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Jacques Vallée

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1
While working at the Turo Weather Observatory, Jacques Bordas experienced a night-time incident involving a knock at his cabin door, then a scratching sound at the window, and saw a human-like form standing on a narrow ledge above a sheer drop that walked away horizontally over the abyss instead of falling.
“There was a knock at the door of his isolated cabin one night... he saw a human form: it was standing on a narrow ledge above a sheer drop of a thousand feet. The shape walked away toward the abyss, but instead of falling it kept going horizontally.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 17-17 testimony second hand
2
The stranger told Jacques Bordas that man must tear away his egotism, that man wrongly believes he is the only important being on Earth, and that another species is evolving that will replace man.
““Man must tear away his egotism... he ignores the fact that he is nothing more than one element in natural evolution... there is another species evolving now that will replace him in due time.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 45-45 testimony second hand
3
Grace Hooper Pettipher said that ten or twelve years earlier, while walking on Fifth Avenue on a hot summer day, she experienced a vision of Atlantis as an ancient city alive with palaces and parks, and saw her friend Emma Fox in a doorway.
“Atlantis… she saw it on Fifth Avenue, ten or twelve years ago. Grace was walking on the sidewalk on a hot summer day, and suddenly it was there at her feet: a vision of palaces and parks, an ancient city alive and excited. "God, give me a witness!" she prayed. Then she saw her friend Emma Fox in a doorway.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch10:12326-12625 testimony second hand
4
Grace Hooper Pettipher told her audience, including Jacques Vallée and Janine Vallée, that some people in the room had come from outside the planet, that there are beings who come in UFOs, and that people go away with them.
“"we even have some who've come from outside this planet tonight. There are beings who come in UFOs, and people go away with them."”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch10:13645-13768 opinion second hand
5
Jacques Vallée had a friend, referred to as Steve, who joined the Order of Melchizedek enthusiastically after learning of it from Vallée and read Dr. Grace Hooper Pettipher's pamphlets, but was disappointed by their lack of verifiable or scientific content.
“one of my friends, whom I will call Steve, had developed an interest in the philosophy of the saucer groups. When I told him of the existence of the Order of Melchizedek, he joined it enthusiastically and began to read Dr. Graces pamphlets. He was disappointed. "It's pretty bleak, to say the least," he told me... Nothing you can verify, no scientific content.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch10:15448-15909 testimony first hand
6
Jacques Vallée visited an apartment on rue Jules Valles in Paris the day after seeing the Order of Melchizedek poster, and was greeted by a woman who told him he had come at the appointed time.
“1 apologized for the unusual hour of my visit but she stopped me: "Do not worry, you have come at the appointed time."”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch10:1791-1903 testimony first hand
7
After an Order of Melchizedek meeting, Jacques Vallée attended a party celebrating the opening night of Totentanz, a ritual dance orchestrated by a San Francisco choreographer who was a member of the Order of Melchizedek.
“After the meeting of the Order of Melchizedek, there was a party celebrating the opening night of Totentanz, a ritual dance orchestrated by a gifted San Francisco choreographer. I was surprised to learn that he was a member of the Order.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch10:18667-18898 testimony first hand
8
The manager of the Totentanz dance group told Jacques Vallée he had seen a cigar-shaped UFO with a dome on top and bottom moving sideways between two clouds in 1967, and said it was as real as a Boeing 747.
“The manager of his group, too, had seen a UFO in 1967. It was a cigar-shaped craft with a dome on top and on the bottom. It moved sideways between two clouds. "It was as real as a 747."”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch10:18905-19085 testimony second hand
9
In 1963 the Lockhart Research Foundation published a book entitled Melchizedek Truth Principles from the Ancient Mystical White Brotherhood, subtitled "Fourth Dimensional Teachings Through Frater Achad", suggesting it was revealed through automatic writing rather than written.
“In 1963 the Lockhart Research Foundation published a book entitled MELCHIZEDEK TRUTH PRINCIPLES from the Ancient Mystical White Brotherhood. It bore the subtitle, "Fourth Dimensional Teachings Through Frater Achad," suggesting that the book was not written but revealed through automatic writing.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch10:19118-19406 administrative first hand
10
Frater Achad, whose real name was George Graham Price, received his lessons while in a state he called suspended mental animation.
“Frater Achad, in real life George Graham Price, was receiving these lessons “in suspended mental animation.””
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch10:20667-20764 observation first hand
11
References to Melchizedek are numerous in occult and masonic literature.
“References to Melchizedek are numerous in the occult and masonic literature.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch10:20979-21044 observation first hand
12
The Stella Matutina, the major successor to the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, has a special ritual for the invocation of Melchizedek.
“In the Stella Matutina, the major successor to the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, there is a special ritual for the invocation of Melchizedek.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch10:21056-21190 observation first hand
13
Jacques Vallée compiled a catalogue of recurring contactee themes from interviews he conducted, including intellectual abdication, racist philosophy, technical impotence, and social utopia.
“A catalogue of contactee themes, compiled from interviews I have conducted, includes the following.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch10:22550-22639 observation first hand
14
Adamski's Venusian contact, the Stranger of the Canigou seen by Jacques Bordas, and many other alleged extraterrestrials were described as tall Aryan types with long blond hair.
“Let us note in passing that Adamski’s Venusian, the Stranger of the Canigou seen by Bordas, and many other alleged extraterrestrials were all tall Aryan types with long blond hair.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch10:23437-23612 observation first hand
15
Jacques Vallée and Steve (Jacques Vallée's friend) visited Mr. T (Universal Party leader) at his mansion in the California hills during the week of Christmas.
“We went to see Mr. T. in his mansion in the California hills... although this was the week of Christmas.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch10:25982-26100 observation first hand
16
Mr. T (Universal Party leader) is the founder of the Universal Party, an organisation whose programme included recognition of Space Beings among humans and advocated elimination of the money system and establishment of a "New Age".
“Steve and I were about to meet the owner of the mansion, Mr. X, founder of an organization whose program included the recognition of the Space Beings among us. Like Cyna and Ivan, he advocated the elimination of the money system and the establishment of the “New Age.””
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch10:26544-26807 observation first hand
17
Cyna and Ivan (Order of Melchizedek leader) also advocated the elimination of the money system and establishment of a New Age.
“Like Cyna and Ivan, he advocated the elimination of the money system and the establishment of the “New Age.””
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch10:26704-26807 observation first hand
18
Mr. T (Universal Party leader) was a jovial man of about sixty years old.
“He came politely to meet us at the door, a jovial man of sixty, wearing a white shirt and suspenders.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch10:26814-26904 observation first hand
19
Mr. T (Universal Party leader) introduced Marvin (Universal Party scientist) as the Universal Party's resident scientist.
“He introduced us to a man he called “his colleague Marvin,” the group’s resident scientist.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch10:26916-26997 observation first hand
20
The Conrad Hilton Hotel in Chicago was the site associated with memories of the 1968 riots and the Vietnam War.
“As a center for. political rallies, the Conrad Hilton brought back memories of the 1968 riots and the Vietnam War.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch10:28099-28209 observation first hand
21
The bearded man in the Order of Melchizedek apartment introduced himself to Jacques Vallée as Ivan.
“The bearded man introduced himself as Ivan, and explained to me his purpose in life”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch10:3341-3420 observation first hand
22
A leaflet from the Order of Melchizedek announced the imminent flight of seven flying saucers over Paris that would land on top of the Radio and Television Building.
“The latest release from the Order of Melchizedek announced the imminent flight of seven flying saucers over Paris. They would land on top of the Radio and Television Building: "the Peoples are invited to attend this Circonvolution," concluded the leaflet.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch10:3786-4033 hearsay second hand
23
Cyna was the woman who opened the door of the Order of Melchizedek apartment for Jacques Vallée.
“"Do you ever meet extraterrestrials?" I asked Cyna, the woman who had opened the door.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch10:4044-4124 observation first hand
24
An Italian contactee group whose primary source is a space entity named Adoniesis sends its literature to many countries.
“This Italian group sends its literature to many countries. Its primary source is supposed to be a space entity named Adoniesis.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch10:41734-41851 observation first hand
25
Jacques Vallée is skeptical about contactee predictions of impending disasters, space invasions, and free-energy motors.
“I am skeptical about “impending disasters,” space invasions, and free-energy motors.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch10:42811-42888 opinion first hand
26
Jacques Vallée considers that contactee groups could capitalise on public fear under certain combinations of economic and social circumstances.
“It is not difficult to imagine a combination of economic and social circumstances under which contactee groups could capitalize on the public’s fear.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch10:42953-43097 opinion first hand
27
Jacques Vallée observed that the immense success of Erich von Daniken's books shows people today are eager to believe humanity is receiving help from above.
“The immense success of the books by von Daniken shows that people today are eager to believe that we are receiving help from above.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch10:47656-47781 opinion first hand
28
Ivan (Order of Melchizedek leader) sent Jacques Vallée a letter from Paris stating he is responsible for the Order of Melchizedek in Israel, Africa, Europe, India, and China.
“It comes from Ivan, who says he is responsible for the Order of Melchizedek in Israel, Africa, and Europe, as well as India and China.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch10:48641-48769 administrative second hand
29
Ivan (Order of Melchizedek leader) told Jacques Vallée that one becomes a member of the Order of Melchizedek by direct divine inspiration, or something close to it.
“you become a member of the Order by direct divine inspiration, or something close to it.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch10:49508-49593 testimony second hand
30
Jacques Vallée received a communication from Valverde, Italy, typed on stationery of the Study Center of Cosmic Fraternity, whose symbol is the Adamski saucer with two stars shaking hands underneath.
“This one came from Valverde, Italy. It was typed on stationery of the “Study Center of Cosmic Fraternity,” whose symbol is the Adamski saucer with two stars shaking hands underneath.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch10:49652-49823 administrative second hand
31
A leaflet given to Jacques Vallée by the French Order of Melchizedek stated that the Lord is on Earth as chief of all extraterrestrials, all UFOs, and all planets, and comes to save Earth.
“My mission is to announce that the Lord is on the Earth. He is the chief of all the Extraterrestrials, of all the UFOs and all the Planets. He comes to save the Earth.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch10:4968-5129 hearsay second hand
32
The Study Center of Cosmic Fraternity was responsible for the extraterrestrial message sent to Jimmy Carter.
“They are the group responsible for the extraterrestrial message to Jimmy Carter I quoted earlier.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch10:49835-49924 administrative first hand
33
A leaflet from the Order of Melchizedek stated that all money in the world is obsolete, all religions are abolished, and military service is forbidden thanks to the antimatter guns of the UFOs.
“All the money in the world is obsolete. Only the land has meaning. All religions are abolished. The military service, detested by the Lord, is forbidden, thanks to the antimatter guns of the UFOs.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch10:5137-5328 hearsay second hand
34
The most complex contactee language Jacques Vallée has encountered is that of the Urantia group, widely developed in North America and elsewhere.
“The most complex I have encountered is the language of the Urantia sect, which is widely developed in North America and the rest of the world.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch10:51988-52124 opinion first hand
35
A leaflet described the Order of Melchizedek as an association of extraterrestrials where everything is taught and given freely, and stated that its first believers will be given proofs and will travel in flying saucers.
“The Order of Melchizedek is an association of Extraterrestrials where everything is taught and given freely. The first believers will also be the first to be served, and besides they will be given proofs, like St. Thomas. They will travel in flying saucers. This has already happened to many of them.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch10:5451-5746 hearsay second hand
36
The French Order of Melchizedek gave Jacques Vallée a pentacle that aims at eliminating money, religion, and war, and members of the Paris-based organisation claim to be in constant contact with extraterrestrials.
“Figure 5.1. A pentacle given to the author by the French Order of Melchizedek, which aims at eliminating money, religion, and war. Members of this Paris-based organization claim to be in constant contact with extraterrestrials”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch10:5762-5971 observation first hand
37
In the Book of Genesis, Melchizedek, King of Salem, brought forth bread and wine to Abraham and was the priest of the most high God.
“In Genesis it is said that the King of Sodom went out to meet Abraham after his victory over his enemies, and Melchizedek, King of Salem, brought forth bread and wine; and he was the priest of the most high God.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch10:6368-6575 hearsay second hand
38
An advertisement in a San Francisco Ballet program announced Order of Melchizedek Sunday services from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. at the Hyatt Hotel, Union Square, San Francisco, led by Dr. Grace Hooper Pettipher.
“Order of Melchizedek Sunday Services 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. Hyatt Hotel, Union Square Stockton and Post, San Francisco ... the name of the minister, Dr. Grace Hooper Pettipher, Ph.D., D.D., International Lecturer and Representative, Order of Melchizedek.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch10:6775-7053 observation first hand
39
In December 1975, Jacques Vallée was returning from Barcelona, where he had spent most of the day with Jacques Bordas.
“In December 1975 I was returning from Barcelona, where I had spent most of the day with Jacques Bordas.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch10:688-784 testimony first hand
40
Jacques Vallée and his wife, Janine Vallée, attended an Order of Melchizedek meeting at the Hyatt Hotel in San Francisco and each paid three dollars.
“My wife, Janine, and I went there and paid our three dollars each.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch10:7109-7170 testimony first hand
41
Jacques Vallée observed at Order of Melchizedek meetings the same vacant, blissful expressions he had previously observed among followers of Sri Chinmoy, Reverend Sun Myung Moon, and Werner Erhard.
“Sometimes in my observations of these groups I have run into the same people, equally blissful under the influence of Sri Chinmoy, of Reverend Moon, and of Werner Erhard.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch10:8221-8384 observation first hand
42
At an Order of Melchizedek meeting, an evening lecture by Dr. Grace Hooper Pettipher was entitled "Be Your Own Psychiatrist".
“a disciple passed around some notes in preparation for the evening lecture, which was entitled "Be Your Own Psychiatrist."”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch10:8590-8698 observation first hand
43
Jacques Vallée saw a poster in the Paris subway reading "The Lord is an extraterrestrial who has returned in a flying saucer", with an address for the Order of Melchizedek on rue Jules Valles, Paris.
“THE LORD IS AN EXTRATERRESTRIAL WHO HAS RETURNED IN A FLYING SAUCER. Order of Melchizedek, rue Jules Valles Paris XI”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch10:971-1087 observation first hand
44
William Sadler's later book The Mind at Mischief, published in 1929, develops his theory of dissociation, double personality, and automatic writing.
“In his later book, The Mind at Mischief (published in 1929 and subtitled “Tricks and Deceptions of the Subconscious and How to Cope with Them”), he develops his theory of dissociation, double personality, and automatic writing.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch11:10077-10296 administrative first hand
45
Jacques Vallée was not able to verify Jacques Bergier's claim that Richard Nixon was a member of the Board of the Helena Petrovna Blavatsky Foundation.
“I have not been able to verify this statement.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch11:16703-16739 opinion first hand
46
The Book of Urantia goes on for 2,097 pages.
“The author goes on like this for 2,097 pages.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch11:1706-1745 observation first hand
47
Jacques Vallée observed similarities between the Esoteric Fraternity teachings of Hiram Erastus Butler and modern UFO contactee groups such as Heaven's Gate, both speaking of regeneration, transformation, and contact with a higher level.
“The similarities of this old esoteric fraternity to some of the modern UFO contactee groups are quite obvious... The H.I.M. sect, for instance, speaks of regeneration, transformation, and contact with a higher level in the same terms as Hiram Butler”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch11:22536-22816 opinion first hand
48
By 1976 the Esoteric Fraternity was no longer active in Applegate, California, with only the printing and distribution of its literature still carried out at the old building.
“The esoteric fraternity is no longer active in the hills of Applegate. The only operation still carried out in the old building is the printing and distribution of its literature.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch11:23497-23665 observation first hand
49
In 1976 a representative of the Esoteric Fraternity told Jacques Vallée that the Order of Melchizedek, if it still existed, was probably only "in Heaven" and that the organisation now only preserved the printed word.
“As a representative of the organization told me in 1976, "If the Order exists now, it's probably in Heaven. It's not here; we just have the printed word. Wherever it exists, we're not aware of it."”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch11:23677-23870 testimony second hand
50
A representative of the Esoteric Fraternity told Jacques Vallée that they were aware of someone in New York who claimed to belong to the Order of Melchizedek, but that this could not be confirmed.
“"There is someone back in New York who claims to belong to the Order. We have this on file, but so many people are making so many claims!"”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch11:23926-24055 testimony second hand
51
A representative of the Esoteric Fraternity told Jacques Vallée that he did not know Grace Hooper Pettipher of San Francisco and was unsure whether she belonged to the same group.
“"What about Dr. Grace Pettipher, in San Francisco?" "I don't know her, but women can be redeemed too."”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch11:24212-24309 testimony second hand
52
A representative of the Esoteric Fraternity told Jacques Vallée that UFOs began appearing after Enoch Penn and Hiram Erastus Butler had died, and speculated that an angel could sometimes be mistaken for a UFO.
“"The UFO came in after these two authors, Penn and Butler, went to their rest. The only thing we can say is that an angel can sometimes be a UFO as well as a craft being a UFO."”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch11:24856-25027 testimony second hand
53
The Order of Melchizedek initiation at the California Institute of Transpersonal Psychology took place in Silicon Valley, California, near the headquarters of Memorex, Lockheed, Amdahl, and Hewlett-Packard.
“This is taking place in the middle of Silicon Valley, California, the world's major electronics manufacturing center, within a few miles of the headquarters of such high-technology companies as Memorex, Lockheed, Amdahl, Hewlett-Packard.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch11:27115-27344 observation first hand
54
Jim Hurtak was a friend of Andrija Puharich, was involved in the Uri Geller affair, and claimed to be psychic and to have had UFO encounters.
“He was a friend of Andrija Puharich, was deeply involved in the Uri Geller affair, and claimed to be psychic himself. Not only was he psychic, but he had had a number of UFO encounters”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch11:28344-28518 testimony first hand
55
Jim Hurtak invited Jacques Vallée to join a psychic group he claimed was designed to change the destinies of the world by occult methods.
“Jim invited me to join a new psychic group designed to change the destinies of the world by occult methods: he was in direct contact with this group, he said”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch11:30265-30418 testimony first hand
56
Jacques Vallée observed that eighteen months after Jim Hurtak's prediction of contact within that timeframe, nothing had happened.
“Eighteen months have passed, and nothing has happened. That, too, is typical.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch11:36505-36574 observation first hand
57
A French space scientist told Jacques Vallée that the American public is naive and gullible, bombarded by Hollywood with sensational publicity for science-fiction movies, and that such crazy movements and cults would never have a chance in France.
“"What do you expect," a French space scientist once asked me, "from such people who are untrained in science? The American public is naive and gullible, bombarded by Hollywood with sensational publicity for science-fiction movies. Such crazy movements and cults would never have a chance in France."”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch11:41913-42203 opinion second hand
58
Jacques Vallée discovered that one of the largest Urantia organisations was based in France, as was a branch of the Order of Melchizedek.
“I was amused, therefore, when I discovered that one of the largest Urantia organizations was based in France, as is a branch of the Order of Melchizedek.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch11:42817-42958 observation first hand
59
The pentacle given to Jacques Vallée by the French Order of Melchizedek also showed a Star of David with a spinning pattern inside.
“The pentacle given to me by the French Order of Melchizedek also showed a Star of David with a spinning pattern inside.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch11:43976-44088 observation first hand
60
Jacques Vallée suggests that the UFO phenomenon represents a technology, like the television set, that manipulates the perceptions of the human mind.
“I suggest that it represents a technology, like the television set, that manipulates the perceptions of the human mind.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch11:51045-51159 opinion first hand
61
Jacques Vallée coined the term "the Manipulators" for the hypothetical agents who might cause UFO contacts and engineer their effects.
“The Manipulators... I have given this name to the hypothetical agents who might cause the UFO contacts and engineer their effects.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch11:51583-51705 opinion first hand
62
Jacques Vallée considers that the Manipulators behind UFO contacts could possibly be human, masters of deception skilful enough to plan a counterfeit invasion from space.
“could they simply be human? Could they be masters of deception so skillful that they plan to counterfeit an invasion from space?”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch11:52047-52169 opinion first hand
63
Many contactees mention Atlantis when describing the origins of their claimed space-brother visitors.
“Many contactees, for example, mention Atlantis.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch11:52263-52301 observation first hand
64
Jacques Vallée took his papers and drove to the house of Major Murphy, who had advised him to pursue his research of the contactee groups.
“I took all my papers one day and drove to the house of Major Murphy, who had advised me to pursue my research of the contactee groups.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch11:52729-52856 observation first hand
65
Major Murphy was still closely following government-funded parapsychology research in the United States and seemed well aware of similar advances in the Soviet Union.
“The Major, who was still closely following government-funded research on parapsychology in the U.S. and seemed well aware of similar advances in the Soviet Union, suggested that the UFOs might not be spacecraft, but what he called "psychotronic devices."”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch11:52966-53211 observation first hand
66
General James Doolittle was sent to Sweden by the United States in 1946, apparently under cover of the Shell Corporation, to investigate the "ghost rockets" with the Swedish authorities.
“General James Doolittle was sent to Sweden by the United States in 1946, apparently under cover of the Shell Corporation. In fact, he was to investigate the 'ghost rockets' with the Swedish authorities.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch11:54023-54213 testimony first hand
67
Jacques Vallée attended a Sunday afternoon meeting of Urantians in San Francisco with about ten people present, led by a woman in her late fifties.
“I attended a Sunday afternoon meeting of Urantians in San Francisco. There were ten of us in the small classroom, facing a tall, strong woman in her late fifties, dressed in purple and mauve.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch11:5777-5962 observation first hand
68
Major Murphy told Jacques Vallée that a few well-placed stories and a well-planned publicity programme could produce sightings of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) across thousands of people, without secret agents individually suggesting sightings to each person.
“you don't need to do all that. A few well-placed stories, a well-planned program publicizing sensational incidents, will do marvels.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch11:60282-60406 opinion first hand
69
Jacques Vallée observed that many esoteric organisations serve as cover for international espionage.
“I am not blind to the fact that many such organizations serve as cover for international espionage.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch11:64639-64728 opinion first hand
70
Jacques Vallée noted that occultists from John Dee and Giacomo Casanova to Aleister Crowley have often doubled as spies.
“From John Dee and Casanova to Aleister Crowley, occultists have often doubled as spies.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch11:64739-64820 opinion first hand
71
Jacques Vallée considers Maha's style of discourse similar to that used by Dr. Pettipher and other mystics he encountered, used deliberately or not for its suggestive, semihypnotic value on listeners.
“His statements about his role were couched in the same bizarre style used by Dr. Pettipher and the other "mystics" we have heard. The reader already knows what I think of this style of discourse: it is used, purposely or not, because of its suggestive value. It lulls the mind of the hearer into a semihypnotic state.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch11:68478-68789 opinion first hand
72
Jacques Vallée notes that the ritual colour symbolism described by Raymond Bernard suggests a control system combining physical knowledge with mastery of techniques the Soviets call psychotronics.
“the words suggest a control system that combines physical knowledge with uncanny mastery of that emerging set of techniques the Soviets call psychotronics.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch11:72393-72534 opinion first hand
73
Jacques Vallée assesses that the actual beginning date of the Book of Urantia's reception must have been closer to 1910 or 1911, contrary to the 1934 date given at the Urantia meeting.
“[We shall see later that the actual beginning date must have been closer to 1910 or 1911.]”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch11:7271-7354 opinion first hand
74
Jacques Vallée considers that everything Raymond Bernard describes about the Vienna ritual indicates hypnotic control.
“To me, everything he describes again indicates hypnotic control.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch11:72871-72927 opinion first hand
75
Jacques Vallée doubts that an organisation called the High Council really exists, suggesting the name may have been invented for Raymond Bernard's purpose.
“Is there really such an organization as the 'High Council'? Probably not. The name may have been picked for Bernard's purpose.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch11:73074-73192 opinion first hand
76
A being encountered near Canigou by Jacques Bordas had long blond hair and hypnotic eyes, could not be photographed, and paid with pure gold.
“The being of the Canigou, the man with long blond hair and hypnotic eyes, who could not be photographed by Jacques Bordas and paid with pure gold.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch11:75433-75574 testimony second hand
77
Jacques Vallée observed that the United States Air Force made many naive and misguided attempts to understand UFOs, using censorship and force to try to get rid of flying saucers, believing the objects were a direct military threat.
“The U.S. Air Force has made many naive and misguided attempts to understand UFOs. It has tried, patiently at first, desperately sometimes, to get rid of 'flying saucers.' To that end it has used power from the scissors of its censors and from the barrels of its guns. It was looking for evidence that the objects were a direct military threat to the United States.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch11:75747-76104 opinion first hand
78
Jacques Vallée believes the United States Air Force never considered that the UFO threat might operate at a different, non-military level.
“It never occurred to the USAF that the threat might be at a different level.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch11:76112-76182 opinion first hand
79
Jacques Vallée believes whoever first manages to harness the fear of cosmic forces and the emotions surrounding UFO contact for a political purpose would be able to exert incredible spiritual blackmail.
“The group of people who will first manage to harness the fear of cosmic forces and the emotions surrounding UFO contact to a political purpose will be able to exert incredible spiritual blackmail.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch11:76190-76376 opinion first hand
80
Jacques Vallée considers that contactees and occult believers have been used as puppets by the manipulators.
“The contactees and the occult believers have been used as puppets.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch11:76653-76711 opinion first hand
81
Jacques Vallée states that a majority of the American public has become convinced of the existence of wise visitors from space.
“A majority of the American public has become convinced of the existence of such visitors.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch11:76847-76927 opinion first hand
82
Jacques Vallée states that a man in the White House has seen a UFO and is impressed by what he saw.
“There is in the White House a man who has seen a UFO and is impressed by what he saw.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch11:77071-77152 opinion first hand
83
Jacques Vallée believes there is a very real UFO problem that is being manipulated for political ends, with the manipulators possibly being human beings with a plan for social control.
“I believe there is a very real UFO problem, I have also come to suspect that it is being manipulated for political ends. And the data suggest that the manipulators may be human beings with a plan for social control.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch11:77421-77628 opinion first hand
84
William Sadler's book Physiology of Faith and Fear was published in Chicago in 1920, and lists his titles as Professor of Physiologic Therapy at the University of Chicago Medical School and Director of the Chicago Institute of Physiologic Therapeutics.
“His book, The Physiology of Faith and Fear, published in Chicago in 1920, lists his titles as Professor of Physiologic Therapy at the University of Chicago Medical School and Director of the Chicago Institute of Physiologic Therapeutics.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch11:8054-8278 administrative first hand
85
In 1929 William Sadler was Senior Attending Surgeon at Columbus Hospital.
“In 1929 he was also Senior Attending Surgeon at Columbus Hospital.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch11:8292-8349 administrative first hand
86
Cattle mutilations are often reported in the western United States at the same time and in the same area as sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs).
“I am referring to the many reports of cattle mutilations that are reported throughout the Western states, often at the same time and in the same area as UFO sightings.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch12:1504-1661 opinion first hand
87
Jacques Vallée identified three positions people take regarding cattle mutilations: that the cattle died naturally and were mutilated by predators or by isolated sensation-seekers; that an organisation is secretly conducting large-scale cattle mutilation as part of a witchcraft cult or a secret government testing programme; or that the mutilations are caused by UFOs and their occupants.
“(1) the cattle have died naturally and were mutilated by predators, or were killed by a few isolated sensation-seekers; (2) there is an organization secretly conducting large-scale mutilation of cattle... (3) the mutilations are caused by UFOs and their occupants.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch12:2015-2321 opinion first hand
88
Frederick W. Smith, who lives in Colorado, offered an interpretation of the cattle mutilation mystery that Jacques Vallée considered the only one that made sense to him.
“A man named Frederick W. Smith, who lives in Colorado, has offered the only interpretation of the mystery that, among everything I have read on the subject, makes sense to me.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch12:20879-21051 opinion first hand
89
Jacques Vallée relied on original police reports and statements from state veterinarians and county coroners, disregarding cases where predators could have been involved, in concluding that many reported cattle mutilations are genuine.
“In studying these reports, I have disregarded all cases where predators could have been involved, and I have relied on the original police reports and on the statements given by state veterinarians and county coroners about the nature of the wounds inflicted on the animals.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch12:2637-2903 opinion first hand
90
Jacques Vallée considers it difficult to believe that the intelligence community has hidden the truth about the cattle mutilation phenomenon because the public was not ready.
“I find it difficult to believe in that kind of a cover-up.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch12:30108-30163 opinion first hand
91
Jacques Vallée considers that the intelligence community has only two good reasons to hide the truth about the UFO/mutilation phenomenon: either it is secretly causing it for its own purposes and does not want it examined closely, or it simply does not know the answers.
“It seems to me that the intelligence community has only two good reasons to hide the truth about such a phenomenon: either it is secretly causing it for its own purposes and doesn't want the phenomenon examined too closely... or it simply doesn't know the answers.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch12:30167-30470 opinion first hand
92
Jacques Vallée considers that the so-called UFO censorship may be more of a bluff than a cover-up, since the first rule of any secret agent is to always appear to know everything.
“Since the first rule of any secret agent is to always appear to know everything, the so-called UFO censorship may be more of a bluff than a cover-up.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch12:30479-30625 opinion first hand
93
According to Jacques Vallée, cattle mutilations documented in police reports involve surgical techniques demanding good anatomical knowledge and procedural skill, which restricts the range of possible suspects.
“They involve surgical techniques that demand both good anatomical knowledge and procedural skill. This restricts considerably the range of possible suspects.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch12:3056-3204 opinion first hand
94
Jacques Vallée suggests that dropping a mutilated cow at the main entrance to NORAD may be an indication that somebody is now calling the government's bluff on UFO censorship.
“Dropping a mutilated cow at the main entrance to NORAD may be a clear indication that somebody is now calling that bluff.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch12:30681-30796 opinion first hand
95
Jacques Vallée considers that the information Dugan and Bankston provided could easily have become known to them through their contacts in the underworld, and did not necessarily mean their mutilation involvement was true as described.
“this information could easily have become known to Dugan and Bankston through their contacts in the underworld. It did not necessarily mean that their mutilation involvement was true as described.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch12:37305-37491 opinion first hand
96
In 1976, when Jacques Vallée was told the cattle mutilations had been solved as simple cult activity, he asked which cult had been identified, why no arrests had been made, and why the mutilations were continuing.
“When I was told of this "explanation" in 1976, I asked three questions: exactly which cult had been identified... why no arrests had been made; and why the mutilations were continuing.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch12:37938-38176 opinion first hand
97
Jacques Vallée notes there were at least three different organisations that called themselves Satanic in northern California alone.
“there are at least three different organizations that call themselves "Satanic" in northern California alone”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch12:38050-38153 observation first hand
98
The special agent who wrote the 1975 occult intelligence report told Jacques Vallée that he no longer believed the facts to be as simple as he once had.
“He told me that he no longer believed the facts to be as simple as he once had.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch12:38854-38929 testimony second hand
99
Jacques Vallée considers mutilation, the simulation of paraphysical phenomena, and exploitation of local beliefs to be familiar tools in the arsenal of some government agencies.
“In other words, mutilation, the simulation of paraphysical phenomena, and exploitation of local beliefs are indeed familiar tools in the arsenal of some government agencies.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch12:42405-42569 opinion first hand
100
Animal disappearances, deaths, and mutilations have been part of the folklore of ufology since the report of cow butchering in 1897.
“Animal disappearances and deaths, as well as mutilations of various kinds, both animal and human, have been part of the folklore of ufology since the report of cow butchering in 1897 (later denied by the descendants of the individuals involved)”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch12:42993-43228 observation first hand
101
The 1897 cow-butchering report was later denied by the descendants of the individuals involved.
“the report of cow butchering in 1897 (later denied by the descendants of the individuals involved)”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch12:43139-43228 observation first hand
102
The animal-mutilation folklore of ufology includes the case of Snippy the Horse in Colorado.
“the case of Snippy the Horse”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch12:43239-43262 observation first hand
103
The animal-mutilation folklore of ufology includes the stealing of domestic animals and poultry by ufonauts in France in 1954.
“the stealing of domestic animals and poultry by ufonauts in France in 1954”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch12:43269-43339 observation first hand
104
The animal-mutilation folklore of ufology includes human dissections linked to the UMMO affair in Spain.
“the human dissections linked to the UMMO affair in Spain”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch12:43345-43396 observation first hand
105
A gory series of cattle mutilation incidents occurred in half of the American states and in Puerto Rico.
“the recent series of gory incidents in half of the American states and in Puerto Rico”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch12:43415-43496 observation first hand
106
The organs primarily taken by the mutilators in the cattle mutilations phenomenon are the eyes, ears, tongue, and genitals, organs associated with communication and reproduction.
“What are the organs taken by the mutilators? The eyes, the ears, the tongue, and the genitals: that is, the organs concerned ... with communication and with reproduction.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch12:43889-44004 observation first hand
107
Jacques Vallée had several conversations with a law enforcement officer who investigated cattle mutilation cases in the northern plains and who gave him first-hand details.
“I have had several conversations with a law enforcement officer who investigated cases in the northern plains. He gave me some first-hand details.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch12:44406-44544 testimony first hand
108
Jack Parsons met a Venusian in the desert in 1946.
“Jack Parsons met a Venusian in the desert in 1946”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:10055-10100 hearsay
109
Daniel Fry, another contactee, was an Aerojet employee when he saw his first flying saucer in 1950.
“Another contactee, Daniel Fry, was an Aerojet employee when he saw his first saucer in 1950.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:10210-10297 testimony second hand
110
According to some of Jacques Vallée's own informants, contactee George Adamski had prewar connections with American fascist leader William Dudley Pelley, who was interned during World War II.
“According to some of my own informants, contactee George Adamski had prewar connections with American fascist leader William Dudley Pelley, who was interned during the war.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:10460-10628 hearsay second hand
111
William Dudley Pelley may have put George Hunt Williamson in touch with George Adamski.
“In fact, Pelley may have put Williamson in touch with Adamski.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:10802-10856 opinion first hand
112
Jacques Vallée states he has no proof that a single group of men is responsible for manipulating the UFO phenomenon.
“I confess I do not have any proof that a single group of men is responsible.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:1167-1231 opinion first hand
113
George Hunt Williamson is said to have begun working for William Dudley Pelley at the offices of Soulcraft Publications in Noblesville, Indiana around 1950, before moving to California.
“It was about 1950 that Williamson is said to have begun working for Pelley at the offices of Soulcraft Publications, in Noblesville, Indiana, before moving to California”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:11830-11989 hearsay
114
George Hunt Williamson witnessed George Adamski's desert contact with a Venusian with long blond hair on 1952-11-20.
“where he witnessed Adamski's desert contact on November 20, 1952, with a Venusian with long blond hair.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:12001-12099 testimony second hand
115
Major Murphy told Jacques Vallée that things regarding the causes of human and cattle mutilations are not usually so simple.
“Things are not usually so simple, as Major Murphy had said.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:1379-1433 opinion second hand
116
Jacques Vallée considers that UFO enthusiasts trying to expose the government through Freedom of Information Act lawsuits may be playing into the hands of the manipulators of the phenomenon.
“But the UFO enthusiasts who are so anxious to "expose" the government have not reflected that they may, once again, be playing into the hands of the manipulators.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:16085-16234 opinion first hand
117
Jacques Vallée proposes two hypotheses in this chapter for what UFOs could be if not spacecraft: the "Martian Conspiracy" and the "Esoteric Intervention."
“Accordingly, I will present two hypotheses: the "Martian Conspiracy"; and the "Esoteric Intervention."”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:17879-17967 opinion first hand
118
As of 1978, when Jacques Vallée was writing this book, civilian UFO groups, contactee organizations, various occult sects, and government branches were engaged in a strange sort of game he called manipulation or exploitation.
