by D W Pasulka
Press, Kindle Edition, 2012), 94.
25. Jacques Vallee, The Futurist “Computer Conferencing” and
Journal of Scientific Exploration 2, no. 1 (1988): 13– 27, 1988
Pergamon Ras plc. Printed in the USA.
26. Jacques Vallee, “A Theory of Everything (else),” video presen-
tation, TEDx Talks, published on November 23, 2011, https://
www.youtube.com/ watch?v=S9pR0gfil_ 0, accessed May 15, 2018.
27. Ibid.
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28. Used with permission from Stephen Miles Lewis’s Facebook
page, September 6, 2017, edited for clarity.
29. http:// nietzsche.holtof.com/ reader/ friedrich- nietzsche/ the-
gay- science/ aphorism- 277- quote_ c375fcf90.html.
30. Jacques Vallee, “Thinking Allowed: Implications of UFO
Phenomena,” published on November 12, 2016, https://
www.youtube.com/ watch?v=7ETMzkhBQ6w, accessed May 15, 2018.
31. See Sheila Jasanoff, “Future Imperfect: Science, Technology,
and the Imaginations of Modernity,” in Dreamscapes of
Modernity: Sociotechnical Imaginaries and the Fabrication
of Power, ed. Sheila Jasanoff and Sang-
Hyun Kim
(Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2015), 1– 31.
32. Gaymon Bennet, “Synthetic Biology: The Digital Creation
of Life,” in Posthumanism: The Future of Homo Sapiens
(Detroit: Macmil an References USA, 2018).
33. Ibid.
34. Nicole Yunger Halpern, Quantum Frontiers: A Blog by the
Institute for Quantum Information and Matter @ Caltech,
December 25, 2017, https:// quantumfrontiers.com/ .
Chapter 6
1. Susan Demeter-
St. Clair, “Making Mountains Out of
Mashed Potatoes: UFOs as a Parapsychological Event,”
in UFOs: Reframing the Debate, ed. Robbie Graham
(London: White Crow Books, 2017), 165– 178.
2. Rey Hernandez, personal communication, December 28, 2017.
3. Rey Hernandez, Robert Davis, Jon Klimo, Rudolph Schild, and
Claude Swanson, “Contact with Non- Human Intelligence and
the Quantum Hologram Theory of Consciousness: Toward an
Integration of the Contact Modalities, ” http:// www.experiencer.
org/ wp- content/ uploads/ 2017/ 02/ Contact- with- Non- Human-
Intelligence- and- the- Quantum- Hologram- Theory- of-
Consciousness- Toward- an- Integration- of- the- Contact-
Modalities.pdf, accessed May 20, 2018.
2 5 6 | NOT E S
4. Rey Hernandez’s interview in Skeptico: Science at the Tipping
Point, accessed February 26, 2018, http:// skeptiko.com/ 260-
rey- hernandez- supports- ufo- contact/ .
5. Rey’s narrative comes from his self- published account, My
UFO/
ET Contact Spiritual Experiences, Rey Hernandez,
JD, MCP, PhD Candidate, Codirector and Cofounder of
Foundation for Research into Extraterrestrial Encounters
(FREE), as well as through personal communication with me.
6. Rey Hernandez, personal communication, December
13, 2017.
7. https:// www.johnytube.com/ watch/ yt/ 7zSO3jE4l- M/
edgar- mitchell- an- epiphany- in- space.
8. http:// ascentmagazine.com/ articles.aspx%3FarticleID=195&p
age=read&subpage=past&issueID=30.html.
9. The Quantum Hologram Theory of Contact with Non Human
Intelligence by Reinerio Hernandez, JD, MCP, PhD Candidate,
FREE Board of Director and Cofounder, 2016.
10. http:// www.experiencer.org/ a- dyadic- model- of-
consciousness- by- edgar- mitchell- sc- d/ .
11. http:// www.csicop.org/ specialarticles/ show/ ufo_ research_ is_
up_ in_ the_ air.
