This Saturday, December 8th, 2018 … We’ll be hosting an Open House with tours of the new facility, a lecture by Nick Redfern on his new book (Top Secret Alien Abduction Files) and a Holiday Party afterwards.
Doors Open at 3pm
Nick’s Lecture at 5pm
Holiday Party at 7pm
Find all the IMPORTANT DETAILS at the Website, including directions to the building, important notes about how to get into the building and much more!We hope to see you there!
Book-of-the-Week
This week’s selection is another from a sub-collection of the Bob Girard Collection; a classic in the lore about Peru’s Nazca Lines from the personal collection of Flying Saucer Contactee, GHW (no, not George H.W. Bush) George Hunt Williamson, aka “Dr. Michel d’Obrenovic”. The picture at left is of the author, Maria Reiche and the book was released in 1949.
Video-of-the-Week:
If you haven’t heard of Alexander Weyger … get ready to revise your ideas about the history of Flying Saucer Lore!
“Alexander Weygers, a Renaissance man in the mold of the tech industry’s stated ideal, inspired an art dealer to become an acolyte. In this Hello World short, Ashlee Vance visits the dealer whose curiosity about Weygers has evolved into an obsession.”
Re-Launch / Open-House / Lecture / Holiday Party Date Has Been Scheduled!
Mark your calendars!!!Saturday, December 8th, 2018 … We’ll be hosting an Open House with tours of the new facility, a lecture by Nick Redfern on his new book (Top Secret Alien Abduction Files) and a Holiday Party afterwards.
Doors Open at 3pm
Nick’s Lecture at 5pm
Holiday Party at 7pm
Find all the IMPORTANT DETAILS at the Website, including directions to the building, important notes about how to get into the building and much more!
Well you can see a few pics of our table at the Bazaar … and some of our items on display at the link, HERE.The Anomaly Archives was Proud to be a Sponsor of this year’s Austin Archives Bazaar!
The Anomaly Archives recently acquired Joshua Cutchin’s latest book and your editor is currently making his way through it. We encourage you to listen to this most excellent interview of Mr. Cutchin on Radio Misterioso in which he discusses this important new work: Thieves In The Night – Radio Misterioso (Audio Interview)
Videos-of-the-Week:
SAI Anomaly Archives Short Overview SlideShow
A very brief video giving newbies a quick synopsis of the nonprofit Scientific Anomaly Institute. Enjoy!
Cargo CULTure – Flying Saucer Music Fest
Check out over a thousand UFO, Alien, Flying Saucer, Abduction, ETC. themed songs at SMiles’ personal AnomalyRadio Spotify playlist: “Flying Saucer Fest”– This week’s focus is the official video (featuring Donald Sutherland) of one of several favorite songs by British singer Kate Bush in which she sings about one of the most interesting figures in alternative / paranormal research: Dr. Wilhelm Reich. It even features the Men-In-Black, but are they governmental, corporate, or something else…
SAI Anomaly Archives Short Overview SlideShow Brief slideshow video introducing folks to our 501c3 organization: Scientific Anomaly Institute / Anomaly Archives.
“Official music video for the single “Cloudbusting” written, produced and performed by the British singer Kate Bush. It was the second single released from her no.1 1985 album Hounds of Love. “Cloudbusting” peaked at no.20 in the UK Singles Chart. The music video, directed by Julian Doyle, was conceived by Terry Gilliam and Kate Bush. The video features Canadian actor Donald Sutherland playing the role of Wilhelm Reich, and Bush playing the part of his young son, Peter.”
My Favorite Songs About Anomalous Phenomena, UFOs and General Weirdness
The other day, I pointed out to a dear friend how British vocalist Kate Bush, beyond writing and singing songs about paranormal topics, is rumored to have been a real life “ufo investigator” over in Great Britain. We were discussing the Kate Bush songs Cloudbusting (based on a dream by Wilhelm Reich’s son) and Experiment IV which I was bringing up because of a recent news article on Israel’s use of supposedly non-lethal sound weapons for riot control. See sidebar below right …
While discussing Kate Bush’s inspiration for her Wilhelm Reich song, my friend discovered that both Kate Bush and Patti Smith are authors of songs inspired by Peter Reich’s A Book of Dreams. Patti Smith recorded a song called Birdland that is “about Wilhelm Reich coming back for his son in a UFO“.
