Brief
The Control System (Vallée's hypothesis)
The claims the writer was given for The Control System (Vallée's hypothesis), in the order they were given.
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Maha discussed his political role with Raymond Bernard and described what Jacques Vallée calls the Control System, saying that the vigilance of the High Council is necessary to prevent human tragedy without interfering with the freedom of mankind.
“He then began to discuss his political role, and to paint an incredible picture of what I have called the "Control System." ... The vigilance of the "High Council" is necessary to prevent human tragedy in a way that does not interfere with the freedom of mankind.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch11:69059-69377 testimony second hand
2
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
3
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
4
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
5
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
6
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
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Whitley Strieber holds that a critical mass of human belief that non-human intelligences are real would serve as a door allowing them to enter human reality.
“there would come a kind of critical point of critical mass when so many people would believe that they were real, that they would be able to use that as a door, that belief as a door to come into our reality.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 01:22:48.7-01:23:04.2 opinion first hand