, intricately textured park. But I see that some want to cut
down the trees and level it out, so huge throngs of people can gather to gaze
up at the sun's glare. I watch dark twigs fingering the remote, untouchable
stars. A voice speaks: "Don't turn this into a Copernican Garden." Waking up, I remember that I went to sleep wondering how to put this book
together. And I take "Copernican Garden" to mean a parking lot vista where
masses gather to honor the bright sun of traditional science with its old rules
as the center of the universe. So I will not cut down the trees and level this book out. It is between you and
me [or you and I], a conversation as we stroll along in a moonlit fractal
garden past webby connections of thought that merge to patterned insight. Here
hidden delights nestle in scaling patterns of self-similar but never quite
repeating beauty. Here the tree of life hold stars in its branches. No matter
how huge, this garden stays human-sized because we have a place in it, you and
I. No need to cut down the connective forest and level things out for that
bright Sol [sun] of left-brain logic whose daytime dazzle — so
close and glaring — can blind us to the myriad constellations
beyond. [...] — Katya Walter, Tao of Chaos
Sub-title: Merging East and West
(1994, 1996) - Here is an observation (adapted) made in the Acknowledgement page of a book ...
It takes many minds to produce a book [including an e-book, of course].
Although most authors [especially of non-fiction books and articles] would
prefer not to admit this fact, fundamentally they are merely 'synthesisers' of
accumulated knowledge. The process of synthesising may unveil a new reality map, or paradigm, which,
in due course, will be used by future pioneers to unveil further paradigms. This principle was summed up by Sir Isaac Newton when he remarked: "If I have
seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants". [...] — Christian von Nidda, Our Secret Planet
(2005) - Here is an observation about UFO-Aliens cover-up or conspiracy that may be of
general interest, although some readers would not agree with the observation
(e.g., they may say that some whistleblowers, such as Bob Lazar on the
Roswell-type flying saucers in secret Area-51 labs, have already come forward)
...
If any long-term coherent cover up of UFO information does exist, however, then
it must operate at all levels of government and the media. It must encompass
all the relevant written materials, from the briefest handwritten note in
government files to entries in squadron log books to letters in the personal
papers of members of the Establishment. Hundreds of politicians, service
personnel, police officers, clerks and officials, over half a century, would be
required to excise any reference to the reality of UFOs from official documents
and the media. The number of people who would have taken part in this cover up
would be vast, yet not one person has broken ranks to 'blow the whistle' on the
greatest story ever told. Meantime, millions of dollars are being spent every
day on space probes and radio telescopes that are searching for evidence of
alien life. Would there be any reason for a conspiracy of silence if that
evidence already existed? — Dr David Clarke and Andy Roberts, Out of the Shadows
(2002) - Even though I am a "Charismatic Christian", the views presented herewith, in
this Mysteries of the World Website, will NOT be colored by this fact of being a Charismatic Christian. Rather, where and
when I find it necessary (and usually, I would NOT find it necessary, since I find it tiresome to repeat myself, again and again
and again ..., ad infinitum ..., but if I should find it necessary to repeat myself), I will then state
what my Charismatic Christian beliefs lead me to believe
in — even though I am aware that my own Charismatic Christian
beliefs may or may not be the same as, or in accord with, those beliefs of
others who also may want to regard themselves as Charismatic Christians
(nb/note well: there appears to be so many varieties of Charismatic Christian
beliefs, including from those who are simultaneously of the
traditional-historical denominations — such as the Roman
Catholics, with their purgatories, mortal and venial sins, and their Mother
this and Mother that. Shudder! Shudder! Shudder!).
Thus, for example, I do not necessarily "believe" in "ghosts", even as I (will
later) examine the entire gamut of so-called "paranormal events or phenomena",
especially of those with a psychic bent (truly, these are bent!, as in
less-than-straight, aka "crooked", thinking variety). Many so-called "ghosts"
are probably some form of "fallen angels" or "demons" of the Biblical kind,
masquerading as either gods, demons, spirits, ghosts, or even "angels of light"
(when they are obviously "fallen" and are "angels of darkness", or "sons of
darkness" as used in one of the Dead Sea Scrolls, i.e. The War of the Sons of Light Against the Sons of Darkness). Anyway, the author of 1 John, gave us a simple test against any "spirit" to see
whether that spirit is of light (God; Christ/Son of God; Holy Spirit of
God/Comforter/Advocate/Paraclete/The One; Jehovah/Yahveh/Yahweh/God the Father)
or of darkness (Satan, Lucifer, the Devil; the Anti-Christ; the False Prophet;
the Beast): 2This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges
that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, 3but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the
spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is
already in the world. — First Epistle of John
(1 John 4:2-3; New
International Version/NIV)
(Note: many Catholics like NIV
and dislike KJV! Tough!) Whatever the case may be about "ghosts" and other "apparitions", in this
website, I have stated that we will be truth-based and science-based. Despite
this, definitely, I will not be ashamed of being a Charismatic Christian or of
God's Word:If anyone is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him
when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy
angels. (Spoken by Jesus and recorded in Luke 9:26; NIV)If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful
generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he comes in his Father's
glory with the holy angels. (Spoken by Jesus and recorded in Mark 8:38; NIV) I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the
salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. (Apostle Paul, in his Epistle to the Romans; Romans 1:16; NIV)
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