Over the years all my friends with interest in subjects like UFOs, Aliens, Ghosts etc. have collected and shared a vast array of music archiving the various musical mileus that have been touched by the Saucers and their paranormal occupants. Compilations with names like The Saucers Singand Surely Nothing Human Could… From that huge collection of music memorabilia are a few of my favorites…
Favorite Flying Saucer Songs:
(When You See) Those Flying Saucers – Buchanan Brothers
Flying Saucers – Mellotones
I Wanna See A Flying Saucer
Flying Saucers Unlimited – Frank Stranges
Earth vs the Flying Saucers – The Residents
Flying Saucer Rock n Roll – Uncle Martin & the Bashful Barsoomians
Flying Saucers – Nina Hagen
Favorite UFO Songs:
Ain’t No UFO Gonna Catch My Diesel – Joe Dulce
Genuine UFO Contactee – Marty Quinn
I Am Seeing UFOs – Dee Dee & Joey Ramones
Looking For A UFO – XTC
Saw a UFO – Yes
Ufos Over Leytchester – Squarepusher
Psychic and UFO Revelations in Last Days – Bill Laswell and Pete Laswell
UFO – Nina Hagen
Hardcore UFOs – Guided By Voices
Favorites by the Famous:
Two Little Men In A Flying Saucer – Ella Fitzgerald
We’re Going UFO’ing – Jimmy Durante
Space Mice – Walter Brennan
My Favorite Old Austin Band – The Flying Saucers:
Finger – K-NACK Homegroan Vo1 1
Til She Comes – Free for All: The Austin Music Sample
Wait & See – Startime
Amphetamine – Startime
Insensitive – Startime
Melt – Startime
Fitting (come in for a)
Starball contribution
Egg
Winning wash
One more try
Other Faves:
Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft – The Langley Schools Music Project
Sky Men – Geoff Goddard
The Invaders Are Here! – Mike Adkins
I Hear A New World – Joe Meek And The Blue Men
Attack El Robot! Attack! – Calexcio
On Planet X – David Garland and John Zorn
Oh, People Of Earth – Henry Maday / Universal Brotherhood Confederation
Beep! Beep! – Louis Prima
Alien – Leonard Nimoy
Take Me To Your Leader Cha Cha – Sam Space & the Cadettes
Beautiful Zelda – Bonzo Dog Band
Wire In My Head – Buck Naked & the Wirehead Conspiracy
Alien – Lagwagon
Alien Be-in – Psychic TV
Mr. Spaceman – The Byrds
Eye of Fatima – (live) Sublime
Over eleven hundred (1,100) songs collected by SMiles Lewis on his Anomaly Radio spotify channel(s). You’ll want to set it to SHUFFLE mode as the playlist is not yet organized in any particular playback order.
All genres: Avant Gard, Folk, Country, Rock, Metal, Rap, Hip Hop, and LOTS of electronica and related sub-genres.
I still dream of orgonon
I wake up crying
You’re making rain
And you’re just in reach
When you and sleep escape me
You’re like my yo-yo
That glowed in the dark
What made it special
Made it dangerous
So I bury it
And forget
But every time it rains
You’re here in my head
Like the sun coming out
Ooh, I just know that something good is going to happen
And I don’t know when
But just saying it could even make it happen
On top of the world
Looking over the edge
You could see them coming
You looked too small
In their big, black car
To be a threat to the men in power
I hid my yo-yo
In the garden
I can’t hide you
From the government
Oh, god, daddy
I won’t forget
‘Cause every time it rains
You’re here in my head
Like the sun coming out
Ooh, I…
“Folklore has always warned of hidden dangers lurking in the shadows, otherworldly beings who seek to steal that which parents hold most dear. In the first book dedicated solely to the subject, Joshua Cutchin traces this primal concern from antiquity to the modern era—beginning with worldwide tales of faeries, changelings, spirits, demons, and monsters, before examining more contemporary phenomena such as Sasquatch kidnappings, alien abductions, and mysterious disappearances in national parks. Folklore, medicine, science, and spirituality come together for a uniquely scholarly perspective on the thieves in the night.”
