Brief
Arthur Koestler
The claims the writer was given for Arthur Koestler, in the order they were given.
1
Arthur Koestler remarked to Jacques Vallée, in a letter, that contactee stories left him with the same feeling as listening to a bad dirty joke.
“Arthur Koestler has remarked, in a letter to me, that contactee stories left him with the same feeling as listening to a bad dirty joke.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:46772-46903 opinion second hand
2
Arthur Koestler was a German philosopher.
“He was a German philosopher, and he wrote a book”
The DANGEROUS Truth About UFOs - Ross Coulthart | DEBRIEFED ep. 76 2026-02-20 02:52:28.4-02:52:30.1 testimony first hand
3
Arthur Koestler wrote a book arguing that a fault is built into the human being: an older reptilian brain with a more advanced hominid forebrain, the neocortex, built onto the front of it.
“he wrote a book about how there's essentially a fault built into the human being, that we are essentially a reptilian brain and a more advanced hominid brain, a forebrain that's been built onto the front of that reptilian brain, the neocortex.”
The DANGEROUS Truth About UFOs - Ross Coulthart | DEBRIEFED ep. 76 2026-02-20 02:52:29.7-02:52:43.8 testimony second hand
4
Arthur Koestler theorised an incompatibility between the impulsive, emotional older reptilian brain and the newer human neocortex.
“he theorized that there's this incompatibility between that old reptilian brain, which is very impulsive and emotional, and this newer human neocortex.”
The DANGEROUS Truth About UFOs - Ross Coulthart | DEBRIEFED ep. 76 2026-02-20 02:52:46.7-02:52:55.6 testimony second hand
5
After reading Arthur Koestler as a child, Ross Coulthart read the biology on the subject and concluded that humans retain a relic of their reptilian ancestors.
“And then going reading the biology about it and the fact that, yeah, we do. We've got a relic of our reptilian ancestors in our body.”
The DANGEROUS Truth About UFOs - Ross Coulthart | DEBRIEFED ep. 76 2026-02-20 02:53:00.8-02:53:08.0 testimony first hand