acceptable, but only as long as there is a speculative physicist with a long string of letters afterhis name who divulges such potentials—and often standing before a camera’s ever-watchful eye, presenting these bold “theories” to an audience of millions in some colorful science-themed television program? As soon as the humble ufologist steps up to the plate and begins to point out the scientific potentials that may surround things like UFO propulsion, or how intelligent life might travel through space, he gets laughed off the stage and called a lunatic.
Go back home, freak. And try fitting that tin foil hat a bit tighter next time; you’re going to need it to protect your brain from being fried by those aliens you spend all day thinking about.
Yet unlike antimatter, there have been a number of photographs, videos, and reliable eyewitness testimonies that have emerged throughout the years that illustrate quite clearly how an entire host of intelligently controlled objects have been observed, albeit at sparring intervals, soaring through our skies. And to wit, as addressed earlier, these objects have succeeded in garnering attention from intelligence agencies in the United States and elsewhere around the world time and time again. Despite the physical, observable nature of this phenomenon, the bottom line continues to be that, despite any amount of evidence promoting their existence, in large part the scientific community still seems to feel that
there is little or no scientific merit to continuing UFO studies.
After all, what could we possibly learn from the
speculative
study of things that appear so advanced that we can barely fathom what greater meaning or relevance they may keep for us as a species?
At this time, I suggest we put forth a new, different kind of bold idea: I say to hell with this “holier than thou” attitude toward the act of speculation, which we see so rife amid the greater scientific mainstream. Had Einstein or Oppenheimer never engaged in
reasoned
speculation, allowing their imaginations to drift away at times on the mere hope of possibility, then the proponents of things such as antimatter and alternate dimensions might instead find themselves employed among the ranks of one of your neighborhood fast food chains. Let’s give credit to some of our very finest speculators where credit is due.
Rather than to place limitations on thought and shy away from reasoned speculation, if we are to take on a greater, more complete understanding of what we call the UFO mystery, we must press on, pushing ahead by asking questions. Occasionally, we must fit variables into the gaps and spaces we uncover, fitting carefully molded ideas into the nooks and crannies of logic much like the steady hand of the mathematician, as he draws lines and symbols upon the powdery surface of his chalkboard. Above all, we must use this logic and reason we obtain to discern what we can from what sparring evidence we have been afforded at this time.
Remembering the words of Spock, Captain Kirk’s unexcitable science advisor aboard the Starship
Enterprise
in J.J. Abrams’s 2009 re-visioning of the
Star Trek
mythos: “Once you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.” The same quote can, in fact, be traced to a much earliersource: none other than Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous sleuth, Sherlock Holmes. Regardless of the origin of the phrase, I’m certain neither character—Spock nor Holmes—would disapprove of the logic I’m advocating here.
Although UFOs had certainly managed to capture my fascination as a youth, I cannot claim to have seen the same appeal in many of the other things children my age were interested in. Whereas I think every young boy will go through a phase of thinking robots are extremely awesome with their mechanical workings and, as seen often in books and film, apparent shape-shifting abilities, characters like Optimus Prime and the
Go back home, freak. And try fitting that tin foil hat a bit tighter next time; you’re going to need it to protect your brain from being fried by those aliens you spend all day thinking about.
Yet unlike antimatter, there have been a number of photographs, videos, and reliable eyewitness testimonies that have emerged throughout the years that illustrate quite clearly how an entire host of intelligently controlled objects have been observed, albeit at sparring intervals, soaring through our skies. And to wit, as addressed earlier, these objects have succeeded in garnering attention from intelligence agencies in the United States and elsewhere around the world time and time again. Despite the physical, observable nature of this phenomenon, the bottom line continues to be that, despite any amount of evidence promoting their existence, in large part the scientific community still seems to feel that
there is little or no scientific merit to continuing UFO studies.
After all, what could we possibly learn from the
speculative
study of things that appear so advanced that we can barely fathom what greater meaning or relevance they may keep for us as a species?
At this time, I suggest we put forth a new, different kind of bold idea: I say to hell with this “holier than thou” attitude toward the act of speculation, which we see so rife amid the greater scientific mainstream. Had Einstein or Oppenheimer never engaged in
reasoned
speculation, allowing their imaginations to drift away at times on the mere hope of possibility, then the proponents of things such as antimatter and alternate dimensions might instead find themselves employed among the ranks of one of your neighborhood fast food chains. Let’s give credit to some of our very finest speculators where credit is due.
Rather than to place limitations on thought and shy away from reasoned speculation, if we are to take on a greater, more complete understanding of what we call the UFO mystery, we must press on, pushing ahead by asking questions. Occasionally, we must fit variables into the gaps and spaces we uncover, fitting carefully molded ideas into the nooks and crannies of logic much like the steady hand of the mathematician, as he draws lines and symbols upon the powdery surface of his chalkboard. Above all, we must use this logic and reason we obtain to discern what we can from what sparring evidence we have been afforded at this time.
Remembering the words of Spock, Captain Kirk’s unexcitable science advisor aboard the Starship
Enterprise
in J.J. Abrams’s 2009 re-visioning of the
Star Trek
mythos: “Once you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.” The same quote can, in fact, be traced to a much earliersource: none other than Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous sleuth, Sherlock Holmes. Regardless of the origin of the phrase, I’m certain neither character—Spock nor Holmes—would disapprove of the logic I’m advocating here.
Although UFOs had certainly managed to capture my fascination as a youth, I cannot claim to have seen the same appeal in many of the other things children my age were interested in. Whereas I think every young boy will go through a phase of thinking robots are extremely awesome with their mechanical workings and, as seen often in books and film, apparent shape-shifting abilities, characters like Optimus Prime and the
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