Grand Reopening Event featuring Nick Redfern, December 8th, 2018
We are excited to announce the Grand Reopening of the Anomaly Archives & INACS Offices and Library. Join us Saturday, December 8th for an Open House Event featuring afternoon Lectures and an evening Holiday Party!
Feel free to come at 3:00 pm for tours and discussion, 4:00 pm for introductory talks about the organizations, 5:00 pm for a presentation by Nick Redfern, or 7:00 pm for the holiday party!
About our Featured Speaker and Lecture Topic…
Nick Redfern works full time as a writer, lecturer, and journalist. He writes about a wide range of unsolved mysteries, including Bigfoot, UFOs, the Loch Ness Monster, alien encounters, and government conspiracies. Nick has written many books, including the subject of his lecture: Top Secret Alien Abduction Files: What the Government Doesn’t Want You to Know
For decades, people have reported close encounters with extraterrestrial entities. Witnesses describe being kidnapped by large-headed, black-eyed creatures from other worlds. Those same creatures have become popularly known as “the Grays.” There is, however, another aspect to the alien abduction controversy.
One of the titles you can see on display at our table this Sunday at the Austin Archives Bazaar …
Video-of-the-Week: Cargo CULTure – Flying Saucer Music Fest
Check out over a thousand UFO, Alien, Flying Saucer, Abduction, ETC. themed songs at SMiles’ personal AnomalyRadio Spotify playlist: “Flying Saucer Fest” – This week’s focus is a favorite cover of a classic Contact song – this version always gives me goosebumps and makes me tear-up.
Over eleven hundred (1,100) songs collected by SMiles Lewis on his Anomaly Radio spotify channel(s). You’ll want to set it to SHUFFLE mode as the playlist is not yet organized in any particular playback order.
All genres: Avant Gard, Folk, Country, Rock, Metal, Rap, Hip Hop, and LOTS of electronica and related sub-genres.
In your mind you have capacities, you know
To telepath messages through the vast unknown
Please close your eyes and concentrate
With every thought you think
Upon the recitation we’re about to sing
Calling occupants of interplanetary craft
Calling occupants of interplanetary, most extraordinary craft
Calling occupants of interplanetary craft
Calling occupants of interplanetary craft
Calling occupants of interplanetary, most extraordinary craft
You’ve been observing our Earth
And we’d like to make
A contact with you
We are your friends
Calling occupants of interplanetary craft
Calling occupants of interplanetary, ultra emissaries
We’ve been observing your Earth
And one night we’ll make
A contact with you
We are your friends
Calling occupants of interplanetary, quite extraordinary craft
And please come in peace, we beseech you
Only our love we will teach them
Our Earth may never survive
So do come, we beg you
Please, interstellar policeman
Oh won’t you give us a sign
Give us a sign
That we’ve reached you
Oh do
With your mind you have ability to form
And transmit thought energy far beyond the norm
You close your eyes, you concentrate
Together, that’s the way
To send the message we declare World Contact Day
Calling occupants of interplanetary craft
Calling occupants of interplanetary craft
Calling occupants of interplanetary, most extraordinary craft
The new online catalog is now operational. We’ve imported the more than 4,300 book records of the many collections housed at the Anomaly Archives. We’ll be highlighting those various collections in the near future. For now, try exploring the catalog…
We’ve resurrected our Anomaly Archives Meetup.com Group and will soon begin posting information about upcoming get-togethers here at the archive and lending library… and BEYOND!!
