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rumpel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-21-08 12:46 AM
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How times ( or perceptions) change...
in the 70's, I was in a weather holding pattern for a live broadcast of the International Hanggliding Competition. I was sitting next to a Japanese defence officer, who was in charge of giving us a go ahead for the weather. Hours passed, and I had nothing to do, so I asked him about what he thought about UFO's, without flinching or even looking at me, he responded; "this officer does not believe those things exist." (translated) The reason why I asked him this was because I had seen strange things the night before from my house.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2899916

maybe now, "this officer" can tell me what I have seen.

:evilgrin:
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I Have A Dream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-21-08 09:12 AM
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1. I don't think that any government's going to be able to deny it...
any longer.

I have a really weird feeling that this shooting down of the spy satellite was a practice exercise for dealing with UFOs.

We're living in some interesting times, aren't we?

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Celebration Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-21-08 11:52 AM
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2. there is also the speculation
That we are being prepared for the next big "fear" after terrorism--UFOs. It is just a lot easier to control people that have a common fear--Communism, terrorism, the devil, UFOs, whatever.
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Angel Wings Donating Member (328 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-21-08 12:20 PM
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3. You know back in 1990
I was in a book store and I over heard some women talking. One said that her boyfriend worked for a government agency and they had all sorts of information about UFOs and extraterrestrial life. She said he told her that they would start releasing stuff slowly to prepare people and the topic would be more and more in the media.

I watched this come to pass in movies and topics of conversation for different tv shows. But, what I found interesting was the character that "aliens" took. No longer were there any more nice, friendly, wayward ETs or wondrous experiences like Close Encounters of the Third Kind situations.

They were always menacing and "evil". They were always warlike wanting invade and steal what we have, make us slaves and/or kill us. Something we would need protection from and band together to fight against. Like some type of propaganda against space people. I found it funny, curious and suspicious. Well, we've already had our encounter with the evil aliens of the human verity. So, maybe it will soon be a ripe time to finally do battle against the space people. And I'm sure it will be just as manipulated as the human one has been.
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Fire Walk With Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-21-08 01:44 PM
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5. Kriyananda, in his "Bhagavad Ghita" translation, mentions the existence of other races and of UFOs.
And that there are other methods of getting from place to place than FTL. And that some galaxies are entirely tamasic (completely negative). May we only meet the positive.

And why has Punishment of Luxury's "The Message" been rattling my brain?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=YcnOj0XmzFM
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crikkett Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-23-08 11:52 AM
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10. There is GOOD out there
Edited on Sat Feb-23-08 11:54 AM by crikkett


The disk that the character in this 2002 crop formation is holding contains a message that has been decoded to mean:

"Beware the bearers of FALSE gifts & their BROKEN PROMISES. Much PAIN but still time. (Damaged word). There is GOOD out there. We OPpose DECEPTION. Conduit CLOSING (BELL SOUND)".

OOOPs forgot the link.
http://www.lucypringle.co.uk/articles/crabwood/

and another thing, the bell sound is an ascii signal to end a message. The damaged word is thought to be "BELIEVE" in all caps.

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Angel Wings Donating Member (328 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-23-08 12:54 PM
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11. Yes, there is definitely good out there
which was kinda the point I was trying to make but my sarcasm might have been too thick. hehe But, I believe or government would try to manipulate it into being something else we need to fight against to survive so that we would stay under control more so than we already are.
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Fire Walk With Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-21-08 01:40 PM
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4. Good one. That is an "X the Unknown" that we cannot control. Us against Them.
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rumpel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-21-08 02:19 PM
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7. logically speaking, though
I think for any species that can travel inter-galactically or from another planet within our galaxy could have destroyed or harmed us long time ago, if they wanted.

Hopefully, there are enough people in the World who will counter such propaganda, should that be the intent.
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Why Syzygy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-21-08 02:27 PM
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8. I think you are right.
Edited on Thu Feb-21-08 02:29 PM by votesomemore
But, I have to wonder how successful that will be with all the folks who claim to have had friendly contact?

I used to read a site that tends toward the Icke genre. SS has claimed for about a decade that the gov will use a FAKE ufo invasion. This could get interesting!
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rumpel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-21-08 02:14 PM
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6. that will be terrible...but
I also had weired feelings about the satellite shoot down. Something is hidden.
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Why Syzygy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-21-08 02:30 PM
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9. Something is hidden.
Exactly. It was done during a dark out of the moon. I thought of that immediately.
But I didn't know how to put it into words.
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