12. http:// www.history.com/ shows/ hangar- 1- the- ufo- files/ about.
13. https:// blog.oup.com/ 2016/ 11/ beyond- earth- research- big-
data/ .
Chapter 7
1. Several scholars of Maria, including Barr, note that the image
of the Virgin Mary was already a well- known trope within the
American Indian communities, and they would have used the
phrase “the lady in blue” to indicate her power.
2. Works that helped me understand Sister Maria of Agreda, other
than the primary sources I consulted, include Juliana Barr,
Peace Came in the Form of a Woman: Indians and Spaniards
in the Texas Borderlands (Chapel Hil , NC: University of
North Carolina Press, 2007); Clark A. Colahan, The Visions of
Sor Maria de Agreda: Writing Knowledge and Power (Tuscan,
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AZ: University of Arizona Press, 1994); Nancy P. Hickerson,
“The Visits of the ‘Lady in Blue’: An Episode in the History
of the South Plains, 1629,” Journal of Anthropological Research
46, no. 1 (Spring 1990): 67– 90; Mar Rey Bueno, “Missionary
Strategy or Feminine Genealogy? The Treatment of the
Roundness of the Earth, from Sor María Jesús de Agreda,” Pecia
Complutense 14, no. 27 (2017): 49– 64; Marilyn H. Fedewa,
Maria of Agreda: Mystical Lady in Blue (Albuquerque,
NM: University of New Mexico Press, 2009).
3. Clark A. Colahan. The Visions of Sor Maria de Agreda: Writing
Knowledge and Power (Tuscan: University of Arizona Press,
1994), 121.
4. Brenda Denzler, The Lure of the Edge: Scientific Passions,
Religious Beliefs, and the Pursuit of UFOs (Los Angeles:
University of California Press, 2001), 164.
Conclusion
1. Helene Cooper, Ralph Blumenthal, and Leslie Kean, “Glowing
Auras and ‘Black Money’: The Pentagon’s Mysterious UFO
Program,” New York Times, December 16, 2017, accessed
March 4, 2018, https:// www.nytimes.com/ 2017/ 12/ 16/ us/ poli-
tics/ pentagon- program- ufo- harry- reid.html.
2. Martin Heidegger, “Nur noch ein Gott kann uns retten,” Der
Spiegel 30 (Mai, 1976): 193– 219. Translated by W. Richardson
as “Only a God Can Save Us,” in Heidegger: The Man and
the Thinker, ed. T. Sheehan (Chicago: Precedent Publishing,
1981), 45– 67.
GLOSSARY
Experiencers: Experiencers are people who have sighted or who
believe they are in contact with the phenomenon. They have
been called “contactees” or UFO- abductees.
The Invisibles: The invisibles are people whose work requires
them to remain invisible, that is, completely removed from so-
cial media and the internet.
Meta- Experiencers: Meta- experiencers are scientists I encountered
during my interviews with experiencers. They were interested
in the details of the experiencer’s sightings and often would
apply this information to their own work on technologies.
I also call them “scientist- believers.”
The Phenomenon: The term “phenomenon” is used interchange-
ably with the term “UFO”; it is a more accurate term than
“UFO” in that it does not suggest that an object is of extrater-
restrial origin. In common usage, “UFO” is synonymous with
“extraterrestrial aircraft,” and many of the researchers featured
in this book do not assume that the objects are of extraterres-
trial origin.
Religion: There are many definitions of “religion,” a term that
&n
bsp; most people take for granted. It is a modern term and many
cultures do not even use it as a meaningful category. For them,
religion and culture life ways permeate one another. However,
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in the West and within the university, we use the term “re-
ligion,” and I use James Livingston’s definition: “Religion is
that system of activities and beliefs directed toward that which
is perceived to be of sacred value and transforming power.”