Volunteering at the Archives
The past couple of months we’ve been hosting weekend volunteer opportunities at the Anomaly Archives, inviting interested helpers to come and support our nonprofit community efforts. Folks have been helping us finish setting up our new shelving, organizing the collections, tweaking the online catalog and more. In the near future we’ll need many more volunteers to help us staff the Anomaly Archives so that it can finally begin having traditional weekday business hours. If you think you have what it takes to help the Anomaly Archives achieve its operational goals, please give founder SMiles Lewis a call (512-842-9046) or send an email (contact@anomalyarchives.org).
Recently, while organizing the books on the shelves at our new location, I was reminded of yet another fantastic collectible within our Robert C. Girard Collection. It seemed serendipitous considering this recent New York Postheadlined article,Incredible discovery made inside Great Pyramid of Giza, wherein it states that, “Researchers modeled the distribution of electromagnetic fields inside the pyramid while studying the interactions of electrical waves. Scientists have deduced that the pyramid concentrates this electromagnetic energy in its hidden chambers, which include rooms containing the remains of Pharaoh Khufu and his wife. … And the team’s analysis shows that the powerful pyramid concentrates electromagnetic energy in its internal chambers.” Of course the article goes on to state, “But scientists believe the unusual discovery about the electromagnetic energy in the pyramid is just a coincidence.”
Perhaps our book of the week has some insights into this discovery? Well, whatever the quality and veracity of the information held within this week’s tome, we’re pleased as punch to have it since it is inscribed by the author to none other than classic contactee, George Van Tassel!
Email Newsletter: Anomalous Headline News
Some of the most important news from this installment…
Check out all the great news links in the headlines section below. Remember that you can always stay up to date on our latest linked articles via our Flipboard online magazine.
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That’s it for this edition of the eNews editorial.
“#TheADAMResearchProject – The ADAM Research Project, an acronym for Acquisition & Data Analysis of Materials, will focus on the collection and scientific evaluation of material samples obtained through reliable reports of advanced aerospace vehicles of unknown origin. From time to time, various sources have collected material samples reported to have come from advanced aerospace vehicles of unknown origin (popularly known as UAP – Unidentified Aerial Phenomena – or UFOs.) Those sources include private citizens, foreign aerospace investigatory committees, aerospace operators and government organizations. As these materials have come to light, they can be made available for inspection. Given the potential significance of such findings, To The Stars Academy has made it a Tier-1 priority to use its resources to subject these materials to detailed and rigorous scientific evaluation whenever feasible. As soon as TTS Academy is notified that materials are available, a thorough effort will be made to document their origin and credibility, followed by the establishment of chain-of-custody procedures and ownership protocols. In addition to reviewing the materials for their potential significance as evidence of exotic origin, the analysis will evaluate materials for such characteristics as exceptional strength, lightweight build and any unusual advanced properties that potentially could contribute to the development of exciting new technologies in the future. As a first step, TTS Academy has established a contract with EarthTech International, Inc., (www.earthtech.org) a well-respected research think tank in Austin, Texas, to evaluate the properties of the available materials. Under the leadership of Dr. Harold E. Puthoff, a former Senior Advisor and Subcontractor to the Pentagon’s AATIP program (Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program) and current VP of Technology for TTS Academy, EarthTech is well-positioned to head up this materials research plan.”
I am a bit embarrassed at how long its been since the last newsletter. I’ll save you all the excuses I might want to throw out there … suffice to say, I better get something sent out ASAP.
Some quick updates first… the OPAC (Online Public Access Catalog) is not up yet, and the Open House / Re-Launch-Party isn’t scheduled yet. But we’re working on all that as fast as we can. We’ve organized several successful weekends worth of Volunteer “Library Organizing” Opportunities. You can find out more about volunteering at the Anomaly Archives at our two volunteerism websites: VolunteerMatch.org and GivePulse.com
More soon!
