The UFO Phenomenon

I'm guessing some of the 'conservatives' here are that way because they're more interested in the realties of the mystery and not just the mystery itself.   What draws me to the UFO phenomena is the same thing that draws me to crop circles, biometric communication, and JFK:  I want to know what's really going on.   If it turns out it's all man-made myth, then I want to know that.

Atavachron wrote: Dean wrote: Atavachron wrote: I assume his point is that seemingly otherworldly events are captured in ancient art.   Though to me, a man in a starship or balls of fire in the sky don't indicate anything paranormal.   I know what he was probably inferring, I wanted it from his own mouth in his own words. I don't presume to assume anything. A man in a starship in the 12th century is paranormal. Even if it was 100% real it is still paranormal. We must agree use a common vocabulary here or it just becomes a game of clever word play, and that will only add to the confusion, especially for those for whom English is a second language. A man in a starship in the 12th century is indeed paranormal.   But a painting of one is not.   Rather, it reflects both man's imagination and yearning to trek outward.

Edited by Svetonio - January 04 2014 at 19:49

Dean wrote: Atavachron wrote: I assume his point is that seemingly otherworldly events are captured in ancient art.   Though to me, a man in a starship or balls of fire in the sky don't indicate anything paranormal.   I know what he was probably inferring, I wanted it from his own mouth in his own words. I don't presume to assume anything. A man in a starship in the 12th century is paranormal. Even if it was 100% real it is still paranormal. We must agree use a common vocabulary here or it just becomes a game of clever word play, and that will only add to the confusion, especially for those for whom English is a second language.

A man in a starship in the 12th century is indeed paranormal.   But a painting of one is not.   Rather, it reflects both man's imagination and yearning to trek outward.

What he looks the the most like, though, is Megamind.



Jokes aside, I think it's interesting that Greys in both appearance and especially in behaviour correspond not insignificantly to "The Fair Folk" pre-Disneyfication as well as demons in some cultural traditions. I basically think it's the same mythological archetype at play in different contexts.

You cannot be Sirius. 

Edited by Dean - January 04 2014 at 17:36

It is probably also relevant here that the British occultist Aleister Crowley claimed to have met an angel called Lam, who in Crowley's drawing hereof strongly resemble the "Greys" who currently besiege UFO contactees.

Horizons wrote: This has to be a joke.