The phenomenon denies itself, to be sure. One wonders if certain members of the IC involved in the movement of the day have not been asked to do the same thing. If you become involved in a public way, you will join the circus. Some work is too important to be taken seriously. Those who are most immune to these effects see the same patterns over time, as you have illustrated here. - Daniel Elizondo
Cognitive Infiltration (CI), as described by Profs Sunstein and Vermeule in their somewhat unusual 2008 paper, is at play, as could be genuine concerns about the consequences of uncontrolled disclosure. Cognitive infiltrators could, at some point, go to the “other side”. Or vice versa.
It's a genuine wilderness of mirrors. Who to trust? At first, probably no one. Other than, perhaps, the inimitable Mr. Doty, former AFOSI operative who was featured in that great documentary (mockumentary? work of fiction?) Mirage Men? (just kidding)
My answer is… no one! I try to take in information, look for patterns, corroboration, intertextual links etc. In truth, I “trust” a small handful of folks in this field in so much as I can guarantee they are honest actors, without an agenda beyond curiosity, calling, or some combination thereof. Also crucial they have no former or current connections to the IC. That’s about as good as it gets, I think.
Though only speculation here, when considering historical phenomena in the last 120 years alone, I like to step back and consider “larger pictures”, which includes subtle ways in which a society/population/country may have been controlled. Not just from studying Edward Bernays book “Propaganda” (1928), but also considering all forms of media entertainment in my lifetime. Even down to the simple recorded songs played on radio since the beginning of radio broadcasting. Again only speculation, but have we not been guided, shaped, IE given thoughts to think all along? Truths became “Truisms” but the word “True”, from whence “truth” derives essentially means reliable. For me personally, there’s nothing that appears reliable with regard to this so called UFO/UAP phenomena. If that sounds like a kind of fatigue has set in, you’d be correct. Then Diana shows up and my curiosity is peaked once again. So Thank You for that.
I was just looking at Bernay's little book "Propaganda" this morning. Such an important book for everyone to read. I thought I'd do a substack article about it, and now seeing it referenced by you here, I will do that next.
Ronin, you say "have we not been guided, shaped, IE given thoughts to think all along"
David Bohm (I had as a postgrad. physics lecturer at Birkbeck, London in the early 80's) wrote the Thought As A System book. Only knew of his work on consciousness and mind well after I graduated.
He said ... "the general tacit assumption in thought is that it’s just telling you the way things are and that is not doing anything - that "you" are inside there, deciding what to do with the information. But I want to say that you don’t decide what to do with the information. The information takes over. It runs you. Thought runs you. Thought, however, gives the false information that you are running it, that you are the one who controls thought, whereas actually thought is the one which controls each one of us."
He says the way to break out is to hold the thought before acting on it and that an act of intuition that breaks controlled thought could be from beyond a purely electrochemical process. Intuition could come from somewhere else. Really worth reading the whole study if you can.
Great comment on the words of the legendary David Bohm. With regard to what we call "Intuition", I recall in something I read almost two years ago. It may have been from Diana's book. That being said, the word discernment comes into play here. Whereby either word may actually point to something to do with what is referred to as the "Holy Spirit' being the, (for lack of a better term at the moment) instigator/impetus/force behind the act it's self. This definitely creates an additional rabbit hole, which I can not address any further at the moment. Lastly Thanks for sharing that story.
Indeed, the source of intuition is explored by Bohm in this book, as something external to a person yet accessible, something that can break the electrochemical smog, I think he termed it. And with his thinking that mind and matter are two aspects of something else deeper. I cannot but think he was implying something of ultimate depth and we can connect, gain information in many forms. I don't therefore see how we can avoid religious connotations though of something yet to be explored. Yes, regards.
It's Trauma Bonding. It's immersion into a cold water without cold water immersion training. It's a cycle, that will be ongoing - that is the only thing we can count on. The crests will get higher, and the troughs - lower.
We are being trained, programmed, acclimated and immersed into this reality. You can't just throw a wild primate into a 5th dimensional psi-craft and expect them to dial in 1998.
I'll speak aloud what the UFOlogists don't want said. There will never be Disclosure because the government has nothing to disclose. UFOs/UAPs are real, but there's no reason to believe that anyone in the government or the military knows what they are.