Video-of-the-Week
Recently, I’ve been listening to several episodes of (researcher and radio host) Greg Bishop‘s latest podcast archives of his recent Radio Misterioso interview shows. Among these gems is one I’ve been listening to over and over again – his interview with researcher David Perkins. David was to be one of the many speakers I had scheduled for the ill-fated National UFO Conference in 2001. He is perhaps the person whose ideas are closest to my own – at least as they relate to possible true sources of the UFO phenomenon. He senses the same potentials of abuse by the powers-that-be, for mythological engineering and developing belief systems towards political actions, as I do. But it’s his other ideas about the “TrUFOs,” the true UFO phenomenon, that interest me the most. He is one of the few people exploring UFOs and related phenomena from an ecological systems perspective. David thinks of UFOs, associated paranormal activity, and the Cattle Mutilation phenomenon as part of an “Evolutionary Imperative Theory” that could originate from a Gaian (global super organism) Overmind; a sort of survival strategy from the unconscious (of either the planet or humanity itself). Undercurrents evident within encounter narratives flow through the collective unconscious and influence us through UFO reports and science fiction, and perhaps reflect this organism’s survival strategy: to evolve humanity spaceward; to get us off the earth and colonizing other planets, thus making us less vulnerable to extinction – while preparing us for inevitable contact with true aliens through theatrical “alien” close encounters. This is perhaps the evolutionary intent of such a potential planetary organism. In one sense he is advocating for the archetype of the Trickster to be reconsidered as an elemental force of nature. This and so much more are explored in this excellent Radio Misterioso interview. I highly recommend it to anyone who thinks there may be value in these alternative UFOlogical perspectives. So check out!
In the meantime, you should also watch the Video-of-the-Week (below) that features David Perkins giving a lecture on Paranormal Phenomena and the Gaian Mind (circa 2004).
If you’re not listening to Aaron Gulyas’ podcast The Saucer Life, you are missing out on a wealth of informative historical insights into the literature surrounding the UFO phenomenon. One of Aaron’s latest podcast (and a fellow Fortean’s enthusiasm for links i posted to articles about Contactee Buck Nelson) serves as the inspiration for this issue’s Book-of-the-Week.
Email Newsletter: Anomalous Headline News
This week’s email newsletter features another great bunch of links we’ve posted to our Flipboard online magazine account. Of specific note…
There are also sub-sections below covering recent discoveries about:
Ancient Humanity
Weird AusTex News
Consciousness Research
More UFO News
Renewed Controversy over Abductee Betty Hill
Renewed Coverage of Pascagoula, Mississippi Close Encounter Case
Reflections on Ufological Trickster Jim Moseley
Fortean Religious, “Fortean” Crime, Belief, and MUCH MORE!
Check out all the great news links in the headlines section below. Remember that you can always stay up to date on our latest linked articles via our Flipboard online magazine.
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My Trip To Mars, The Moon, And Venus by Buck Nelson
Aaron Gulyas’ Saucer Life podcast episode covering the Buck Nelson’s contactee saga:
Encounter 601: Me and You and a Dog Named Bo
It’s back to the 1950s this week with one of the most interesting Contactees of that period, Buck Nelson. Giant dogs, rants about canned pork and beans, the odd phenomenon of present day folks “revising” Contactee books, get-rich-quick schemes, the Queen of Atlantis, saucer conventions, entrepreneurial spirit, and re-working the Ten Commandments. It’s all here in Encounter 601 of The Saucer Life.
That’s it for this edition of the eNews editorial.
Big Announcements Coming Soon about our Grand Re-Opening Event & Launch of our New OPAC (Online Public Access Catalog).
. . .
On to the 2016 FLAHSBACK…
Successful anomalous events organized by and/or featuring friends and acquaintances have recently occurred across North America – sadly, I wasn’t able to attend any of them. These ranged from the Cryptozoological Dogman Symposium organized by Ken Gerhard (and featuring Nick Redfern, Lyle Blackburn and others) to the East Coast Paracon (featuring friends Greg Bishop, Paul Kimball, Aaron Gulyas, Tim Binnall, and others) and down here in Texas, the Edinburg “Out of this World” UFO Festival (organized by Noe Torres and featuring David Hatcher Childress, Nick Redfern, Ben Hansen, Lynne Kitei, and Stephen Andrasko).