“As I write this in 1978, the civilian UFO groups, the contactee organizations, many occult sects, and various government branches are engaged in a strange sort of game. What I have called "manipulation" may be simple exploitation.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:1925-2142 opinion first hand
119
Jacques Vallée considers that there can be little doubt about the collective intelligence quotient (I.Q.) of the London Controlling Section (LCS) and the group known as the Martians, despite some mistakes.
“The LCS and the Martians made some mistakes, to be sure, but there can be little doubt about their collective I.Q.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:22708-22820 opinion first hand
120
The techniques of groups like the London Controlling Section (LCS) later inspired the disinformation practices of the Soviet KGB.
“whose techniques later inspired the disinformation practices of the Soviet KGB and similar work elsewhere”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:22867-22963 opinion first hand
121
Jacques Vallée notes a close association of many UFO sightings with advanced military hardware, including test sites in New Mexico, missile silos of the northern plains, and the major nuclear facility at Pascagoula, Mississippi.
“The close association of many UFO sightings with advanced military hardware (test sites like the New Mexico proving grounds, missile silos of the northern plains, naval construction sites like the major nuclear facility at Pascagoula)”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:23069-23292 opinion first hand
122
On 1944-07-10, a German long-range rocket fell in Sweden accidentally.
“A German long-range rocket had fallen in Sweden accidentally”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:23824-23872 testimony second hand
123
Jacques Vallée's professional field is computer science.
“Although my professional field is computer science”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:28482-28525 administrative first hand
124
Jacques Vallée previously believed, along with most in his profession, that the "Turing engine" was only a mental construction, before learning that several of the engines had actually been built and operated during most of the war.
“I was only familiar with Turing's theoretical papers, and, like most people in my profession, fell for the story that the “Turing engine” was only a mental construction... I did not know that several of the “engines” had actually been built and operated during most of the war.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:28660-29002 testimony first hand
125
Major Murphy taught Jacques Vallée the art of recognizing shadowy figures who had infiltrated UFO groups.
“I still have a lot to learn from Major Murphy. Among the lessons he taught me was the art of recognizing some of the shadowy figures who had infiltrated the UFO groups.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:2930-3091 testimony first hand
126
During the early Project Blue Book period, the United States Air Force knew that the strange craft reported were not birds, but U-2 spy planes en route toward Russia.
“The Air Force knew very well that the objects were not birds, but U-2 spy planes en route toward Russia.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:29721-29818 opinion first hand
127
During World War II, the activities of the London Controlling Section (LCS) were known only to Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and a handful of high officials, bypassing Congress and Parliament.
“During the war, the activities of the LCS were known only to Churchill, Roosevelt, Eisenhower, and a handful of high officials. They bypassed everything else, including Congress and Parliament.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:29827-30009 opinion first hand
128
Charles de Gaulle and the Resistance groups were routinely manipulated as part of the London Controlling Section (LCS)'s wartime deception and were not informed of it.
“Even leaders of friendly forces, like General de Gaulle, and the Resistance groups, were routinely manipulated as part of the deception and were not informed.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:30021-30170 opinion first hand
129
Jacques Vallée visited the Foreign Technology Division at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, where a MIG interceptor bearing a hammer and sickle on its tail was hanging from the ceiling in the building lobby.
“I remember visiting the Foreign Technology Division at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. In the building lobby a MIG interceptor was hanging from the ceiling, hammer and sickle on its tail.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:30639-30822 testimony first hand
130
In the Project Blue Book programme, files were lost and cases mislabeled to a degree that disciplinary action would have been warranted in any other context.
“the procedures of Blue Book, where files were lost and cases mislabeled, were so grossly bungled that disciplinary action would have been warranted in any other context.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:30906-31067 opinion first hand
131
Major Murphy told Jacques Vallée what a "vacuum cleaner" agent was, what a "little aunt" was, and how "cut-outs" worked.
“He told me what a "vacuum cleaner" was, and a "little aunt"; he told me how "cut-outs" worked.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:3099-3186 testimony second hand
132
Reports of UFO landings by reliable observers, sometimes Air Force personnel, went uninvestigated for weeks at a time under Project Blue Book.
“Reports of UFO landings by reliable observers, sometimes Air Force personnel, went uninvestigated for weeks at a time.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:31111-31224 opinion first hand
133
Jacques Vallée speculates that Roscoe Hillenkoeter could have been lending credibility to the Martian Conspiracy stratagem by deliberately promoting the extraterrestrial theory of UFOs.
“could have been lending credibility to the stratagem by deliberately promoting the “extraterrestrial” theory.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:32817-32919 opinion first hand
134
Bernard Corvalho was a well-known Intelligence operative among the leaders of the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP).
“Also among the leaders of NICAP were at least three well-known Intelligence operatives: Bernard Corvalho, Nicholas de Rochefort, and Colonel Joseph Ryan.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:32927-33075 opinion first hand
135
Nicholas de Rochefort was a well-known Intelligence operative among the leaders of the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP).
“Also among the leaders of NICAP were at least three well-known Intelligence operatives: Bernard Corvalho, Nicholas de Rochefort, and Colonel Joseph Ryan.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:32927-33075 opinion first hand
136
Colonel Joseph Ryan was a well-known Intelligence operative among the leaders of the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP).
“Also among the leaders of NICAP were at least three well-known Intelligence operatives: Bernard Corvalho, Nicholas de Rochefort, and Colonel Joseph Ryan.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:32927-33075 opinion first hand
137
Jacques Vallée checked the lists of trustees, directors, and advisers of major UFO groups against the computer database of the New York Times and references such as Who's Who.
“I checked the lists of trustees, directors, and advisers of the major UFO groups. Some aspects of the mystery became a little clearer when their names were checked against the computer data base of the New York Times, or in such commonly available references as Who's Who.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:3450-3718 testimony first hand
138
Jacques Vallée proposes that dedicated UFO investigators look into the backgrounds, connections, and motivations of the more vocal skeptics for clues to intelligence-agency influence.
“I propose that the more dedicated investigators take time away from their endless UFO chases and look into the backgrounds, connections, and motivations of the more vocal “skeptics” for clues to such influence.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:35172-35372 opinion first hand
139
Various magazines in the United States systematically equate unidentified flying objects and cattle mutilations to media hoaxes like the Bermuda Triangle.
“There are various magazines in the United States which fulfill a debunking role. They are systematically equating unidentified flying objects and cattle mutilations to media hoaxes like the Bermuda Triangle.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:35384-35582 opinion first hand
140
John Keel suggested in public statements and private conversations with Jacques Vallée that there may be a link between UFO events and occult phenomena.
“A few investigators – notably Ray Palmer, John Keel, and Salvatore Freixedo – have suggested both in public statements and in private conversations with me that there may be a link between UFO events and “occult” phenomena.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:36972-37185 opinion second hand
141
Ray Palmer suggested in public statements and private conversations with Jacques Vallée that there may be a link between UFO events and occult phenomena.
“A few investigators – notably Ray Palmer, John Keel, and Salvatore Freixedo – have suggested both in public statements and in private conversations with me that there may be a link between UFO events and “occult” phenomena.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:36972-37185 opinion second hand
142
Salvatore Freixedo suggested in public statements and private conversations with Jacques Vallée that there may be a link between UFO events and occult phenomena.
“A few investigators – notably Ray Palmer, John Keel, and Salvatore Freixedo – have suggested both in public statements and in private conversations with me that there may be a link between UFO events and “occult” phenomena.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:36972-37185 opinion second hand
143
Many UFO phenomena reported by witnesses involve the poltergeist effect, levitation, psychic control, healing, and out-of-body experiences that are familiar from occult literature.
“Many of the phenomena reported by witnesses involve the poltergeist effect, levitation, psychic control, healing, and out-of-body experiences: things quite familiar to those who know the occult literature.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:37467-37661 opinion first hand
144
Jacques Vallée resigned from the supposedly "scientific" UFO organizations with which he had been affiliated.
“I resigned from the supposedly "scientific" UFO organizations with which I had been affiliated.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:3763-3847 testimony first hand
145
Espionage agencies have used occult groups as covers, further obscuring the study of alleged Watergate-type conspiracies.
“The problem is further obscured by the fact that, here again, espionage agencies are using occult groups as covers.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:40049-40157 opinion first hand
146
Nazi Germany operated several scientific research institutes for about a decade working on projects such as mental projection of images, extension of consciousness outside the body, and distortion of the spacetime continuum.
“Nazi Germany had several scientific research institutes working along these lines for about a decade”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:40994-41088 opinion first hand
147
The Soviet Union and the United States are known to be pursuing aggressive research programmes on psychotronic-type subjects.
“two modern nations at least – the Soviet Union and the United States – are known to be pursuing aggressive programs of research on similar subjects”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:41100-41239 opinion first hand
148
Jacques Vallée considers the "Esoteric Intervention" hypothesis flawed because it assumes human manipulators are far more clever than typical of the human race, whereas esoteric groups actually display infighting and impotent arrogance or authoritarian practices.
“This hypothesis of “Esoteric Intervention” suffers from several flaws, the major one being that it assumes the human manipulators to be much more clever than is typical of the human race. What we often see in esoteric groups is either a picture of infighting and impotent arrogance, or one of authoritarian practices maintained at a high cost to individual freedom.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:42131-42488 opinion first hand
149
Jacques Vallée considers the bulk of psychic research conducted in the U.S.S.R. and the U.S. to be geared toward short-term military or espionage applications and managed by bureaucrats.
“the bulk of the psychic research conducted in the U.S.S.R. and in the U.S. is geared toward short-term military or espionage applications, and is managed by bureaucrats”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:43188-43345 opinion first hand
150
Jacques Vallée considers the "Esoteric Intervention" hypothesis to be a conspiracy theory that is only superficially attractive and suffers from the weaknesses typical of such theories.
“Furthermore, the “Esoteric Intervention” hypothesis is a conspiracy theory, and suffers from all the weaknesses of such theories. It is only superficially attractive.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:43359-43514 opinion first hand
151
When Charles de Gaulle returned to power in France in 1958, a dozen different conspiracies were fighting among themselves for control of the government, evolving rapidly until the historic climax.
“When de Gaulle came back to power in France in 1958, there were a dozen different conspiracies fighting among themselves for control of the government, but they were evolving very rapidly from one day to the next until the historic climax.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:43742-43974 opinion first hand
152
Jacques Vallée considers the scope and character of the cattle mutilations phenomenon to indicate that some sort of secret organisation is responsible.
“The scope and character of the cattle mutilations do indicate that some sort of secret organization is responsible.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:44791-44894 opinion first hand
153
Major Murphy suggested to Jacques Vallée that some influential group could be using various cults as a front for its own purposes.
“Some influential group could well be using various cults as a front for its own purposes, as Major Murphy suggested to me.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:45312-45431 testimony second hand
154
Jacques Vallée traced links of the belief that some people are of extraterrestrial blood and therefore superior to the rest of mankind around the early contactees George Hunt Williamson and George Adamski and their associates.
“I have shown this process to be at work around the early contactees, Williamson and Adamski and their associates.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:459-561 opinion first hand
155
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
156
Jacques Vallée considers the standards of evidence acceptable in the scientific laboratory to be insufficient to deal with UFO data.
“The standards of evidence acceptable in the scientific laboratory are not sufficient to deal with UFO data.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:47557-47659 opinion first hand
157
Jacques Vallée proposes that one or several groups of unknown political belief are influencing UFO contactees and civilian UFO research organisations for their own ends.
“we suspect strongly that one or several groups, of unknown political belief, are now influencing the “contactees” and the civilian research organizations for their own ends”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:48001-48169 opinion first hand
158
Jacques Vallée proposes that the UFO phenomenon itself is being manipulated through fabrication of UFO reports and related stories, including livestock mutilations used as terrorist elements.
“The second element deals with manipulation of the phenomenon itself by fabrication of UFO reports and of related stories, including such terrorist elements as livestock mutilations.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:48175-48344 opinion first hand
159
Jacques Vallée considers the UFO phenomenon to be a precursor of a major discontinuity in human affairs.
“The UFO phenomenon is a precursor of a major discontinuity.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:48711-48756 opinion first hand
160
Jacques Vallée considers the UFO phenomenon to represent a manifestation of a reality that transcends current understanding of physics.
“I still feel that the UFO phenomenon represents a manifestation of a reality that transcends our current understanding of physics.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:48890-49012 opinion first hand
161
Jacques Vallée regards the UFO phenomenon as a manifestation of a reality larger and more complex than a simple visit by interplanetary travellers, describing it as the reality of Magonia.
“I continue to regard this phenomenon as a manifestation of a reality that is larger and more complex than a simple visit by interplanetary travelers: the reality of Magonia.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:49489-49654 opinion first hand
162
Jacques Vallée believes there is a system around us that transcends time and space, and suspects some humans have already understood it and are showing their hand in aspects of UFO encounters.
“I believe there is a system around us that transcends time as it transcends space. I remain confident that human knowledge is capable of understanding this larger reality. I suspect that some humans have already understood it, and are showing their hand in several aspects of the UFO encounters.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:49664-49948 opinion first hand
163
Jacques Vallée considers UFOs to be physical manifestations that cannot be understood apart from their psychic and symbolic reality, describing the phenomenon as a control system which acts on humans and uses humans rather than an alien invasion.
“The UFOs are physical manifestations that cannot be understood apart from their psychic and symbolic reality. What we see in effect here is not an alien invasion. It is a control system which acts on humans and uses humans.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:50189-50405 opinion first hand
164
On Saturday 1976-02-21, at approximately 5:30pm, Jacques Vallée hailed a taxicab on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles to travel to KABC on La Cienega Boulevard for a radio interview.
“There I was on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, on Saturday, February 21, 1976, about 5:30 p.m., and I had to get to KABC on La Cienega Boulevard for a radio interview.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:50737-50895 testimony first hand
165
Two days after the 1976 taxicab ride in Los Angeles, Jacques Vallée found that the taxi receipt was signed "Melchizedek."
“The shock came two days later when I took the receipt from my wallet. It was signed Melchizedek!”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:51170-51254 testimony first hand
166
Jacques Vallée found that there was only one "Melchizedek" listed in the Los Angeles phone book, and he retained the signed taxi receipt.
“There is only one Melchizedek listed in the L. A. phone book, and I have the receipt signed by the driver right in front of me”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:51401-51525 testimony first hand
167
The 1976 Melchizedek taxicab coincidence convinced Jacques Vallée to put more energy into understanding the nature of such coincidences, occurring the same week he began writing this book while collecting notes about the Melchizedek groups.
“It was this incident that convinced me to put more energy into understanding the nature of such coincidences. Perhaps I am becoming superstitious. This incident happened the week when I started writing this book, collecting all my notes about the Melchizedek groups.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:51547-51806 testimony first hand
168
In remote-viewing experiments Jacques Vallée organised using a computer network as the medium of communication, there was no difference between the results of open (telepathy) targets and double-blind (remote viewing) targets.
“Similarly, in remote-viewing experiments I organized, using a computer network as the support for the communication, there was no difference between the results of tests with open targets (telepathy) and those of tests with double-blind targets (remote viewing).”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:56409-56662 observation first hand
169
Jacques Vallée traced the belief in extraterrestrial superiority at work behind some Rosicrucian groups abroad and the Order of Melchizedek in the United States.
“I have shown it to be at work behind some of the Rosicrucian groups abroad and the Order of Melchizedek in this country.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:573-685 opinion first hand
170
Jacques Vallée has always been sceptical of parapsychologists because their experiments and theories borrow the standard concepts of space and time dimensions from physics, which he considers obsolete for understanding telepathy, moving objects at a distance, ghosts, or the Melchizedek incident.
“I have always been skeptical of parapsychologists, because their experiments and their theories borrow the standard concepts of space and time dimensions from physics. These concepts seem obsolete to me. They are not appropriate for understanding telepathy, or the moving of objects at a distance, or ghosts, or Melchizedek.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:57677-57989 opinion first hand
171
Jacques Vallée argues that Cartesian spacetime coordinates, popularised around the time of René Descartes through the cultural artifact of graph paper, should be abandoned as the basis for a theory of information.
“Some genius around the time of Descartes (perhaps it was Descartes himself) popularized the idea of representing and measuring motions in terms of distance from two axes intersecting at right angles: “Cartesian” coordinates were born, and they have remained imprinted in our minds ever since. When we can draw something on graph paper, we think we understand it. I submit that it is proper to shake from our theoretical ankles the chains of spacetime.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:58456-58898 opinion first hand
172
The Board of Directors of the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP) lists among its members the former head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
“the Board of Directors of NICAP lists among its members the former head of the CIA”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:5933-6012 observation first hand
173
Jacques Vallée considers ordering by time and space to be the worst possible way to store data in a large computer-based information system, where records are instead sprinkled throughout storage as they arrive and retrieved via algorithm.
“What modern computer scientists have now recognized is that ordering by time and space is the worst possible way to store data. In a large computer-based information system, no attempt is made to place related records in sequential physical locations. It is much more convenient to sprinkle the records throughout storage as they arrive, and to construct an algorithm for retrieval based on some type”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:59579-59975 opinion first hand
174
Jacques Vallée experienced the 1976 Melchizedek taxicab coincidence in Los Angeles on 1976-02-21.
“The Melchizedek incident that I experienced on February 21, 1976, suggested to me that the world might be organized more like a randomized data base than like a sequential library.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:60207-60379 testimony first hand
175
Jacques Vallée found only one person named Melchizedek listed in the Los Angeles phone book, leading him to conclude that mere coincidence could not explain the 1976 Melchizedek taxicab coincidence in Los Angeles.
“Since there is only one person named Melchizedek in the L.A. phone book, I have to conclude that mere coincidence cannot explain this incident.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:60388-60522 opinion first hand
176
Jacques Vallée did not discuss his research with the taxi driver involved in the 1976 Melchizedek taxicab coincidence in Los Angeles, ruling out a hoax.
“I did not discuss my research with the driver; so a hoax is out of the question.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:60596-60667 testimony first hand
177
Jacques Vallée considers the Stanford Research Institute (SRI) experiments with Ingo Swann and Pat Price as suggesting that remote viewing is based on an addressing scheme.
“The SRI experiments with Swann and Price, for example, suggest that remote viewing is based on an addressing scheme.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:62704-62813 opinion first hand
178
Jacques Vallée identifies six major social effects of the belief in UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) observed throughout his investigation, reflected in personal interviews and in quotations from the books and pamphlets of contactee organisations.
“We have seen six major effects throughout this investigation. They were reflected in personal interviews and in quotations from the books and pamphlets of contactee organizations.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:65240-65405 opinion first hand
179
Jacques Vallée considers that belief in UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) widens the gap between the public and scientific institutions.
“The belief in UFOs widens the gap between the public and scientific institutions.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:65424-65492 opinion first hand
180
Jacques Vallée considers that contactee propaganda undermines the image of human beings as masters of their own destiny.
“The contactee propaganda undermines the image of human beings as masters of their own destiny.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:66234-66320 opinion first hand
181
Jacques Vallée notes that contactee literature contains suggestions that all major human achievements, including agriculture, the mastery of fire, the wheel, and most religious traditions, would have been impossible without celestial intervention, beginning with the idea of Atlantis and continuing with the "Chariots of the Gods" hypothesis and interpretations of Yahweh as an extraterrestrial.
“Beginning with the idea of Atlantis and of "Chariots of the Gods," and continuing with Biblical interpretations of Yahweh as an extraterrestrial, contactee literature is replete with suggestions that all the great achievements of mankind would have been impossible without celestial intervention.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:66329-66612 opinion first hand
182
Major Murphy suggests that intelligence agencies use UFO groups to get information marginally useful to them, which group leaders may not recognize as important or relevant.
“The Major has a simple answer. He suggests that the "spooks" use the UFO groups to get information that is marginally useful to them, information that the group leaders themselves may not recognize as being important or relevant.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:6671-6891 opinion second hand
183
Jacques Vallée considers that increased attention given to UFO (Unidentified Flying Object) activity promotes the concept of political unification of the planet, and describes this as the most commonly recurring theme in his entire study of contactee groups.
“Increased attention given to UFO activity promotes the concept of political unification of this planet. This is perhaps the most commonly recurring theme in my entire study of these groups.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:67267-67449 opinion first hand
184
Jacques Vallée considers that contactee organisations may become the basis of a new "high-demand" religion.
“Contactee organizations may become the basis of a new “high-demand” religion.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:67818-67886 opinion first hand
185
Jacques Vallée notes that the attention received by "the Two" (Marshall Herff Applewhite and Bonnie Nettles) and the widespread success of the Melchizedek groups are especially noticeable examples of contactee organisations capitalising on a growth in high-demand religious movements.
“Especially noticeable in this respect is the attention received by “the Two” and the widespread success of the Melchizedek groups.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:68398-68521 opinion first hand
186
Jacques Vallée considers that irrational motivations based on faith are spreading hand in hand with belief in extraterrestrial intervention.
“Irrational motivations based on faith are spreading hand in hand with the belief in extraterrestrial intervention.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:68651-68752 opinion first hand
187
Major Murphy suggests that intelligence agencies use occult organizations as cover for their own designs, a practice he traces to the days of John Dee and Giacomo Casanova.
“And they use occult organizations as they always have, since the days of Dr. John Dee and Jacques Casanova: as a cover for their own designs.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:6901-7034 opinion second hand
188
Jack Parsons, who founded the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, is linked by Jacques Vallée to the same process of extraterrestrial-superiority belief as L. Ron Hubbard, who founded the Church of Scientology.
“The same links can be traced around people like Jack Parsons, who founded JPL, and Ron Hubbard, who founded Scientology.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:694-802 opinion first hand
189
Jacques Vallée considers that contactee philosophies often include belief in higher races and in totalitarian systems that would eliminate democracy.
“Contactee philosophies often include belief in higher races and in totalitarian systems that would eliminate democracy.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:69471-69580 opinion first hand
190
Claude Vorilhon reported that he was told democracy was obsolete.
“Vorilhon, for instance, reports he was told that democracy was obsolete.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:70282-70345 hearsay second hand
191
Raymond Bernard was instructed to expect a "reversal of the old values."
“Raymond Bernard was instructed to expect a “reversal of the old values.””
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:70355-70419 hearsay second hand
192
Jacques Vallée states that if the Manipulators (his hypothesised entities behind UFO-related social manipulation) exist, he salutes their tenacity but is curious about their goals.
“If the Manipulators do exist, I certainly salute their tenacity, but I am curious about their goals.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:70611-70705 opinion first hand
193
According to Jacques Vallée, some UFO cases in France have been investigated by five government agencies.
“In France, some UFO cases have been investigated by five government agencies.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:7498-7566 observation first hand
194
Jacques Vallée considers that the UFO phenomenon evidence does not indicate the preliminary stages of a friendly landing from outer space, but a dangerous process occurring on Earth.
“The evidence continues to indicate that we are not dealing with the preliminary stages of a friendly landing from outer space. It has become clear that we are dealing with a very dangerous process right here on Earth, whatever the ultimate source of the UFO phenomenon happens to be.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:815-1095 opinion first hand
195
Right after World War II, a branch of Aleister Crowley's Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O.) flourished in Los Angeles.
“Right after World War II, when a branch of Aleister Crowley’s O.T.O. [Ordo Templi Orientis...] flourished in Los Angeles”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:9589-9671 observation first hand
196
Aleister Crowley was himself a minor espionage figure, and his file at the Intelligence Service is said to have read "Use only with the most extreme caution".
“Aleister Crowley, by the way, was himself a minor espionage figure (his file at the Intelligence Service is said to have read, "Use only with the most extreme caution"), whose influence on Hitler was more imaginary than real.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:9681-9901 hearsay second hand
197
Aleister Crowley's influence on Adolf Hitler was more imaginary than real.
“whose influence on Hitler was more imaginary than real.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:9851-9901 opinion first hand
198
Jacques Vallée considers that scientific understanding does not help him understand the motivations of UFO contactees.
“None of this helps me when I try to understand the motivations of the contactees: science doesn't come to my aid any more.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch14:1069-1186 opinion first hand
199
Some facts Jacques Vallée had to state in Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults were not to his liking and shocked his earlier theories.
“Few of the facts I have had to state in these pages were to my liking. They shocked earlier theories of mine, destroyed my accepted and familiar thoughts.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch14:153-298 opinion first hand
200
Jacques Vallée believes that if a clever deceiver designs phenomena to fool people, a scientific investigation of those phenomena will be useless.
“If something bigger or smarter than the ordinary human mind is around, if some clever deceivers use it to feed us phenomena that have been designed to fool us by Machiavellian spies or benevolent masters, then a "scientific" investigation will be useless.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch14:1641-1888 opinion first hand
201
Jacques Vallée considers that Greek science was ultimately swept away and forgotten because it could not explain what the human race was doing or where it would go.
“But they couldn't tell people what the human race was doing here, and where it would go next. So their science was swept away and forgotten.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch14:2290-2420 opinion first hand
202
Jacques Vallée believes that once the public shifts from dismissing UFOs as nonsense, it will move to the opposite extreme of believing in space visitations.
“Unfortunately, once disturbed from its comfortable position of rest, the public will shift to the other extreme and start believing in space visitations.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch14:3203-3344 opinion first hand
203
Jacques Vallée suspects that "where" and "when" have no meaning with respect to the origin of the messengers of deception he describes.
“I even suspect that "where" and "when" have no meaning here.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch14:3867-3922 opinion first hand
204
Jacques Vallée found writing Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults difficult and painful.
“The writing of this book has not been an easy task. In fact, it was outright difficult and painful.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch14:53-144 opinion first hand
205
Jacques Vallée has driven telescopes inside their large domes on mountaintops as a professional scientist.
“As a professional scientist, I have driven telescopes inside their large domes on mountaintops, and I have operated computers in a radar factory.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch14:793-930 testimony first hand
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Jacques Vallée has operated computers in a radar factory.
“I have operated computers in a radar factory.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch14:893-930 testimony first hand
207
Jacques Vallée has walked through immense wind tunnels.
“I have walked through immense wind tunnels, and I have found my way in the streets of atomic cities, in Oak Ridge and Brookhaven.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch14:939-1057 testimony first hand
208
Jacques Vallée has visited Oak Ridge, Tennessee, an atomic city.
“I have found my way in the streets of atomic cities, in Oak Ridge and Brookhaven.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch14:987-1057 testimony first hand
209
Jacques Vallée has visited Brookhaven, New York, an atomic city.
“I have found my way in the streets of atomic cities, in Oak Ridge and Brookhaven.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch14:987-1057 testimony first hand
210
Jacques Vallée observed that the genuine counter-culture of the era was not that of hippies or drugs, but rather the counter-culture of Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) contact.
“as he observes, the genuine counter-culture of today is not that of hippies or drugs, but rather the counter-culture of UFO contact.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch15:12667-12791 opinion second hand
211
Jacques Vallée remarked that the reluctance of science to investigate paranormal phenomena, an attitude he first observed among his colleagues at the Paris Observatory, is slowly driving many people to accept any claim of superior or mystical contact.
“Vallee remarks that the attitude he first observed among his colleagues at Paris Observatory – science's reluctance to investigate paranormal phenomena – is slowly driving many people to react by accepting any claim of superior or mystical contact.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch15:13091-13331 opinion second hand
212
Jacques Vallée observed that there are many reports of Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) landings in which the occupants have supposedly been surprised by Earthlings blundering onto them.
“as Vallee observes, there are too many reports of landings in which UFO occupants have supposedly been surprised by Earthlings blundering onto them.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch15:1430-1573 observation second hand
213
Jacques Vallée has advanced understanding of the contactee phenomenon by amassing a large amount of firsthand observations about contactee cults on two continents.
“he has advanced our understanding by amassing a large amount of firsthand observations about contactee cults on two continents.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch15:15344-15460 opinion first hand
214
Jacques Vallée holds a Ph.D. in computer science.
“He has a Master's degree in astrophysics and a Ph.D. in computer science.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch15:2367-2432 administrative first hand
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Jacques Vallée holds a Master's degree in astrophysics.
“He has a Master's degree in astrophysics and a Ph.D. in computer science.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch15:2367-2432 administrative first hand
216
Jacques Vallée has served as Manager of Information Systems at Stanford University.
“He has served as Manager of Information Systems at Stanford University”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch15:2441-2501 administrative first hand
217
Jacques Vallée's early work proposed categories for classifying Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) reports and placed them in a broad geographical and historical context.
“His early work proposed categories for classifying UFO reports, and placed them in a broad geographical and historical context.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch15:2555-2674 administrative first hand
218
Jacques Vallée's more recent analysis shifted away from the UFO phenomenon itself to the effects of sightings on the witness and on society.
“More recently his analysis has shifted away from the UFO itself to the effects of sightings on the witness and on society.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch15:2683-2797 administrative first hand
219
David Swift considers Jacques Vallée's finding disquieting that flying-saucer cultists may become an important factor in society.
“His findings are disquieting: flying-saucer cultists may become an important factor in our culture.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch15:2806-2897 opinion first hand
220
Jacques Vallée holds that belief in contact with extraterrestrials exposes the believer to manipulation and could lead to revolutionary movements capable of undermining or destroying established institutions.
“Belief in contact with extraterrestrials exposes the believer to manipulation, and could lead to revolutionary movements capable of undermining or destroying established institutions.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch15:2906-3076 opinion second hand
221
Jacques Vallée focuses on the contactees, a group of people who believe they have received important messages from flying saucers.
“Instead, Vallee focuses on a smaller group, the contactees, who believe they have received important messages from flying saucers.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch15:3309-3431 administrative first hand
222
Jacques Vallée warns that the danger with contactees lies in their unquestioning and contagious faith that extraterrestrial intervention will bring peace, joy, and salvation.
“The danger, warns Vallee, lies in the contactees' unquestioning and contagious faith that extraterrestrial intervention will bring peace, joy, and salvation”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch15:3520-3667 opinion second hand
223
Jacques Vallée concludes that Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) are real but does not think they are spaceships, instead suggesting they are physical devices for manipulating human beliefs, possibly by people on Earth.
“Although Jacques Vallee concludes that UFOs are real, he does not think they are spaceships; instead, he suggests that they are physical devices for manipulating human beliefs, and that the manipulators may be people here on Earth”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch15:422-647 opinion second hand
224
Jacques Vallée stated that contact with space may become a social fact a long time before it is a scientific reality.
“This is what Vallee means when he says that "contact with space may become a social fact a long time before it is a scientific reality."”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch15:4612-4739 opinion second hand
225
Prior to the 1978 United Nations UFO statement, Jacques Vallée held preliminary discussions with Kurt Waldheim and representatives of the Outer Space Affairs Group.
“in our preliminary discussions with His Excellency Mr. Kurt Waldheim and representatives of the Outer Space Affairs Group”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch16:1091-1207 testimony first hand
226
J. Allen Hynek stated the essential facts of the UFO phenomenon in documents circulated before the 1978 United Nations Special Political Committee meeting.
“the essential facts of the phenomenon have been stated by Dr. J. Allen Hynek, by Dr. Claude Poher, and by myself”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch16:1214-1320 administrative first hand
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Claude Poher stated the essential facts of the UFO phenomenon in documents circulated before the 1978 United Nations Special Political Committee meeting.
“the essential facts of the phenomenon have been stated by Dr. J. Allen Hynek, by Dr. Claude Poher, and by myself”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch16:1214-1320 administrative first hand
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Jacques Vallée has found no evidence that the UFO phenomenon represents the arrival of visitors from outer space, despite considering the phenomenon real and caused by an unknown physical stimulus.
“Although the UFO phenomenon is real, and appears to be caused by an unknown physical stimulus, I have so far failed to discover any evidence that it represented the arrival of visitors from outer space.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch16:1643-1839 opinion first hand
229
Jacques Vallée considers the UFO phenomenon to have three aspects: a physical manifestation, a psycho-physiological aspect, and a social belief system.
“Instead it is my conclusion, Mr. Chairman, that this phenomenon has three aspects.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch16:1847-1921 opinion first hand
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Jacques Vallée held the title of Information Scientist based in Palo Alto, California.
“Jacques F. Vallee, Ph.D., Information Scientist, Palo Alto, California”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch16:199-259 administrative first hand
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Claude Poher conducted a study of the UFO phenomenon sponsored by an agency of the French Government.
“Dr. Claude Poher, in his recently concluded study sponsored by an agency of the French Government, has now shown the way in this direction.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch16:2064-2193 administrative first hand
232
In 1978 the Spanish Armed Forces released their files on UFO cases that had resisted analysis by their experts.
“This year the Spanish armed forces have also released their files on cases that had resisted analysis by their experts.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch16:2204-2315 administrative first hand
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Witnesses of the psycho-physiological aspect of the UFO phenomenon exhibit disorientation symptoms.
“Witnesses at the scene exhibit disorientation symptoms, a loss of the sense of time, partial paralysis or loss of voluntary muscle control, auditory and visual hallucinations, eye complaints ranging from conjunctivitis to temporary blindness, massive psychic reactions, and longer-term effects, such as disturbance of sleep and dream patterns and radical behavior changes.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch16:2521-2885 opinion first hand
234
Witnesses of UFO encounters exhibit a loss of the sense of time.
“a loss of the sense of time”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch16:2577-2600 opinion first hand
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Witnesses of UFO encounters exhibit partial paralysis or loss of voluntary muscle control.
“partial paralysis or loss of voluntary muscle control”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch16:2606-2652 opinion first hand
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Witnesses of UFO encounters exhibit auditory and visual hallucinations.
“auditory and visual hallucinations”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch16:2661-2681 opinion first hand
237
Witnesses of UFO encounters exhibit eye complaints ranging from conjunctivitis to temporary blindness.
“eye complaints ranging from conjunctivitis to temporary blindness”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch16:2697-2753 opinion first hand
238
Witnesses of UFO encounters exhibit massive psychic reactions.
“massive psychic reactions”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch16:2764-2780 opinion first hand
239
Witnesses of UFO encounters exhibit longer-term effects such as disturbance of sleep and dream patterns and radical behaviour changes.
“longer-term effects, such as disturbance of sleep and dream patterns and radical behavior changes”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch16:2795-2885 opinion first hand
240
Jacques Vallée does not believe it is within the province or the budget of the United Nations to address the psycho-physiological effects of UFO encounters directly, except in facilitating exchanges among scholars and disseminating scientific information.
“I do not believe it is within the province or the budget of the United Nations to address such effects directly, except where the United Nations Organization can serve its traditional role in disseminating scientific information and facilitating exchanges among scholars.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch16:2894-3156 opinion first hand
241
On 1978-11-27, Jacques Vallée delivered a statement on the UFO phenomenon before the Special Political Committee of the United Nations Organization in New York City.
“APPENDIX: Statement on the UFO Phenomenon, Prepared for Delivery before the Special Political Committee of the United Nations Organization, New York City, November 27, 1978, by Jacques F. Vallee, Ph.D., Information Scientist, Palo Alto, California”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch16:32-259 administrative first hand
242
Jacques Vallée considers the social belief system generated by the expectation of space visitors to be creating new religious, cultural, and political concepts that social science has taken little notice of.
“This third aspect is the social belief system which has been generated in all the nations represented on this committee by the expectation of space visitors...it is creating new religious, cultural, and political concepts of which social science has taken little notice.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch16:3267-3580 opinion first hand
243
Jacques Vallée has spent more than fifteen years conducting studies of UFO reports made through official and unofficial channels in France and in the United States.
“I have spent more than fifteen years conducting studies of the reports made through official and unofficial channels in France and in the United States.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch16:3747-3892 testimony first hand
244
Jacques Vallée's studies of UFO reports have been supported by extensive computer statistics.
“These analyses have been supported by extensive computer statistics.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch16:3900-3957 administrative first hand
245
Jacques Vallée has been in frequent communication with scientists in other parts of the world regarding the UFO phenomenon.
“In addition, I have been in frequent communication with scientists in other parts of the world.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch16:3969-4058 testimony first hand
246
Jacques Vallée considers the belief in space visitors independent of the physical reality of the UFO phenomenon.