What I wonder is: are we the intented target of this, or as you said, the are we (the public) camouflage? The trickster works, and generally what follows is a breaking-up of rigidity in a culture/society; for good or bad. The effect of this in terms of “UFOs” is an acclimation process, a domestication. Is this the intended effect? Or a byproduct of a larger process taking place? How deep does this go? Nothing is surface level, or even water table level.
This resonates deeply. The pattern you describe feels less like top-down suppression and more like a self-regulating memetic loop. An organic mechanism that doesn’t conceal, but calibrates. Not to keep us in the dark, but to delay premature coherence.
Maybe disclosure isn’t about what’s out there, but what’s emerging from within. And maybe the veil isn’t just secrecy, it’s a kind of field integrity system, meant to protect against consciousness collapse in a species still metabolizing its shadow.
Much of the discourse is still fixated on craft, threat, and tech. But I suspect the real event is quieter; not contact, but emergence.
And maybe Earth isn’t just another node.
Maybe it’s the last seed, and the ones watching aren’t waiting for belief. They’re listening for coherence.
Whatever this threshold is, I don’t think it yields to proof.
The UFO phenomenon seems to function as a kind of technological wand wielded by an unknown magician—appearing suddenly (disclose), altering perception (amplify), and then disappearing (debunk). A tool for enchantment, trickery, or perhaps transformation. At least in the United States. Here in the UK, that recursive process is less apparent. Perhaps it reflects a cultural reluctance to cross into unknown frontiers in the modern age. The UFO narrative rarely reaches such levels of wonder here. We have the weird too, but it tends to surface in ghosts, hauntings, and eerie history. There is trickery still, but our magicians wield less visible rods. Then again, we all carry a mobile wand in our pocket.
I can only guess the parapsychological effects of what's going on, e.g. p. 7 in "Inside the U.S. Government UFO Program: Initial Revelations" mentions these effects ... "this pattern also applied to pilots who encountered the Tic Tac object as well as to select members of AAWSAP and AATIP" - implies something so strange it probably can never be revealed as a public statement by "authority". Kenneth Arnold also "saw balls of light or orbs in his home" as well as paranormal events.
How can science investigate these bizarre events objectively and who wants to be exposed to these effects? I remember Eric Weinstein once being advised not to go to Skinwalker Ranch, and I think he said he wouldn't go - though he has been in contact with Erik Bard, the senior scientist there.
Publishing in a science journal, conferences at the required academic level of all the stuff above? How does that even work? Summaries for public consumption? And I think I'm correct in saying Diana that you said you wouldn't do CE-5 stuff?
It's like - OK, we'll look at it all with proper science al la the Galileo Project approach - detection of anomalous motions, types of object etc. but whoah! Not the paranormal for completeness. No sir. [Edit: of course now we have the Skywatcher team]
Personally, I had a powerful experience which I submitted to a US psychology professor who's collecting such. He's very aware and attests to something real going on too. Personally, I too balk at what's going on re sightings but esp. the other stuff - I can't help just standing back a bit.
Why wouldn't official "authority" be that way too? The world's complex enough.
This is the Eric Weinstein/Erik Bard point ... "Erik Bard ... he's a sober normal human being sitting out there on a ranch trying to figure out what the hell he's looking at."
The more things change the more they stay the same ? Let us remember the Albert Bender scenario, when he had actually solved the puzzle and was ready to publish it, the Government showed up (perhaps the MIB) and he folded his investigation claiming National security. While he eventually did publish a book much later there is no guarantee it wasn't Government approved rhetoric.
I can't believe I didn't see you had a Substack until just now! Big fan of your work. You give me a lot of courage to talk about things 'outside of the mainstream' in an academic context. This was another great article. Can't wait to keep reading!
While reading your article I couldn’t help think of Godly matters. I go through times in my life wherein He reveals himself to me in myriad ways, yet in other times He seems to recede away and let me wonder. My rationalization of this has to do with the maintenance of Free Will, but honestly I don’t know what to make of it. Much like the UFO/UAP phenomenon.
The phenomenon denies itself, to be sure. One wonders if certain members of the IC involved in the movement of the day have not been asked to do the same thing. If you become involved in a public way, you will join the circus. Some work is too important to be taken seriously. Those who are most immune to these effects see the same patterns over time, as you have illustrated here. - Daniel Elizondo
Cognitive Infiltration (CI), as described by Profs Sunstein and Vermeule in their somewhat unusual 2008 paper, is at play, as could be genuine concerns about the consequences of uncontrolled disclosure. Cognitive infiltrators could, at some point, go to the “other side”. Or vice versa.