Sadly, the field of UFO inquiry has lost another great seeker… Errol Bruce-Knapp. Many in the field of (what passes for) UFO “research” won’t know who he is but they should. I came to know of him through his moderation of one of the oldest and most important UFO email lists, UFO UpDates (Archives 1996-2013). You can learn more about him (including his involvement in off-shore Pirate Radio DJ years) and his important contributions facilitating communication and hosting a community of UFO truth seekers by listening to these interviews here (on the Spectrum Radio Network), and here (with fellow Canadian Paul Kimball). He hosted several terrestrial radio shows and transitioned to internet streaming and podcasting his Strange Days… Indeed(and Mind Shift) programs. I was honored to be a guest on his show back on September 11th, 2007 (MP3). Good luck finding all of his wonderful interviews of some of the best UFO researchers. Here you can listen to him talk with legendary Area-51 researcher Glen Campbell(MP3), who hosted Errol’s UFO UpDates list site (and maintains the Archives).
“It’s alive… ALIVE!!” Austin Mufon has been resurrected as MUFON-ATX.
A couple of weeks ago I was surprised to learn that the local MUFON (Mutual UFO Network) chapter had been re-launched and begun monthly meetings held way up in the furthest reaches of North West Austin. I was involved in Austin Mufon from about 1990 until 2012 when its chain of leadership was finally broken. I led the group from about 1999 – 2002.
Above: Robert Powell “shares about cases from Georgia, England, Utah, Iowa, New York, and Canada as well as information on the process of UFO investigations.”
I was excited to learn of these new monthly meetings and attended the second such meeting held on July 31st. The meetings are at 7pm on the last Sunday of each month at Palm Beach Vapors. July’s meeting featured Austinite and Mufon’s Director of Research / Founder & Leader of Mufon’s Science Review Board. Also present were Texas Mufon leaders Steve Hudgeons (Director of Investigations & former State Director of Texas) and Teresa Turner (State Director of Texas – and State Section Director). There were about a dozen attendees from around Austin and outside the Central Texas metro area. The highlight of the meeting was getting a sneak peak of Robert Powell’s upcoming presentation for the annual Mufon Symposium 2016 – Orlando, FL – August 25th-28th whose theme is “UFOs From Our Oceans to Outer Space.” Robert’s presentation is MUFON’s Top 10 UFO Cases for 2015. You can watch this sneak preview thanks to another attendee I was glad to meet, Daniel Jones of the Vortexas Network, whom I’d briefly met a few months ago in Dallas at the ParaMania event.
For this installment of the Book-of-the-Week we feel it appropriate to highlight the aforementioned Robert Powell’s contribution to the printed knowledge-base of UFO history. Robert was kind enough to speak about that history to our Anomaly Archives audience in his Lecture in 2014 (Video).
“Operation Blackbird” the BBC surveillance project funded by Nippon TV is presented in a special “People Today” report. They hoped for success in actually capturing for the first time a crop circle forming on camera.
In this programme Pat Delgado and Colin Andrews talk in the studio about the project and take questions from the public.”
[NOTE: Inclusion of news & event info is purely informational
and does not indicate endorsement.]
Cargo Culture Dispatch – April 2018
Recently there have been a number of examples of local Austin advertisers utilizing paranormal / UFO imagery for promotional campaigns; from alien-themed dance parties, to UFO-themed comedy festivals to cryptozoological themes using the Jersey Devil lore to market pizza and current-event political news flashbacks to economics conferences of 2017.
Recently there have been a number of examples of local Austin advertisers utilizing paranormal / UFO imagery for promotional campaigns; from alien-themed dance parties, to UFO-themed comedy festivals to cryptozoological themes using the Jersey Devil lore to market pizza and current-event political news flashbacks to economics conferences of 2017.