“The belief in space visitors is independent of the physical reality of the UFO phenomenon.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch16:4197-4276 opinion first hand
247
Jacques Vallée considers the belief in the imminence of UFO contact an indication of a widening gap between the public and science.
“The belief in the imminence of UFO "contact" is an indication of a widening gap between the public and science.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch16:4552-4655 opinion first hand
248
Jacques Vallée attributes the widening gap between the public and science partly to a negative and prejudiced attitude with which scientific institutions have treated sincere witnesses of UFO phenomena.
“We are beginning to pay the price for the negative and prejudiced attitude with which our scientific institutions have treated sincere witnesses of UFO phenomena.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch16:4664-4816 opinion first hand
249
Jacques Vallée considers that some books arguing the Earth was visited by space travellers in prehistoric times contribute to a belief that great human achievements were impossible without celestial intervention.
“In recent years we have seen many books arguing that the Earth had been visited by space travelers in prehistoric times...it is leading many people to suggest that the great achievements of mankind would have been impossible without celestial intervention: the development of agriculture, the mastery of fire, and the bases of civilization are credited to so-called "higher beings."”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch16:5361-5779 opinion first hand
250
Jacques Vallée considers that the ancient astronaut hypothesis contradicts many archaeological facts.
“Not only does this idea contradict many archeological facts, it encourages passive expectation of another visit by friendly space creatures to solve current human problems.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch16:5788-5951 opinion first hand
251
Jacques Vallée considers the expectation of contact with space visitors to promote the concept of political unification of the planet.
“The expectation of contact with space visitors promotes the concept of political unification of our planet.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch16:5965-6065 opinion first hand
252
Jacques Vallée holds a Ph.D. in computer science from Northwestern University.
“a Ph.D. in computer science from Northwestern University”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch20:156-202 administrative
253
Before starting his own computer company, Jacques Vallée served as Manager of Information Systems at Stanford University.
“Before starting his own computer company, he served as Manager of Information Systems at Stanford University”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch20:214-312 administrative
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Jacques Vallée won a Jules Verne Prize for his first science fiction novel.
“A Jules Verne Prize winner for his first science fiction novel”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch20:324-381 administrative
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Jacques Vallée has published over fifty articles in scientific and popular journals.
“has published over fifty articles in scientific and popular journals”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch20:399-459 administrative
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Jacques Vallée has published six factual books on UFOs.
“six factual books on UFOs”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch20:473-494 administrative
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Jacques Vallée pioneered research in the psychological, social and psychic aspects of the UFO (Unidentified Flying Object) phenomenon.
“Dr. Vallee has pioneered research in the psychological, social and psychic aspects of the UFO phenomenon”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch20:500-594 administrative
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Jacques Vallée was the model for the character 'LaCombe' in the film Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
“Jacques Vallee was also the model for the character ‘LaCombe’ in the film Close Encounters of the Third Kind”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch20:606-710 administrative
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Jacques Vallée holds a Master's degree in astrophysics from a French university.
“holds a Master’s degree in astrophysics from a French university”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch20:87-141 administrative
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Jacques Vallée believes that UFOs (unidentified flying objects) are physically real.
“I believe that UFOs are physically real.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch3:1737-1772 opinion first hand
261
Jacques Vallée believes UFOs represent a fantastic technology controlled by an unknown form of consciousness.
“They represent a fantastic technology controlled by an unknown form of consciousness.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch3:1778-1849 opinion first hand
262
Jacques Vallée believes it would be dangerous to jump to premature conclusions about the origin and nature of UFOs, because the phenomenon serves as a vehicle for images that can be manipulated to promote belief systems aimed at long-term transformation of human society.
“I also believe that it would be dangerous to jump to premature conclusions about their origin and nature, because the phenomenon serves as the vehicle for images that can be manipulated to promote belief systems tending to the long-term transformation of human society.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch3:1868-2129 opinion first hand
263
Jacques Vallée sought to identify manipulators of the UFO phenomenon and highlight their activities, ranging from hoaxes to expeditions connected with mutilated animal carcasses found across the American landscape.
“I have tried to identify some of the manipulators and to highlight their activities, which range from apparently harmless hoaxes such as the false professor George Adamski’s meetings with Venusian spacemen to bloody expeditions that have littered the American landscape with the carcasses of mutilated animals.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch3:2138-2440 testimony first hand
264
George Adamski, described as a false professor, claimed to have had meetings with Venusian spacemen.
“the false professor George Adamski’s meetings with Venusian spacemen”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch3:2275-2335 hearsay second hand
265
Jacques Vallée found disturbing evidence of dangerous sectarian activities linked to totalitarian philosophies.
“I have found disturbing evidence of dangerous sectarian activities linked to totalitarian philosophies.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch3:2449-2539 testimony first hand
266
Jacques Vallée considers it staggering how easily journalists and even scientists can be seduced into indiscriminate promotion of deceptions surrounding the UFO phenomenon.
“The ease with which journalists and even scientists can be seduced into indiscriminate promotion of such deceptions is staggering.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch3:2553-2672 opinion first hand
267
Jacques Vallée refers to those he investigated as the "Messengers of Deception" and states that as an independent thinker he intends to remain vigilant against false ideas and simplistic political notions planted by them.
“For me, that is only one more reason for an independent thinker to remain vigilant against false ideas and simplistic political notions planted by those I have called the “Messengers of Deception.””
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch3:2829-3015 opinion first hand
268
Jacques Vallée issued a warning in connection with the Human Individual Metamorphosis (H.I.M.) cult, stating "It only costs your life!"
“the stark warning I issued in connection with the HIM cult (“It only costs your life!”)”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch3:342-422 testimony first hand
269
Jacques Vallée considers the 1994 Order of the Solar Temple mass killings to illustrate the dangerous form of mind control and simulation of extraterrestrial contact that he first described in Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults in connection with the "Adventures of a Grand Master."
“illustrated the dangerous form of mind control and the simulation of extraterrestrial contact I first described here in connection with the “Adventures of a Grand Master.””
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch3:663-826 opinion first hand
270
Jacques Vallée considers the cattle mutilations phenomenon to remain unsolved.
“The cattle mutilations phenomenon remains unsolved.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch3:835-877 opinion first hand
271
Jacques Vallée became a computer scientist leading a research group working under contract with the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA), which brought him to Washington several times a year.
“by then, I had become a computer scientist and was leading a research group working under contract with the Advanced Research Projects Agency, a project that brought me to Washington several times a year.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch4:10958-11157 administrative first hand
272
Jacques Vallée considers the UFO phenomenon a possible control system linked to human consciousness rather than simply the technology of extraterrestrial beings.
“now that I am pursuing the idea that UFOs may be a control system, and now that I am aware of their link to human consciousness. I still think there is a genuine technology at work here, causing the effects witnesses are describing. But I am not ready to jump to the conclusion that it is the technology of some kind of "spacemen."”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch4:11612-11933 opinion first hand
273
Jacques Vallée describes the physical aspect of the UFO phenomenon as a region of space of small dimensions, about 10 metres, within which a very large amount of energy is stored.
“The UFO behaves like a region of space, of small dimensions (about 10 meters), within which a very large amount of energy is stored.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch4:12020-12145 opinion first hand
274
The subject of Jacques Vallée's meeting at the Science Adviser's office was unidentified flying objects (UFOs).
“The subject of the discussion: unidentified flying objects.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch4:1221-1272 observation first hand
275
Gregory was a systems programmer at a leading think tank who quit his job to form a psychic centre and began publishing a newsletter about his experiences with higher entities.
“A case in point is a young man named Gregory, whom I used to know as a systems programmer with one of our leading "think tanks." He quit his job to form a psychic center. He is now publishing a newsletter devoted to his experiences with higher entities.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch4:18694-18938 testimony first hand
276
An unnamed leader of a contactee group told Jacques Vallée that the Earth is the property of one group of saucers that controls this end of the universe, who call themselves the Brothers and who brought Christ to Earth 2000 years ago.
“The Earth is the property of one group of saucers that controls this end of the universe, and they call themselves the Brothers, and they are the ones who brought the Christ on Earth 2000 years ago...”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch4:20080-20274 hearsay second hand
277
An unnamed leader of a contactee group told Jacques Vallée that the Brothers would step in to help if Russia started throwing missiles at the United States from Cuba.
“If we get a little out of control, and maybe Russia would start to throw some missiles at us, from Cuba… well, they might step in, if it got too bad, and help us out. They told us they would.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch4:20281-20466 hearsay second hand
278
The contactee group referenced by Jacques Vallée describing the Brothers is nationally organised as a political party.
“This group of contactees is nationally organized as a political party.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch4:20474-20538 observation first hand
279
The inventor of Dianetics is said to have practised ritual magic with rocket expert Jack Parsons.
“Indeed, the inventor of Dianetics is said to have practiced ritual magic with a rocket expert named Jack Parsons”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch4:20690-20795 hearsay
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In 1945, Jack Parsons met a "Spiritual Being" in the Mojave Desert, California, whom he regarded as a Venusian.
“who met in the Mojave Desert in 1945 a “Spiritual Being” whom he regarded as a Venusian.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch4:20804-20883 testimony second hand
281
Gregory is a follower of a modern UFO cult who has become disenchanted with science and technology.
“The followers of modern UFO cults are often persons who, like Gregory, have become disenchanted with science and technology.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch4:21783-21896 observation first hand
282
Aimé Michel observed that none of the brilliant minds among the disciples of Aristotle and Plato speculated that the spread of religious "lunacy" among their ignorant slaves might eventually spell the end of the Classical World.
“Aimé Michel, the noted French author, has pointed out that none of these brilliant minds speculated for a second that such “lunacy,” spreading among their ignorant slaves, might eventually spell the end of the Classical World.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch4:22726-22946 opinion second hand
283
Joseph Smith founded the Mormon Church in the nineteenth century after following orders given to him by an angel of light named Moroni.
“In the nineteenth century, the religious establishment laughed when a young man named Joseph Smith followed the orders given to him by an angel of light named Moroni and founded the Mormon Church.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch4:22953-23142 testimony
284
Fundamentalist Presbyterian radio preacher Dr. Carl McIntire organised a "UFO Bureau" in Collingswood, New Jersey, to investigate the connection between UFOs and angels.
“Fundamentalist Presbyterian radio preacher Dr. Carl McIntire has even organized a “UFO Bureau” in Collingswood, New Jersey, to investigate the connection between UFOs and angels.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch4:24583-24754 administrative
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A young man who spent months on the trail of contactee cult leaders "Bo and Peep" (the Charles Manson-style Bo and Peep cult, a precursor to Heaven's Gate) sent Jacques Vallée a taped, pathetic appeal describing his emotional confusion.
“A young man who has spent months on the trail of contactee cult leaders “Bo and Peep” recently sent me a pathetic tape.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch4:28143-28257 testimony second hand
286
Jacques Vallée conducted research into the theories of occult groups in California, joining some of them as a "participant-observer" to learn their views about UFOs.
“While doing research into the theories of occult groups in California (some of which I joined as a “participant-observer” to learn their views about UFOs)”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch4:32115-32264 testimony first hand
287
Jacques Vallée did not find a single occult group in California with a consistent belief system, but found none that did not claim some form of "contact" with an alien form of intelligence.
“I did not find a single group that had a consistent belief system, but neither did I find one that did not claim to have had some form of “contact” with an alien form of intelligence.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch4:32271-32441 observation first hand
288
Jacques Vallée considers that UFOs represent an objective reality that can only be studied by revolutionising existing disciplines.
“I think that UFOs represent an objective reality that we can study only by revolutionizing existing disciplines.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch4:33354-33454 opinion first hand
289
Jacques Vallée proposes that the UFO phenomenon is, among other things, a device which creates a distortion of the witness's reality, doing so for the purpose of projecting images or fabricated scenes designed to change belief systems, and that the observed technology is only the incidental support for a worldwide enterprise of "subliminal seduction".
“I propose: that the UFO we see is, among other things, a device which creates a distortion o f the witness’s reality; that it does so for a purpose, which is to project images or fabricated scenes designed to change our belief systems; and that the technology we observe is only the incidental support for a worldwide enterprise of “subliminal seduction.””
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch4:34825-35169 opinion first hand
290
Jacques Vallée believes there is a machinery of mass manipulation behind the UFO phenomenon that aims at social and political goals by diverting attention from human problems and providing a potential release for tensions.
“I believe there is a machinery of mass manipulation behind the UFO phenomenon. It aims at social and political goals by diverting attention from some human problems and by providing a potential release for tensions caused by others.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch4:36094-36319 opinion first hand
291
Jacques Vallée considers UFO contactees to be part of the machinery of mass manipulation, helping to create a new form of belief that leads large parts of the public to expect actual contact.
“The contactees are a part of that machinery. They are helping to create a new form of belief: an expectation of actual contact among large parts of the public.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch4:36327-36479 opinion first hand
292
Jacques Vallée concludes that UFOs are real, are physical devices used to affect human consciousness, may not be from outer space, and that their purpose may be to achieve social changes on Earth through systematic manipulation of witnesses and contactees, covert use of various sects and cults, and control of the channels through which alleged "space messages" impact the public.
“UFOs are real. They are physical devices used to affect human consciousness. They may not be from outer space. Their purpose may be to achieve social changes on this planet, through a belief system that uses systematic manipulation of witnesses and contactees; covert use of various sects and cults; control of the channels through which the alleged “space messages” can make an impact on the public.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch4:37476-37869 opinion first hand
293
Jacques Vallée questioned why the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), rather than the United States Department of Energy or the National Institutes of Health (NIH), was chosen to handle UFO inquiries.
“So why pick NASA rather than the Department of Energy, which could deal better with the physical effects, or the National Institutes of Health, which are capable of investigating the physiological responses so prevalent among witnesses?”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch4:4942-5168 opinion first hand
294
Jacques Vallée entered the New Executive Office Building near the White House in Washington DC for a meeting about UFOs at the office of the President's Science Adviser.
“Nine thirty. Within a block of the White House, I enter the New Executive Office Building, the modern brick structure where senior officials' work is protected from the heat by thick glass doors.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch4:762-951 observation first hand
295
Jacques Vallée first became interested in UFO sightings during the 1954 European UFO sighting wave, when he was a student and the official position was to deny the observations.
“When I first became interested in the sightings during the 1954 wave in Europe, the official position was simply to deny the observations.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch4:8528-8653 testimony first hand
296
Jacques Vallée became seriously interested in unidentified flying objects in 1961 after French astronomers erased a magnetic tape containing eleven data points recorded by a satellite-tracking team on an unknown flying object that was not an airplane, balloon, or known orbiting craft.
“I became seriously interested in 1961, when I saw French astronomers erase a magnetic tape on which our satellite-tracking team had recorded eleven data points on an unknown flying object which was not an airplane, a balloon, or a known orbiting craft.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch4:8781-9027 testimony first hand
297
Héctor Quintanilla authorised Jacques Vallée to study the UFO cases gathered by the United States Air Force.
“I went through the French Air Force data, and later Major Quintanilla authorized me to study the cases gathered by the U.S. Air Force.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch4:9678-9806 administrative first hand
298
Betty Hill and Barney Hill disagreed on several details of the appearance of the occupants they described in their 1961 UFO abduction account.
“this would explain why contactees Betty and Barney Hill disagreed on several details of the occupants’ appearance”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch5:14291-14394 observation second hand
299
In 1976, Jacques Vallée went on a desert expedition along the Garlock fault in California to attempt to verify statements received by automatic writing.
“One day in 1976 I went on a desert expedition in an attempt to verify statements received by automatic writing, a form of trance in which the subject is not aware of what his hand is writing, and is apparently under the control of an outside entity.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch5:14632-14874 testimony first hand
300
The 1976 Garlock fault desert expedition led by Jacques Vallée found nothing to verify the automatic-writing statements it set out to investigate.
“Although our search that day was negative, it is worth telling because it shows an element of the manipulation that is rarely discussed by the participants”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch5:14882-15025 observation first hand
301
Jacques Vallée met the man who channelled the automatic-writing messages at a meeting place in Burbank, California, in the Mojave Desert area, and brought four samples of quartz crystal as instructed by the transcript.
“He sent me a copy of the message transcript, and I had brought four good samples of quartz to our meeting place in Burbank.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch5:16161-16276 testimony first hand
302
During the 1976 Garlock fault desert expedition, six men who had driven from Los Angeles with sound equipment and cameras met Jacques Vallée's group at a turn in the road.
“At a turn in the road we stopped, raising a cloud of dust from the scorched ground. As it settled we met six men who had driven earlier from Los Angeles with sound equipment and cameras.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch5:17080-17258 observation first hand
303
During the 1976 Garlock fault desert expedition, the team assembled had three powerful trucks equipped with four-wheel drive and electronic equipment and communication gear.
“The team assembled here had three powerful trucks equipped with four-wheel drive. With our electronic equipment and communication gear, we looked more like an Army strike team than like a group of researchers trying to verify some elusive psychic data.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch5:17332-17579 observation first hand
304
Jacques Vallée took photographs with and without quartz crystal during the 1976 Garlock fault desert expedition at several places resembling the described "node" location, but obtained only pictures of blurred landscape.
“I took pictures with and without the crystal at several places that resembled the description of the “node” given in the transcript. I got only pictures of the blurred landscape with its twisted bushes and rock piles”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch5:18034-18245 observation first hand
305
During the 1976 Garlock fault desert expedition, while in a mine entrance overlooking Garlock with one other person, Jacques Vallée heard the sharp sound of a minor explosion with no explanation found for the noise.
“At that moment there was the sharp sound of a minor explosion behind me, like the popping of a flash bulb being crushed. There were only two of us in the entrance to the mine at that moment, and nothing was found that could explain the noise.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch5:18898-19134 observation first hand
306
Jacques Vallée went into the desert beyond Mojave with his camera to try to duplicate an effect described by a person who sent him a manuscript claiming he often caught UFOs on infrared film in the desert skies.
“I had a more mundane reason for going into the desert beyond Mojave with my camera: someone had sent me a manuscript claiming that he often caught UFOs on infrared film in the desert skies.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch5:19483-19666 testimony first hand
307
Jacques Vallée's infrared photographs taken to duplicate reported UFO infrared capture in the desert showed dark spots that were explained as a result of the developing process.
“The photographs I took to try to duplicate this effect did show some dark spots, but they were quickly explained as being a result of the developing process.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch5:19673-19822 observation first hand
308
Jacques Vallée searched for time-folds and secret doors on Earth allowing strange beings to cross dimensions but did not find any.
“re time-folds and secret doors on the Earth that allow strange beings to cross over the dimensions, but I did not find any.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch5:19984-20100 observation first hand
309
Jacques Vallée considers Betty Hill's star map drawing to be "a map to nowhere" that proves nothing about extraterrestrial origin.
“I claim that it proves nothing of the kind. Betty’s drawing is a map to nowhere.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch5:21405-21477 opinion first hand
310
During a field trip in the Mojave Desert, Jacques Vallée photographed an apparent UFO formation using infrared film, which he attributes to artefacts of the film-development process.
“Figure 1.2. During a field trip in the Mojave Desert, the author photographed this apparent “UFO formation” using infrared film. The “UFOs” are simply artifacts of the film-development process.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch5:21856-22041 observation first hand
311
In a radio interview and in conversations with Jacques Vallée, a contactee named "Jim" identified the home base of the saucers as the constellation Orion, saying entities of light appearing in energy form said they were from Orion and were there to prepare people to interconnect with the next level of universal intelligence.
“The entities of light that appeared in energy form said they were from the constellation we call Orion, and they were here to prepare us to interconnect with the next level of universal intelligence.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch5:24727-24913 testimony second hand
312
Jacques Vallée believes people who attended Stanton Friedman's lectures on the Zeta Reticuli star map came away feeling the UFO mystery had been solved, and considers them completely mistaken.
“People I have spoken to after such lectures came away with the feeling that the whole UFO mystery had at last been solved. I believe they are completely mistaken.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch5:28900-29053 opinion first hand
313
Jacques Vallée believes Betty Hill and Barney Hill really saw a UFO and that something unknown stopped their car and took control of their minds, and that they were not lying or "nuts."
“Before I present my side of the story, I want to state that I think Betty and Barney Hill really saw a UFO and that something unknown stopped their car and took control of their minds. They were not lying, and they were not “nuts.””
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch5:29064-29289 opinion first hand
314
Jacques Vallée believes Betty Hill's recollection of a star map is a fact and not something she invented, basing this opinion on similar sightings in which objects of high symbolic value referring to time or space have been described.
“I also think that Betty’s recollection of a star map is a fact, and not simply something she invented. I base this opinion on similar sightings in which objects have been described, often of very high symbolic value. These objects generally refer to time (like a clock) or to space (like a map or a compass).”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch5:29296-29595 opinion first hand
315
Jacques Vallée calculated that the number of ways of picking 16 stars from a set of 46 is approximately 2 x 10^25.
“The number of space configurations we should examine, then, is the number we obtain by multiplying together the numbers from 31 to 46; it is about 2 × 1025 (that is, two followed by 25 zeroes).”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch5:33108-33293 measurement first hand
316
Jacques Vallée notes that Betty Hill's star map is not drawn to scale, and that the distance between the two stars of Zeta Reticuli, in particular, is exaggerated to the point where the map would be useless for navigation.
“An important, even a crucial, fact seems to have escaped the attention of those who have examined Betty Hill’s drawing: her map is not drawn to scale! ... The distance between the two stars of Zeta Reticuli, in particular, is exaggerated to the point where the map would be useless for navigation.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch5:33860-34226 opinion first hand
317
Jacques Vallée believes that if Betty Hill's star map is real, it must have been placed there for her to see, not for a pilot to use.
“If the map is real, it must have been placed there for Betty Hill to see, not for the pilot to use!”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch5:34390-34485 opinion first hand
318
Jacques Vallée does not believe any contactees, including Betty Hill and Barney Hill, have been physically on board an actual saucer, but rather took a nonphysical trip controlled by a system acting on human consciousness, which the Soviets term "psychotronic."
“I do not believe that any of the contactees – not even Betty and Barney Hill – have been physically on board an actual “saucer.” It is more likely that they have taken a nonphysical “trip,” controlled and guided by a system of which we have no clear idea as yet, a system that acts on human consciousness (the Soviets use the term “psychotronic” to designate such devices)”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch5:35281-35645 opinion first hand
319
In no UFO abduction case have investigators taken precautions against the known problems with polygraph testing.
“In no abduction case have the investigators taken precautions against these problems.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch5:41378-41454 opinion first hand
320
Jacques Vallée considers that the UFO abduction experience and contact experience, though seeming to suggest an extraterrestrial source, can result from deeper, subtler, complex processes of the human mind.
“The abduction experience and the contact experience, which seem at first to suggest an extraterrestrial source for the UFOs, can result, I think, from deeper, subtler, complex processes of the human mind.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch5:41464-41663 opinion first hand
321
Jacques Vallée considers that the psychological processes underlying UFO abduction and contact experiences can be triggered by suggestion, hypnosis, drugs, and the physical tools of deception.
“These processes can be triggered by suggestion, hypnosis, drugs, and the physical tools of deception.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch5:41669-41760 opinion first hand
322
Jacques Vallée considers that the deception behind UFO abduction and contact experiences could be the work of a higher form of intelligence or the work of human beings.
“Such deception could be the work of a higher form of intelligence – or it could be the work of human beings.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch5:41771-41872 opinion first hand
323
Jacques Vallée considers that the link between the images of the UFO world and those of human folklore resides in the psyche.
“The link between the images of the UFO world and those of human folklore resides in the psyche.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch5:41881-41969 opinion first hand
324
Jacques Vallée considers that the "technology" of UFOs is not designed to carry small beings from one physical planet to another, but is designed to trigger pre-existing imagery already carried in human brains.
“The “technology” of the UFOs is not designed to carry little men from one physical planet to another. It is designed, much more simply, to trigger the already-existing imagery we are all carrying in our brains.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch5:41977-42180 opinion first hand
325
Jacques Vallée describes the imagery triggered by UFOs as the imagery of Magonia, of intelligent beams of light, and of dialogues with strange creatures.
“It is the imagery of Magonia, of intelligent beams of light, of dialogues with strange creatures.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch5:42188-42275 opinion first hand
326
Jacques Vallée considers that UFOs, emerging fully armed into our local universe like Athena being born from Zeus's head, do nothing more than provide the physical support for our own dreams.
“Emerging fully armed into our local universe – like Athena being born from Zeus’s head – the UFOs do nothing more than provide the physical support for our own dreams.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch5:42287-42447 opinion first hand
327
Betty Hill claimed to have seen a star map aboard the UFO that abducted her.
“And what about the evidence of the “star map” seen by contactee Betty Hill aboard the UFO which abducted her?”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch5:5090-5195 testimony second hand
328
Jacques Vallée maintains files of approximately 2,000 cases of close encounters with UFOs from every country on Earth.
“In my own files I currently have approximately 2,000 cases of close encounters from every country on Earth, many of them involving occupants of various sizes and shapes.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch5:5610-5772 administrative first hand
329
Jacques Vallée's computer studies of UFO landing reports across every continent show reported UFO activity peaking at about 22:30 local time and decreasing sharply after that time, increasing again just before dawn.
“The frequency distributions that my computer studies have disclosed for every continent show this activity peaking at about 10:30 p.m., decreasing sharply after that time, and increasing again just before dawn.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch5:6429-6634 measurement first hand
330
Jacques Vallée estimates that if witnesses stayed outside at night rather than going to bed, approximately 30,000 UFO landing reports would be recorded rather than the actual figure.
“Then let us ask the question: how many reports would we have if people did not go to bed but stayed outside to watch these so-called “spacecraft?” The answer is, about 30,000.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch5:6939-7110 measurement first hand
331
Jacques Vallée estimates that only one UFO case in ten ever gets reported, based on independent studies.
“Now, this last figure does not begin to approximate the actual number of events, because we know from many independent studies that only one case in ten ever gets reported.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch5:7181-7344 measurement first hand
332
Jacques Vallée calculates that if UFOs are spacecraft engaged in a general survey of Earth, they must have landed on Earth no fewer than three million times in two decades, accounting for underreporting and uneven population distribution.
“Again, taking a conservative multiplying factor of ten leads us to the staggering conclusion that the UFOs, if they are spacecraft engaged in a general survey of our planet, must have landed here no fewer than three million times in two decades!”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch5:7647-7884 opinion first hand
333
Jacques Vallée argues that either UFOs select their witnesses, or they are something entirely different from space vehicles, and in either case their appearances are staged.
“Either the UFOs select their witnesses, or they are something entirely different from space vehicles. In either case, their appearances are staged!”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch5:8046-8186 opinion first hand
334
In March 1954 at Santa Maria, Brazil, a man observed two occupants of a football-shaped craft who spoke in a strange language, and the craft vanished silently and instantly.
“March 1954, Santa Maria, Brazil. A man observed two occupants of a football-shaped craft who spoke in a strange language. The craft vanished silently and instantly.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch5:8327-8481 observation second hand
335
In June 1962 at Verona, Italy, following a UFO observation, a woman was awakened by a feeling of intense cold and saw a being with a bald head near the house.
“June 1962, Verona, Italy. Following a UFO observation, a woman was awakened by a feeling of intense cold and saw a being with a bald head near the house.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch5:8493-8640 observation second hand
336
In the 1962 Verona, Italy UFO sighting, the witness called other witnesses, and all saw the apparition shrink and vanish on the spot like a TV image when the set is turned off.
“She called other witnesses, and all saw the apparition shrink and vanish on the spot “like a TV image when the set is turned off."”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch5:8647-8772 observation second hand
337
In October 1963 at Whidbey Island, Washington State, a middle-aged woman saw a strange craft with three figures inside that tilted, partially sank into the ground, grew in size, and departed with a flash.
“October 1963, Whidbey Island, Washington State. A middle-aged woman saw a strange craft with three figures inside. It tilted, partially sank into the ground, grew in size, and departed with a flash.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch5:8779-8971 observation second hand
338
In November 1968 in France, a doctor saw two large disk-shaped objects merge into one, and the single object send a beam of light in his direction before vanishing with an explosion that left a cloud dissipating slowly.
“November 1968, France. A prominent doctor saw two large disk- shaped objects merge into one, and the single object send a beam of light in his direction. It vanished with a sort of explosion, leaving a cloud that dissipated slowly.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch5:8979-9203 observation second hand
339
Jacques Vallée considers that the vanishing behaviour observed in his catalogued UFO sightings is contrary to what physical objects do and is impossible to duplicate with current spacecraft technology, resembling the behaviour of an image or holographic projection.
“I hardly need to point out that this behavior is contrary to what physical objects do, and quite impossible to duplicate with our current spacecraft technology. It is the behavior of an image, or a holographic projection.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch5:9587-9797 opinion first hand
340
Prior to 1965, officers of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) stationed in Madrid reportedly received letters from the self-described UMMO visitors.
“On two occasions prior to 1965, it is said that officers of the Central Intelligence Agency stationed in Madrid received letters from these "visitors."”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch6:10128-10269 hearsay
341
The UMMO letters claimed that two UMMO 'brothers' had lived from 1952 to 1954 at 58 Mayor Street in Albacente, Spain as guests of Margarita Ruiz de Lihory, where they conducted psychophysiological experiments with animals.
“They stated that two of their "brothers" had lived from 1952 to 1954 at 58 Mayor Street, in Albacente, where they were the guests of a society lady, Señora Margarita Ruiz de Lihory. In her house they had conducted "psychophysiological experiments with animals" the letter said.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch6:10280-10552 hearsay
342
Following the UMMO letters' claims, authorities investigated and found that in February 1954 a corpse had been mutilated in the house at 58 Mayor Street, Albacente identified as that of Margot Shelly Ruiz de Lihory, daughter of Margarita Ruiz de Lihory, with a hand and other limbs sectioned.
“Following up on this information, authorities began checking into what they assumed was some kind of a joke. They found that in February 1954, a corpse had been mutilated in the house in question. It was the body of Miss Margot Shelly Ruiz de Lihory, a daughter of the lady mentioned in the UMMO letter. A hand and other limbs had been sectioned.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch6:10558-10894 observation first hand
343
The mutilation of Margot Shelly Ruiz de Lihory resulted in a sensational trial.
“A sensational trial had resulted.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch6:10905-10929 observation first hand
344
Rumour in Spain holds that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is actively trying to locate the so-called biologists of Albacente connected to the UMMO affair.
“Rumor has it in Spain that the CIA is actively trying to locate the so-called "biologists" of Albacente”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch6:10940-11034 hearsay second hand
345
A person calling himself Mr. W. Rumsey reportedly offered $1,000 to anyone providing information about the UMMO 'biologists' of Albacente.
“a mysterious "Mr. W. Rumsey" has offered $1,000 to anyone providing information about them”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch6:11054-11140 hearsay second hand
346
Jacques Vallée classifies Joan of Arc, Joseph Smith, Edgar Cayce, and Uri Geller as historical direct contactees.
“Under this definition, such historical figures as Joan of Arc or Joseph Smith are direct contactees. So are Edgar Cayce and Uri Geller.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch6:13676-13804 opinion first hand
347
Jacques Vallée defines 'indirect contactees' as people who have convinced themselves of the existence of an intelligent cause of unexplained phenomena, have not observed such phenomena themselves, but feel a personal link to that cause giving them a special destiny.
“I call "indirect contactees" people who (1) have convinced themselves of the existence of an intelligent cause that can produce unexplained phenomena, (2) have not observed such phenomena themselves, but (3) feel that they have some personal link to this cause nonetheless, one that again gives them a special destiny among mankind.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch6:13882-14206 opinion first hand
348
According to conversations Jacques Vallée had in the Soviet Union, an indirect contactee pushed a leading plasma physicist under a Moscow subway train after being instructed by a 'voice from space' to kill that particular man.
“in the sixties, according to conversations I had in the Soviet Union, a leading plasma physicist was pushed under a Moscow subway train by an "indirect contactee" who had been instructed by a "voice from space" to kill that particular man.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch6:14625-14860 hearsay second hand
349
In 1975, a French contactee was arrested by police as he was entering the headquarters of the French television network carrying a carbine and fifty shells, after a 'voice from space' had instructed him to kill a newsman who had written several books on UFOs.
“In 1975, a French contactee was arrested by the police as he was entering the headquarters of the French television network, carrying a carbine and fifty shells: a similar voice from space had instructed him to kill a newsman who had written several books on UFOs.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch6:14865-15124 testimony
350
Jacques Vallée interviewed Helen, a young woman who believed she was teleported aboard a flying saucer and emerged with a formula for cosmic energy.
“In this search I have met Helen, a young woman who believes that she was teleported aboard a flying saucer and emerged with a formula for cosmic energy.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch6:17356-17501 testimony second hand
351
In Paris, Jacques Vallée visited leaders of an occult organisation who claimed to meet regularly with extraterrestrials preparing a social revolution.
“In Paris I visited the leaders of an occult organization who meet regularly with extraterrestrials who are preparing social revolution.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch6:17509-17633 testimony
352
Jacques Vallée and others drove to Mendocino, California to listen to recorded tapes of Timothy Leary made while he was in jail.
“We drove up to Mendocino to hear the tapes Timothy in jail.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch6:176-230 observation first hand
353
In California, Jacques Vallée attended meetings of the Human Individual Metamorphosis group as they were recruiting people for the next expected saucer trip to 'the other level.'
“In California I have attended meetings of the Human Individual Metamorphosis as they were recruiting passengers for the next saucer trip to "the other level."”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch6:17645-17796 observation first hand
354
Jacques Bordas told Jacques Vallée that he had supplied food to extraterrestrials in the Pyrenees in 1951 and was still in contact with them.
“In Spain I have interviewed Jacques Bordas, who stated that he had supplied food to extraterrestrials in the Pyrenees in 1951 and was still in contact with them.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch6:17804-17960 testimony second hand
355
Jacques Vallée interviewed a woman psychic in the United States who argued about Atlantis and the elimination of the money system.
“I came back to the States and met a woman psychic who argued about Atlantis and the elimination of our money system.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch6:17966-18075 testimony
356
Jacques Vallée interviewed a would-be political leader and member of the John Birch Society who was trying to put a contactee into the White House.
“I interviewed a would-be political leader, a member of the John Birch Society, who was trying to put a contactee into the White House.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch6:18083-18211 testimony
357
A prison psychiatrist had undertaken a study of Timothy Leary that produced tape recordings not originally meant for release.
“The prison psychiatrist had undertaken a study of Leary, and the whole thing had gotten out of hand.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch6:281-376 observation first hand
358
Timothy Leary developed a questionnaire to gather other people's opinions on the concept of Higher Intelligence.
“The people who had organized the meeting gave me a copy of a questionnaire Timothy Leary had developed to gather the opinions of other people concerning higher intelligence.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch6:3069-3229 administrative first hand
359
Alfred Binet, who invented the Intelligence Quotient (I.Q.) test with Théodore Simon, used to respond to requests for a definition of intelligence by saying that intelligence is whatever his test measures.
“To those who requested his definition, Professor Binet, who invented the I.Q. test with another Frenchman named Simon, used to answer simply: "Intelligence is whatever my test measures."”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch6:3716-3892 opinion second hand
360
A legal battle occurred over ownership of the tape recordings of Timothy Leary made by a prison psychiatrist, and the tapes eventually became publicly available.
“Did the tapes belong to the State, to the psychiatrist, or to Leary? There was a complicated legal battle; the tapes got out.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch6:382-503 observation first hand
361
In 1967, Jacques Vallée visited the University of Colorado physics department and had lunch with Edward Condon and the staff of the University of Colorado UFO Project.
“In 1967 I was visiting the University of Colorado physics department. I had lunch with Professor Condon and the staff of his recently organized committee for the study of UFOs.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch6:5240-5411 observation first hand
362
The University of Colorado UFO Project had recently received half a million dollars from the United States Air Force to determine whether the Earth was being visited by extraterrestrials.