Within most religions there is the “contact event,” which is
usual y a “hierophany” in that it is the perceived contact be-
tween nonhuman, nonanimal intelligence, usual y in the form
of a god, divine being, or revealed knowledge, and humans.
Technology: In a basic sense technology is applied knowledge, or
knowledge used in a practical sense for specific purposes. In
this book the issue of technology and technological discovery
is revisited through the lens of the philosophy of Martin
Heidegger and my own ethnographic research involving
biotechnologists. I will utilize the works of N. Katherine
Hayles and others that place technology in relationship with
humans in a process of coevolution. The biotechnologists re-
veal Heidegger’s philosophy of technology and the process of
“thinking” in that technology is “revealed,” and thus functions
as a form of revelation for these specific communities.
INDEX
6th sense. See anomalous
anomalous cognition, 66– 68
cognition
process, 71
2001: A Space Odyssey, 76, 116– 117. anomalous experiences, 81, 85,
See also the monolith ( 2001: A
90, 93
Space Odyssey)
in Catholic tradition, 103– 104
anomalous materials, 76
James, 53– 55
Department of Defense
meaning- making, 102– 103
scene, 143
Teresa of Avila, 103– 104
technology of event, 172– 173
Tyler, 32– 35
anomalous phenomena, photographs
Abduction: Human Encounters
of, 86– 87, 92, 96, 97 f
with Aliens. (Mack), 55,
Area 51: An Uncensored History of
102– 103, 143
America’s Top Secret Military
absurdity, 159– 161, 165, 240
Base (Jacobsen), 79
enlightenment and, 161– 162
Arnold, Kenneth, 14
academic values, 73
artifacts, 22– 24, 26– 27, 47– 49, 50,
Aerospace Advanced Threat
57– 59, 138
Identification Program, 241
analysis, 75
Ager, Rob, 117– 118, 141– 142
anomalous materials,
alien abduction narrative, 144
75– 76, 77, 80
Alien Encounters from Tomorrow
“doctrinal,” 206
Land, 148– 149
“donations,” 116– 117
Ancient Aliens, 8, 14– 15
New Mexico desert, 19– 20, 24,
angelic beings, 67, 102, 103– 104,
47– 50, 72– 73, 75, 77, 116,
164, 188– 189, 191, 193, 197,
240– 244
211, 234– 236
sacred objects, 241, 242– 244
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belief, 87– 88
doctrinal, 158
driver of technological
incorruptible saints, 223– 224
innovation, 23
mind– body dualism, 158
systems, 22– 23
private revelation, 158, 168
transformative power of, 22
public revelation, 158
believers, 30, 78, 85, 187. See also
sacred objects, 222, 224, 238
scientist- believers
Center for UFO Studies. See CUFOS
harassment of, 92
Chal enger (space shuttle), 30– 31
biblical- UFO framework, 8,
Christianity, early, 158– 159
105– 106, 163, 219
Christianity and orbs, 7– 8
Bigelow, Robert, 1, 99
Cirnett, Bruce, 93
bilocation, 202, 217, 218
Clark, Andy, 172
biotechnological communication,
codes of conduct
30, 64, 187
academic, 24– 25
The Blair Witch Project, 121, 128
confidentiality, 24– 25
Bledsoe, Christopher, 219– 220
government space research,
The Book Encounter, 55, 79, 91,
24, 37
100– 101, 145
scientist- ufologists, 24
Edgar Mitchel , 203
transparency, 24
James, 55, 101
cognitive science of media, 82– 83,
as meaning making,
131, 133, 135, 139– 141, 144,
101– 102, 104
147– 148, 172, 216. See also
Rey Hernandez, 192, 196
Total Recall Effect
Scott Browne, 91, 101– 102
Columbia (space shuttle), 32
Teresa of Avila, 104
communication as observable
Tyler, 32, 100
phenomenon, 64– 65, 66
Book of Samuel, 81
The Conjuring, 120, 123, 124 f, 128
Browne, Scott, 84– 92, 95, 112, 113, consciousness
115– 116, 118
dyadic model, 207– 208
anomalous experiences, 90
the study of, 174, 175– 176, 178,
The Book Encounter, 91,
187, 196– 197, 199, 201, 203,
101– 102
207, 209
scientific inquiry, 90
technologies of, 30, 155, 161,
176, 196, 208
Carlos, Edward, 102– 103
Consolmagno, Guy, 112, 228,
Carter, Jimmy, 6
230– 233
Castel Gandolfo, 215, 231
contactees, suffering of, 65, 67
Catholicism, 7– 8, 18, 64, 67,
contact events
103– 104, 156, 186, 216– 217,
importance of interpretation,
223– 227, 233– 234, 237– 238.