Love the comment in light of your handle! Well played and point taken.
It's a genuine wilderness of mirrors. Who to trust? At first, probably no one. Other than, perhaps, the inimitable Mr. Doty, former AFOSI operative who was featured in that great documentary (mockumentary? work of fiction?) Mirage Men? (just kidding)
My answer is… no one! I try to take in information, look for patterns, corroboration, intertextual links etc. In truth, I “trust” a small handful of folks in this field in so much as I can guarantee they are honest actors, without an agenda beyond curiosity, calling, or some combination thereof. Also crucial they have no former or current connections to the IC. That’s about as good as it gets, I think.
Though only speculation here, when considering historical phenomena in the last 120 years alone, I like to step back and consider “larger pictures”, which includes subtle ways in which a society/population/country may have been controlled. Not just from studying Edward Bernays book “Propaganda” (1928), but also considering all forms of media entertainment in my lifetime. Even down to the simple recorded songs played on radio since the beginning of radio broadcasting. Again only speculation, but have we not been guided, shaped, IE given thoughts to think all along? Truths became “Truisms” but the word “True”, from whence “truth” derives essentially means reliable. For me personally, there’s nothing that appears reliable with regard to this so called UFO/UAP phenomena. If that sounds like a kind of fatigue has set in, you’d be correct. Then Diana shows up and my curiosity is peaked once again. So Thank You for that.
I was just looking at Bernay's little book "Propaganda" this morning. Such an important book for everyone to read. I thought I'd do a substack article about it, and now seeing it referenced by you here, I will do that next.
It would be useful to have part of the article be a sort of "compare and contrast" with Chomsky and Herman's "Manufacturing Consent".
That would be really good. I look forward to it 🙏🏼
Ronin, you say "have we not been guided, shaped, IE given thoughts to think all along"
David Bohm (I had as a postgrad. physics lecturer at Birkbeck, London in the early 80's) wrote the Thought As A System book. Only knew of his work on consciousness and mind well after I graduated.
He said ... "the general tacit assumption in thought is that it’s just telling you the way things are and that is not doing anything - that "you" are inside there, deciding what to do with the information. But I want to say that you don’t decide what to do with the information. The information takes over. It runs you. Thought runs you. Thought, however, gives the false information that you are running it, that you are the one who controls thought, whereas actually thought is the one which controls each one of us."
He says the way to break out is to hold the thought before acting on it and that an act of intuition that breaks controlled thought could be from beyond a purely electrochemical process. Intuition could come from somewhere else. Really worth reading the whole study if you can.
Great comment on the words of the legendary David Bohm. With regard to what we call "Intuition", I recall in something I read almost two years ago. It may have been from Diana's book. That being said, the word discernment comes into play here. Whereby either word may actually point to something to do with what is referred to as the "Holy Spirit' being the, (for lack of a better term at the moment) instigator/impetus/force behind the act it's self. This definitely creates an additional rabbit hole, which I can not address any further at the moment. Lastly Thanks for sharing that story.
Indeed, the source of intuition is explored by Bohm in this book, as something external to a person yet accessible, something that can break the electrochemical smog, I think he termed it. And with his thinking that mind and matter are two aspects of something else deeper. I cannot but think he was implying something of ultimate depth and we can connect, gain information in many forms. I don't therefore see how we can avoid religious connotations though of something yet to be explored. Yes, regards.
It's Trauma Bonding. It's immersion into a cold water without cold water immersion training. It's a cycle, that will be ongoing - that is the only thing we can count on. The crests will get higher, and the troughs - lower.
We are being trained, programmed, acclimated and immersed into this reality. You can't just throw a wild primate into a 5th dimensional psi-craft and expect them to dial in 1998.
We are thousands of years from being this ready.
Oh no thousands of years?
Well argued. Greatly appreciate your perspective. This is from an old NICAP member who remembers the lasting effect of the Condon report release.
I'll speak aloud what the UFOlogists don't want said. There will never be Disclosure because the government has nothing to disclose. UFOs/UAPs are real, but there's no reason to believe that anyone in the government or the military knows what they are.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qMyR2hgd4c
WWJD? (What would Jacques Vallee do?)
haha! Love this.
Circus = Trickster.