“They had just received half a million dollars from the U.S. Air Force to find out whether we were being visited by extraterrestrials.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch6:5417-5532 administrative first hand
363
Jacques Vallée told Edward Condon that he believed the problem of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) could be solved scientifically.
“I told Condon that I believed the problem of UFOs could be solved scientifically.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch6:5552-5618 opinion first hand
364
Jacques Vallée disagreed with Edward Condon's view that the UFO problem could not be addressed scientifically, believing science could have analysed the observations and reached a conclusion.
“I disagree with that view. Science could have analyzed the observations and reached a conclusion then.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch6:5781-5878 opinion first hand
365
Edward Condon and his University of Colorado UFO Project team, chosen for their presumed impartiality, produced the Condon Report, which concluded that no evidence existed for the reality of UFOs.
“Professor Condon and his team, who had been picked because they were presumably impartial and unprejudiced, went on to write a report stating that no evidence existed for the reality of UFOs.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch6:5913-6099 administrative first hand
366
The Condon Report was reviewed and approved by the National Academy of Sciences in 1969.
“The report was reviewed and approved by the National Academy of Sciences in 1969, leaving the field of UFO research wide open for charlatans and hoaxers of all kinds.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch6:6105-6265 administrative first hand
367
Approval of the Condon Report by the National Academy of Sciences left the field of Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) research open to charlatans and hoaxers.
“leaving the field of UFO research wide open for charlatans and hoaxers of all kinds”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch6:6187-6265 opinion first hand
368
It took nearly ten years for serious researchers to begin challenging the Condon Report.
“It has taken almost ten years for serious researchers to begin challenging the Condon Report.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch6:6648-6734 observation first hand
369
Jacques Vallée has often stated, and still believes, that Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) are real and technological.
“I have often stated, and I still believe today, that UFOs are real and technological”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch6:7165-7236 opinion first hand
370
Jacques Vallée argues that whether flying saucers are physically real no longer matters as much as their social impact, since enough people believe in them and believe contact with them is possible.
“I claim that the same now applies to flying saucers because enough people believe in them, enough people believe that contact with them is possible, and enough people even believe that they have secretly achieved such contact.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch6:7854-8072 opinion first hand
371
About thirty people gathered in Mendocino, California to listen to the Timothy Leary tapes, many having driven from San Francisco, Berkeley, and Stanford.
“When the tape started playing, there must have been thirty people in the room. Many had driven from San Francisco, Berkeley, Stanford.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch6:787-912 observation first hand
372
Jacques Vallée argues that in 1967 Edward Condon and his University of Colorado UFO Project team could have conducted a serious scientific study of UFOs but did not, and that it is now too late for science to resolve the social and political consequences of the spreading belief in space contact.
“In 1967, Condon and his team could have done a serious scientific study of UFOs, but they didn't. Now it is too late for science.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch6:8082-8203 opinion first hand
373
Jacques Vallée argues that the more ludicrous and bizarre UFO-related beliefs appear, the more effective they are as subliminal seduction and psychological control.
“In fact, the more ludicrous and bizarre they appear, the more effective they are as subliminal seduction and as other forms of psychological control, and subliminal seduction is exactly what we are dealing with here.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch6:8395-8606 opinion first hand
374
Jacques Vallée argues that belief in UFO contact and visitation is promoted by certain groups responsible for advertising UFO contacts, circulating faked photographs, interfering with witnesses and researchers, and generating systematic disinformation about the phenomenon.
“The belief in UFO contact, and the expectation of visitation by beings from space, is promoted by certain groups of people who are responsible for advertising UFO contacts, for circulating faked photographs (often in connection with genuine sightings), for interfering with witnesses and researchers, and for generating systematic "disinformation" about the phenomenon.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch6:8613-8971 opinion first hand
375
Jacques Vallée suggests that the groups behind UFO disinformation may have access to military, media, and government circles.
“We may find that they belong, or have access, to military, media, and government circles.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch6:8983-9064 opinion first hand
376
In December 1972, a Spanish researcher received a letter postmarked South Kensington, England bearing the insignia of UMMO, a self-styled extraterrestrial government.
“In December 1972, for example, a Spanish researcher received a letter postmarked South Kensington, England, and bearing the insignia of UMMO, a self-styled extraterrestrial government”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch6:9151-9324 testimony
377
A company called UMO Plant Hire, Ltd. was incorporated in Great Britain in 1970 and turned out to be a Soviet spy front.
“In 1970 a company called UMO Plant Hire, Ltd., was incorporated in Great Britain. It turned out to be a Soviet spy front.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch6:9380-9495 observation first hand
378
In September 1971, 105 Soviet officials were expelled from Britain for espionage, and UMO Plant Hire, Ltd. was closed down.
“In September 1971, 105 Soviet officials were expelled from Britain for espionage, and UMO was closed down.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch6:9502-9603 observation first hand
379
One physicist present at the Mendocino, California gathering to hear the Timothy Leary tapes had conducted research on Uri Geller.
“There was one physicist from Berkeley who had done research on Uri Geller”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch6:956-1023 observation first hand
380
Letters purportedly from UMMO extraterrestrials had been received since 1965 by several Spanish and foreign researchers, ranging in subject from biology and religion to astrophysics.
“Such letters had been received since 1965 by several Spanish and foreign researchers. They allegedly came from inhabitants of the planet UMMO who were living secretly among the Spanish population. These communications included thousands of pages of philosophical and scientific discussion, some of it trivial, some profound or even illuminating.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch6:9781-10113 testimony
381
Robert Monroe, an American businessman, set up learning centres with training tapes to help people leave their bodies.
“An American businessman, Robert Monroe, has set up learning centers complete with training tapes to help people leave their bodies.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch7:3550-3674 administrative first hand
382
Jacques Vallée recalled the Rouen UFO-guided car collision incident, in which a UFO allegedly guided a car across a three-lane highway near Rouen, France, into a head-on collision with a speeding ambulance.
“I recalled a similar case in France, near Rouen, where a UFO allegedly guided a car across a three-lane highway to a head-on collision with a speeding ambulance.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch7:4095-4246 testimony first hand
383
The ambulance driver involved in the Rouen UFO-guided car collision incident, who escaped the crash, became the leader of a contactee group in Nice, France.
“The ambulance driver, who escaped under remarkable conditions, is now the leader of a contactee group in Nice.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch7:4257-4362 administrative first hand
384
Jacques Vallée had a lengthy telephone conversation with George (Helen's UFO abduction witness), who had not seen Helen (contactee interviewed by Jacques Vallée) in several years but remembered the 1968 Lompoc-to-Los Angeles UFO abduction of Helen as a turning point in his life.
“First, I had a lengthy telephone conversation with George, who hasn't seen her in several years but remembers the incident as "a turning point in his life."”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch7:4599-4749 testimony second hand
385
A friend of Jacques Vallée who was a psychiatrist contacted Dave (Helen's UFO abduction witness), who had moved to another city, and obtained his statement about the 1968 Lompoc-to-Los Angeles UFO abduction of Helen.
“Dave had moved to another city, where I traced him. A friend of mine, a psychiatrist, got in touch with him and obtained his statement.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch7:4756-4881 administrative first hand
386
Dave (Helen's UFO abduction witness) vividly recalled the 1968 Lompoc-to-Los Angeles UFO abduction of Helen and described it in terms similar to George (Helen's UFO abduction witness)'s account.
“Like George, he vividly recalls the whole incident and describes it in similar terms.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch7:4892-4971 testimony second hand
387
Since the 1968 Lompoc-to-Los Angeles UFO abduction of Helen, Helen (contactee interviewed by Jacques Vallée) has felt an urge to build a machine based on a principle revealed to her by one of the craft's pilots.
“Ever since the sighting, Helen has felt the urge to build the machine whose principle was revealed to her by one of the saucer pilots.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch7:4979-5106 testimony second hand
388
Jacques Vallée assessed that the perpetual-motion motor Helen (contactee interviewed by Jacques Vallée) wanted to build could never physically function as she described it.
“Yet the motor she wants to build is based on a "perpetual motion" scheme and could never run, physically, the way she explains it.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch7:5182-5309 opinion first hand
389
Jacques Vallée noted there are three witnesses to the 1968 Lompoc-to-Los Angeles UFO abduction of Helen, and everything seemed to point to the reality of their experience, yet this is where doubts were raised in his mind.
“There are three witnesses to this UFO event, and everything seems to point to the reality of their experience. But this is precisely the place where many doubts are raised in my mind.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch7:5314-5492 opinion first hand
390
During an interview with Jacques Vallée, Helen (contactee interviewed by Jacques Vallée) said she was motivated to build a new type of engine to help solve the energy crisis.
“Little did they know she was a contactee bent on solving the energy crisis by building a new type of engine.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch7:655-756 observation first hand
391
The message attributed to the Order of Melchizedek was written in black felt-tip marker multiple times on the walls of several tunnels of the Paris subway.
“In Paris it was, however, and the note in black felt-tip marker was written not once but many times, on the walls of several tunnels.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch8:10443-10568 observation first hand
392
Jacques Vallée met Cyna and Ivan, two leaders of the Order of Melchizedek, in their apartment the day after discovering the group's message in the Paris subway.
“I decided to investigate; the next day I met Cyna and Ivan, two leaders of that sect, in their cluttered apartment.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch8:10698-10803 observation first hand
393
Jacques Vallée joined the Order of Melchizedek to learn more than a superficial acquaintance with the group could reveal, and delved into its history.
“Later, bent on learning more than superficial acquaintance with the group could reveal, I joined their organization and delved into its history.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch8:10814-10950 administrative first hand
394
"Major Murphy" is a pseudonym Jacques Vallée used for a source whose actual rank was higher than Major.
“I owe this realization to a man I shall call "Major Murphy," although his actual rank is much higher than that of Major.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch8:11395-11509 administrative first hand
395
Jacques Vallée credits a man he calls "Major Murphy" with teaching him that scientific analysis alone would not lead to the whole truth about UFOs.
“I owe this realization to a man I shall call "Major Murphy," although his actual rank is much higher than that of Major. He taught me a lesson I am not likely to forget.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch8:11395-11557 testimony first hand
396
Major Murphy retired from a U.S. Intelligence service some years before Jacques Vallée met him.
“Major Murphy, who retired from a U.S. Intelligence service quite a few years ago,”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch8:11566-11643 testimony first hand
397
Major Murphy had seen action in World War II in Italy.
“had seen action in World War II in Italy,”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch8:11648-11683 testimony second hand
398
Major Murphy described to Jacques Vallée his investigations in the Caribbean, where he organised efforts to intercept submarines and German spies en route to the United States.
“and also described vividly his investigations in the Caribbean, where he organized efforts to intercept submarines and German spies on their way to the United States.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch8:11690-11849 testimony second hand
399
Jacques Vallée met Major Murphy at a gathering of UFO contactees.
“I met him at a gathering of UFO contactees and suggested a drink when it was over.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch8:11857-11934 observation first hand
400
Major Murphy told Jacques Vallée that he would seriously follow the track of the Melchizedek incident if he were Vallée.
“I told him about the incident involving Melchizedek. He looked at me in a strange way and said: "I would follow that track seriously if I were you."”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch8:15203-15346 opinion first hand
401
Before his subway discovery, Jacques Vallée knew the name Melchizedek only from Biblical references, a mention in the Tridentine Mass, and an intriguing ritual celebrated by a French sect of the nineteenth century.
“Prior to my discovery in the subway, I knew the name of Melchizedek only from a few Biblical references, a mention during the now-obsolete Tridentine Mass ... and an intriguing ritual celebrated by a French sect of the nineteenth century, a sect that mixed the highest ideals with magical practices.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch8:15353-15567 administrative first hand
402
Within a year of his subway discovery, Jacques Vallée had filled a shelf with books and pamphlets about historical heretical sects and their beliefs, which he saw as models for modern UFO contactee cults.
“Within a year I had filled a shelf with curious books and pamphlets about these heretics of the past and their beliefs. They provide a model for the modern cults dedicated to space visitors.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch8:15920-16101 administrative first hand
403
Members of the modern UFO contactee groups Jacques Vallée studied eventually became suspicious of him and decided he must be a Venusian.
“I pondered their significance until they became suspicious of me and decided that I must be a Venusian”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch8:16296-16390 observation first hand
404
Jacques Vallée considers UFOs similar to television sets in that both are physical objects that also function as tools of a major cultural change.
“In some respects I think UFOs are similar to television sets. They are physical objects, the products of a technology, but they are also something else: the tools of a major cultural change.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch8:3488-3671 opinion first hand
405
Jacques Vallée believes UFOs are perpetrating a deception by presenting their occupants as messengers from outer space.
“I think UFOs are perpetrating a deception by presenting their so-called "occupants" as being messengers from outer space, and I suspect there are groups of people on Earth exploiting this deception.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch8:3679-3867 opinion first hand
406
Jacques Vallée suspects there are groups of people on Earth exploiting the deception perpetrated through UFOs.
“I suspect there are groups of people on Earth exploiting this deception.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch8:3805-3867 opinion first hand
407
Jacques Vallée wrote Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults because he is concerned with the changes that would be triggered by belief in an outer-space invasion, real or simulated.
“I have written this book because I am concerned with the changes which would be triggered by the belief in an outer-space invasion, real or simulated.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch8:3879-4019 opinion first hand
408
Jacques Vallée believes that contactees such as Helen (contactee interviewed by Jacques Vallée) are being used in a dangerous way and that the symbolism they propagate will make a deep impact on people's lives.
“I differ from them in believing that these contactees are being used in a dangerous way, and that the symbolism they propagate will make a deep impact on our lives.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch8:4669-4827 opinion first hand
409
Jacques Vallée previously warned that unless his scientific colleagues undertook a serious and unbiased investigation of the UFO phenomenon, there would be a proliferation of new sects claiming contact with higher intelligences.
“Several years ago I warned that unless my scientific colleagues undertook a serious and unbiased investigation of the UFO phenomenon, there would be a proliferation of new sects claiming contact with higher intelligences and special communication with outer space.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch8:6191-6449 opinion first hand
410
In California, Oregon, and Colorado, the group Heaven's Gate (referred to at the time as Human Individual Metamorphosis, H.I.M.) told its followers to abandon all earthly possessions in hopes of reaching a higher physical level.
“in California, Oregon, and Colorado, for example, a group called Human Individual Metamorphosis (H.I.M.) is telling its followers to abandon all earthly possessions in hopes of reaching a higher physical level.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch8:6497-6701 observation first hand
411
In Europe, followers of the Universal Association of Planets seriously believe that cosmic messages are coming to them from that organisation.
“In Europe, mysterious organizations recruit people who seriously believe that cosmic messages are coming to them from the "Universal Association of Planets."”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch8:6708-6856 observation first hand
412
Jacques Vallée began a systematic analysis of the patterns behind UFO manifestations fifteen years before writing this passage, prompted by the sincerity of new sect members whose fascination with unexplained UFO phenomena he took seriously.
“It is this fact that prompted me fifteen years ago to begin a systematic analysis of the patterns behind the UFO manifestations.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch8:7523-7636 administrative first hand
413
Jacques Vallée found a scribbled message reading "The Lord is an Extraterrestrial" on the walls of the Paris subway, attributed to a group calling itself the Order of Melchizedek.
“when I found the scribbled announcement that "The Lord is an Extraterrestrial," allegedly emanating from a mysterious "Order of Melchizedek," I had to stop and take notice.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch8:9610-9775 observation first hand
414
Jacques Vallée flew to Spain in December 1975 to investigate another aspect of the UFO mystery.
“Yet I was carrying their image in my mind when I flew to Spain in December 1975 to investigate another aspect of the UFO mystery.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch9:19036-19157 administrative first hand
415
Jacques Vallée considers the beliefs of "the Two" of Human Individual Metamorphosis (H.I.M.) to be childish fabrication, yet notes they touched a sensitive nerve and found many people to listen to them.
“Although I consider the beliefs of "the Two" to be childish fabrication, the fact remains that they have touched a sensitive nerve. They found many people to listen to them.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch9:19388-19556 opinion first hand
416
At the 1975 Human Individual Metamorphosis (H.I.M.) Stanford meeting, the group made about half a dozen new converts.
“At the Stanford meeting, they made half a dozen new converts.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch9:19562-19614 observation first hand
417
People who later left the Human Individual Metamorphosis (H.I.M.) group would go home and, for several weeks, simply stare at the walls.
“The people who left their group would just go home and, for several weeks, simply stare at the walls.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch9:19667-19762 observation first hand
418
Jacques Bordas was born on 1911-07-20.
“Jacques Bordas was born on July 20, 1911”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch9:20116-20152 administrative first hand
419
Antonio Ribera is a Spanish writer who knew Jacques Bordas for many years.
“This is what Antonio Ribera, a gifted Spanish writer who has known him for many years, said of him”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch9:20298-20393 administrative first hand
420
Until the age of 12, Jacques Bordas was very sick and enormously fat due to a hormonal deficiency, and could walk only with difficulty.
“Until the age of 12 Bordas was very sick indeed. Because of a hormonal deficiency, he was enormously fat and could walk only with difficulty.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch9:20765-20895 administrative first hand
421
Major Murphy urged Jacques Vallée to piece together carefully the available evidence about the modus operandi of the UFO phenomenon.
“The humble man who likes to be called "Major Murphy" had urged me to piece together carefully the available evidence about the modus operandi of the phenomenon.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch9:208-357 testimony first hand
422
In August 1923, at age twelve, Jacques Bordas experienced an encounter in which he saw three small metallic triangular devices, each measuring less than 2.7 metres, land near him.
“At twelve, in August 1923, as the boy was lying down, he felt the urge to climb to the terrace, and there he saw something... He saw some small metallic, triangular devices, similar to miniature planes; three of them landed near him. They measured less than nine feet”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch9:21140-21428 testimony second hand
423
During his 1923 encounter, a being wearing a white suit and bright white mantle emerged from one of the triangular devices and spoke to Jacques Bordas, telling him he had been taken under its protection and would become strong.
“A being came out of it wearing a white suit and a bright white mantle... We have come to see you, because we have taken you under our protection.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch9:21469-21637 testimony second hand
424
The being gave Jacques Bordas a dark, square candy to eat, telling him this was the beginning of a new life, then departed toward Tibidaro Mountain in the triangular craft with the other two.
“The strange messenger gave him a dark, square candy and instructed him to eat it completely... He went back to his triangular airplane and took off, followed by the other two. They flew toward Tibidaro Mountain.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch9:22006-22241 testimony second hand
425
Over the four years following his 1923 encounter, Jacques Bordas underwent an extraordinary physical transformation and became very strong.
“During the next four years he underwent an extraordinary transformation, and became physically very strong.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch9:22336-22436 testimony second hand
426
At eighteen, Jacques Bordas ran away from home with two friends and joined a circus.
“At eighteen he ran away from home with two friends and joined a circus.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch9:22519-22583 administrative first hand
427
Jacques Bordas was the first Spaniard to climb Green Needle, in 1934.
“He was the first Spaniard to climb Green Needle, in 1934.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch9:22638-22690 administrative first hand
428
In 1937, Jacques Bordas crossed the Grand Jura and ascended Grand Chervoz.
“In 1937 he crossed the Grand Jura and ascended Grand Chervoz.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch9:22696-22749 administrative first hand
429
Shortly before the Spanish Civil War, Jacques Bordas passed the examination to become the meteorologist in charge of the Turo Weather Observatory at Montseny, coming out first of many applicants.
“A short time before the Spanish Civil War he passed the examination to become the meteorologist in charge of Turo Weather Observatory, on top of Montseny. He came out first of many applicants”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch9:22759-22940 administrative first hand
430
During the Spanish Civil War, Jacques Bordas served as an Air Force officer and joined the Nationalist side.
“The Civil War forced him to go back to Spain as an Air Force officer. As the political structure of the country collapsed, he took the side of the Nationalists”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch9:23570-23717 administrative first hand
431
Jacques Bordas became the leader of a Nationalist group that took refuge in the mountains, was tracked down, arrested, tortured, put on a prison ship, and managed to escape.
“he took the side of the Nationalists and became the leader of a group that sought refuge in the mountains. He was tracked down, arrested, tortured, thrown on a prison ship, and managed to escape.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch9:23693-23881 administrative first hand
432
Jacques Bordas rejoined the Nationalist ranks but came into conflict with his superiors because he disapproved of the summary trial and massacre of "Red" prisoners.
“He rejoined the ranks of the Nationalists, but soon came into conflict with his superiors because he disapproved of the summary way in which “Red” prisoners were tried and massacred.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch9:23889-24061 administrative first hand
433
Jacques Bordas was kidnapped by three men hired by an officer he had antagonised, taken to an isolated cabin, ordered to undress, and shot, but survived, causing his would-be killers to flee in terror believing they faced a supernatural power.
“He was kidnapped by three men hired by one of the officers he had antagonized... they took him to an isolated cabin, ordered him to take off his clothes, and shot him... the would-be killers became convinced that they must be facing some supernatural power, because they ran away in abject terror.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch9:24073-24431 testimony second hand
434
Antonio Ribera's father, the Rumanian Consul in Barcelona, helped Jacques Bordas escape to France.
“Ribera’s father, who was Rumanian Consul in Barcelona, helped Bordas escape to France.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch9:24845-24924 administrative first hand
435
Jacques Bordas became the manager of a small hotel in Casteil, a village at the foot of Canigou, where he worked as an official mountain guide.
“He became the manager of a small hotel in Casteil, a village on Vernet Mountain, at the foot of the Canigou.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch9:24932-25032 administrative first hand
436
In 1951, at the hotel in Casteil, Jacques Bordas had his third contact with the entity that had influenced him twice before.
“He was there in 1951... when he came for the third time into contact with the force that had twice already influenced his life”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch9:25041-25199 testimony second hand
437
In 1951 at Casteil, a tall man over 1.8 metres, with an athletic body, clear blue eyes, long blond hair, elongated eyes, and very white hands approached Jacques Bordas in the patio and asked him in perfect French for daily milk and bread.
“This third messenger was over six feet tall, with an athletic body, clear blue eyes, and long blond hair... His eyes were slightly elongated, and his hands were very white. “I would like to beg of you a favor,” he said in perfect French. “Can you get me every day, at the same time, two bottles of milk and some bread?””
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch9:25459-25859 testimony second hand
438
When Jacques Bordas asked the stranger where he came from, the stranger replied "From above," which Jacques Bordas interpreted as meaning from the mountain.
“never saying anything until Jacques asked him where he came from. “From above,” was his answer. Jacques thought he meant “from the mountain.””
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch9:25950-26081 testimony second hand
439
The stranger told Jacques Bordas he was doing a study of the topography of Canigou and brought him a parchment-like sheet with the mountain drawn in fine detail and covered with unknown symbols.
““I am doing a study of the topography of Canigou,” replied the man with the strange eyes... The next day he brought Jacques a sheet of strange, parchment-like paper on which the whole mountain was drawn in the finest detail. It was covered with unknown symbols.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch9:26327-26637 testimony second hand
440
Jacques Bordas followed the stranger back toward the mountain and saw his "camp," including a peculiar gray conical object he took to be a low shelter, and another being he thought was a woman.
“Jacques Bordas tailed the visitor when he went back to the mountain... Jacques managed to see his “camp”: he noticed a peculiar gray conical object he took to be a low shelter. Next to it Jacques saw another being whom he thought was a woman.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch9:26660-26943 testimony second hand
441
On his last day, the stranger paid Jacques Bordas with rocks he said were gold from the Cadi River, which a jeweler in Perpignan confirmed was indeed gold.
““take these rocks: this is gold from the Cadi River. It will repay you.” He gave him a few rocks that Jacques later took to a jeweler in Perpignan: it was indeed gold.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch9:27891-28053 testimony second hand
442
After the 1951 encounter, Jacques Bordas's first wife and son died in Casteil, and he remarried and had another son.
“His first wife and son died in Casteil. He married again and had another boy.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch9:28109-28182 administrative first hand
443
Jacques Bordas moved to Andorra and became a successful cabinetmaker, with his furniture factory exporting to 30 countries, and later becoming one of the richest men in Andorra.
“he moved to Andorra on an impulse and decided to make furniture... he became an excellent cabinetmaker and one of the richest men in Andorra: his factory is now exporting to 30 countries.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch9:28329-28543 administrative first hand
444
Jacques Bordas claims to be a healer but declines to use this ability except in very special cases and seeks no publicity or fame.
“He claims that he is a healer, but declines to use this ability except in very special cases. He seeks no publicity and no fame.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch9:28598-28721 testimony second hand
445
During the summer of 1971, Jacques Bordas received a phone call from Paris that he believed was from the being he had met at Canigou twenty years earlier.
“During the summer of 1971 he received a phone call from Paris. He thought he recognized the voice of his visitor of the Canigou, twenty years earlier”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch9:28728-28870 testimony second hand
446
The caller in the 1971 phone call said he was calling from a car in Bois de Vincennes and told Jacques Bordas he would undergo another mutation and would not grow older.
“I am calling from a car in Bois de Vincennes... You will undergo another mutation. You will not grow older. Your consciousness will open itself to universal truths.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch9:28880-29071 testimony second hand
447
Jacques Vallée observed that the language of the communications reported by Jacques Bordas was the same as statements coming from the Human Individual Metamorphosis (H.I.M.) group.
“The language of these communications is the same as in the statements coming from the H.I.M. group.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch9:29080-29173 opinion first hand
448
Jacques Vallée flew to Barcelona to meet Antonio Ribera and another Spanish researcher, Ballester-Olmos, to discuss the fate of Jacques Bordas.
“I flew to Barcelona to meet Antonio Ribera and another Spanish researcher, Ballester-Olmos... None was more intriguing than the fate of Jacques Bordas.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch9:29207-29302 testimony first hand
449
Jacques Vallée observed that Jacques Bordas, at age 65, was a strong man who did not look over 50, gave an impression of intense vitality, had limited education, keen business knowledge, and exceptional understanding of nature.
“Bordas at 65 is a strong man who does not look over 50, and gives an impression of intense vitality. His education is very limited, but his knowledge of business is keen, and his understanding of nature around him – especially when he speaks of the mountains – appears exceptional.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch9:29752-30021 observation first hand
450
George Adamski described an alleged meeting with a tall entity with long blond hair, but no one else witnessed the event.
“George Adamski, for instance, has described an alleged meeting with a tall entity with long blond hair, but no one else was a witness to the event”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch9:30224-30365 opinion first hand
451
George Hunt Williamson assured Jacques Vallée that he had seen George Adamski's craft in flight.
“George Hunt Williamson assured me that he had seen the craft in flight.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch9:30381-30445 testimony second hand
452
Jacques Vallée noted that the jeweler in Perpignan remembered the gold nuggets Jacques Bordas brought for assessment, and several people in Casteil recalled the strange being that came daily to speak with Bordas.
“not only does the jeweler remember the gold nuggets that Bordas brought for his assessment, but several people in Casteil do recall “l’être étrange” the strange being that came every day to speak with him.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch9:30476-30677 opinion first hand
453
Jacques Vallée observed that Jacques Bordas demonstrated a critical, open-minded ability that contactees usually lack, unlike others whose commitment to their source of "wisdom" often borders on religious fanaticism.
“Bordas had demonstrated a critical ability that contactees usually lack. Their commitment to a particular source... is generally so high that it borders on religious fanaticism... Yet Bordas was open-minded.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch9:32182-32400 opinion first hand
454
According to the account, when the son of Jacques Bordas attempted to photograph the being of Canigou, the exposures came out blank while the rest of the film's family scenes were normal.
“when the son of Bordas attempted to take his picture, the exposures came out blank, although family scenes on the rest of the film were normal.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch9:33253-33389 testimony second hand
455
According to the account, when the Mayor Mr. Nou confronted the being and demanded to see his papers, the being looked at him such that he became confused and forgot the question.
“confronted the stranger and demanded to see his papers, the tall being is said to have looked at him in such a way that he became confused and forgot the question.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch9:33681-33835 hearsay second hand
456
Three investigators with the French UFO group Lumieres Dans La Nuit (LDLN) went to Casteil and located the Mayor, who confirmed that Jacques Bordas settled in the village in 1940 and managed a hotel owned by Mr. Nou.
“In recent years three investigators with the French UFO group LDLN went to Casteil and tracked down the Mayor. He confirmed that Bordas settled in the village in 1940 and managed a hotel owned by Mr. Nou.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch9:33846-34046 testimony third hand
457
The Mayor, Mr. Nou, told the LDLN investigators that Jacques Bordas was regarded as an "original" who lived by himself, took long hikes in the mountains, and painted, and that a show Bordas organised in Perpignan met with little success.
“He was regarded as an “original,” however, and lived by himself, often taking long hikes in the mountains, or painting. A show he organized in Perpignan met with little success.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch9:34051-34220 testimony third hand
458
Mr. Nou told the LDLN investigators he had no recollection of the strange being Jacques Bordas described.
“Mr. Nou had no recollection of the “strange being,” a fact that supporters of the story take as an indication that the Mayor’s memory was erased by the visitor.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch9:34229-34381 testimony third hand
459
Restaurant-owner Michael Cases told the LDLN investigators that he had known Jacques Bordas fairly well and regarded him as a nice guy who craved attention.
“Another villager, restaurant-owner Michael Cases, told the investigators that he had known Bordas fairly well, and regarded him as “a nice guy,” but one who craved attention.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch9:34390-34554 testimony third hand
460
Some attendees at the 1975 Human Individual Metamorphosis (H.I.M.) Stanford meeting had travelled from as far as Marin County, north of San Francisco.
“Some had come from as far away as Marin County, north of San Francisco.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch9:3622-3683 observation first hand
461
Jacques Vallée recognised half a dozen people active in UFO investigations in the San Francisco Bay Area among the audience at the 1975 Human Individual Metamorphosis (H.I.M.) Stanford meeting.
“I recognized half a dozen people who were active in UFO investigations in the Bay Area.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch9:3694-3776 observation first hand
462
Major Murphy sat in the front row at the 1975 Human Individual Metamorphosis (H.I.M.) Stanford meeting.
“Major Murphy was sitting in the front row.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch9:3782-3820 observation first hand
463
At the 1975 Human Individual Metamorphosis (H.I.M.) Stanford meeting, a tall bearded man opened the meeting and presented himself as a voluntary participant in an effort to manipulate people's beliefs.
“He presented himself as a voluntary participant in an effort to manipulate peoples beliefs!”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch9:4365-4448 observation first hand
464
In August 1975, a one-page announcement titled "What's Up?" was posted in store windows in Palo Alto, California, and on the Stanford University campus, warning of an imminent human catastrophe.
“In August 1975, a friend had called my attention to a one-page announcement that was posted in the windows of stores in Palo Alto, California, and on the campus of Stanford University. UFOs? was written in bold red letters across the page.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch9:824-1058 observation
465
As of two years after the 1975 Human Individual Metamorphosis (H.I.M.) Stanford meeting, the predicted resurrection of the two leaders had still not taken place.
“After this resurrection, (which, as I write this two years later, has still not taken place, although it was predicted within "a few months"),”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch9:8963-9096 observation first hand
466
Jacques Vallée defines 'direct contactees' as people who claim to have witnessed an unexplained physical phenomenon, have become convinced its origin was intelligent, and feel an individual relationship with it giving them a special destiny.
“I call "direct contactees" the people who (1) claim to have witnessed an unexplained physical phenomenon, (2) have become convinced that its origin was intelligent, and (3) have felt an individual relationship with it that gives them a special destiny.”
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467
Jacques Vallée attended the 1975 Human Individual Metamorphosis (H.I.M.) Stanford meeting and recorded it with a tape recorder while sitting on the floor near the front of a filled room.
“When I arrived, the room set for the meeting ... was already filled, and I sat on the floor with a tape recorder near the front of the room, where eight empty chairs were facing the audience.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 p.2 observation first hand
468
In the entity 7171 automatic writing exchange, the medium stated there is none higher than itself, then when confronted with an apparent contradiction, explained 'the apple is born of the tree, but is also the source of all apple trees'.
“Medium: THERE IS NONE HIGHER THAN MYSELF...YES. I AM BOTH. THE APPLE IS BORN OF THE TREE, BUT IS ALSO THE SOURCE OF ALL APPLE TREES.”
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469
Jacques Vallee considers both the radar and satellite-tracking statements in the 1966 televised documentary misleading, because radar operators classify UFOs as 'uncorrelated targets' (UCTs) rather than reporting them as UFOs.
“Both statements were, in my opinion, misleading. It is true that radars never “see” UFOs, but that is only due to the fact that the radar operators call them something else! In their jargon they speak of UCTs, for “uncorrelated targets”!”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:12148-12376 opinion first hand
470
Jacques Vallee tracked and photographed unidentified objects during his time working at Paris Observatory.
“Many astronomers must have known what I knew from my days at Paris Observatory, namely that we were tracking unidentified objects, and even photographing them. There were films, too.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:13508-13686 testimony first hand
471
Jacques Vallee believes that scientific attitudes denying the existence of the UFO mystery have contributed to the long-term loss of popular support and respect for science.
“In my opinion, such attitudes have contributed to the long-term loss of popular support and popular respect for science.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:14609-14721 opinion first hand
472
Jacques Vallee believes the history of the Condon investigation at the University of Colorado convinced many scientists interested in UFOs that it was best to continue their investigations privately.
“The history of the Condon investigation at the University of Colorado convinced many of us of this fact.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:15419-15518 opinion first hand
473
Jacques Vallee believes the Air Force, late in 1966, was simply fed up with the UFO problem, rather than engaging in a coverup.
“My own theory of the Condon fiasco is not a coverup scenario. I believe that the Air Force late in 1966 was simply fed up.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:15550-15669 opinion first hand
474
J. Allen Hynek and Jacques Vallee traveled to Boulder, Colorado to brief the Condon Committee.
“Dr. Hynek and I traveled to Boulder to brief the Condon group.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:20079-20135 observation first hand
475
During the Condon Committee briefing, Jacques Vallee and J. Allen Hynek noticed that one of the administrators was clearly the decision-maker in the team although he had no science degree and little interest in the matter.
“We noticed that one of the administrators was clearly the decision-maker in the team although he had no science degree and little interest in the whole matter.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:20142-20294 observation first hand
476
As early as February 1967, members of the Condon Committee were privately approaching their scientific colleagues on other campuses, asking how they would react if the committee's final report to the United States Air Force recommended closing down Project Blue Book.
“As early as February, 1967, members of the Condon Committee were privately approaching their scientific colleagues on other campuses, asking them how they would react if the committee's final report to the Air Force were to recommend closing down Project Blue Book.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:21057-21317 testimony first hand
477
Only one assistant was available to encode the Condon Committee's witness questionnaire results for the computer file.
“Questionnaires were sent out to witnesses, but only one assistant was available to encode the results for the computer file”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:21433-21552 observation first hand
478
The bulk of the Condon Committee's computer file information was provided by three thousand punched cards that Jacques Vallee had turned over to the committee.
“the bulk of the information was provided by the three thousand punched cards I had turned over to the committee.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:21564-21666 testimony first hand
479
The Condon Committee split into two violently opposed factions after a minority faction rebelled.
“the team split into two violently opposed factions.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:21843-21885 testimony first hand
480
An internal memorandum was discovered and published by the minority group within the Condon Committee as evidence that the committee had never intended to seriously investigate the UFO problem.
“An early internal memorandum was discovered and published by the minority group as evidence that the Condon Committee had never intended to look seriously into the UFO problem.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:21895-22063 testimony first hand
481
Edward Condon fired the minority group from the Condon Committee after being outraged by the publication of the internal memorandum, and then ran the project without serious consideration of the possible reality of the UFO phenomenon.
“Publication of this document so outraged Condon that he fired the minority group and ran the project without serious consideration of the possible reality of the phenomenon.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:22072-22234 testimony first hand
482
The files of Project Blue Book were transferred into United States Air Force archives, and although the files themselves are not classified, the building holding them is, meaning a security clearance is required to view the unclassified papers.