12– 13
See also Virgin Mary
Nation of Islam, 12
devotional, 158, 160, 163, 164, 176
UFO events, 11– 12
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contact modalities, 198, 199,
Eddy, 138, 163
201, 207
biblical- UFO hermeneutic, 105
conversion experiences, 171, 185,
Elijah, 227
191– 192, 203– 204
Elizondo, Luis, 241
Copernicus, Nicolaus, 215
encounters, 53– 55
Cornet, Bruce, 107
“the energy,” 74
Corso, Phillip, 37– 38
European Space Agency, 230
countercultural belief system,
experiencers, 27, 39, 52, 53– 55,
159– 160
105, 200– 201
creation of meaning, 73, 81, 100,
extended cognition, 140
169, 216
external world skepticism, 139
creativity, 46
extraterrestrial crafts, 17, 19– 20, 22
nonlocality and, 44– 45, 70
Ezekiel’s wheel, 8, 144
scientific explanation, 44– 45
credible witnesses,
FAA, 94
testaments, 75– 76
fabri
cated UFO phenomena, 118,
Crowley, Aleister, 36
126– 127, 150
CUFOS, 4
fake news, 150– 151
cultural realities, 135
false memories, 147
Federal Aviation Administration.
Dancer, Brad, 127, 129
See FAA
Davis, Eric, 5
Flying Saucers: A Modern Myth
The Day After Roswell: A Former
of Things Seen in the Skies
Pentagon Official Reveals
(Jung), 14
the U.S. Government’s
flying saucers as myth, 96
Shocking UFO Cover- Up
formation of a dogma, 87
(Corso), 38, 79
framework, modernist, 119
“Death Star over San Francisco,”
framework, transcendent, 119
134– 135
FREE, 186, 187, 199
debunkers, 84– 85, 86
Consciousness Paradigm,
declassified documents,
200– 201
56– 57, 128
fringe science, 146
digital insertions, 131– 135
don’t ignore what doesn’t fit, 61
The Gay Science (Nietzsche), 108
the download, 44, 198. See also
genetic predisposition to
synchronicities
contact, 64
creativity and, 44– 45
global belief system, 14
Dr. Edgar Mitchell Foundation for government cover- ups
Research into Extraterrestrial
United Kingdom, 128
Encounters (FREE).
United States, 128
See FREE
The Great Martian War 1913– 1917,
Durant Report, 57
130– 131
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Habakkuk, 227
“I Can Remember It for You
Hanger I, 211– 213
Wholesale” (Dick), 129
Haraway, Donna, 170
If Star Wars Was Real (ISWWR),
Harvard- Smithsonian Center for
132– 133
Astrophysics, 199
immersive virtual
Harvard University, 9, 55, 186
environments, 150
Hernandez, Dulce, 186, 188– 191,
Impossible Factual, 129– 131,
196– 197
139, 148
communication with the
information, organization of, 207
phenomenon, 197
Institute of Noetic Sciences, 203
UFO events, 188– 191, 192
Intel igent Life in the Universe
Hernandez, Rey, 185– 204,
(Sagan), 244
211– 212
interpretation and perception,
communication with the
190– 191, 208, 216. See also
phenomenon, 193– 194
creation of meaning
conversion experience, 185,