And then there is the recent Edinburg UFO Festival, the upcoming Southeast Texas Bigfoot Conference and upcoming Austin Oddities and Curiosities Expo in November …
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CARGO CULTure
We’ve got yet another Alien / UFO themed music video for you this issue. This one was brought to my attention by a fan of Greg Bishop’s Radio Misterioso show. Check out the video posted below.
Anomalous Headline News
We’ve got another great batch of links we’ve posted to our Flipboard online magazine account. Check out all the great news links in the headlines section below. Remember that you can always stay up to date on our latest linked articles via our Flipboard online magazine.
Book of the Week…
This week we highlight one of our many books on ancient sacred sites / standing stone monuments; one of many that came to us via the Bob Girard Collection.
– SMiles Lewis Anomaly Archives Founder & INACS Board Member
“TopPop was the first regular dedicated pop music TV show in the Dutch language area. Dutch broadcaster AVRO aired the programme weekly, from 1970 to 1988. Presenter Ad Visser hosted the show for its first fifteen years.” Broadcast date: 6/14/1980.
Book of the Week…
The Ancient Stones Speak A Journey To The World’s Most Mysterious Megalithic Sites by David D. Zink
Contents
Does science have a prehistory?
The old world
The new world
The Pacific
Some implications of megalithic culture
Appendix A: The next archaeological revolution?
Appendix B: Survey accuracy in archaeoastronomy
Appendix C: Two archaeological controversies: the monsters of Acambaro and the stones of Ica.
The words of Dr. David D. Zink, author of The Ancient Stones Speak leapt into my mind: “Changes witnessed in the heavens and associated with these catastrophes led ancient man to precise observation of the skies. ..the beginning of astronomy was motivated by survival, not superstition.”
David D Zink. but a lifetime of being asleep to man’s potential is tragic. It is the purpose of this book to expand our conception of human nature in terms of both ancient theories and present findings at the frontiers of science. Investigations going on all over the country are shedding new light on ancient truths: the old …
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Who is John Ford, er Frum ? CARGO CULTure Special !
A series of recent video watching synchronicities inspired me to do another installment of our CARGO CULTure feature using some of the alien-themed videos that the YouTube-algorithm-Gods put in my path.
The John Ford / Frum references … those familiar with the story of the cargo cults on the island of Tanna in Vanuatu knowhe is “often depicted as an American World War II serviceman who will bring wealth and prosperity to the people if they follow him.”
In preparing this installment I accidentally typed Ford instead of Frum … which led me to review the case of the Long Island UFO/Alien-Believer, John Ford, who many feel has been illegally imprisoned after being framed for conspiracy to commit radiological murder. I recall first hearing about the case back in the late 1990s via the Errol Bruce Knapp’s UFO UpDates eList – he was arrested on my birthday back in 1996. Well, Mr. Ford is STILLincarcerated despite many developments of note in his case over the years. Whatever one might think about his beliefs, his case warrants our attention. You can find a wealth of information linked from our John Ford website archive.
Check out all the great news links in the headlines section below. Remember that you can always stay up to date on our latest linked articles via our Flipboard online magazine.
Book of the Week…
More synchronicity? This past weekend as I was preparing this issue I selected a title I’d been wanting to highlight for some time as our copy is signed and addressed to the collector (Bob Girard) whose personal collection we acquired a couple of years ago (thanks to the coordination of Tom Deuley by way of the UFO Research Coalition). Well, how strange is it that the latest “Attack Against Austin” bombing occurred at Dawn Song Drive on March 18th … “On March 18, 1314, Jacques de Molay, the 23rd and final Grand Master of the Knights Templar, is burned at the stake” and coinciding the same day on the other side of the globe with a killing at the Temple Mount by a “Dawn Star”? Sometimes a coincidence is just coincidence, right?
So what is this installment’s Book-Of-The-Week? Only the Knights Templar know for sure…
– SMiles Lewis Anomaly Archives Founder & INACS Board Member
One of the first videos I came across when searching for artists at this year’s SXSW. I didn’t expect the Flying Saucer / Space Brotha imagery … but apparently it’s “AfroFuturism”!
“I don’t wanna read your book.