“The files of Project Blue Book have now been transferred into the Air Force archives. The files are not classified but the building is, with the interesting result that one needs a security clearance in order to see these "unclassified" papers.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:22247-22484 observation first hand
483
The files of the Condon Committee were locked up by the University of Colorado after the project wrote its report, then later transferred to a private home, and were burned shortly thereafter.
“When the project wrote its report the files were locked up by the university. I am told that they were later transferred to a private home, and were burned shortly thereafter.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:22615-22779 hearsay second hand
484
On 1973-12-02, two fishermen, Mr. G. Jean (aged 44) and his son Noel Jean (aged 18), got up at 5 a.m. to retrieve their nets at low tide on the beach at Carteret, Normandy.
“On December 2, 1973, a very strange thing happened on the beach at Carteret... Two fishermen, Mr. G. Jean, 44, and his son Noel, 18, got up at 5 A.M. to retrieve their nets at low tide.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:23042-23220 testimony second hand
485
G. Jean and Noel Jean saw a very bright object directly over the area where their nets had been spread on the beach at Carteret, which appeared as an intense yellow window approximately 2.4 metres long and 1.5 metres high, emitting a cone-like beam directed toward the ground.
“they saw a very bright object directly over the area where their nets had been spread... it appeared as an intense yellow "window," eight feet long and five feet high, emitting a cone-like beam directed toward the ground.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:23277-23541 observation second hand
486
G. Jean and Noel Jean walked toward the object at Carteret until they estimated they were about 140 metres away, then stopped out of fear and did not approach closer.
“They walked toward it until they estimated they were a hundred and fifty yards away... The two fishermen were afraid and decided not to get closer.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:23364-23449 observation second hand
487
At the Carteret sighting, the yellow light on the object was turned off, and a blue-green 'football'-shaped object appeared over the area and flew away at 6:05 a.m. on 1973-12-02.
“the yellow light was turned off. Over the area where it had been hovering there was now a blue-green "football" that flew away at 6:05 A.M.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:23731-23868 observation second hand
488
Janine Vallee and Jacques Vallee investigated the Carteret UFO sighting during a research trip through the west of France in December 1973.
“My wife and I investigated this sighting during a research trip through the west of France in December 1973.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:23873-23976 testimony first hand
489
Janine Vallee went to Carteret less than ten days after the 1973 sighting and spoke to one of the witnesses and to the police investigators, while Jacques Vallee checked other information.
“She went to Carteret less than ten days after the occurrence and spoke to one of the witnesses and to the police investigators while I was checking other information.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:23982-24136 testimony first hand
490
Two months before the December 1973 Carteret sighting, Noel Jean had seen three yellow spheres in staggered formation over the same beach while driving with his brother-in-law, at about 7 p.m., with the spheres appearing about 3.5 to 4.5 metres above the ground.
“Two months earlier, the young man had seen three yellow spheres in staggered formation over the same beach while driving with his brother-in-law. The sighting took place about 7 P.M. and the spheres appeared to be about twelve to fifteen feet above ground”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:24241-24490 testimony second hand
491
After the second sighting at Carteret, G. Jean decided not to go out of his house anymore, stopped fishing, and locked himself in his room when investigators came to question him.
“Since the second sighting the elder man has decided *not to go out of his house anymore.* He no longer goes fishing. He locks himself in his room when the investigators come to ask him questions.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:24954-25139 observation first hand
492
Jacques Vallee and Janine Vallee found no traces on the Carteret beach, and the gendarmes confirmed the grass in the dunes had not been affected.
“We saw no traces on the beach. The gendarmes confirmed to us that the grass in the dunes had not been affected.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:25203-25305 observation first hand
493
Barbed wire near the Carteret UFO sighting site was checked for magnetic effects and the test was negative.
“There was some barbed wire nearby. It was checked for magnetic effects. The test was negative.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:25315-25400 measurement first hand
494
A local radio amateur near Carteret noticed something at the time of the near landing, and his receiver had been blocked out for several minutes.
“We heard that a local radio amateur had noticed something at the time of the near landing and checked the story: his receiver had been blocked out for several minutes.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:25410-25569 hearsay second hand
495
Jacques Vallee defines the 'first coverup' as the efforts made by men in positions of authority to discourage the reporting of a UFO incident, ranging from a local deputy sheriff's laughter to intimidation of pilots by their commanding officer.
“I apply the expression "first coverup" to the efforts that are made by men in a position of authority to discourage the reporting of a UFO incident. This can range from the laughter of a local deputy sheriff to intimidation of pilots by their commanding officer.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:2599-2853 opinion first hand
496
There is a large radar installation near Cherbourg at a place called Mauperthuis, located thirty-eight kilometres from Carteret, with an antenna range of two hundred kilometres.
“There is a large radar installation near Cherbourg, at a place called Mauperthuis, located thirty-eight kilometers away from Carteret. The range of the antenna is two hundred kilometers.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:26458-26633 measurement first hand
497
At 6:10 a.m. on 1973-12-02, the radar installation at Mauperthuis picked up an echo in the southwest moving to the north of Cherbourg, on a course consistent with an object flying from the direction of Carteret toward Great Britain.
“At 6:10 A.M. on that particular morning it picked up an echo in the southwest, moving to the north of Cherbourg. An object flying from the direction of Carteret toward Great Britain would have followed this course.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:26645-26852 measurement first hand
498
The French trawler Archipel, close to the rocky coast of Urville, went off course on the morning of the Carteret sighting, hit rocks and sank without loss of life.
“The French trawler *Archipel,* which was close to the rocky coast of Urville, directly west of Cherbourg... went off course... The boat got too close to the coast, hit the rocks and sank, fortunately without loss of life.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:26919-27140 observation first hand
499
Jacques Vallee hypothesised that the Archipel trawler's magnetic navigation system gave erroneous indications due to magnetic perturbations frequently observed in the vicinity of a UFO.
“in view of the frequently observed magnetic perturbations in the vicinity of a UFO, it can be hypothesized that its magnetic navigation system gave erroneous indications.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:27132-27290 opinion first hand
500
The observation of the yellow window on the beach at Carteret lasted no less than five minutes.
“The observation of the yellow "window" on the beach had lasted no less than five minutes.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:27399-27480 observation first hand
501
The Friday following the Carteret sighting, local people discovered a complete professional set of underwater exploration equipment, a radioactivity tester, sonic signalers, and trousers and jackets with English-language writing on a nearby beach.
“The following Friday, local people discovered some interesting items on a nearby beach. These consisted of a complete professional set of underwater exploration equipment, a radioactivity tester, sonic signalers, along with trousers and jackets with English-language writing.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:28083-28350 observation second hand
502
Local police, with the assistance of the Direction de la Surveillance du Territoire and the Service de Documentation Exterieure et de Contre-Espionnage, spread a rumour that the Carteret incident was a case of underwater radiation detection equipment.
“Now the local police, with the assistance of the DST (French counter-intelligence) and the SDECE (the organization that constitutes the main intelligence arm of the French government), have discovered that it was a case of underwater radiation detection. Such was the substance of the carefully designed rumor that began circulating.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:28360-28681 testimony second hand
503
Jacques Vallee considers the release of official explanations that do not explain anything but give skeptics an excuse to dismiss a UFO story to constitute what he calls the 'Second Coverup'.
“This is what I call the Second Coverup: the release of official "explanations" that do not explain anything but which provide skeptics with an excuse for dismissing the story.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:28695-28864 opinion first hand
504
In 1964, Jacques Vallee received an indication that official government statements about UFOs were biased and deliberately inaccurate.
“An indication that official statements about UFOs were biased and deliberately inaccurate came to my attention in 1964.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:2985-3099 testimony first hand
505
Military radar operators in Cherbourg received orders to deny their statements regarding the night of the Carteret sighting.
“the military radar operators in Cherbourg have received orders to deny their statements of the night in question”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:29944-30048 testimony first hand
506
A local newspaper published a cartoon depicting the town of Carteret with a flying saucer and a Martian, in which a Frenchman asks the Martian what kind of mileage it gets.
“A local newspaper published a cartoon showing the little town of Carteret, with a flying saucer and a Martian in the foreground. A smiling Frenchman has approached the little Martian and asks: "What kind of mileage do you get?"”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:30148-30370 observation second hand
507
In March 1974, French Minister of Defense Robert Galley agreed to participate in a series of radio interviews that included reports from witnesses and statements by three French scientists who had studied the UFO phenomenon: Pierre Guerin of the Paris Astrophysical Institute, Claude Poher, and Jacques Vallee.
“In March, 1974, the French Minister of Defense, Mr. Robert Galley, agreed to participate in a series of radio interviews that included reports from witnesses and statements by three French scientists who had studied the UFO phenomenon for many years: Dr. Pierre Guerin, of the Paris Astrophysical Institute; Dr. Claude Poher (head of scientific studies for the French equivalent of NASA); and myself.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:30594-30987 administrative first hand
508
Claude Poher was head of scientific studies for the French equivalent of NASA.
“Dr. Claude Poher (head of scientific studies for the French equivalent of NASA)”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:30902-30976 administrative first hand
509
On 1967-12-03, Herb Schirmer, a patrolman from Ashland, Nebraska, had an experience regarded as comparable to the abduction accounts of Betty Hill, Barney Hill, and the Pascagoula fishermen.
“On December 3, 1967, a patrolman named Herb Schirmer, of Ashland, Nebraska, had an experience that deserves to be placed in the context of the stories of the abduction of Betty and Barney Hill and of the Pascagoula fishermen.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:33308-33523 administrative first hand
510
The Herb Schirmer case came to the attention of the Colorado Committee, and Schirmer was placed under hypnosis, revealing a twenty-minute period during which he remembered nothing.
“The case came to the attention of the Colorado Committee and Schirmer was placed under hypnosis. It then became clear that there was a twenty-minute period during which he remembered nothing.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:33998-34181 administrative first hand
511
Herb Schirmer was placed under hypnosis a second time at the suggestion of another researcher, revealing an extraordinary sequence of events.
“Later, at the suggestion of another researcher, he was again placed under hypnosis revealing an extraordinary sequence of events.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:34190-34312 administrative first hand
512
Late in 1964, friends of Jacques Vallee in Paris sent him data indicating that someone was trying to spread UFO-related rumours through the French news media, a practice referred to in French as 'intoxication'.
“Late in 1964, several friends in Paris sent me interesting data. It seems that somebody there was trying to spread UFO-related stories through the French news media (the French word for such spreading of rumors is "intoxication").”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:3507-3722 testimony second hand
513
Jacques Vallee considers Uri Geller a case in which self-negating factors of the UFO phenomenon are all gathered around a single person, making research into it truly fantastic in complexity.
“In some cases all three factors are gathered around a single person, and then the complexity of the research becomes truly fantastic. Uri Geller, of course, is a case in point.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:39020-39190 opinion first hand
514
Contact with a group calling themselves the Guardians began when a Midwestern woman referred to as Mrs. Keech woke one winter morning with a tingling or numbness in her arm.
“Contact with a group called the Guardians started when a Midwestern woman referred to as Mrs. Keech woke up one winter morning with a tingling or numbness in her arm”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:39459-39621 testimony second hand
515
Jacques Vallee is not convinced that the mechanism giving rise to the founding of belief-movements such as Mrs. Keech's sect is fully understood, nor that their potential societal impact has been made completely explicit.
“I am not convinced that the mechanism that gives rise to the founding of such movements is fully understood, and I do not believe that their potential impact on society has been made completely explicit.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:44679-44873 opinion first hand
516
Jacques Vallee considers it a serious oversight that the investigators made no effort to identify the five young visitors who came to Mrs. Keech's home.
“The investigators again made no effort to identify these visitors, which is in my opinion a serious oversight”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:48031-48131 opinion first hand
517
Jacques Vallee considers it possible that the witness in each case was hit by the beam of a device intended to alter his state of consciousness.
“in both cases, the witness might have been hit by the beam of a device to alter his state of consciousness.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:50968-51061 opinion first hand
518
Jacques Vallee considers the confusion in UFO reporting and disclosure a product of bureaucratic disorganisation rather than a secret military policy or a sinister 'Silence Group'.
“The very fact that a new study was recommended seems to show that any suppression of information or any leaking of wild rumors was not the result of a secret military policy on the UFO subject or the work of a sinister "Silence Group" but more likely a product of the confusion that was evident at all levels of the bureaucracy.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:5779-6095 opinion first hand
519
The Swamp Gas crisis began for Jacques Vallee on Monday morning, 1966-03-21, when he heard a Chicago radio broadcast about recent Michigan UFO sightings.
“The Swamp Gas crisis began for me on Monday morning, March 21, 1966. I was listening to a Chicago radio program when the news of the then recent Michigan sightings was broadcast”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:6674-6842 testimony first hand
520
In 1964, Jacques Vallee established that UFO landings tended to occur in desolate places, a fact first apparent in the computer analysis of French cases.
“In 1964 I had established that landings tended to occur in desolate places, a fact that was first apparent in the computer analysis of French cases.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:6990-7132 observation first hand
521
Jacques Vallee and J. Allen Hynek later verified, using Air Force data, that UFO landings tended to occur in desolate places.
“Allen Hynek and I later verified it, using Air Force data.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:7139-7192 observation first hand
522
Jacques Vallee called J. Allen Hynek to alert him to the March 1966 Michigan UFO sightings, and Hynek in turn called Project Blue Book in Dayton, Ohio, to propose an immediate investigation.
“I called Dr. Hynek to alert him to the sightings, and he in turn called Project Blue Book in Dayton, Ohio, to propose that they investigate at once.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:7530-7673 testimony first hand
523
J. Allen Hynek suggested he travel to Ann Arbor, Michigan before reporters and curiosity-seekers destroyed the evidence of the swamp gas sightings.
“He suggested that he go there before reporters and curiosity-seekers destroyed all the evidence.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:7679-7766 testimony second hand
524
An officer at Project Blue Book in Dayton, Ohio initially told J. Allen Hynek he was not interested in investigating the Michigan sightings because the case had not been reported officially to the Air Force.
“The case hasn’t been reported officially to the Air Force, he said.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:7849-7911 testimony second hand
525
Half an hour after initially declining, Project Blue Book called J. Allen Hynek back to ask how soon he could be in Ann Arbor, saying that someone, later identified as the Pentagon, had officially reported the case.
“Half an hour later, Project Blue Book called back: How soon can you be in Ann Arbor?... The Pentagon! They are deluged with calls. Every reporter in the country wants to know what’s going on.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:8009-8250 testimony second hand
526
Photographic evidence of UFOs had been obtained in the Mariana case of August 1950 and the Tremonton sighting of July 1952.
“especially the Mariana case of August, 1950, and the Tremonton sighting of July, 1952.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch11:10096-10177 administrative second hand
527
For five years prior to 1959, Mr. Talman's organisation had been studying a woman referred to as Mrs. Swan, who claimed to be in psychic contact with space entities.
“For the last five years his organization had been studying a woman, Mrs. Swan, who claimed to be in psychic contact with space entities.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch11:10429-10556 administrative second hand
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An intelligence officer named Curtis had learned Mrs. Swan's technique and had acquired her ability to receive messages from outer space.
“one of the investigators, an intelligence officer named Curtis, had learned her technique and had acquired her ability to receive messages from outer space!”
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Mrs. Swan's communication method involved asking specific questions, relaxing her body, holding a pencil, and awaiting an answer, at which point an 'unknown force' would take control of her arm and write down a reply.
“Asking specific questions, she would relax her body completely and, holding a pencil, would await an answer. An “unknown force” would then take control of her arm and write down the reply.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch11:10799-10981 administrative second hand
530
Mrs. Swan's abilities had been studied in depth by the Canadians, and the United States armed forces also had a complete file on her.
“Her abilities had been studied in depth by the Canadians, and the U.S. armed forces also had a complete file on her.”
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In 1972, Jacques Vallee began his own investigation into the phenomenon of automatic writing and observed several lengthy exchanges between one of his subjects and an entity calling itself '7171' (entity contacted via automatic writing), who claimed to be connected with UFOs.
“In 1972 I began my own investigation into the phenomenon of automatic writing and I had the occasion to observe several lengthy exchanges between one of my subjects and an entity calling itself “7171,” who claimed to be connected with UFOs.”
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Jacques Vallee personally tested the subject involved in the entity 7171 automatic writing investigation, and in successive experiments involving small objects hidden in plastic boxes, the subject produced drawings of the targets with considerable accuracy.
“The subject was a man whose abilities I have personally tested; in successive experiments involving small objects hidden in plastic boxes, this person produced drawings of the targets with considerable accuracy.”
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533
Other tests on the subject in Jacques Vallee's automatic writing investigation involved the use of a computer in the prediction of the state of a random number generator.
“(Other tests involved the use of a computer in the prediction of the state of a random number generator.)”
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534
The subject in Jacques Vallee's automatic writing investigation had for several years occasionally felt the urge to write what at first seemed meaningless messages, which became more focused and centred on the UFO phenomenon when questions were asked of the entity allegedly producing the writing.
“For several years, this person had occasionally felt the urge to write what at first seemed to be meaningless messages. When questions were asked of the “entity” allegedly producing the writing, the messages became more focused, and soon centered on the UFO phenomenon.”
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535
During the hypnosis session, a voice identifying itself as the source that had found Uri Geller in the garden and 'programmed' him stated it was revealing itself because plans for war had been made by Egypt, referencing the period around the Six-Day War.
“It identified itself as the source that had found Uri in the garden and had “programmed” him. The message was impressive but also absurd: “We reveal ourselves because … plans for war have been made by Egypt.””
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536
In the entity 7171 automatic writing exchange, when Jacques Vallee asked whether the entity could experience the future, the medium responded 'YES'.
“Vallee: Can you experience the future? Medium: YES.”
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537
In the entity 7171 automatic writing exchange, the medium stated that UFOs are a symbol of nothing in the sense meant by the questioner, and that they have a validity independent of symbolism.
“Vallee: What are UFOs a symbol of? Medium: THEY ARE A SYMBOL OF NOTHING IN THE SENSE THAT YOU MEAN. THEY HAVE A VALIDITY INDEPENDENT OF SYMBOLISM.”
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538
In the entity 7171 automatic writing exchange, the medium stated that men like us exist in UFOs because, for very deep reasons, the form of man is a universal constant.
“Vallee: Why are there men like us in UFOs? Medium: BECAUSE, FOR VERY DEEP REASONS, THE FORM OF MAN IS A UNIVERSAL CONSTANT.”
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539
In the entity 7171 automatic writing exchange, the medium stated they come here to harmonize this world with the rest of the universe.
“Vallee: Why do they come here? Medium: TO HARMONIZE THIS WORLD WITH THE REST OF THE UNIVERSE.”
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540
In the entity 7171 automatic writing exchange, the medium stated that 7171 is only one of an infinite number of entities through which it may speak.
“Vallee: Who is 7171? Medium: HE IS ONLY ONE OF THE INFINITE NUMBER OF ENTITIES THROUGH WHICH I MAY SPEAK.”
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541
In the entity 7171 automatic writing exchange, the medium stated that 7171 was chosen at a particular time for contact with the medium.
“Vallee: Does he have special significance? Medium: ONLY IN THE SENSE THAT HE WAS CHOSEN AT A PARTICULAR TIME FOR CONTACT WITH XXX. (medium’s name)”
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542
In the entity 7171 automatic writing exchange, when asked whether it could produce recognisable physical effects such as light or sound, the medium responded that such things would occur when the time is right.
“Vallee: Can you produce physical effects that we can recognize (light, sound)? Medium: WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT SUCH THINGS WILL OCCUR.”
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543
Jacques Vallee does not doubt the truthfulness of the man who acted as channel in the entity 7171 automatic writing exchanges.
“I do not doubt the truthfulness of the man who acted as channel”
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544
Jacques Vallee considers most of the exchanges between Andrija Puharich and SPECTRA (the alleged cosmic intelligence) to consist of elements borrowed from Puharich's and Uri Geller's own brains and reflected back on them.
“Its elements may be borrowed entirely from our own brains and reflected upon us (as seems the case in most of the exchanges between Puharich and SPECTRA) or it may present genuinely new data.”
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545
Jacques Vallee considers it significant that a cosmic power claiming the ability to stop automobile engines would not simply have frozen the tanks in the Middle East to stop a war, rather than merely issuing a warning.
“if they can stop automobile engines, why not simply freeze the motions of all the tanks in the Middle East?”
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546
A light-year is a unit of distance, defined as the distance a light signal travels from point A to point B in one year, at the speed of light of approximately 300,000 kilometres per second.
“A light-year, contrary to what the name seems to imply, is not a unit of time, but a unit of space, namely the distance between two points A and B, such that a light signal sent from A reaches B one year later, at the light velocity of 186,000 miles per second.”
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547
Andrija Puharich sometimes receives messages from SPECTRA when Uri Geller is not present.
“Puharich sometimes receives the messages when Uri is away, and it is difficult to believe that even a clever magician would be able to plant loudspeakers in the walls wherever Dr. Puharich goes.”
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Jacques Vallee considers it true that Uri Geller and other 'silent contactees' can produce phenomena inadequately explained in conventional terms.
“It is true, in my opinion, that Geller and other “silent contactees” can produce phenomena that are inadequately explained in conventional terms.”
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549
Uri Geller and Andrija Puharich took literally the messages recorded on tape from the alleged cosmic intelligence SPECTRA, including a claim that there is a dematerialized aspect to atoms that could be used, and a claim about a 'mass landing' compared to refuelling and charging via the earth's barometric and cosmic layer.
““There is a dematerialized aspect to your atoms that we can use” (p. 166), and “We need that mass landing like you people on earth call refueling, and charging up, like a huge plane of yours charges up with electricity. We do that through your barometric and cosmic layer around earth” (p. 179).”
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550
In 1899, the French astronomer Camille Flammarion reported that he had attended a spirit séance at the home of the poet Victor Hugo on the island of Jersey.
“In 1899, the great French astronomer Camille Flammarion, who was also a keen psychic investigator, reported that he had once attended a spirit séance at the home of the poet Victor Hugo, whose wife and brother also attended.”
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551
Jacques Vallee considers that the phenomena involving the table at the 1899 Victor Hugo séance can be explained by unconscious mental processes among the attending spiritualists, and that the same explanation applies to Andrija Puharich and Uri Geller.
“I think the phenomena involving the table can be explained by unconscious and mental process among the attending “spiritualists.” The same explanation holds true for Puharich and Geller.”
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552
The alleged cosmic intelligence SPECTRA stated it had passed its souls, bodies and minds into computers and moved millions of light-years backwards toward the present time and dimension.
“We have passed our souls, bodies and minds into computors [sic] and moved several of millions of light-years backwards toward your time and dimension.”
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553
Jacques Vallee's friend Donald Hanlon pointed out that the expression AFFA exists as a word in the Enochian language, meaning 'empty.'
“But the most interesting discovery in the entire episode was made by my friend Donald Hanlon, when he pointed out the fact that the expression AFFA exists as a word in the Enochian language. *The Enochian word AFFA means “empty”!*”
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554
When three intelligence officers were told in 1959 that World War III would not take place and were shown a flying saucer over Washington, D.C., they were in direct communication with the entity AFFA, whose Enochian name means 'empty.'
“When the three intelligence officers were being told in 1959 that World War III would not take place, and when they were shown a flying saucer over the capital of their country, they were in direct communication with … emptiness!”
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555
Jacques Vallee finds the content of Nell Heberling's 'The Golden Message from Crellritus' much more relevant to the present time than the statements attributed to AFFA.
“It contained the following, that I find much more relevant to our present time than the statements of AFFA”
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556
Those who have seen Nell Heberling's unreleased second volume told Jacques Vallee that it deals almost entirely with flying saucers.
“Those who have seen the second book tell me that it deals almost entirely with flying saucers.”
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557
The first contact Andrija Puharich had with alleged UFO entities was through the same man who was a leader in Mrs. Keech's sect, referred to by the sociologists who wrote When Prophecy Fails as Dr. Armstrong.
“The first contact that Puharich had with alleged UFO entities was through the same man who was a leader in Mrs. Keech’s sect! (The sociologists who wrote *When Prophecy Fails* called him Dr. Armstrong.)”
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558
Jacques Vallee has met Andrija Puharich and regards him as an intensely sincere man.
“I have met Dr. Puharich, whom I regard as an intensely sincere man, and I think highly of Geller’s talents.”
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559
Jacques Vallee thinks highly of Uri Geller's talents.
“I think highly of Geller’s talents.”
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560
A series of contacts between Andrija Puharich and an 'Intelligence in the Sky' called SPECTRA or Hoova began on 1971-11-30, when Puharich hypnotized Uri Geller for the first time.
“The series of contacts between a physician, Andrija Puharich, a graduate of Northwestern University, and the “Intelligence in the Sky” called SPECTRA or Hoova, began on November 30, 1971, when Puharich hypnotized Uri Geller for the first time.”
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561
SPECTRA told Andrija Puharich it was a shame they could not contact him directly, but that maybe in time they would be able to.
“SPECTRA tells Puharich, at one point, “It is a shame that for such a brilliant mind we cannot contact you directly. Maybe in time we shall be able to contact you directly.””
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562
SPECTRA told Andrija Puharich that its computers had studied everyone on earth and that he was noticed for his abilities as the perfect man for the mission.
“Earlier, SPECTRA had said, “Our computers studied everyone on earth. You were noticed for your abilities as the perfect man for this mission.””
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563
Jacques Vallee finds that the messages from SPECTRA do not explain UFOs and fail to give a consistent interpretation of the characteristics of sightings over the preceding twenty-five years.
“We find that the messages from SPECTRA *do not explain UFOs.* They fail to give a consistent interpretation of the characteristics of the sightings in the last twenty-five years”
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564
Jacques Vallee considers the cult building up around Andrija Puharich and Uri Geller very similar to a number of other belief structures that had developed in the United States and other countries in recent years.
“we find that the cult that is building up around Puharich and Geller is very similar to a number of other belief structures that have developed in the U.S. and other countries in recent years.”
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565
Uri Geller and Andrija Puharich received messages from SPECTRA predicting mass landings that would perhaps be visible only to themselves.
“Uri and Puharich receive messages from SPECTRA, predicting mass landings (perhaps visible only to themselves).”
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566
Members of the Invisible College became interested in patterns such as the SPECTRA and AFFA contact cases but carefully reserved judgment on their nature.
“The members of the Invisible College have become interested in these patterns, but they have carefully reserved judgment on their nature.”
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567
Andrija Puharich was told in a communication that in the last twenty-four hours he had passed the test successfully and that he must tell the world everything about the alleged cosmic intelligence.
“In another communication Dr. Puharich was told: “In the last twenty-four hours you have passed the test successfully. This is the last time ever in your life that you will have to be tested…. You must tell the world everything about us….””
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568
Uri Geller began to receive information through automatic writing, in the form of tensor equations, a kind of higher mathematics of which he has no concept.
“Although most of the messages from SPECTRA are said to have come on a tape recorder, Uri Geller himself has begun to get information through automatic writing. It comes in the form of tensor equations, a kind of higher mathematics of which Uri has no concept.”
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569
On 1959-07-06 in Washington, D.C., a man referred to as Mr. Talman had an experience that caused him to contact Colonel Friend, then head of Project Blue Book, concerning Talman's personal experiences with psychic phenomena connected with UFOs.
“On the day in question a gentleman I shall call Mr. Talman, had an experience that caused him to contact Colonel Friend, then head of Project Blue Book, concerning Talman’s personal experiences with psychic phenomena in connection with UFOs.”
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570
Mr. Talman and Colonel Friend met three days after the initial contact, in the presence of six men from the Central Intelligence Agency and a representative of the Office of Naval Intelligence, to review the case.
“Talman and Friend met three days later in the presence of six men from the Central Intelligence Agency and a representative of the office of Naval Intelligence, and they went over the entire case.”
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571
Jacques Vallee considers the most complete exposition of the nature of UMMO he has seen to be a concise document written in French that originated in West Germany, in an awkward style that might betray a Spanish author, though other elements suggested the writer had difficulty using any human language.
“The most complete exposition of the nature of UMMO that I have seen is a concise document written in French that originated in West Germany and was written in an awkward style that might betray a Spanish author, although other elements seemed to indicate that the writer found difficulty in using not only French but *any* human language.”
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572
Jacques Vallee considers UMMO to be more than a simple intelligence exercise.
“In my opinion, however, UMMO is more than a simple intelligence exercise.”
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573
A woman who was in contact with the entity AFFA (alleged entity from Uranus) gave information on a 'Universal Association of Planets' called OEEU, a term with a certain morphological similarity to UMMO.
“In the previous chapter I mentioned the case of the woman who was in contact with AFFA. She gave information on a certain “Universal Association of Planets” called OEEU, a term which has a certain morphological similarity with UMMO.”
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574
In August 1974, Jacques Vallee was driving a Renault with Aimé Michel and Fernand Lagarde up a narrow road in the valley of a mountain creek in the Alps, investigating the UMMO story near La Javie.
“In August, 1974, I was driving a Renault on a narrow, forlorn little road up the precipitous valley of a mountain creek in the Alps. With me were Aimé Michel and Fernand Lagarde, two of the best-informed researchers of paranormal phenomena in Europe.”
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575
During the 1974 La Javie investigation, villagers assured Jacques Vallee, Aimé Michel and Fernand Lagarde that there was no cave in the vicinity matching the UMMO story.
“The people in the village assured us there was no cave in the vicinity, and we went on to another village.”
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576
In 1964 at Socorro, New Mexico, police officer Lonnie Zamora saw an egg-shaped object in the desert with two small men near it.
“At Socorro, New Mexico, in 1964, officer Lonnie Zamora had seen an egg-shaped object in the desert, with two rather small men near it.”
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577
Lonnie Zamora saw a peculiar red sign on the side of the object he observed at Socorro, New Mexico in 1964, described as a vertical arrow with a horizontal bar underneath, for which no explanation was ever found.
“On the side of this craft he had seen a peculiar red sign, a sort of vertical arrow with a horizontal bar underneath. No explanation for this sign was ever found.”
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578
A friend of Jacques Vallee at Stanford, shown a description of the Socorro symbol, found a medieval Arabic text listing symbols for the major planets that unmistakably matched the insignia Lonnie Zamora saw, identifying it as the Arabic sign for Venus.
“He had been intrigued by my description of the Socorro symbol. It reminded him of something, he said. And after much searching among his numerous books he showed me a copy of a medieval Arabic text which included a list of symbols for the major planets: here, unmistakably, was the insignia Zamora had seen—the Arabic sign for Venus!”
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579
Jacques Vallee considers that one cannot understand the UFO phenomenon without taking into consideration all of its possible symbolic ramifications, however remote from technological reality.
“This is another reminder that one cannot understand the UFO phenomenon without taking into consideration all of its possible symbolic ramifications, no matter how seemingly remote from our technological reality.”
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580
Jacques Vallee named his framework relating strangeness to report probability the Hilltop Theory because a graph of the data forms a curve shaped like a mountain.
“I call this the Hilltop Theory because when the data are set up as a graph the curve is somewhat shaped like a mountain (see Figure 1).”
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581
Jacques Vallee's own interest lay in the psychic cases of strangeness categories 6 and 7, and cases that may go beyond the classification chart entirely.
“My own interest lies in the psychic cases of categories 6, 7, and cases that may even go beyond the chart entirely because we cannot yet think of a classification for them.”
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582
Jacques Vallee deliberately published several articles on unidentified UFO cases in non-scientific journals to draw reactions from readers.
“I approach these cases with the cooperation of readers who have reacted to several articles I deliberately published in non-scientific journals; these articles addressed the unidentified cases that had been neatly swept under the rationalist rug.”
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583
The Hilltop Theory holds that the type of data collected by a UFO investigator is a function of that investigator's image, meaning the beliefs held about him among his audience.
“The Hilltop Theory could be summed up in the statement that the type of data collected by an investigator is a function of his image (the beliefs about him) among his audience.”
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584
Jacques Vallee has been approached by many UFO witnesses, some of whom were lying or mentally unstable, in the course of his research.
“I have been approached by many witnesses, some of whom were lying or crazy.”
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585
Jacques Vallee has been invited to join occult organisations.
“I have been invited to join occult organizations.”
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586
Jacques Vallee has verified observations made previously by Jerome Clark, Donald Hanlon, Gordon Creighton, and John Keel, though he does not accept all of their conclusions.
“I have been in a position to verify observations that others like Jerome Clark and Donald Hanlon, Gordon Creighton and John Keel had made before me; although I do not buy all their conclusions I have convinced myself of the validity of their reports.”
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587
Jacques Vallee considers there to be a general shifting of humankind's belief patterns and relationship to the concept of the invisible, occurring outside of any established structure, and holds that science is not immune to it.
“I think there is a general shifting of man's belief patterns, his entire relationship to the concept of the invisible. It is happening outside of any established structure, and science is not immune to it.”
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588
Jerome Clark holds the view, contrary to Jacques Vallee's hypothesis that contact between human percipients and the UFO phenomenon occurs under conditions controlled by the phenomenon, that instead the percipient controls the conditions.
“My view is just the opposite: namely, that the percipient controls the conditions.”
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589
An unnamed medical doctor and psychiatrist in Pennsylvania, shifting his research to psychic phenomena, wrote to Jacques Vallee suggesting that nonsense statements made by UFO occupants may be employed as a hypnotic confusion technique and for sending telepathic messages or psychic healing.
“I was startled by the seeming nonsense statements uttered on the part of some of the beings in the UFOs. Rather than look for the meaning of the absurd statements, I think you might seek another purpose for them, namely, that this is employed both as a hypnotic technique (i.e., the technique of confusion) and it is also employed for sending telepathic messages, and in some types of psychic healing.”
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590
In both the José Antonio and Robert Monroe cases, the apparition of a taller robed man marked the end of the ordeal.
“As in the case of José Antonio, the apparition of the taller man was the signal for the end of the ordeal.”
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591
Investigators from the SBEVD research group in Brazil saw and photographed the wound on Paulo Gaetano's arm three days after the incident.
“(Investigators from the SBEVD research group in Brazil saw and photographed the wound three days later.)”
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592
Jacques Vallee considers it a key to the confrontation with UFOs that if certain areas of the human brain can be remotely stimulated, broadcasts could saturate large territories with a flood of symbols, and that such a device disguised under a preposterous or absurd appearance could go undetected for a long time as a major tool of social change.
“If certain areas of the human brain can be remotely stimulated, then it is not impossible to think of broadcasts literally saturating large territories with a flood of symbols. Such a device could be a major tool of social change. If disguised under a preposterous or "absurd" appearance, its effects would be undetected for a long time. I believe this could be a key to the confrontation with UFOs.”
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593
Jacques Vallee defined seven categories of strangeness to classify UFO encounter reports by the likelihood a witness will report them.
“On this basis I have defined seven categories of strangeness and I have constructed for each category an appropriate scenario”
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594
Jacques Vallee speculates that the depiction of a disk with extended claws in Phoenician cylinder seals may preserve the memory of an observation of a flying craft capable of landing.
“should we speculate that the representation of a disk with extended claws may in fact seek to preserve the memory of a vision, or observation, of a flying craft capable of landing, of the type so frequently described in more recent history?”
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595
Jacques Vallee considers the depiction in Figure E of a god holding a horned animal under each arm reminiscent of the 1897 Hamilton cow abduction case and many claims of animal abduction by UFO occupants.
“Equally fascinating to the student of close-encounter UFO cases are the scenes in which animals are carried to the hovering disk, as in Figures B and E: in the latter case, a god is seen holding some horned animal under each arm—a scene certainly reminiscent of Hamilton's cow and many a claim of animal kidnapping by UFO occupants.”
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596
In the six years since the publication of Passport to Magonia, evidence of a similar body of beliefs about UFO-like beings has been mounting in practically all human cultures.
“In fact, in the six years that have elapsed since the publication of that book, evidence of a similar body of beliefs in practically all human cultures has been mounting.”
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Jacques Vallee has not been able to verify directly the existence of the document Sophia or the accuracy of its translation, but considers it consistent with paintings, icons, and murals depicting contact between God and His messengers.