What I wonder is: are we the intented target of this, or as you said, the are we (the public) camouflage? The trickster works, and generally what follows is a breaking-up of rigidity in a culture/society; for good or bad. The effect of this in terms of “UFOs” is an acclimation process, a domestication. Is this the intended effect? Or a byproduct of a larger process taking place? How deep does this go? Nothing is surface level, or even water table level.
This resonates deeply. The pattern you describe feels less like top-down suppression and more like a self-regulating memetic loop. An organic mechanism that doesn’t conceal, but calibrates. Not to keep us in the dark, but to delay premature coherence.
Maybe disclosure isn’t about what’s out there, but what’s emerging from within. And maybe the veil isn’t just secrecy, it’s a kind of field integrity system, meant to protect against consciousness collapse in a species still metabolizing its shadow.
Much of the discourse is still fixated on craft, threat, and tech. But I suspect the real event is quieter; not contact, but emergence.
And maybe Earth isn’t just another node.
Maybe it’s the last seed, and the ones watching aren’t waiting for belief. They’re listening for coherence.
Whatever this threshold is, I don’t think it yields to proof.
It yields to resonance.
So, an eternal loop of hope and deception. Will it ever be a disclosure then?
The UFO phenomenon seems to function as a kind of technological wand wielded by an unknown magician—appearing suddenly (disclose), altering perception (amplify), and then disappearing (debunk). A tool for enchantment, trickery, or perhaps transformation. At least in the United States. Here in the UK, that recursive process is less apparent. Perhaps it reflects a cultural reluctance to cross into unknown frontiers in the modern age. The UFO narrative rarely reaches such levels of wonder here. We have the weird too, but it tends to surface in ghosts, hauntings, and eerie history. There is trickery still, but our magicians wield less visible rods. Then again, we all carry a mobile wand in our pocket.
I can only guess the parapsychological effects of what's going on, e.g. p. 7 in "Inside the U.S. Government UFO Program: Initial Revelations" mentions these effects ... "this pattern also applied to pilots who encountered the Tic Tac object as well as to select members of AAWSAP and AATIP" - implies something so strange it probably can never be revealed as a public statement by "authority". Kenneth Arnold also "saw balls of light or orbs in his home" as well as paranormal events.
How can science investigate these bizarre events objectively and who wants to be exposed to these effects? I remember Eric Weinstein once being advised not to go to Skinwalker Ranch, and I think he said he wouldn't go - though he has been in contact with Erik Bard, the senior scientist there.
Publishing in a science journal, conferences at the required academic level of all the stuff above? How does that even work? Summaries for public consumption? And I think I'm correct in saying Diana that you said you wouldn't do CE-5 stuff?
It's like - OK, we'll look at it all with proper science al la the Galileo Project approach - detection of anomalous motions, types of object etc. but whoah! Not the paranormal for completeness. No sir. [Edit: of course now we have the Skywatcher team]
Personally, I had a powerful experience which I submitted to a US psychology professor who's collecting such. He's very aware and attests to something real going on too. Personally, I too balk at what's going on re sightings but esp. the other stuff - I can't help just standing back a bit.
Why wouldn't official "authority" be that way too? The world's complex enough.
This is the Eric Weinstein/Erik Bard point ... "Erik Bard ... he's a sober normal human being sitting out there on a ranch trying to figure out what the hell he's looking at."
https://x.com/BrandonFugal/status/1764575744582398406
The more things change the more they stay the same ? Let us remember the Albert Bender scenario, when he had actually solved the puzzle and was ready to publish it, the Government showed up (perhaps the MIB) and he folded his investigation claiming National security. While he eventually did publish a book much later there is no guarantee it wasn't Government approved rhetoric.
You might want to take peek at NICK COOK’S ROGUE ICONS The Light Beyond The Mountains
Chapter 30: Special Access .....
I can't believe I didn't see you had a Substack until just now! Big fan of your work. You give me a lot of courage to talk about things 'outside of the mainstream' in an academic context. This was another great article. Can't wait to keep reading!
I’m going to re read “ The Book of the Damned” by Charles Fort. To see if anything fits with this theme!
While reading your article I couldn’t help think of Godly matters. I go through times in my life wherein He reveals himself to me in myriad ways, yet in other times He seems to recede away and let me wonder. My rationalization of this has to do with the maintenance of Free Will, but honestly I don’t know what to make of it. Much like the UFO/UAP phenomenon.