I don’t wanna hear your tale.
I don’t wanna see any photos you took,
or get UFO news in the mail.”
I’d heard this fantastic Texas Polka band’s classic song “Flying Saucer” quite some time ago and have seen a couple of different fan-videos – most recently the one above, suggested to me by YouTube’s algorithms. This one features a dizzying array of UFO and alien imagery from houses shaped like Flying Saucers to various photos of celebrities and movie clips pointedly referencing the lyrics.
Enjoy!
“Brave Combo is part of the Texas Commission on the Arts Touring Roster. Support for Texas schools, libraries, and non-profit organizations may be available to assist with booking fees through the Cultural Connections Performance Support grant application.”
– BraveCombo.com
Milla Jovovich – “The Alien Song (For Those Who Listen)” (Live Video)
Another random video featuring an alien aspect by the YouTube’s algorithms is this unexpected treasure from one of my favorite “Old Austin” venues: Liberty Lunch circa 1994 and Austin Community Access Television’s own DaveTV.orgRawTimeYouTube Channel. Until seeing this I’d forgotten that model / actress (Fifth Element, Resident Evil, The Fourth Kind, etc.) Jovovich had a musical side.
The Templars and the Assassins The Militia of Heaven by Jim Wasserman
From the Preface
A thousand years ago the eerie stillness of what is now the Israeli desert was shattered by the thunderous cacophony of armored horses’ hooves racing to battle. The metal to metal clash of swords and lances striking armor and shield resounded through the field. Battle cries mixed with the screams of the wounded, the blasts of trumpets, the shouted commands in many foreign tongues. Muslim battled Christian for possession of a strip of land upon which both their religions were founded. Some thousands of miles away in the mountain fastness south of the Caspian Sea in modern Iraq, a Persian adept sat wrapped in a rigid posture of meditation, while his mind’s eye gazed upon another deadly scene. One of his most trusted disciples, disguised as a Sufi mystic, had just approached the litter of the powerful Seljuk vizier. His dagger plunged into the vizier’s heart seconds before he too was struck down by the guards. Hasan-i-Sabah must have experienced a moment of relief, as the death of his sworn enemy would lessen the Turkish threat to Alamut. Fate would soon smile kindly again on the besieged Assassin community as the Seljuk Sultan himself passed away within weeks of his slain vizier.
The richness of the historical truths of the Order of Assassins and the Knights Templar intertwine inexorably with the myths that have stimulated the imagination of countless minds through the centuries. Both the Assassins and Templars were destroyed as heretics some seven hundred years ago. While the Assassins (more properly Nizari Ismailis) survive to this day under the leadership of the Aga Khan, the period of their history under discussion was obliterated by their Mongolian and Mameluke conquerors in 1256 and 1273 respectively. They were slandered by Sunni heresiologists who considered them religious criminals, and by medieval Christian historians who considered them pagan idolaters. The Templars similarly have no surviving corpus of written material, despite the probability that as a medieval religious order, they kept scrupulous records of their doings. They too were written in dark ink by historians of the same power structure that tortured and murdered them and destroyed their Order. As history is written by the victors, we make haste at the outset to state that our study focuses on the vanquished.
My initial attraction to the Assassins and Templars was based on my interest in secret societies. I have devoted most of my life to participating and sharing in the mystical aspirations embodied in a secret society that claims derivation from the mythical union between the Assassins and Templars during the Crusades. I have also made a great effort to understand the influence of associations of people whose interests are far less spiritually motivated than those just described. Associations whose concerns are the political management, read domination, of mankind.
I believe that an examination of the Assassins under Hasan-i-Sabah will reveal a deeply mystical secret society which did much to manipulate the political reality of its day in order to spread its religious teaching and establish its own political freedom in a hostile environment. The Knights Templars as a group were less sophisticated. However, the early influence of the mystical teachings of St. Bernard would have created an inner corps of initiates who sought spiritual attainment through their association with the Order, and who benefited greatly by their exposure to the wisdom they would encounter in Holy Land.