“I have not been able to verify directly the existence of this document and the accuracy of the translation, but it is consistent with a number of paintings, icons, and murals that depict contact between "God" and His messengers and contact between the messengers and men.”
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598
Jacques Vallee is inclined toward a literal rather than purely symbolic interpretation of the scenes depicted on the Phoenician amulets.
“I am inclined to a literal, rather than purely symbolic interpretation of the scenes depicted on the Phoenician amulets,”
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Jacques Vallee is tempted to accept as a working hypothesis that in other times, remote contact occurred between human consciousness and another consciousness, variously described as demonic, angelic, or alien.
“I am also tempted to accept as a working hypothesis that in other times remote contact occurred between human consciousness and another consciousness, variously described as demonic, angelic, or simply alien.”
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600
At a lecture by Jacques Vallee at the Architects' Association in London on 12 December, a British woman was shown a slide of a Phoenician seal depicting a winged sphere held up by two creatures which Vallee described as 'scorpion men'.
“At the lecture by Jacques Vallee at the London A. A. [Architects' Association] on the 12th of December I was surprised by one of the slides of a Phoenician seal showing a winged sphere held up by two creatures which he described as "Scorpion men."”
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601
Robert Monroe, a psychic experimenter, described a beam-of-light phenomenon in his investigations of out-of-the-body consciousness.
“Another psychic experimenter, Mr. Robert Monroe, has described a similar phenomenon in his own investigations of out-of-the-body consciousness.”
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Jacques Vallee considers the mechanism of UFO apparitions a possible invariant across all cultures, and questions whether it is a psychic technology whose applications know few limitations in space and time.
“Is the mechanism of UFO apparitions, then, an invariant in all cultures? Are we faced here with something more than a projection of Jung's archetypal images, a psychic technology whose applications know few if any limitations in space and in time? I see no better hypothesis at this point of our knowledge of UFO phenomena.”
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603
Jacques Vallee considers that the space-visitors hypothesis fails to adequately explain ancient UFO-related symbolism.
“Certainly the space visitors hypothesis fails to explain adequately the ancient symbolism.”
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604
Jacques Vallee argues that UFO phenomena show a pattern of manifestations that open gates to a spiritual level, point toward a different consciousness, and produce irrational, absurd events.
“Instead, we have a pattern of manifestations, opening the gates to a spiritual level, pointing a way to a different consciousness, and producing irrational, absurd events in their wake.”
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605
Jacques Vallee considers that Phoenician amulets, close encounters with occupants in modern times, ancient beams from heaven, and focused light from UFOs together suggest a technology capable of both physical manifestation and psychic effects that strikes deep at the collective consciousness.
“The Phoenician amulets, the close encounters with "occupants" in our time, the ancient beam from heaven, and the focused light from UFOs seem to imply a technology capable of both physical manifestation and psychic effects, a technology that strikes deep at the collective consciousness, confusing us, molding us.”
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606
Jacques Vallee notes that the flying disk has often been used to symbolize the winged soul, and is also associated with the serpent and the caduceus healing symbol.
“I am well aware, in particular, that the flying disk has often been used to symbolize the winged soul. It is also associated with the serpent and with the caduceus (healing symbol).”
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607
Jacques Vallee considers the Middle East to hold the most relevant indications of a cultural change similar to the one occurring in the modern UFO era.
“it is in the Middle East that we find the most relevant indications of a cultural change similar to the one we are undergoing.”
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608
Jacques Vallee questions whether the classical interpretation of the winged disk as a primitive representation of the sun or the soul is adequate.
“The interpretation of this collection of artifacts raises several questions, because the classical statement that the flying disk is simply a primitive representation of the sun or the soul leaves much to be desired.”
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609
Jacques Vallee observes that the concept of the earth as a prison or 'forbidden wasteland' is a popular idea among those exposed to phenomena like the Fatima apparitions.
“The concept of the earth as a prison or a "forbidden wasteland" is decidedly a popular one among those who have been exposed to these phenomena.”
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610
Jacques Vallee considers the final Fatima 'miracle' of 1917-10-13, with its flying disk or globe, falling-leaf trajectory, light effects, thunderclaps, buzzing sounds, strange fragrance, dissolving angel hair, and associated heat wave, to place the Fatima events clearly in the perspective of UFO phenomena.
“Not only was a flying disk or globe consistently involved, but its motion, its falling-leaf trajectory, its light effects, the thunderclaps, the buzzing sounds, the strange fragrance, the fall of "angel hair" that dissolves upon reaching the ground, the heat wave associated with the close approach of the disk, all of these are constant parameters of UFO sightings everywhere.”
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611
Jacques Vallee argues that the events at Fatima did not begin on 1917-05-13 as most authorities indicate, but had been preceded by a series of sightings of an angel a couple of years before.
“In the case of Fatima the events did not begin—as most authorities indicate—on May 13, 1917. It is true that such is the date of the first apparition of the Lady, but it had been preceded by a series of sightings of an angel a couple of years before.”
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Fatima involves apparitions of an entity believed to be the Holy Virgin.
“The famous apparitions at Fatima offer a historical example of the religious dimension of UFO encounters.”
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613
Jacques Vallee suggests Pelletier's remark about the paralysing power experienced by the Fatima children could apply to the entire spectrum of close encounters with UFOs.
“His remark could apply to the entire spectrum of close encounters with UFOs.”
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614
The sequence of observations of the entity thought to be the Holy Virgin at Fatima was preceded, two years earlier, by a series of angelic apparitions to Lucia dos Santos that Jacques Vallee characterises as a classical sequence of UFO sightings.
“the entire sequence of observations of an entity thought to be the Holy Virgin had begun two years previously with a fairly classical sequence of UFO sightings”
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615
A man Jacques Vallee trusts received a report from one of Pope John XXIII's secretaries, who described introducing senior Church figures into the presence of Pope John XXIII for the opening of the secret part of the Fatima prophecy in 1960.
“A man whose word I trust received an interesting report from one of the Pope’s secretaries, who introduced the highest men in the Church into the presence of John XXIII for the opening of the secret part of the Fatima prophecy in 1960.”
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616
According to the account relayed to Jacques Vallee, when the cardinals left Pope John XXIII's office after the opening of the secret part of the Fatima prophecy in 1960, they had a look of deep horror on their faces, and one prelate who was approached by the secretary gently pushed him aside and walked on with the expression of someone who had seen a ghost.
“the secretary had the opportunity to see the cardinals as they left the Pope’s office: they had a look of deep horror on their faces. He got up from behind his desk and tried to speak to one of them whom he knew intimately, but the prelate gently pushed him aside and walked on with the expression of someone who has seen a ghost.”
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617
Jacques Vallee obtained some indirect information on the circumstances of Pope John XXIII's 1960 opening of the sealed Fatima message, which sheds light on the reactions of senior Catholic Church officials to the prophecy, though not necessarily on its actual contents.
“Some indirect information on the circumstances of this opening of the message, which I have obtained, sheds light on the reactions of high Church officials to the prophecy, if not on its actual contents.”
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618
Jacques Vallee has obtained photographs of Pierre de Rudder's exhumed leg bones showing the deformation of the bones of the left leg, with the two legs of equal length and a fragment of bone missing.
“The pictures, which I have obtained, show with great clarity the deformation of the bones of the left leg. The healing has occurred in such a way, however, that the two legs are of equal length and the weight of the body can be equally supported. A fragment of bone is seen to be missing.”
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Jacques Vallee holds that Pierre de Rudder, like Dr. X, was healed instantly.
“Yet de Rudder, like Dr. X (see Chapter One) was healed instantly.”
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620
Evans-Wentz researched historical analogues to the behaviour of UFO occupants based on his study of the 'Good People' folklore.
“an examination of the occupants of these strange machines led me to research historical analogues to their behavior, and I found such data, beautifully documented, in his work.”
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The Book of Mormon is similar in many ways to the OAHSPE bible and the Book of Urantia, both accounts of early history similarly presented as inspired by divine intelligence.
“It is a strange document, similar in many ways to the OAHSPE bible or the BOOK OF URANTIA, two accounts of early history similarly “inspired” by divine intelligence.”
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622
In 1973, Jacques Bergier proposed to Jacques Vallee an explanation that books such as the Bible and Book of Mormon, which seem to emanate from a cosmic source through automatic writing or psychic revelation, could originate from a galactic civilisation broadcasting a cosmic education programme at regular intervals.
“In 1973 Jacques Bergier proposed to me an amusing explanation for the existence of these books which seem to emanate from a cosmic source and, like the Bible, have come to us through automatic writing or some other form of psychic revelation. There exists, he postulates, a civilization in our galaxy which is broadcasting at regular intervals some cosmic education program”
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623
Jacques Vallee considers the transformation of an ordinary farmboy from rural New York State into an unchallenged leader of multitudes, referring to Joseph Smith, an unusual fact deserving investigation.
“The transformation of an ordinary farmboy from rural New York State into an unchallenged leader of multitudes is, in my view, an unusual fact which deserves investigation.”
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624
Jacques Vallee suggests that some UFO close encounters, when the phenomenon finds a ready believer under the right social and psychological conditions, can become the nucleus of a new religious movement, sect, or belief.
“Some of the stories are strange yet consistent enough to become the nucleus of a new religious movement if the witness were of the proper psychological inclination...When the right combination of social and psychological conditions is met, when the phenomenon finds a witness a ready believer, then revelation takes place.”
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Jacques Vallee observes that the revelation experience seems designed to isolate the witness, prophet, or believer from their social environment, causing them to become an outcast.
“Everything works as if the revelation were designed to isolate the witness, prophet, or believer from his social environment. He becomes an outcast and has to flee.”
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626
At least two police officers among UFO witnesses became outcasts as a result of their experiences.
“This has been the fate of at least two police officers and of numerous other UFO witnesses.”
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627
In France, several farmers saw their fields nearly ruined in connection with UFO phenomena.
“In France, several farmers saw their fields nearly ruined.”
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628
The man in Michigan who reported the Swamp Gas UFO sightings case was jeered at in the streets, and people came in cars to throw bottles at his house.
“The man in Michigan who reported the Swamp Gas case was jeered at in the streets and people came in cars to throw bottles at his house.”
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The wives of several policemen involved in UFO incidents divorced them.
“The wives of several policemen involved in UFO incidents divorced them.”
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630
Jacques Vallee compares the mixture of seriousness and absurdity in the Fatima prophecy to a pattern noted in several contactee stories, and observes the same pattern recurs at Lourdes, where the alleged Virgin Mary instructs Bernadette Soubirous to perform meaningless actions.
“The mixture of seriousness and absurdity that we have already noted in several contactee stories is an unmistakable characteristic of this statement. We will find the same thing to be true in Lourdes, where the alleged Virgin Mary instructs the little Bernadette to perform meaningless actions.”
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Jacques Vallee describes the definition given by Joseph Pelletier at page 4 of 'The Sun Danced at Fatima' as one of the best definitions for his strangeness category 6.
“Pelletier, *op. cit.,* p. 4. (This statement is one of the best definitions one could give for my strangeness category 6.)”
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In a colour experiment, Jacques Vallee first thought of blue, then deliberately switched his target to yellow, and Uri Geller reported receiving yellow with one out of three signals as blue.
“For this reason, I deliberately changed my choice, reviewed a dozen colors, and picked yellow as the target. Three times Uri gave me the signal to send him the color. Then he calmly announced: "The color I receive is yellow, but once out of three times I got the color blue."”
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633
Jacques Vallee attended an experiment where Uri Geller asked a subject to select a three-digit number and write it on a board.
“Uri Geller asked the subject to select a three-digit number and to write it down on the board.”
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634
Uri Geller told Jacques Vallee that his specialty was producing phenomena with physical objects, citing a spoon as an example.
“"You know," said Uri, "everything you’ve seen … Those are little things. This is not what I really do. My specialty is to produce phenomena with physical objects. For example, take a spoon."”
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635
Uri Geller touched a spoon in his cup and it became bent three times, folded back against the handle.
“With these words he touched, barely touched the spoon in his cup, and he jumped back as if he had touched a snake. He reached for the spoon again and showed it to us. It was bent three times, literally folded back against the handle.”
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Jacques Vallee could not bend his own spoon by using all his strength against the edge of the table.
“I took my own spoon and bent it with all my strength against the edge of the table. There was no way I could bend it to twist the wider part of it.”
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637
As Uri Geller gave instructions to the subject, Jacques Vallee independently wrote the number 726 on his own notepad and showed it to Janine Vallee.
“As he gave these instructions a number came into my consciousness and I noted it on the pad I was using to keep a record of the experiments, showing it to Janine as I did so. The number I wrote was 726.”
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638
Jacques Vallee had long been interested in both UFO manifestations and psychic manifestations such as telepathy, poltergeists, and psychokinetics, but had refrained until a few years before writing from attempting to build a bridge between these two fields.
“I have long had an interest in both UFO manifestations and such psychic manifestations as telepathy, poltergeists, and psychokinetics, but I have refrained (until a few years ago) from attempting to build a bridge between these two fields.”
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The subject in the experiment wrote the digits 7, 2, and 5 on the board.
“The subject wrote a number on the board: the digits were 7, 2, and 5.”
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640
Jacques Vallee's decision to accept an invitation to speak about UFO research at a University of California extension course on psychic phenomena was greeted with disbelief among astronomers privately interested in the subject.
“when I was recently invited to speak about UFO research at a University of California extension course on psychic phenomena, my decision to accept the invitation was greeted with disbelief among astronomers privately interested in the subject.”
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A physicist friend of Jacques Vallee questioned why he was mixing UFO research with the field of psychic phenomena, warning it might jeopardize his chances of ever capturing a real, material flying saucer.
“One of my physicist friends who was studying the material aspect of the sightings even called me to ask, "Why are you getting such a solid field as UFO research mixed up with the disreputable area of psychic phenomena?" implying that... I might jeopardize my chances of ever capturing a real, material flying saucer!”
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642
During the number experiment, Uri Geller sat in a corner of the room with his head turned toward the wall and hidden by a screen, and spelled out the digits 7, 2, and 5 as the digits he said he was mentally picking up.
“Geller was sitting in a corner at the other end of the room, his head turned toward the wall and hidden by a screen. He spelled out the digits he said he was mentally picking up: 7, 2, and 5.”
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Jacques Vallee receives letters from people in many different positions commenting on the relationship between UFOs and psychic phenomena.
“I receive letters from people in many different positions, commenting on the relationship between UFOs and psychic phenomena.”
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One correspondent of Jacques Vallee wrote that at age seven they had a Sun experience similar to the Fatima case, occurring at sunset on the day of their father's funeral.
“"At the age of seven, I had a Sun experience similar to the Fatima case," writes one of my correspondents. "It occurred at sunset on the day of my father’s funeral…."”
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645
A correspondent of Jacques Vallee affiliated with a Fatima devotee group expressed the belief that the Pilgrim Virgin may be nothing more than a point of psychic focus onto which the devotee's unconscious projects.
“Another reader, a woman affiliated with a Fatima devotee group, expresses her belief that the Pilgrim Virgin may be nothing more than a point of psychic focus, "upon which that which is already in the devotee’s unconscious is projecting."”
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646
Jacques Vallee is one of the directors of the Parapsychology Research Group of Palo Alto.
“The Parapsychology Research Group of Palo Alto, of which I am one of the directors, had performed such experiments before.”
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647
An astronomer colleague of Jacques Vallee wrote that he was struck by the rational absurdity of the experiences Carlos Castaneda reported in his books about Don Juan.
“I read Castaneda’s books on Don Juan and was struck by the rational absurdity of the experiences he reported.”
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Science magazine reported an experiment in which kittens given a carefully controlled visual pattern for their first few days of vision were subsequently able to perform good visual discrimination only against the same pattern.
“In the past year Science magazine has reported two experiments along these lines. In the first, kittens were given a carefully controlled visual pattern for their first few days of vision, and the result was that they were subsequently able to perform good visual discrimination only against the same pattern.”
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Jacques Vallee found most prior mind-reading experiments conducted by the Parapsychology Research Group of Palo Alto to be inconclusive.
“I had found most of them inconclusive.”
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Science magazine reported an experiment showing that natives unfamiliar with large-scale rectilinear features such as cities and highways were unable to interpret perspective in drawings.
“In the second experiment it was shown that natives unfamiliar with large-scale rectilinear features (cities, highways and the like) were unable to interpret perspective in drawings.”
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An astronomer colleague of Jacques Vallee described in a letter a case of UFO-related psychic phenomena that he had personally investigated, involving a person who began experiencing extrasensory perception situations in his early teens.
“My correspondent goes on to describe a case of UFO-related psychic phenomena that he has himself investigated: This person began experiencing ESP situations in his early teens.”
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652
The subject of the astronomer colleague's investigation reported apparitions seen in his bedroom at night, which were also seen by other family members, along with an intense bluish-white light with a yellow centre that would occasionally materialize at the foot of his bed.
“His first experiences were apparitions seen in his bedroom at night (also seen by other family members). Also an intense bluish-white light would occasionally materialize at the foot of his bed. Almost too bright to look at directly, its center was yellow….”
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653
Jacques Vallee considers that in a small number of cases, evidence exists for extrasensory transfer of information between brains.
“It appeared to me, on the other hand, that in a small number of cases evidence did exist for extrasensory transfer of information between brains.”
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The subject of the astronomer colleague's investigation observed UFOs twice with other boys, the first sighting being a night flyby of several greenish oval objects, with similar objects seen again a few days later and thought to have landed in a nearby wood.
“At about this time he observed UFOs twice, both times with other boys. The first sighting was a night flyby of several greenish oval objects; a few days later similar objects were seen again and were thought to have landed in a nearby wood.”
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While searching the woods for the landed UFO, the subject and his friends saw a man of average height dressed in a tight-fitting blue jacket without metal buttons or badges, watching them from behind a bush before they fled in fear.
“Hearing a noise behind them they turned and saw a man watching them from behind a bush. Of average height, he was dressed in a tight-fitting blue jacket like a policeman might wear, but without metal buttons, badges or other decoration…. The figure didn’t speak but just stared at them and in a moment the boys fled in fear.”
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656
In the decade following his teenage UFO sightings, the subject of the astronomer colleague's investigation experienced spontaneous levitation twice and made several out-of-the-body trips, the longest being from his military base in Japan to the home of a friend in California, where the friend reportedly saw him at the door at the corresponding time.
“In the next decade this man experienced spontaneous levitation twice and made several out-of-the-body trips, the longest being from his military base in Japan to the home of a friend in California (the friend saw him at the door of the room at the corresponding time).”
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657
A witness wrote to Jacques Vallee that they had received a telepathic 'message' concerning UFOs four times, describing it as a sequence of thoughts distinguishable from their own, more like a machine than an intelligence because there was no emotion.
“Four times I have received a telepathic "message" concerning UFOs. Not like a sound or voice. It was a sequence of thoughts somehow distinguishable from my own. It was more like a machine than an intelligence because there was no emotion”
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Jacques Vallee is inclined to explain apparent extrasensory phenomena in terms of a convergence of events rather than a transmission process similar to an electromagnetic signal.
“While most researchers theorize about a process of transmission (similar to the transmission of an electromagnetic signal) in an effort to explain such phenomena, I am more inclined to think in terms of a convergence of events.”
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Jacques Vallee considers people with experiences similar to those of Uri Geller to not be uncommon.
“This letter is another indication that people with experiences similar to those of Uri Geller are not uncommon.”
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660
Professor Miklos is a Romanian researcher who offered Jacques Vallee a theory intended to help understand Uri Geller.
“Additional comments have come to me from scientists in several countries. Professor Miklos, a Romanian researcher, offered a theory that may be helpful in our attempts to understand Uri Geller”
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Jacques Vallee has speculated earlier in his book that UFO phenomena might originate on our own planet.
“Earlier in this book I have speculated several times that UFO phenomena might in fact originate on our own planet, and I think this hypothesis will deserve to be taken into consideration in any future study.”
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662
Uri Geller appears capable of forcing subjects to pick certain numbers or certain words.
“Uri Geller appears capable of forcing subjects to pick certain numbers or certain words.”
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663
Jacques Vallee's own observation of Uri Geller was only one factor motivating his research; the other was the convergence of Geller's experiences with those of a sizable sample of individuals in contact with Vallee.
“My own observation of Geller was only one of the factors here; the other was the convergence of his experience with those of a sizable sample of individuals with whom I am in contact.”
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664
Jacques Vallee proposes that the Uri Geller phenomenon is not spontaneous manifestations explainable by a psychiatrist or a student of ordinary spiritualist phenomena such as automatic writing, and is not necessarily space visitors, but is a control system.
“I propose the view that we are not dealing with spontaneous manifestations that can be explained simply by the psychiatrist or by the student of ordinary spiritualist phenomena, such as automatic writing. Nor are we necessarily dealing with space visitors. We are dealing with a control system.”
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665
Jacques Vallee asked Uri Geller privately whether he had played a word-forcing game with the subject on the night of the number experiment, and Geller assured him that he had not.
“Knowing about this ability, I asked Uri privately if he had played a similar game with his subject on the night of the experiment, and he assured me that he had not.”
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666
Uri Geller and Andrija Puharich have described events around Geller as including contact with UFO entities.
“the events around Geller include contact with what he and Puharich have described as UFO entities.”
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667
Uri Geller came to the United States around 1970 at the request of Andrija Puharich.
“Uri Geller came to the U.S. about 1970 at the request of Dr. Andrija Puharich, who was well-known among psychic phenomena research circles and could therefore expose him quickly to a significant audience.”
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Andrija Puharich was well-known among psychic phenomena research circles.
“Dr. Andrija Puharich, who was well-known among psychic phenomena research circles and could therefore expose him quickly to a significant audience.”
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Uri Geller is claimed to have the ability of psychokinesis, defined as moving objects at a distance without touching them.
“Of special interest was Uri’s psychokinetic ability. (The word psychokinesis has been given to the ability to move objects at a distance without touching them, a feat that traditionally has been regarded as one of the tests of the miraculous.)”
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Uri Geller is claimed to have the ability to distort metal objects and partly or completely dematerialize them.
“In the case of Geller, not only is this ability claimed, but it apparently includes the faculty of distorting metal objects and even partly or completely dematerializing them.”
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As of the time of writing, no demonstration of Uri Geller's metal-bending or dematerializing ability had been provided under strict laboratory control conditions, although anecdotal evidence was available.
“but at the time of this writing no demonstration of this ability has been provided in strict laboratory control environments, although a wealth of anecdotal evidence is available.”
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672
Uri Geller's paranormal effects reportedly happen spontaneously in his vicinity and are not under his own conscious control.
“One further interesting aspect of Geller’s gift is that he does not control it. Instead, the effects happen more or less spontaneously in his vicinity.”
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In the communications channelled through Uri Geller, the source of his power has identified itself as emanating from UFOs.
“In the communications channeled through Geller the source of this power has identified itself as emanating from UFOs.”
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Jacques Vallee considers that although Uri Geller uses trickery at times like every medium, some of the phenomena around him are genuine.
“I am inclined to believe that although Geller, like every medium, uses trickery at times, some of the phenomena that happen around him are genuine.”
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At a meeting of the Parapsychology Research Group of Palo Alto, Uri Geller did not demonstrate metal bending to anyone's satisfaction, and many members left with grave doubts.
“At the meeting of the Parapsychology Research Group mentioned earlier Geller did not demonstrate metal bending to anyone’s satisfaction, and many members went away with grave doubts.”
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In December 1972, Jacques Vallee had lunch with Uri Geller and showed him a series of Phoenician seals depicting a religious ritual performed by priests and a flying disk from which God-like creatures are emerging.
“In December, 1972, I had lunch with Geller and showed him the series of Phoenician seals described in Chapter Six. They depict a religious ritual performed by priests, and a flying disk from which God-like creatures are emerging.”
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677
During their December 1972 lunch, Uri Geller told Jacques Vallee confidentially the details of his own close encounters with UFOs.
“Uri studied these photographs with much interest and proceeded to tell me confidentially the details of his own close encounters with UFOs.”
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678
Uri Geller believed himself to be a secret contactee in contact with an alien entity that he did not want to mention in public.
“He was in fact, I learned, a "secret contactee," a man who believed himself to be in contact with an alien entity which he did not want to mention in public.”
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679
Jacques Vallee asked Uri Geller during their December 1972 discussion whether he thought he could contact the UFO entity again to obtain a close observation of a flying saucer as a real test case.
“During our discussion I asked Uri Geller if he thought he could contact the UFO entity again to obtain for us a real test case: a close observation of a flying saucer.”
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Uri Geller replied that in all his meetings with the entity, the initiative for the contact had come from the other side, not from him.
“He replied that in all his meetings with "them" the initiative for the contact has been with the "other side."”
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During the December 1972 lunch, Uri Geller proposed to Jacques Vallee that they conduct telepathic experiments together.
“Later during our lunch Uri proposed to do telepathic experiments with me.”
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Jacques Vallee considers that a short series of telepathic tests with Uri Geller convinced him that Geller's abilities were genuine.
“It is this short series of tests that convinced me that his abilities were genuine.”
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In the first telepathy test, one of Uri Geller's physicist colleagues handed Jacques Vallee a sealed envelope containing a card with a target drawing of a whale blowing water vapor into the air.
“One of the physicists with whom Geller had been working handed me a sealed envelope containing a card on which a target had been drawn. It was the outline of a whale blowing water vapor into the air.”
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In the first attempt, Uri Geller received no clear image when Jacques Vallee mentally sent him the whale drawing.
“Uri was to imagine a similar screen in his own mind and fill out the picture, but he received no clear image at the first trial.”
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In a second attempt, Jacques Vallee mentally sent Uri Geller the images of a fountain and then a fish, and Geller drew both a fish and a fountain on a card, saying he was getting two things.
“Now Uri took a blank card and said, as he rapidly drew on it, "It’s strange, I’m getting two things." On the card he passed around, he had drawn a fish. Next to the fish was a fountain.”
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Jacques Vallee considers the two-target telepathy test convincing because he was the only person who knew that two different targets, rather than one, had been sent.
“This was a convincing test because it excluded the "collusion" hypothesis... I was the only person who knew that two different targets, rather than one, had been sent!”
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In a second experiment, Jacques Vallee wrote the digits 8, 9, and 2, and after being asked to send only the last digit, Uri Geller wrote a 2 on a card.
“Now I began to take Uri Geller more seriously. In the second experiment he asked me to write a digit (I wrote down 8) and a second one (9) and then a third, larger. I wrote 2. "Send me the last digit only," he said. And a moment later he had written a 2 on a card.”
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Jacques Vallee's hastily drawn digit 2 had a flat, elongated horizontal base unlike the usual American way of drawing it, and Uri Geller's drawing of the digit was identical when the two tracings were superimposed.
“The interesting fact here was that my 2 was hastily drawn and that the horizontal base of the digit was very flat and elongated. It was completely different from the usual American way of drawing it. Now the drawing by Uri was not only similar to mine: it was identical, as was soon demonstrated by superimposing the two tracings.”
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Jacques Vallee has spent hours with Betty Hill and Barney Hill and discussed the case of their abduction with Dr. Simon.
“I have spent hours with Betty and Barney Hill and have had a chance to discuss the case of their abduction with Dr. Simon.”
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690
Jacques Vallee became acquainted with the stories of people who exhibited paranormal faculties and claimed to derive them from sources in outer space.
“I have also become acquainted with the stories of people who exhibited paranormal faculties and claimed to derive them from sources in outer space.”
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Jacques Vallee regards the man who moved after receiving a message he attributed to Jupiter as one of the happiest old people he has met in the United States.
“He is one of the happiest old people I have met in the United States.”
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692
The One World Family Commune of Berkeley runs a restaurant.
“The One World Family Commune of Berkeley runs a restaurant.”
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The One World Family Commune of Berkeley is directed by Allan the Messiah.
“It is directed by Allan the Messiah, wearing an impeccable red uniform and advertising the Everlasting Gospel revealed to him by the saucers.”
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Jacques Vallee appeared on a panel with Andrija Puharich, Arthur Young, Charles Muses, and Tom Bearden.
“I find myself on a panel with Andrija Puharich, Arthur Young, mathematician Charles Muses ... and a scientist, Tom Bearden.”
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The panel featuring Andrija Puharich, Arthur Young, Charles Muses, and Tom Bearden was chaired by Ira Einhorn, a poet from Philadelphia.
“The panel is chaired by Ira Einhorn, a poet from Philadelphia.”
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Andrija Puharich described his latest experiences with Uri Geller on the panel.
“Puharich describes his latest experiences with Geller.”
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Andrija Puharich claims to receive messages on his tape recorder coming from a mysterious cosmic source.
“He explains to the audience that he gets messages on his tape recorder, coming from a mysterious cosmic source.”
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Andrija Puharich claims the tape recording of his cosmic messages vanishes regularly and there is nothing he can do to prevent it.
“But the tape vanishes regularly. There is nothing he can do to prevent it”
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Andrija Puharich is committed to the idea that he and Uri Geller are guided by a very high source of wisdom and that mankind's only course is to place its destiny in that source's hands.
“he is totally committed to the idea that he and Uri are now guided by a very high source of wisdom, and that the only course for mankind is to place its destiny in “their” hands”
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700
Ira Einhorn gave the floor to Charles Muses to comment on Uri Geller during the panel.
“Ira gives the floor to Charles Muses who comments on Geller.”
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701
Charles Muses believes humanity stands on the brink of catastrophe, at the edge of a chasm.
“Humanity, he says, stands on the brink of catastrophe, at the edge of a chasm.”
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702
Jacques Vallee believes the phenomenon under study will not be seriously studied by many scientists until it generates a high degree of public awareness, and predicts the eventual research approach will be a classical one involving large funding, questionnaires, field investigators, and medical personnel studying witnesses.
“My guess is that the problem will not be seriously studied by many scientists until it has begun to generate a very high degree of public awareness, and then the approach will be an entirely classical one: millions of dollars to consultants and research institutes, thousands of questionnaires, field investigators with glass bottles, sociologists filling correlation matrices, medical personnel adjusting electrodes over the frontal lobes of ranchers.”
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Jacques Vallee considers the anticipated classical scientific approach to the phenomenon to be merely another wrinkle in the learning curve and another step in the conditioning.
“But this will only be, in my opinion, *another wrinkle in the learning curve, another step in the conditioning.*”
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704
Jacques Vallee proposes the hypothesis that there is a control system for human consciousness, and he has not determined whether it is natural, spontaneous, explainable by genetics or social psychology, artificial, or under the power of a superhuman will.
“I propose the hypothesis that there is a control system for human consciousness. I have not determined whether it is natural or spontaneous; whether it is explainable in terms of genetics, of social psychology, or of ordinary phenomena—or if it is artificial in nature, and under the power of some superhuman will.”
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705
Jacques Vallee believes that in every instance of the UFO phenomenon he has studied in depth he has found as many rational elements as absurd ones, and as many that could be interpreted as friendly as ones that seemed hostile.
“I am led to this hypothesis by the fact that in every instance of the UFO phenomenon I have been able to study in depth I have found as many rational elements as I have absurd ones, and many that I could interpret as friendly and many that seemed hostile.”
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706
Jacques Vallee argues that both believers and sceptics in the UFO debate are wrong, including Andrija Puharich with his disappearing tapes and Uri Geller voicing messages from the Rhombus 4-D computer.
“I would argue that they are all wrong, even Puharich with his disappearing tapes, and Uri voicing from Rhombus 4-D.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch17:4423-4536 opinion first hand
707
Jacques Vallee compiled a graph showing the development of UFO waves between 1947 and 1962.
“Consider the graph of Figure 3. It shows the development of the UFO waves between 1947 and 1962.”
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708
To construct the UFO wave graph, Jacques Vallee collected available sightings, examined them for possible rejection causes, classified them by type and reliability, assigned a weight to each selected case, aggregated the weights into a monthly index of UFO activity, and removed the trend to extract cyclic variations.
“To obtain such a graph one has to collect all available sightings and examine them one at a time for possible rejection causes. Then one needs to classify them as to type and reliability, assigning a weight to each selected case and aggregating these weights to obtain a monthly index of UFO activity. Finally, one needs to eliminate the trend, the background variation, from fluctuations of the curve, in order to extract the cyclic variations.”
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709
Andrija Puharich predicts a mass landing of extraterrestrials.
“He predicts a mass landing.”
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710
The UMMO affair, the case of AFFA (alleged entity from Uranus), and the predictions of Mrs. Keech recorded in the book When Prophecy Fails have involved sincere people holding responsible positions.
“The UMMO affair, the case of AFFA, and the predictions of Mrs. Keech (of *When Prophecy Fails)* have involved sincere people, holding responsible positions.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch18:1912-2058 opinion first hand
711
Jacques Vallee for a long time privately believed that the organisations responsible for collective security were secretly conducting a large-scale, quiet, and competent investigation into the nature of paranormal phenomena.
“For a long time I have harbored the private belief that the organizations responsible for our collective security were secretly conducting a large-scale, quiet, and competent investigation into the nature of the paranormal phenomena that are manifested around us.”
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712
Jacques Vallee discussed Uri Geller's abilities with Gordon Creighton while driving through London in the winter of 1973.
“As I was discussing Uri Geller’s abilities with British scholar Gordon Creighton, driving through the midst of London in the winter of 1973”
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713
Jacques Vallee observed blunders and biased conclusions in Project Blue Book.
“When I saw the blunders of Project Blue Book and its biased conclusions”
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714
Jacques Vallee at one point believed Project Blue Book was only a front to keep civilian scientists from investigating a serious matter regarded in high places as important.
“I imagined that the project was only a front to keep civilian scientists from poking their inquisitive noses into a very serious matter that was regarded in high places as an important item.”
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715
Jacques Vallee noticed that certain files had disappeared from the Project Blue Book archives.
“When I noticed that certain files had disappeared from the Blue Book archives and that the best photographic evidence was missing”
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Jacques Vallee noticed that the best photographic evidence was missing from the Project Blue Book archives.
“and that the best photographic evidence was missing”
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Jacques Vallee observed that Air Force bases around the world were sending copies of all their UFO information to government organisations.
“When I saw that Air Force bases around the world were sending to government organizations copies of all their information on UFOs”
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Jacques Vallee has lost his unquestioning trust of official wisdom in matters of advanced research.
“Today I am no longer young, and I have lost my unquestioning trust of official wisdom in matters of advanced research.”
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719
With help from several members of the Invisible College and other friends in Europe, Jacques Vallee had a chance to examine many documents relating to UFO investigations.
“In recent years, thanks to several members of the Invisible College, and thanks to other friends in Europe, I have had a chance to examine many documents like the ones I have quoted.”
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720
Jacques Vallee concluded that the documents he examined, rather than revealing government authorities engaged in quiet research, show a picture of incoherent restlessness in every country involved.
“Far from revealing government authorities engaged in quiet research, they give a picture of incoherent restlessness in every country.”
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The winter of 1973 in London was marked by strikes and an energy crisis.
“a winter plagued by strikes and the energy crisis”
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Jacques Vallee for a long time believed that science would gradually realise the importance of paranormal phenomena as an opportunity to expand its theories of the world.
“For a long time I have believed that science would gradually realize the importance of paranormal phenomena as an opportunity to expand its theories of the world.”
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723
Jacques Vallee no longer believes that science will realise the importance of paranormal phenomena or that it holds the key to redefining human dignity.
“I now believe differently.”
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724
Gordon Creighton told Jacques Vallee that people mistakenly believe a myth is an untruth, but that a myth is that which is truer than truth.
““People mistakenly believe, he said, that a myth is an untruth. But myth is not that. A myth is that which is TRUER THAN TRUTH.””
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725
The Project Blue Book files at Northwestern University were augmented by collections of UFO sighting data that Jacques Vallee brought from Europe when he emigrated from France in 1962.
“They were augmented by the collections of sighting data I had brought from Europe when I emigrated from France in 1962.”
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726
The Project Blue Book files supported the notion that UFOs were physical objects with all the characteristics of an advanced technology.
“These files did support the notion that UFOs were physical objects with all the characteristics of an advanced technology, but they also posed some intriguing challenges of a different kind”
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727
Witnesses in the Project Blue Book files described an alteration of consciousness in the presence of the UFO phenomenon.
“witnesses described an alteration of consciousness in the presence of the phenomenon, and even some unexplained physiological effects.”
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Witnesses in the Project Blue Book files reported unexplained physiological effects in the presence of the UFO phenomenon.
“witnesses described an alteration of consciousness in the presence of the phenomenon, and even some unexplained physiological effects.”
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Fred Beckman, William T. Powers, Douglass Price-Williams, Ted Phillips and half a dozen other dedicated researchers began exchanging UFO data and analyses on a regular basis.
“Soon a small cadre of dedicated researchers—men like Fred Beckman at the University of Chicago, William T. Powers at Northwestern, Douglass Price-Williams at UCLA, Ted Phillips in Missouri, and half a dozen others—began exchanging data and analyses on a regular basis.”
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730
Fred Beckman was based at the University of Chicago.
“Fred Beckman at the University of Chicago”
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William T. Powers was based at Northwestern University.
“William T. Powers at Northwestern”
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732
Douglass Price-Williams was based at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
“Douglass Price-Williams at UCLA”
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Ted Phillips was based in Missouri.
“Ted Phillips in Missouri”
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734
Fred Beckman, William T. Powers, Douglass Price-Williams and Ted Phillips were joined by French researchers in philosopher Aimé Michel's circle, including planetary astronomer Pierre Guérin, Sorbonne biologist and parapsychologist Rémy Chauvin, relativist Olivier Costa de Beauregard, and aerospace expert Claude Poher at the National Centre for Space Studies (CNES).
“They were joined by distinguished French researchers in philosopher Aimé Michel’s circle, like planetary astronomer Pierre Guérin, Sorbonne biologist and parapsychologist Rémy Chauvin, and relativist Olivier Costa de Beauregard, along with aerospace expert Dr. Claude Poher at CNES.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch7:1818-2095 administrative first hand
735
Pierre Guérin was a planetary astronomer.
“planetary astronomer Pierre Guérin”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch7:1913-1944 administrative first hand
736
Rémy Chauvin was a Sorbonne biologist and parapsychologist.
“Sorbonne biologist and parapsychologist Rémy Chauvin”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch7:1949-1994 administrative first hand
737
Olivier Costa de Beauregard was a relativist.
“relativist Olivier Costa de Beauregard”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch7:2007-2035 administrative first hand
738
Claude Poher was an aerospace expert at the National Centre for Space Studies (CNES).
“aerospace expert Dr. Claude Poher at CNES”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch7:2058-2095 administrative first hand
739
J. Allen Hynek called the informal network of UFO researchers "the Invisible College", referencing the secretive group of "natural philosophers" who fought the established dogmas of the church in the mid-seventeenth century to acquire knowledge through experimental investigation.
“With his keen sense of scientific history and his usual humor Dr. Hynek called this informal network “the Invisible College” in reference to the secretive group of “natural philosophers” who fought against the established dogmas of the church in the mid-seventeenth century to acquire knowledge through experimental investigation.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch7:2102-2418 administrative second hand
740
The Invisible College attempted to build a bridge between the investigation of psychic functioning and the study of unidentified aerial phenomena.
“It attempted to build a bridge between two fields that were growing in ignorance of each other, namely the investigation of psychic functioning and the study of unidentified aerial phenomena.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch7:243-424 opinion first hand
741
The seventeenth-century natural philosophers who fought against established church dogmas, inspired by early Rosicrucian ideas, became the nucleus for the Royal Society, the first modern scientific body.
“Inspired by early Rosicrucian ideas, they became the nucleus for the Royal Society, the first modern scientific body.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch7:2433-2545 administrative first hand
742
A 1974 photograph of some members of the Invisible College was taken in Boulder, Colorado, around J. Allen Hynek, including Douglass Price-Williams, David Saunders, Leo Sprinkle, Dick Henry, Jacques Vallee, J. Allen Hynek, Claude Poher, and Fred Beckman.
“Some of the members of the Invisible College around Dr. J. Allen Hynek photographed in Boulder, Colorado in 1974. From left: Douglass Price-Williams, David Saunders, Leo Sprinkle, Dick Henry, Jacques Vallée, J. Allen Hynek, Claude Poher, and Fred Beckman (photo taken by Ted Phillips).”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch7:2562-2837 administrative
743
The movement started by the Invisible College group became integrated in later years into a larger, multi-nation volunteer research effort joined by many individuals.
“In later years the movement started by this group became integrated in a larger, multi-nation volunteer research effort joined by many individuals.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch7:2850-2985 opinion first hand
744
At the time of the book's original publication, most advocates of the reality of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) were convinced the objects were spacecraft from other planets.
“At the time, most advocates of the reality of UFOs were convinced that the objects were spacecraft from other planets and that public opinion would “soon” force governments to recognize this fact.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch7:436-627 opinion first hand
745
At the time of the book's original publication, most advocates of the reality of UFOs believed public opinion would soon force governments to recognise UFOs as extraterrestrial spacecraft.
“and that public opinion would “soon” force governments to recognize this fact.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch7:554-627 opinion first hand
746
A small group of scientists actively investigated UFO cases, interviewed witnesses, and exchanged data through a small, informal international network of contacts.
“For the small group of scientists who were actively investigating cases, interviewing witnesses, and exchanging data through a small, informal network of international contacts, the phenomenon did not seem to fall so simply into comfortable patterns.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch7:692-933 administrative first hand
747
At Northwestern University, the team around Professor J. Allen Hynek had access to the files of the United States Air Force (USAF) Project Blue Book.
“At Northwestern University, the team around Professor J. Allen Hynek, of which I was a part, had access to the files of the U. S. Air Force Project BlueBook.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch7:944-1092 testimony first hand
748
Jacques Vallee was part of the Northwestern University team led by J. Allen Hynek.
“At Northwestern University, the team around Professor J. Allen Hynek, of which I was a part, had access to the files of the U. S. Air Force Project BlueBook.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch7:944-1092 administrative first hand
749
According to Jacques Vallee's data, many UFO witnesses have had unique experiences with apparently 'alien' voices or thoughts in connection with the sightings.
“The data also show that many witnesses have had unique experiences with apparently "alien" voices or thoughts in connection with the sightings.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:10152-10285 observation first hand
750
Jacques Vallee holds that certain UFO witnesses have been changed in a manner not explained by the events they claim to have observed.
“But I am especially referring to the fact that certain witnesses have been changed in a manner that is not explained by the events they claim to have observed.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:10296-10446 opinion first hand
751
In October 1973, Jacques Vallee met a neatly dressed engineering executive who wore a dark suit and thick glasses and who wished to discuss with him what he called his 'mission'.
“In October, 1973, I met a man who wanted to discuss with me what he called his "mission." He was a neatly dressed engineering executive who wore a dark suit and thick glasses.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:10586-10753 testimony first hand
752
The anonymous engineer who met Jacques Vallee in October 1973 stressed the importance of preserving his anonymity, saying he had experienced a great change in his life and had come to the United States, where he was working with an electronic company.
“He stressed the importance of preserving his anonymity—he had experienced a great change in his life, he said, as a result of which he had come to the United States where he was now working with an electronic company.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:10762-10971 hearsay second hand
753
The anonymous engineer told Jacques Vallee that the change in his life had occurred when he had been taken aboard a flying saucer and taught 'certain things'.
“The change in his life had occurred when he had been taken aboard a flying saucer and had been taught "certain things."”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:10980-11091 hearsay second hand
754
Unlike most contactees, the anonymous engineer sought no publicity, had no message to deliver to humanity, and did not claim to understand what had happened to him, only that he was no longer the same person.
“Contrary to most contactees, however, he sought no publicity, had no message to deliver to humanity, and did not claim to understand what had happened to him. He only knew that he was no longer the same person.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:11100-11303 hearsay second hand
755
At the time of meeting the anonymous engineer, Jacques Vallee had for over a year been in touch with Uri Geller, an Israeli psychic whose similar story he had reserved judgment on.
“At the time of this encounter I had been for over a year in touch with another man whose story was similar but on the veracity of which I had reserved judgment. This other man was Uri Geller, the Israeli psychic”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:11312-11516 testimony first hand
756
Uri Geller began his career as a stage magician performing entertainment before later puzzling scientists who tested his abilities in the laboratory.
“the Israeli psychic who began an entertainment career as a stage magician but later puzzled the scientists who tested his abilities in the laboratory.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:11504-11643 administrative first hand
757
Like the anonymous engineer, Uri Geller had been inside what he described as a UFO, had experienced a major life change and left his country, and felt he had been given a 'mission' and was the centre of peculiar physical effects.
“Like the engineer, Geller had been inside what he described as a UFO. Like him, he had experienced a major life change and left his country. Like him, he felt that he had been given a "mission" and that he was the center of peculiar physical effects.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:11655-11897 hearsay second hand
758
This series of events involving the anonymous engineer began in July 1961, when he was a student walking through the countryside with four other men during an archaeological field trip.
“This series of events had begun in July, 1961, when the engineer, who was then a student, was walking through the countryside with four other men during an archeological field trip.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:12150-12326 hearsay second hand
759
The anonymous engineer became separated from his group, found himself behind a cluster of trees, and saw a disk-shaped vehicle about six metres wide on the ground with a translucent 'elevator' that lifted him to a cabin.
“he found himself separated from the group, wandered behind a cluster of trees, where suddenly he saw an object on the ground; it was a disk-shaped vehicle about twenty feet wide with a translucent "elevator" that lifted him to a cabin.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:12347-12576 hearsay second hand
760
The anonymous engineer said the vehicle transported him to a desolate area far from the landing spot, near a large machine resembling a computer, about 1.5 metres high and six metres long, with rows of 'recordings'.
“the vehicle transported him into a desolate area far away from this spot and landed near a large machine reminiscent of a computer, about five feet high and twenty feet long, with row after row of "recordings."”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:12610-12808 hearsay second hand
761
Jacques Vallee proposes in this book the hypothesis that UFOs may constitute a control system.
“In this book I propose to examine the hypothesis that UFOs may constitute a control system”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:1285-1369 opinion first hand
762
The anonymous engineer said the machine played recordings for three hours, feeding their contents directly into his brain, and that it was not a teaching machine of any known earthly type.
“during the three hours he spent with the device his impression was that it kept playing these recordings and "feeding their contents directly into his brain." ... It was not a teaching machine of any known earthly type”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:12878-13029 hearsay second hand
763
After the anonymous engineer's abduction experience, eighteen days had elapsed for his friends and family, and his father, a government official, had caused several police and military units to search for him.
“After this session he flew back alone. Eighteen days had elapsed as far as his friends and family were concerned. His father, a government official, had caused several police and military units to look for him.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:13037-13243 hearsay second hand
764
The anonymous engineer was found within a metre of the spot where he had last been seen, still wearing the same flower at his buttonhole, with impeccable clothes, and did not need a shave.
“He was found within feet of the spot where he had last been seen. He still wore the same flower at his buttonhole. His clothes were impeccable. He did not need a shave.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:13248-13410 hearsay second hand
765
The anonymous engineer 'confessed' to family and curious inquirers that his disappearance had been a joke, to satisfy their unwanted curiosity, and the case was gradually forgotten.
“To satisfy the unwanted curiosity of the numerous people who bothered his family, he "confessed" that it had been a joke. This explanation had the desired effect, and the case was gradually forgotten.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:13484-13674 hearsay second hand
766
For the first six months after his UFO encounter, the anonymous engineer required an abnormal amount of sleep, falling asleep about six in the evening and not waking until seven in the morning, before the pattern changed so that he required only a few hours of sleep each night.
“for the first six months after the incident, he required an abnormal amount of sleep; he would fall asleep about six in the evening and not wake up until seven in the morning. Then the pattern changed, and he required less and less sleep. Now he says that he requires only a few hours of sleep each night.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:13761-14060 hearsay second hand
767
After the incident, the anonymous engineer said that university coursework came to him with perfect clarity and total recall, that he stopped dreaming or recalling his dreams, and that he had not experienced sickness in any form since the incident.
“in the University courses he attended, everything that was taught now came to him with perfect clarity and total recall. Moreover, he stopped dreaming (or recalling his dreams). Finally, he states that he has not experienced sickness in any form since the incident.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:14077-14333 hearsay second hand
768
Andrija Puharich, an American parapsychologist, brought Uri Geller to the United States in 1971 and arranged for him to be studied under laboratory conditions at several scientific institutions.
“An American parapsychologist, Dr. Andrija Puharich, brought Geller to the United States in 1971 and arranged for the young man to be studied under laboratory conditions at several scientific institutions.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:14713-14904 administrative first hand
769
Uri Geller's abilities include the apparent triggering of a force affecting material objects, which sometimes seems to lead to dematerialisations, with phenomena affecting mass and inertia appearing reproducible in the laboratory.
“Geller's abilities include what can best be described as the triggering of a force which affects material objects, and which sometimes even seems to lead to dematerializations. ... The puzzling fact here is that some phenomena affecting mass and inertia appear to be reproducible in the laboratory.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:14918-15198 observation first hand
770
Many manifestations around Uri Geller are similar to classical 'poltergeist' phenomena described in folklore, including mysterious breakage and disappearance of objects.
“Many of the manifestations around him are similar to classical "poltergeist" phenomena as described in the folklore of many countries: mysterious breakage and disappearance of objects, usually ascribed to the imagination of the witnesses.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:15095-15323 observation first hand
771
Uri Geller believes himself invested with a mission given to him by a mysterious space source, and some of his followers even suggest that he might be a Messiah.
“Most remarkable for our purpose, however, is the fact that Geller believes himself invested with a mission, given to him by a mysterious space source. Some of his followers even suggest that he might be a Messiah.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:15452-15657 opinion second hand
772
The anonymous engineer is withdrawn and secretive with a greatest wish to remain unknown, unlike Uri Geller who is a showman.
“He is withdrawn and secretive, while Geller is a showman. The engineer is a very quiet and well-organized man whose greatest wish is to remain unknown.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:15826-15969 hearsay second hand
773
The anonymous engineer feels he received information from the 'teaching machine', has acquired the ability to 'leave his body', can transfer his consciousness at will into other objects or into space, and can trigger a psychokinetic power similar to Uri Geller's, who claims he bends or breaks objects by pure thought.
“He feels that he has received certain information from the "teaching machine," that he has acquired the ability to "leave his body," that he is now able to transfer his consciousness at will into other objects or into space, and that he can trigger a psychokinetic power similar to that of Geller, who claims that he bends or breaks objects by pure thought.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:15978-16327 hearsay second hand
774
The anonymous engineer left his country to pursue his 'mission' in the United States, specifically in California, where he believed major social and political changes would take place, though he did not claim to have been given a particular message to announce to the world.
“The most directly verifiable consequence of this "incident" in the engineer's life has been his departure from his country to pursue his "mission" in the United States, more specifically in California. Here, he states, some major changes will take place. Although he feels *they will be social and political in nature,* he does not claim to have been given any particular message to announce to the world.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:16337-16736 hearsay second hand
775
The anonymous engineer had perfect eyesight in both eyes prior to his alleged abduction, but it deteriorated rapidly afterward, which he attributed to a blinding, blinking light on top of the 'machine'.
“Prior to his alleged abduction this man had perfect eyesight in both eyes. It deteriorated rapidly afterward, a fact he attributes to a blinding, blinking light that was situated on top of the "machine."”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:16859-17053 hearsay second hand
776
The anonymous engineer experienced some vibration generating pain under the ear at the base of the skull throughout the encounter, and stated that he saw a vehicle and a machine but did not see a pilot, occupant, or any identifiable form of intelligent life associated with them.
“Some sort of vibration generated pain under the ear, at the base of the skull, throughout the experience. And a last absurd detail is this one: the witness states that he saw a vehicle and a machine—but he did not see a pilot, nor an occupant, nor any identifiable form of intelligent life in connection with these devices!”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:17063-17378 hearsay second hand
777
Jacques Vallee suggests that UFOs may serve to stabilise the relationship between humanity's consciousness needs and the evolving complexities of the world, analogous to a thermostat stabilising body temperature against changing weather.
“Similarly, UFOs may serve to stabilize the relationship between man's consciousness needs and the evolving complexities of the world which he must understand.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:1803-1950 opinion first hand
778
Jacques Vallee identifies four major elements that shape a new framework for the study of UFO reports, which he calls 'The Hilltop Theory': the psychic component in reported space-time alterations and information transfer; the nature of personal, social, and governmental reaction to the phenomenon described as triple coverup; the observation of patterns of belief akin to a new religious or mystical movement among those claiming contact with nonhuman intelligences; and sophisticated groups exploiting these patterns, such as the UMMO organization in Spain.
“These four elements that forced a revision of previous ideas about UFOs ... are: (1) the psychic component present in the apparent space and time alterations and in the information transfer reported by the percipients; (2) the nature of personal, social, and governmental reaction to the phenomenon, which can be described as triple coverup; (3) the observation of patterns of belief (akin to a new religious or mystical movement) among those who claim to be in contact with nonhuman intelligences; and (4) the sophisticated groups which are already exploiting these patterns, such as the UMMO organization in Spain.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:18165-18837 opinion first hand
779
Jacques Vallee identifies two major approaches among his scientific colleagues interested in UFOs: a 'technological' (nuts and bolts) approach taken by physicists and engineers, and a 'psychological' approach taken by psychologists interpreting UFO reports as archetypes or fulfilment of a psychological need.
“there have been two major approaches, which might be termed "technological" and "psychological."”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:2079-2160 observation first hand
780
Jacques Vallee wrote The Invisible College book presenting a personal interpretation of Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) patterns in light of current changes in human consciousness.
“This is not simply a book about UFOs or UCTs. This book presents a personal interpretation of their patterns in the light of current changes in human consciousness.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:20825-20975 administrative first hand
781
The Invisible College of UFO researchers comprises about a hundred scientists in five or six countries.
“the scientists who compose it (about a hundred of them in five or six countries)”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:21254-21324 observation first hand
782
The scientists of the Invisible College have devoted their time and energy to investigating UFO observations for a quarter of a century.
“For a quarter of a century they have devoted their time and energy to this task.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:21553-21628 observation first hand
783
The scientists of the Invisible College have provided discreet support to groups of amateurs who assembled UFO data that could not be obtained through official channels.
“They have provided discreet support to groups of amateurs who have assembled the data that could not be obtained through official channels, and they have safeguarded these valuable records.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:21634-21815 observation first hand
784
J. Allen Hynek invited Jacques Vallee to apply his background in computer science to a study of the statistical procedures used by Project Blue Book, more than ten years before this book's 1975 publication.
“I was introduced to this informal group over ten years ago, when Dr. J. Allen Hynek, the U.S. Air Force’s expert on UFO matters, invited me to apply my background in computer science to a study of the statistical procedures used by Project Blue Book.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:22245-22490 testimony first hand
785
J. Allen Hynek was the United States Air Force's expert on UFO matters.
“Dr. J. Allen Hynek, the U.S. Air Force’s expert on UFO matters”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:22310-22365 administrative first hand
786
Jacques Vallee examined 10,000 UFO reports contained at the time in the files of the United States Air Force.
“I examined the 10,000 reports contained at that time in the files of the USAF, spending four years in sorting the signal from the noise.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:22603-22733 testimony first hand
787
Jacques Vallee spent four years sorting signal from noise in the United States Air Force's UFO report files.
“spending four years in sorting the signal from the noise”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:22682-22733 testimony first hand
788
Jacques Vallee visited the Foreign Technology Division at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, where the United States Air Force centralised its official UFO data.
“I visited the Foreign Technology Division of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, where the Air Force centralized its “official” data.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:22740-22865 testimony first hand
789
Jacques Vallee found that frustration concerning the UFO problem was as high or higher among military personnel as among his best-informed scientific colleagues.
“I found that frustration concerning this baffling problem was as high or even higher among military personnel as it was among the best informed of my scientific colleagues.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:22871-23032 observation first hand
790
Objects investigated by the Invisible College were reported not only in the air but also to land in fields and on roads.
“not only were the objects seen in the air, they were reported to land in the fields and on the roads of our planet.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:23345-23453 observation first hand
791
A small number of witnesses to UFO-related events gave their stories to the press and were ridiculed.
“A few of these witnesses gave stories to the press and were ridiculed.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:23537-23597 observation first hand
792
Jacques Vallee considers that a much greater number of UFO witnesses never spoke publicly about their experiences at all.
“A much greater number never spoke at all.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:23608-23645 opinion first hand
793
Uri Geller is an individual with apparently abnormal abilities who seeks and receives much publicity.
“The appearance on the scene of a few individuals with apparently abnormal abilities, like Uri Geller, who seeks and receives much publicity”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:24004-24134 opinion first hand
794
Jacques Vallee does not accept the idea, proposed by Andrija Puharich and others, that mankind is being psychically contacted by a benign intelligence from outer space.
“I cannot accept the idea (proposed by Dr. Puharich and others) that mankind is being psychically contacted by a benign intelligence from outer space.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:24828-24971 opinion first hand
795
Jacques Vallee does not believe Uri Geller is a new Messiah.
“I do not believe Uri Geller is a new Messiah.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:24978-25015 opinion first hand
796
An anonymous engineer friend of Jacques Vallee, who wished to remain hidden, told him that according to a 'teaching machine', the beings from outer space who fly UFOs have no religion in the human sense, live in never-ending love, can make life longer, and can replace any organ in the body.
“Neither can I believe my engineer friend when he tells me that according to the “teaching machine” the beings from outer space who fly the UFOs have no religion in the human sense and live in never-ending love, can make life longer and can replace any organ in the body.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:25024-25289 hearsay second hand
797
Jacques Vallee does not believe the claims relayed by his anonymous engineer friend about the beings who fly UFOs, despite considering the man himself a sincere witness.
“But how can I say that this man is a sincere witness, and yet reject his beliefs?”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:25295-25368 opinion first hand
798
Jacques Vallee believes that a powerful force has influenced the human race in the past and is again influencing it in the present.
“I believe that a powerful force has influenced the human race in the past and is again influencing it now.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:25436-25538 opinion first hand
799
Jacques Vallee wrote this preface to The Invisible College in San Francisco, California in March 1975.
“San Francisco, California March, 1975”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:25756-25790 administrative first hand
800
Jacques Vallee approaches his inquiry into UFOs within the framework of descriptive phenomenology.
“I will approach this inquiry within the framework of *descriptive phenomenology,*”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:2918-2984 administrative first hand
801
Jacques Vallee holds that close encounters with UFOs bring about control of human beliefs and control of the relationship between human consciousness and physical reality, a control that he says has been in force throughout history.
“I will try to show that what takes place through close encounters with UFOs is control of human beliefs, control of the relationship between our consciousness and physical reality, that this control has been in force throughout history”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:4412-4640 opinion first hand
802
Jacques Vallee considers that a UFO, when visible in everyday reality, constitutes both a physical entity with mass, inertia and volume that can be measured, and a window toward another mode of reality for at least some percipients.
“I think that it constitutes *both* a physical entity with mass, inertia, volume, etc., which we can measure, *and* a window toward another mode of reality for at least some of the percipients.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:4834-5014 opinion first hand
803
Jacques Vallee has personally seen phenomena he calls UFOs.
“I might as well confess at the outset that I have seen phenomena I can only call UFOs.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:5513-5594 testimony first hand
804
Jacques Vallee tracked UFOs on two occasions during his professional work using small telescopes called theodolites.
“I have not only seen them, but on two occasions in the course of my professional work have tracked them, using small telescopes called theodolites.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:5600-5735 testimony first hand
805
A few of Jacques Vallee's astronomer colleagues made similar UFO observations, and after inquiries it became apparent there were many similar sightings by professional astronomers worldwide.
“A few of my astronomer colleagues had made similar observations, and after making inquiries, we became aware of many similar sightings by professional astronomers the world over.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:5748-5921 observation first hand
806
French scientists reacted to the seemingly manoeuvrable and 'impossible' objects tracked by Jacques Vallee and colleagues by seeking to suppress their manifestation rather than investigating whether they represented advanced technology.
“Instead of asking if these seemingly maneuverable and "impossible" objects could be a manifestation of some advanced technology (and in some cases it may well have been terrestrial), they thought only of suppressing their manifestation.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:6061-6283 observation first hand
807
French scientists suppressed observations of unexplained aerial objects by denying every observation, by blaming sightings on airplanes even when documentation was unassailable, and by destroying the data when it was shown that no airplane could have behaved as the objects did.
“They did this by denying every observation, by blaming it on airplanes when the documentation was unassailable, and by destroying the data when it was demonstrated to them that no airplane could have behaved as the objects did.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:6298-6521 observation first hand
808
Jacques Vallee's early experience with scientific scepticism brought him into contact with a number of scientists who, like him, wanted to understand the nature of the UFO phenomenon and were especially bent upon determining whether it had an intelligent origin.
“It brought me into contact with a number of scientists who, like myself, wanted to understand the nature of the UFO phenomenon, and were especially bent upon determining whether or not it had an intelligent origin.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:6622-6829 testimony first hand
809
The group of scientists that Jacques Vallee's early experience brought him into contact with, whimsically calls itself the 'Invisible College'.
“This group has grown larger over the years. Whimsically, it calls itself the "Invisible College."”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:6837-6925 administrative first hand
810
Jacques Vallee has argued for many years that the UFO phenomenon could not be explained by hoax and illusion alone and that it contains an opportunity for genuinely new knowledge.
“I have argued for many years that the phenomenon could not be explained by hoax and illusion alone, that it contains an opportunity for genuinely new knowledge.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:8841-8991 opinion first hand
811
Jacques Vallee processed witness account information on a computer using modern techniques of analysis as part of his study of the extraterrestrial theory of UFOs.
“Much of my motivation for examining critically the extraterrestrial theory has come from a study of the information of witness accounts, which I processed on a computer using modern techniques of analysis.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:9119-9315 administrative first hand
812
Jacques Vallee's analysis of UFO occupant accounts produced a picture of a different level of existence which he calls the reality of Magonia.
“What we obtain instead is a picture of a different level of existence, a reality that seems to cut through our own at right angles. It is what I call the reality of Magonia.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:9584-9749 opinion first hand
813
Jacques Vallee holds that no theory of UFOs can be deemed acceptable if it does not account for reported psychic effects produced by UFOs, including space-time distortions experienced by percipients when craft-like devices appear or fade away, resembling spiritualist descriptions of materialisations.
“No theory of UFOs can be deemed acceptable if it does not account for the reported psychic effects produced by these objects. By "psychic effects" I refer to the space-time distortions experienced by percipients of craft-like devices which appear or "fade away" on the spot, in ways that are reminiscent of descriptions of "materializations" in the spiritualist literature.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:9778-10140 opinion first hand
814
The Berkeley, California witness felt a strong suggestion that seeing the five objects 'was all right for her to see' and an accompanying thought that she should not report the event, and she did not tell anyone until attending a lecture by Jacques Vallee.
“there was a strange thought, the strong suggestion that this "was all right for her to see." This was accompanied by another thought which almost came *as an explicit message:* This was nothing that she should report. And indeed she went home without breathing a word of the event to anyone, until she attended a lecture where I raised the question”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch9:11181-11521 testimony second hand
815
Aimé Michel's initial psychosomatic explanation for the triangular pigmentation had to be discarded after the same triangle appeared on the baby.
“The psychosomatic explanation first proposed by Aimé Michel had to be discarded.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch9:18069-18139 opinion first hand
816
An awareness of the paranormal has been inspired by UFO sightings in figures such as Uri Geller and Edgar Cayce.
“An awareness of the paranormal has been inspired by such sightings in men like Uri Geller and Edgar Cayce.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch9:19852-19952 opinion first hand
817
Landings similar to the 1973 Pascagoula, Mississippi UFO abduction, in which two fishermen claimed to have been abducted by clawed humanoid figures, have been reported every year in the United States since 1947.
“Observations similar to the landing at Pascagoula (where two fishermen claimed to have been abducted by “clawmen”) have been made every year in the United States since 1947.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch9:24976-25144 observation first hand
818
Jacques Vallee is compiling a computer catalogue of close encounter cases for content analysis, containing details of nearly two thousand cases from all countries.
“A computer catalogue of close encounter cases which I am compiling for purposes of content analysis will hold the details of nearly two thousand cases of that type, from all countries”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch9:25150-25324 administrative first hand
819
Jacques Vallee has discussed his UFO speculations privately with professional scientists forming the Invisible College of UFO research, who encouraged him to share them with a wider public.
“I would not feel justified in offering them here if I had not had the opportunity to discuss them privately with professional scientists forming the Invisible College of UFO research. All have encouraged me to share these speculations with a wider public”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch9:25936-26184 administrative first hand
820
Jacques Vallee considers unidentified flying objects to be neither objects nor flying, capable of dematerialising as some photographs show, and to violate the known laws of motion.
“The things we call unidentified flying objects are neither objects nor flying. They can dematerialize, as some recent photographs show, and they violate the laws of motion as we know them.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch9:26370-26553 opinion first hand
821
Jacques Vallee considers that unidentified flying objects have been seen throughout history and have consistently received or provided their own explanation within the framework of each culture, being regarded as gods in antiquity, magicians in medieval times, scientific geniuses in the nineteenth century, and interplanetary travellers in the present day.
“UFOs have been seen throughout history and have consistently received (or provided) their own explanation within the framework of each culture. In antiquity their occupants were regarded as gods; in medieval times, as magicians; in the nineteenth century, as scientific geniuses. And finally, in our own time, as interplanetary travelers.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch9:26563-26891 opinion first hand
822
Jacques Vallee considers that unidentified flying object reports are not necessarily caused by visits from space travellers, and that the phenomenon could instead be a manifestation of a more complex technology involving time and space structured differently than physicists have assumed.
“UFO reports are not necessarily caused by visits from space travelers. The phenomenon could be a manifestation of a much more complex technology. If time and space are not as simple in structure as physicists have assumed until now, then the question, “where do they come from?” may be meaningless: they could come from a place in *time.*”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch9:27073-27405 opinion first hand
823
Jacques Vallee considers that the key to understanding the unidentified flying object phenomenon lies in the psychic effects it produces in observers, whose lives are often deeply changed as they develop unusual talents with which they may find it difficult to cope.
“The key to an understanding of the phenomenon lies in the psychic effects it produces (or the psychic awareness it makes possible) in its observers. Their lives are often deeply changed, and they develop unusual talents with which they may find it difficult to cope.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch9:27517-27778 opinion first hand
824
Jacques Vallee considers that the proportion of unidentified flying object witnesses who come forward and publish accounts of their experiences is quite low, with most choosing to remain silent.
“The proportion of witnesses who do come forward and publish accounts of these experiences seems to be quite low; most of them choose to remain silent.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch9:27784-27927 opinion first hand
825
Jacques Vallee considers that contact between human percipients and the unidentified flying object phenomenon occurs under conditions controlled by the phenomenon itself, characterised by a constant factor of absurdity that leads to rejection of the story by the upper layers of the target society while being absorbed at a deep unconscious level.
“Contact between human percipients and the UFO phenomenon occurs under conditions controlled by the latter. Its characteristic feature is a constant factor of absurdity that leads to a rejection of the story by the upper layers of the target society and an absorption at a deep unconscious level of the symbols conveyed by the encounter.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch9:27939-28265 opinion first hand
826
Jacques Vallee does not regard the unidentified flying object phenomenon as the unknowable, uncontrollable game of a higher order of beings, and does not think an encounter with it would add to a human being anything they did not already possess at an unconscious level.
“I am not regarding the phenomenon of the UFOs as the unknowable, uncontrollable game of a higher order of beings. Neither is it likely, in my view, that an encounter with them would add to the human being anything it did not already possess—at an unconscious level, possibly.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch9:28532-28798 opinion first hand
827
Jacques Vallee considers that the unidentified flying object phenomenon behaves as if it were the product of a technology that follows well-defined rules and patterns, though fantastic by ordinary human standards.
“Everything works, in my opinion, as if the phenomenon were the product of a *technology* that followed well-defined rules and patterns, though fantastic by ordinary human standards.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch9:28808-28979 opinion first hand
828
Jacques Vallee considers that the unidentified flying object phenomenon has so far posed no apparent threat to national defence and seems indifferent to the welfare of individual witnesses.
“The phenomenon has so far posed no apparent threat to national defense and seems to be indifferent to the welfare of individual witnesses, leading many to assume that we may be dealing with a still-undiscovered natural occurrence”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch9:28990-29209 opinion first hand
829
At the 1971 Delphos, Kansas UFO landing site, a ring on the ground remained clearly visible the day after the sighting, appearing dry and crusty.
“The next day the ring was still clearly visible, with a dry and “crusty” appearance.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch9:40002-40075 observation first hand
830
At the Delphos, Kansas UFO landing site, the inside and outside of the ring were damp from recent rain while the ring itself remained perfectly dry.
“The inside and the outside of the ring were damp from recent rains, but the ring itself was perfectly dry!”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch9:40087-40189 observation first hand
831
Thirty-two days after the 1971 Delphos, Kansas UFO landing, when Ted Phillips visited the scene, snow had fallen and was melting both inside and outside the ring, but the ring, approximately 30 centimetres wide, remained perfectly white.
“Thirty-two days later, when Ted Phillips was able to go to the scene, snow had fallen and was melting both outside and inside the ring, but the one-foot wide circle was perfectly white.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch9:40194-40373 observation first hand
832
At the Delphos, Kansas ring site, when snow was removed from one section of the ring and water was introduced, the soil would not permit the water to pass through the surface, despite several inches of prior rain and snow.
“We removed snow from one section of the ring and introduced water into the exposed ring area: the soil would not permit the water to pass through the surface. This was most remarkable, as there had been several inches of rain and snow.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch9:40381-40611 observation first hand
833
Reports of paranormal events in connection with close encounters with UFOs have become common rather than exceptional.
“In recent years, too, the report of paranormal events in connection with close encounters with UFOs seems to have become the rule rather than the exception”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch9:4079-4225 opinion first hand
834
Jacques Vallee obtained a sample of the white substance from Ted Phillips from the Delphos, Kansas UFO landing site and forwarded it to a biological laboratory in France for microscopic examination.
“I obtained a sample of the white substance from Mr. Phillips and forwarded it to a biological laboratory in France, where it was examined under a microscope with magnifications ranging from a few diameters to the maximum enlargement possible under the oil immersion technique.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch9:41503-41769 testimony first hand
835
Jacques Vallee considers it possible that high-energy stimulation at the Delphos, Kansas UFO landing site triggered spectacular growth of the Nocardia organism and an existing fungus, causing the fungus to fluoresce.
“One possible interpretation is that high-energy stimulation triggered the spectacular growth of the Nocardia and of an existing fungus and caused the latter to fluoresce.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch9:42753-42913 opinion first hand
836
Jacques Vallee terms the collection of psychic observations associated with UFO encounters the 'psychic component' of the UFO phenomenon.
“These observations constitute what I have termed the "psychic component" of the UFO phenomenon.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch9:5247-5331 opinion first hand
837
Jacques Vallee's field of research is the nature of information, its use by people, its transliteration into documents, and its representation in the behaviour of automata.
“My field of research is the nature of information, its use by people, its transliteration in the form of documents, and its representation in the behavior of automata.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch9:5536-5694 administrative first hand
838
Jacques Vallee observes that major waves of UFO sightings such as the 1973 wave in the United States make an impact on culture, beginning with a sudden series of impressive incidents that receive wide publicity.
“By using the techniques of this field one can observe how major waves of UFO sightings (such as the 1973 wave in the U.S.) make an impact on our culture: they begin with a sudden series of impressive incidents which receive wide publicity”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch9:5704-5933 opinion first hand
839
According to Jacques Vallee, the period of acute UFO sighting activity during a wave may last from a few weeks to three months.
“this period of acute activity may last from a period of a few weeks to three months”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch9:6038-6115 opinion first hand
840
In the last twenty-five years, at least five thousand sightings of unidentified flying objects have been filed away unexplained by competent investigators.
“In the last twenty-five years, at least five thousand sightings of unidentified flying objects have been filed away unexplained by competent investigators”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch9:9726-9867 opinion first hand
841
Jacques Vallee's approach to the UFO phenomenon addresses three aspects: the physical aspect, the testimonial aspect represented by experiencers, and the social aspect of how belief in the phenomenon persists regardless of verifiable evidence.
“We were all well acquainted with the theories of Jacques Vallee, the famous researcher, astronomer, and computer scientist. Vallee's approach addressed three aspects: the physical aspect, which Tyler represented; the testimonial aspect, represented by experiencers; and the social aspect, how belief in the phenomenon persists regardless of whether there is any verifiable evidence to support it.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch1:55341-55734 opinion second hand
842
Jacques Vallee is described as a researcher, astronomer, and computer scientist.
“the theories of Jacques Vallee, the famous researcher, astronomer, and computer scientist”
American Cosmic 2019 ch1:55374-55454 administrative first hand
843
James Master and Jacques Vallee counted each other as major influences and mentors, forming an instant bond.
“James, like me, counted Vallee as one of his major influences and mentors...Jacques and James formed an instant bond.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch2:35458-35542 administrative
844
Jacques Vallee was among the serious researchers who reached out to James Master when James Master publicly revealed his interest in the phenomenon.
“Jacques was among the serious researchers who reached out to James when he publicly outed himself as interested in the phenomenon.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch2:35542-35661 administrative
845
James Master observed that Jacques Vallee has achieved his status precisely because he has never concluded that the UFO phenomenon is anything specific.
““Jacques has achieved his status precisely because he has never concluded the phenomenon is anything specific.””
American Cosmic 2019 ch2:36028-36128 opinion first hand
846
James Master observed that Jacques Vallee has infuriated most ufologists because he won't commit to a single explanation of the phenomenon.
“In fact, Jacques has infuriated most ufologists because he won’t fall in line. All Jacques has ever claimed is that the phenomenon seems infinitely variable.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch2:36138-36286 opinion first hand
847
James Master said that, according to Jacques Vallee, the overarching message the UFO phenomenon appears to send is "you are not alone," styled to the level of the recipient's cultural understanding and abilities.
“But, per Jacques, the overarching message the phenomenon appears to send is ‘you are not alone’—styled to the level of your cultural understanding and abilities.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch2:36372-36523 opinion second hand
848
Jacques Vallee suggests that the UFO might not be an object, but some kind of "window" into another dimension.
“Jacques, one of the first truly innovative thinkers on the subject, suggests that the UFO might not be an object, but some kind of “window” into another dimension.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch2:36536-36689 opinion second hand
849
Jacques Vallee proposed the idea that a UFO is not an object but a window through which one might view other worlds.
“I thought of Jacques Vallee’s idea of the UFO not being an object, but a window through which we might view other worlds.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch2:50660-50774 opinion second hand
850
Jacques Vallee once told D. W. Pasulka emphatically to trust no one and not even to trust what she saw.
“Jacques Vallee once told me emphatically, “Trust no one. Do not even trust what you see.””
American Cosmic 2019 ch2:55618-55702 testimony first hand
851
Jacques Vallee considers it unwise to ignore the ontological aspects of the UFO.
“Jacques’s gentle chastisement was swift: “It is unwise to ignore the ontological aspects of the UFO.””
American Cosmic 2019 ch3:47725-47821 opinion first hand
852
D. W. Pasulka joined the In the Field study group after telling Scott Browne she studied UFO (Unidentified Flying Object) phenomena and worked with Jacques Vallee.
“I told him that I studied UFO phenomena, and then, on the chance that he might respect Jacques Vallee’s work, I told him that I was a fan of Jacques and that I worked with him. That was credential enough; he immediately let me into the group.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch3:4836-5072 testimony first hand
853
Jacques Vallee wrote that contact between human percipients and the UFO phenomenon occurs under conditions controlled by the phenomenon, characterised by a constant factor of absurdity that leads to rejection of the story by the upper layers of the target society and absorption at a deep unconscious level of the symbols conveyed by the encounter.
“Contact between human percipients and the UFO phenomenon occurs under conditions controlled by the latter. Its characteristic feature is a constant factor of absurdity that leads to a rejection of the story by the upper layers of the target society and an absorption at a deep unconscious level of the symbols conveyed by the encounter.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch5:11901-12227 opinion second hand
854
Jacques Vallee and D. W. Pasulka interviewed one of the people who saw and photographed the starlike object near Santa Cruz.
“Jacques and I interviewed one of the people who saw and photographed the object.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch5:1385-1458 testimony first hand
855
Jacques Vallee is not claiming that the Marian apparitions are UFO events, nor that modern UFO events are apparitions; instead he breaks them down into constitutive parts and notes their patterns, which he graphs and calls a "Morphology of Miracles".
“Jacques is not claiming that the apparitions are UFO events or, conversely, that modern UFO events are apparitions. He ceases to define what they are, and instead breaks them down into their constitutive parts, noting their patterns, which he then graphs. He places these data points side by side in a table that he calls a "Morphology of Miracles."”
American Cosmic 2019 ch5:17553-17892 opinion second hand
856
Jacques Vallee suggests that apparitions and UFOs are both manifestations of a single control mechanism that works like a schedule of reinforcement.
“Instead, he suggests an analysis based on social effects, identifying both apparitions and UFOs as manifestations of a single control mechanism that works like a schedule of reinforcement.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch5:18128-18302 opinion second hand
857
Jacques Vallee considers that the actual events of the Fatima apparitions are mostly unknown and have been changed through media coverage and over time, despite the story of Fatima being known by almost all Catholics and even to millions of non-Catholics.
“Although the story of Fatima is known by almost all Catholics, and even to millions of non-Catholics, Jacques notes that the actual events are mostly unknown and have been changed through media and over time.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch5:20363-20566 opinion second hand
858
According to Jacques Vallee, the sequence of observations of an entity thought to be the Holy Virgin at Fatima began two years previously with a classical sequence of UFO sightings.
“that the entire sequence of observations of an entity thought to be the Holy Virgin had begun two years previously with a fairly classical sequence of UFO sightings.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch5:20592-20747 opinion second hand
859
Jacques Vallee considers the technology used by the Blessed Virgin Mary apparition at Fatima indistinguishable from the technology surrounding the UFO phenomenon.
“it is also indistinguishable from the technology surrounding the UFO phenomenon.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch5:20972-21041 opinion second hand
860
Jacques Vallee considers physical enervation after a sighting to be a recurring pattern in UFO contact events.
“as noted by Jacques, this is a pattern in UFO contact events”
American Cosmic 2019 ch5:22094-22148 opinion second hand
861
In his close readings of apparitions, Jacques Vallee attends as much as possible to the first order of events as they transpired, keeping to the original language used by the experiencers, whom he calls percipients.
“In his close readings of the apparitions, Jacques’s strategy is to attend as much as possible to the first order of events as they transpired, keeping to the original language used by the experiencers, whom he calls percipients.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch5:27732-27949 opinion first hand
862
Jacques Vallee ignores second-order, evaluative interpretations of the Fatima entity as being the Virgin Mary, and takes the same approach to UFO events.
“He ignores the second-order, evaluative interpretations of the entity as being the Virgin Mary. He takes the same approach to UFO events.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch5:27963-28093 opinion first hand
863
Jacques Vallee refuses to affirm or deny that Betty Hill and Barney Hill received messages from extraterrestrials from the Zeta Reticuli star system, which is what they claimed, but does not dismiss their experiences as not having been real.
“He refuses to believe or disbelieve, for example, that Betty and Barney Hill received messages from extraterrestrials from the star system of Zeta Reticuli, which is what they claimed. He does not, however, dismiss the experiences as not having been real.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch5:28101-28351 opinion first hand
864
Jacques Vallee found that if one graphs the occurrence of UFO flaps, which are multiple sightings over time, the graph appears to suggest a schedule of reinforcement, though he is not committed to that conclusion and offers it as speculation.
“This method helped Jacques discover that if one graphs the occurrence of UFO flaps, which are multiple sightings over time, the graph appears to suggest a schedule of reinforcement. Jacques is not committed to the conclusion suggested by the graph, but offers it as a speculation and possible way forward in research.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch5:28906-29216 opinion first hand
865
Jacques Vallee is committed to the idea that UFO phenomena appear to be technological.
“He is, however, committed to the idea that the phenomena appear to be technological.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch5:29226-29296 opinion first hand
866
D. W. Pasulka states that Donna Haraway's questions later helped her understand Jacques Vallee's research on the connections between contact events and technologies.
“these questions would later help me understand Jacques’s research on the connections between contact events and technologies.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch5:30922-31034 opinion first hand
867
Jacques Vallee's morphology of miracles includes humming sounds associated with a sighting, the arrival of a shining disc, globe, or sphere, feelings of enervation after a sighting, sounds like thunder or booms, and unusual clouds.
“They include the following: humming sounds associated with a sighting; the arrival of a shining disc, globe, or sphere; feelings of enervation after a sighting; sounds like thunder or booms; and unusual clouds.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch5:31399-31602 opinion first hand
868
Jacques Vallee's early work brought research on the proto-Internet together with remote viewing and extraordinary mind-body states, and clarified a new framework for understanding the technologically sacred.
“Jacques's early work, which brought research on the proto-Internet together with remote viewing and extraordinary mind–body states, clarified a new framework for understanding the technologically sacred.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch5:3173-3369 opinion first hand
869
Jacques Vallee's morphology of miracles includes a psychic component, reported by the Fatima children and by St. Teresa of Avila, experienced as a direct knowing of what the beings communicate, as if there are no barriers between the beings and the experiencer.
“There is also the “psychic component” that Jacques mentions, which was reported by the children who witnessed the apparition, as well as by St. Teresa of Avila. This component is experienced as a direct knowing of what the beings seem to communicate. It is as if the beings somehow get inside the heads of the experiencers, as if there are no barriers between them.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch5:31825-32185 opinion first hand
870
In the 1970s, Jacques Vallee offered technology studies as a possible explanatory framework for apparition and UFO events and their strange patterns of effects.
“In the 1970s, Jacques offered technology studies as a possible explanatory framework for these odd events and strange patterns of effects.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch5:32192-32322 administrative
871
N. Katherine Hayles suggests how events and media populated with Jacques Vallee's morphology of elements can inhabit our universe.
“N. Katherine Hayles suggests how events and media populated with Jacques’s morphology of elements can inhabit our universe.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch5:36213-36327 opinion first hand
872
Jacques Vallee's work highlighted that the UFO is associated with the sacred while also suggesting that it works like a technology.
“Jacques's work was unique in that he highlighted how the UFO was associated with the sacred, but he also suggested that it worked like technology.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch5:3699-3834 opinion first hand
873
Jacques Vallee's early work on ARPANET, the prototype of the internet, occurred within the mind-bending environment of Silicon Valley in the 1970s.
“His work on ARPANET, the prototype of the internet, occurred within the rich, mind-bending environment of Silicon Valley in the 1970s.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch5:37491-37619 administrative
874
Jacques Vallee was steeped in information studies, computer science, and studies of remote viewing and telepathy.
“He was steeped in information studies, computer science, and studies of remote viewing and telepathy.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch5:37626-37717 administrative
875
Jacques Vallee wrote that one advantage of the internet and computer conferencing was that it provided a way to date and timestamp observations made by separate individuals far removed from each other in space and time, effectively confirming impressions and thoughts that people experienced simultaneously.
“One of the advantages of the internet and computer conferencing, he wrote, was that it provided a way to date and timestamp observations made by separate individuals who were far removed from each other in space and time. In effect, the technology confirmed the impressions and thoughts that people would happen simultaneously.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch5:38035-38347 opinion first hand
876
Jacques Vallee suggested the human interface with burgeoning technologies would shift the experience of time and space and reveal a more accurate model of time, space, and consciousness.
“Vallee also suggested that the human interface with the burgeoning technologies would shift the experience of time and space and reveal a more accurate model of time and space and of consciousness”
American Cosmic 2019 ch5:38364-38547 opinion first hand
877
Jacques Vallee's early work revealed that UFO events function like contemporary artificial intelligence, operating almost invisibly "under the radar," as in the case of contemporary social bots.
“His early work revealed that UFO events function like contemporary artificial intelligence, "under the radar," and almost invisibly—as in the case of contemporary social bots.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch5:3846-4016 opinion second hand
878
Jacques Vallee wrote that the theory of space and time is a cultural artefact made possible by the invention of graph paper, and that had the digital computer been invented before graph paper, a very different theory of information might exist today.
“The theory of space and time is a cultural artifact made possible by the invention of graph paper. If we had invented the digital computer before graph paper, we might have a very different theory of information today.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch5:38563-38775 opinion first hand
879
Jacques Vallee wrote that computer scientists have realised ordering by space and time is the worst possible way to store data, and that modern computers retrieve information associatively.
“What modern computer scientists have realized is that ordering by space and time is the worst possible way to store data. . . . modern computers retrieve information associatively.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch5:38788-38904 opinion first hand
880
Jacques Vallee suggested that miracles are no longer irrational events if there is no time dimension and incidents are traversed by association, at a time when computer-based network communication may create altered states conducive to psychic functioning.
“If there is no time dimension as we usually assume there is, we may be traversing incidents by association . . . then miracles are no longer irrational events . . . at a time when we are beginning to suspect that computer-based network communication may create altered states conducive to psychic functioning.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch5:38916-39297 opinion first hand
881
Jacques Vallee asked whether it is possible to promote coincidences and peculiar effects by systematically creating physical information structures, and suggested consciousness could be defined as the process by which informational associations are retrieved and traversed.
“Jacques had wondered, “Is it possible to promote coincidences and peculiar effects by systematically creating physical [information] structures? Consciousness could be defined as the process by which informational associations are retrieved and traversed.””
American Cosmic 2019 ch5:40573-40818 opinion first hand
882
Jacques Vallee considers secrecy and camouflage integral to the efficacy and persistence of the UFO phenomenon as a technology, in the same way social bots effect cultural change completely under the radar of consciousness.
“For Jacques, secrecy and camouflage are integral to the efficacy and persistence of this technological phenomenon, in much the same way as technologies like social bots effect cultural change, that is, completely under the radar of consciousness.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch5:4108-4340 opinion second hand
883
An anonymous experiencer, who is a fan of Jacques Vallee, described a synchronicity experience that he called "synthetic" and understood as artificially triggered, yet found it no less profoundly meaningful.
“This experiencer is a fan of Jacques and completely understood that his synchronicity experience was “synthetic,” as he termed it. Significantly, however, it was no less profoundly meaningful for him because of that”
American Cosmic 2019 ch5:41188-41399 testimony second hand
884
Jacques Vallee, like David Stinnett, naturalises synchronicities.
“Like David Stinnett, Jacques naturalizes synchronicities.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch5:43965-44006 observation first hand
885
For Jacques Vallee, synchronicities reveal that consciousness is based on information.
“For Jacques in particular, synchronicities reveal the reality that consciousness is based on information”
American Cosmic 2019 ch5:44023-44116 opinion second hand
886
Jacques Vallee holds that if the universe is a universe of information, one should expect coincidences, because the brain is primarily an information machine and consciousness gives the illusion of a physical world and of time.
“If you believe that the universe is a universe of “information,” then you should expect coincidences. You should expect, since we are an information machine—that’s what our brain is, it’s primarily an information machine and consciousness gives us the illusion of a physical world and there is an illusion of time—if this is the case, then you can expect coincidences.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch5:44130-44485 opinion first hand
887
Jacques Vallee compared expecting coincidences in an information universe to entering a keyword into a search engine and receiving relevant results, suggesting the universe may be organised the same way.
“It’s like putting a keyword into Google or Yahoo!; you put it in and get a lot of relevant information back. That doesn’t seem strange to me because that is the way that information has been organized. Maybe the universe is the same way.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch5:44499-44732 opinion first hand
888
Jacques Vallee's early work and worldview presaged the "biotechnical imaginaries" promoted by synthetic biologists of Silicon Valley and their financial backers in the 1990s and beyond.
“Jacques’s early work and worldview presaged what would arrive in the 1990s and beyond, the “biotechnical imaginaries” promoted by synthetic biologists of Silicon Valley and their financial backers.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch5:44873-45062 opinion first hand
889
Jacques Vallee wrote that the UFO phenomenon is a direct challenge to the arbitrary dichotomy between physical reality and spiritual reality.
“He wrote, "The UFO phenomenon is a direct challenge to this arbitrary dichotomy between physical reality and spiritual reality."”
American Cosmic 2019 ch5:5890-6009 opinion second hand
890
Jacques Vallee advocates that researchers discard the dichotomy between physical and spiritual reality because it skews the UFO data.
“He advocates that researchers throw out the dichotomy because it skews the data.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch5:6020-6095 opinion second hand
891
Jacques Vallee, Robbie Graham, and D. W. Pasulka drove back from Big Sur to San Francisco and stopped for lunch at a dockside restaurant in Santa Cruz.
“Driving back from Big Sur to San Francisco, Jacques Vallee, Robbie Graham, and I stopped for lunch at a dockside restaurant in Santa Cruz.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch5:608-741 observation first hand
892
In his field research, Jacques Vallee found that people tended to report different things depending on to whom they were speaking about UFO encounters.
“In his field research, Jacques found that people tended to report different things depending on to whom they were speaking.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch5:6892-7006 observation second hand
893
Betty Hill and Barney Hill reported empirical evidence of a starlike object sighting to the United States Air Force, but when describing their experience to people they felt would not scoff, such as Donald Keyhoe and later their therapist, they divulged the story of an encounter with nonhuman beings.
“They reported empirical evidence to the Air Force, the sighting of the starlike object. But when describing their experience to people they felt would not be inclined to scoff, like Donald Keyhoe and later their therapist (who, ironically, did not believe in UFOs), they divulged the story of the encounter with nonhuman beings.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch5:7068-7389 testimony second hand
894
Jacques Vallee noted that this reporting pattern was repeated so often that when scientists and the military discuss UFOs, they are not talking about the same part of the phenomenon the public perceives.
“Jacques noted that this pattern was repeated so often that "when scientists and the military discuss UFOs, they are not talking about the same part of the phenomenon the public perceives."”
American Cosmic 2019 ch5:7397-7574 opinion second hand
895
Jacques Vallee wrote that the subterranean and hidden nature of the UFO phenomenon is part of its logic, comparing it to the history of Christianity, which began as a subterranean belief system that was even actively suppressed by the elites of its era.
“The reasons for this are hinted at in Jacques's book, where he wrote that the subterranean and hidden nature of the UFO phenomenon is part of its logic. He proposed that something revolutionary was afoot, using the history of Christianity as an analogy. Early Christianity began as a subterranean belief system, a fringe belief that circulated among various populations and was even actively suppressed by the elites of the era.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch5:9601-10025 opinion second hand
896
D. W. Pasulka considers the silencing mechanisms identified by Jacques Vallee to have been strongly internalised by her academic colleagues.
“Apparently, the silencing mechanisms Jacques had identified had been strongly internalized by my academic colleagues.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch6:32810-32916 opinion first hand
897
Jacques Vallee said to D. W. Pasulka, "Credo quia absurdum, eh, Diana?"
“Credo quia absurdum, eh, Diana? —Jacques Vallee”
American Cosmic 2019 ch7:42802-42844 testimony first hand
898
Jacques Vallee helped NASA create the first detailed map of Mars.
“As an astronomer, he helped NASA create the first detailed map of Mars.”
American Cosmic 2019 char:1122-1188 administrative
899
Jacques Vallee holds a PhD in computer science from Northwestern University.
“As a computer scientist with a PhD from Northwestern University”
American Cosmic 2019 char:1194-1247 administrative
900
Jacques Vallee was one of the early engineers of ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), a precursor of the internet.
“he was one of the early engineers of ARPANET, the Advanced Research Projects Agency, a precursor of the internet”
American Cosmic 2019 char:1259-1363 administrative
901
Jacques Vallee is a venture capitalist who funds startups of innovative technologies that have changed the daily lives of millions of people.
“He is also a successful venture capitalist, funding startups of innovative technologies that have changed the daily lives of millions of people.”
American Cosmic 2019 char:1373-1510 administrative
902
Jacques Vallee refers to the study of UFOs as his hobby.
“yet he calls the study of UFOs his hobby”
American Cosmic 2019 char:1870-1905 opinion first hand
903
Jacques Vallee worked with scientists affiliated with the Stanford Research Institute, now SRI International, an independent nonprofit research institute in Menlo Park.
“He worked with scientists affiliated with the Stanford Research Institute, now SRI International, an independent, nonprofit research institute in Menlo Park.”
American Cosmic 2019 char:2017-2169 administrative
904
Remote viewing, precognition, and extrasensory perception were studied at Stanford Research Institute at the same time and place as Jacques Vallee's early internet research.
“This research was happening at the same time and in the same place as studies of remote viewing, precognition, and extrasensory perception.”
American Cosmic 2019 char:2496-2624 administrative
905
Jacques Vallee, in a 1979 address to the special political committee of the United Nations, argued that belief in space visitors is independent of the physical reality of the UFO phenomenon.
“He told the committee that "the belief in space visitors is independent of the physical reality of the UFO phenomenon."”
American Cosmic 2019 char:27316-27423 opinion first hand
906
Jacques Vallee personally believes in the reality of the UFO phenomenon, while understanding that the formation of mass belief in it does not depend on its objective reality.
“Significantly, Vallee himself believes in the reality of the UFO phenomenon but understands that the formation of mass belief in it does not depend on its objective reality.”
American Cosmic 2019 char:27436-27601 opinion second hand
907
Jacques Vallee argues that the UFO phenomenon has been around for thousands of years, though the modern cultural framework for understanding it began around 1947.
“Vallee argues, however, that the phenomenon has been around for thousands of years, perhaps more. He is right. Yet the ubiquitous cultural framework for understanding them as the modern UFO did indeed begin around 1947.”
American Cosmic 2019 char:33908-34122 opinion second hand
908
Jacques Vallee is the father of the modern study of UFOs.
“Jacques, father of the modern study of UFOs and an early visionary of the internet”
American Cosmic 2019 char:687-761 opinion first hand
909
Jacques Vallee is an early visionary of the internet.
“an early visionary of the internet”
American Cosmic 2019 char:735-761 opinion first hand
910
Charles Richard 'Dick' D'Amato said intelligence officials had been hiding their UFO data from the legislative branch for years, behaving as if they ran the country, and only came before Congress to get appropriations for secret projects such as 'discoid platforms', without authorisation to create hoaxes or UFO simulations using taxpayer money.
“'These guys have been hiding their UFO data from the legislative branch for years; they behave as if they ran the country,' D'Amato said. 'They only come before us to get the appropriations for their secret projects, like their latest discoid platforms, although they're not authorized to fool the American public, or to create hoaxes or UFO simulations using taxpayers' money, as they do. I intend to find out what's been going on.'”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch13:33406-33834 opinion second hand
911
At a later meeting with Jacques Vallée, Charles Richard 'Dick' D'Amato reportedly said what a stealthy group was doing was a felony, that the government cannot spend appropriated money on projects Congress doesn't know about, and questioned whether the president was told the truth and who was really running the country.
“At a later meeting with Vallée, Dick D'Amato reportedly confessed he believed, 'What that stealthy group is doing is a felony . . . The government can't spend appropriated money on projects that Congress doesn't know about . . . That raises the question, would the president be told the truth? . . . Worse, it raises the question of who is running the country.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch13:33869-34221 opinion second hand
912
Charles Richard 'Dick' D'Amato reportedly said that if the men in the Senate chamber could not find out about the secret project, the country was no longer a democracy, and that the project must be controlled by an incredible level of fear because nobody dared talk about it and he found no leaks anywhere.
“If the men who sit in this chamber cannot find out about such a project, we are no longer in a democracy . . . Whatever that secret project, it must be controlled by an incredible level of fear, because nobody dares talk about it. I find no leaks anywhere.'”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch13:34230-34477 opinion second hand
913
French scientist Jacques Vallée independently verified the happenings of the Colares Incidents.
“The French scientist and accomplished researcher Jacques Vallée had also independently verified the happenings.”
Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs 2024-08-19 ch10:10477-10577 administrative second hand
914
William "Will" Livingston flew to California with a team that included Colm Kelleher and Jacques Vallée to meet Garry P. Nolan.
“Will flew to California with a small team that included Colm Kelleher, a biochemist who was the deputy administrator for BAASS during AAWSAP, and the French scientist Jacques Vallée, who had US government clearances related to the investigation of UAP.”
Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs 2024-08-19 ch18:14594-14842 administrative first hand
915
Jacques Vallée is a French scientist who held US government clearances related to the investigation of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP).
“the French scientist Jacques Vallée, who had US government clearances related to the investigation of UAP.”
Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs 2024-08-19 ch18:14740-14842 administrative first hand
916
As a young researcher, Jacques Vallée worked with and organised the papers of J. Allen Hynek from the United States Air Force's Project Blue Book.
“As a young researcher, Vallée worked with and organized the papers of Dr. Hynek of the Air Force’s Project Blue Book.”
Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs 2024-08-19 ch18:15187-15299 administrative first hand
917
Jacques Vallée obtained materials recovered from the 1977 Council Bluffs Iowa UAP incident.
“Vallée had obtained materials recovered from this incident.”
Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs 2024-08-19 ch22:5623-5673 administrative
918
Jacques Vallée suspected the multicoloured lights seen in the sky during the 1977 Council Bluffs Iowa UAP incident came from a wobbling craft in distress.
“He suspected the multicolored lights seen in the sky by witnesses came from a wobbling craft in distress.”
Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs 2024-08-19 ch22:5683-5779 opinion second hand
919
Garry P. Nolan had a battery of instruments in his laboratory that he thought would allow Jacques Vallée to better understand the material sample recovered from the 1977 Council Bluffs Iowa UAP incident.
“Nolan had a battery of instruments in his laboratory that he thought would allow Jacques to get a better understanding of the sample in his possession.”
Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs 2024-08-19 ch22:6774-6914 administrative
920
Garry P. Nolan and Jacques Vallée analysed the elemental and isotopic composition of the molten metal aggregate recovered from the 1977 Council Bluffs Iowa UAP incident.
“Nolan and Vallée had explored the composition of the 1977 Iowa molten metal aggregate and had uncovered another mystery for us to solve.”
Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs 2024-08-19 ch25:14224-14354 testimony second hand
921
Jacques Vallée was a correspondent who supplied material to Flying Saucer Review.
“We had correspondents such as Jacques Vallée and many other leading ufologists who supplied material for the magazine.”
Watergate, the JFK assassination and a UFO secret at the center of it all | Reality Check 2026-06-18 00:02:54.8-00:03:03.4 testimony first hand
922
Jacques Vallee's approach to Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) cases examines the cultural impact of UFOs over time on human belief systems, and infers from that impact the motivations of the beings operating the phenomenon.
“what he does is he looks at the cultural impact of UFOs over time. And what impact does that have on human belief systems? And therefore, what can we assume the motivations might be of the beings that operate this thing?”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 00:06:15.9-00:06:28.9 opinion second hand
923
The current segmentation of Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) data hinders serious research into what appears to be an extraterrestrial phenomenon empowered by advanced artificial intelligence (AI).
“The current segmentation of the data hinders any serious research. into what appears to be an extraterrestrial phenomenon empowered by advanced artificial intelligence.”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 00:06:42.9-00:06:58.4 opinion first hand
924
Jacques Vallee holds that symbols and mythology operate at a level beneath normal human discourse, and that changes at that level can be profound over time.
“he talks about how symbols and mythology may exist at a level that's kind of a level down from our normal discourse. and that those changes can be quite profound over time.”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 00:07:32.3-00:07:40.4 opinion second hand
925
In Messengers of Deception, Jacques Vallee warns that a mass appearance of UFOs worldwide could cause cults to blossom while trust in government collapses, changing the global status quo overnight.
“He talks about how if suddenly there was a mass appearance of UFOs in the world... those cults could suddenly blossom whilst trust in the government collapses. And that's one of the fears that he's got.”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 00:11:07.8-00:11:20.3 opinion third hand
926
There is a demonstrable correlation between occult activity and the Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) phenomenon, as shown in the work of Jacques Vallee and Peter Levenda.
“And there is a correlation between occult activity and the phenomenon that's demonstrable. And, you know, Vallee has demonstrated that and Peter Levenda, there are so many examples of this.”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 00:14:02.9-00:14:13.0 opinion second hand
927
People inside the Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) subject, such as Jacques Vallee and George Knapp, have used the term Collins Elite for some time, and often use it to refer to several different things.
“I think people on the inside talk about the Collins Elite, they've been talking about them for a while, whether it's Jacques Vallée or George Knapp or whoever. When they use that word, I think they're often referring to multiple things.”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 00:16:17.3-00:16:27.6 opinion first hand
928
Jacques Vallee advises constant experiencers and abductees that they should want to get rid of the phenomenon contacting them.
“Like you talk to Jacques Vallée, he'll be like, yeah, like you, you want to get rid of this thing. If, if you know you, if you're, you know, a constant experience or an abductee or whatever.”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 00:22:22.2-00:22:32.1 hearsay second hand
929
Jacques Vallee often talks about fallen angels in connection with the Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) phenomenon.
“Um, and he often talks about fallen angels himself.”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 00:22:33.2-00:22:35.6 hearsay second hand
930
Jacques Vallee validates the account that Tom DeLonge made contact with an individual who worked at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works.
“But Vallee, Jacques Vallee, validates the original story, which is that DeLonge had made contact with someone who worked at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works.”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 00:35:32.8-00:35:41.0 hearsay second hand
931
Jacques Vallee's journals corroborate that the conversations between Tom DeLonge and John Podesta's circle took place.
“these conversations really were going on, which was then further validated by Jacques Vallée ... You read his journals, it absolutely did happen.”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 00:41:10.4-00:41:14.7 testimony second hand
932
Jacques Vallee holds significant scepticism about what the Tom DeLonge disclosure effort was trying to achieve.
“someone who has huge questions about that whole thing, by the way. He's a big skepticism about what they were trying to achieve.”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 00:41:15.6-00:41:20.5 opinion second hand
933
Jacques Vallee's most recent journals document rumours coming out of the White House early in 2013 that a programme called "confirmation, not disclosure" was being planned.
“He documents early in 2013, rumors coming out of the White House. And these rumors are essentially saying they're planning to do something called confirmation, not disclosure.”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 00:43:21.9-00:43:31.8 testimony second hand
934
At the same time as the 2013 White House rumours appear in his journals, Jacques Vallee and his colleagues discuss the idea that something potentially concerning or harmful may be coming.
“simultaneously, as these rumors start to appear in the journals, Vallee and his colleagues are talking about this idea that there might be something coming, that there's something on its way and that it could potentially be concerning or harmful as this urgency.”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 00:43:45.0-00:43:58.0 testimony second hand
935
The colleagues Jacques Vallee discusses the coming concerning event with are the scientists of the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program (AAWSAP).
“And these are the AAWSAP scientists, by the way.”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 00:43:58.8-00:44:00.5 testimony first hand
936
Jacques Vallee hints two or three times in his journals that an existential threat may have been detected, without specifying what it is.
“one of the conclusions that Vallee hints at two or three times in the journals is that, you know, an existential threat may have been detected. And what that is, he doesn't go any deeper into it.”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 00:44:18.2-00:44:27.7 testimony second hand
937
Jacques Vallee is generally quite sceptical about the modern UFO disclosure movement.
“Vallee, who is, I think generally quite skeptical about, you know, the modern disclosure movement”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 00:44:35.3-00:44:40.4 opinion first hand
938
Jesse Michels considers Jacques Vallee an incredible godfather of the field who shifts one's perspective in a healthy way, but finds what Vallee shares very limited.
“even the Vallee stuff as much, I think he's this like incredible godfather and he shifts your perspective in this super healthy way, but he's so limited.”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 01:03:54.8-01:04:02.9 opinion first hand
939
Jacques Vallee's Capella database contains 260,000 cases.
“he 260,000 cases, like I said, the Capella database that he made and the levels of analysis that he did”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 01:04:22.8-01:04:28.0 measurement first hand
940
Jason Samosa considers that research attention should be focused on Jacques Vallee's Capella database and the analysis underneath it.
“I wonder what else is under there, and we should be focusing our attention there.”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 01:04:32.4-01:04:35.5 opinion first hand
941
Jacques Vallee holds that the UFO is not designed to carry beings from place to place but to interface with the human mind and work with the imagery held there.
“which is another thing that Vallee talks about actually, is this idea that the UFO isn't designed to carry beings from place A to place B, but it's designed to interface with our mind and to take the imagery we have in here”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 01:05:15.7-01:05:27.9 opinion second hand
942
In Messengers of Deception, an anonymous source identified only as Major Murphy suggested to Jacques Vallee that people may have created flying saucers during World War II, pointing to 1943, and that the real advantage of the technology was not its flight capability but its psychotronic effect.
“He's talking with Vallee about, what if it's possible that people created flying saucers during the war? And he points to 1943 and he says, you know, what if someone was experimenting with this technology? It turns out its real advantage wasn't its flight capabilities, but its psychotronic effect.”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 01:27:48.1-01:28:04.8 hearsay third hand
943
When Jacques Vallee asked whether he was suggesting the Nazis were behind the UFO phenomenon, the anonymous source called Major Murphy in Messengers of Deception replied by asking why Vallee was talking about the Nazis and saying other people became involved.
“Vallee then butts in basically and says, are you seriously suggesting that the Nazis are behind the UFO phenomenon? His response is, why are you talking about the Nazis? Other people became involved.”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 01:28:09.5-01:28:19.6 hearsay third hand
944
Jacques Vallee wrote in one of his novels that much of the UFO control system might be traced back to a private European bank from the 1800s.
“Vallee, I think, claim, you know, in one of his novels, he says, a lot of this might be traced back to a private European bank from the 1800s.”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 01:39:03.2-01:39:10.1 hearsay second hand
945
Jason Samosa considers Charles Hambro's bank a good fit for the private European bank from the 1800s that Jacques Vallee described.
“Charles Hambro's bank would fit that very well.”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 01:39:11.5-01:39:13.5 opinion first hand
946
The Lone Stars group included Jacques Vallee, Eric Davis and Hal Puthoff.
“This is Jacques Vallée, Eric Davis, Hal Puthoff, all the same people.”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 02:02:36.1-02:02:39.6 testimony
947
Jacques Vallee's journals recount a conversation with Diana Walsh Pasulka in which Tim Taylor told Pasulka she should not be talking about human-alien hybridisation.
“You have the same thing with Vallee's journals. He recounts a conversation with Diana Pasolka, where Pasolka is basically explaining that they I don't know, Tim Taylor, who is it, is saying like, you shouldn't be talking about the hybrid thing.”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 02:08:58.1-02:09:11.7 hearsay second hand
948
Chris Ramsay likens Jason Quitt's spirit-of-nature intelligence to Jacques Vallee's control system hypothesis, in which an intelligent omnipresent force interferes at key moments in time for reasons it deems necessary.
“Like, like, uh, not unlike Jacques Vallée sort of control system idea where we're dealing with some intelligent, omnipresent force that can, for whatever reason it deems necessary, interfere, um, at certain key moments in time.”
Researcher Describes Strange Encounters With Other Beings - Jason Quitt | Ep. 98 2026-08-07 00:42:27.9-00:42:46.1 opinion first hand
949
Jason Quitt believes humans play many roles at different levels of understanding, in the same way that Jacques Vallee described the phenomenon as having many faces.
“I think we played many roles, just like valets, the phenomenon has many faces.”
Researcher Describes Strange Encounters With Other Beings - Jason Quitt | Ep. 98 2026-08-07 01:33:52.0-01:33:57.1 opinion first hand
950
Christopher Green, Hal Puthoff and Jacques Vallee attended the meetings Robert Bigelow describes.
“and uh Christopher Green, Hall Puthoff uh Jacques Vallée was there so we had the cream of the crop of thinkers”
The Evolution of AAWSAP | Bigelow Podcast, Ep. 2 2026-08-11 00:06:01.0-00:06:09.8 testimony first hand

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