Another view of UFO disclosure: Look within

By Steve Hammons

We seem to hear and read quite a bit about "disclosure" in the media nowadays in reference to unconventional and unidentified flying objects (UFOs).

Some people say we must lobby for the release of government-held information so that the American and international public can understand what, if anything, is going on.

Are there important new discoveries? Are there threats to the human race? How might the government be handling unconventional scenarios?

Actually, quite a bit of disclosure has already taken place. By doing a reasonable amount of research, any average person can get a very good feel for what may be going on.

Sometimes, things are spelled out quite clearly. Sometimes we have to read between the lines.

GRASSROOTS UNDERSTANDING

There seems to be an assumption that somewhere within the secret groups of, or associated with the U.S. government, there exists a comprehensive understanding of the overall situation when it comes to UFOs, contact with other worlds or dimensions and various kinds of mysterious phenomena.

Although there undoubtedly is classified information that could shed light on some of these topics, specific facts about UFO crashes and other activities may not provide a truly insightful understanding of the larger picture.

In fact, we may not see the forest for the trees. Or, layers of deception could surround apparent facts and situations.

What makes us believe that politicians and those from the military, intelligence and scientific fields have the necessary perspectives to fully understand the real whole situation? Some may and some may not.

Undoubtedly, many or most have tried to do their duty to the best of their ability. Even so, the probable compartmentalization found within secret programs often prevents people – even people on the "inside" – from seeing the bigger and deeper realities involved.

One view is that when more understanding about unconventional situations emerges, it may be through a "grassroots" method. That is, it might not come from the top down – from Washington, D.C. – down to the rest of us.

New understanding may come from average people who, through one way or another, make discoveries within themselves about what may be going on.

LARGER ECOSYSTEM

Some researchers have indicated that many unconventional phenomena may be part of our natural environment, part of Nature, part of an ecosystem that is more complex than we may have imagined.

Within this larger ecosystem, humans may not be the most technologically, intellectually or spiritually advanced species involved.

However, the human race may hold some key to ongoing developments in the next stages of an unfolding story.

What is our role? Will that role evolve? Are we being oriented and acclimated about this new role our species plays in the larger environment?

Another element to consider is that our situation with regard to unconventional phenomena may be a mystery by nature. That is, even extraterrestrial and/or extra-dimensional visitors may not understand the whole story, let alone U.S. government officials.

This universe or multiverse of ours may be an ever-unfolding mystery. There may be no final answers. There may be no secret government files that will explain it all.

HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS

Through classified investigations, we may have learned about things like UFOs and exotic physics. These might have lead to mind-boggling spacecraft and advanced technologies that remain secret.

No doubt, these could be interesting and potentially very helpful.

But is that really where the important answers lie?

Maybe we should also look to the human heart, human kindness, human passion and compassion, human creativity and beauty in music, the arts and other endeavors. Maybe we should look to human consciousness.

Unconventional research in human consciousness, including activities of the U.S. government, has yielded significant results that we have heard plenty about: ESP, remote viewing and similar phenomena.

Maybe this type of research is a good jumping off point for valuable discoveries. Maybe this is the path that will lead us through the mysteries of unconventional phenomena of many kinds, including the UFO phenomena.

And what might we find on that path? Possibly deeper, stranger and even more wonderful mysteries.

Space interest, activities span NASA to UFOs

By Steve Hammons

When we think about space travel and activities in space, two general categories may come to mind: the conventional and unconventional.

In some ways, these two categories seem to overlap when it comes to certain scientific studies and speculation.

In the conventional category, we often first think of NASA – the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

A long series of NASA projects and endeavors over the decades has been followed closely by many Americans and people around the world.

Private companies with communications satellites in Earth orbit also come to mind when talking about conventional space activities. And now, some companies are involved in Earth-to-orbit space planes, orbiting space stations or habitats and a variety of other commercial and scientific space activities.

Unconventional space-related ideas and discussions may include theories about UFOs and intelligent visitors from other worlds.

There is also speculation that secret U.S. space activities might be much more advanced than what appears on the surface in NASA missions.

COMMON DENOMINATORS

What are useful and constructive ways to reconcile and integrate the conventional and unconventional elements of our perceptions about, and the realities of space-related operations?

It is probably fundamental to accept the fact that there are U.S. space activities that are secret and will remain secret. It is likely that many advanced technologies, aircraft and spacecraft have been developed and these will remain classified.

The idea that the U.S. might have advanced aircraft and spacecraft is not much of a stretch. In fact, if we see a UFO, it might be one of ours.

When we take this a step further in a certain direction – such as ideas about the integration of extraterrestrial technology and knowledge in secret space programs – we seem to be firmly on the unconventional wavelength and really thinking outside the box.

It may be helpful to remember that even without advanced knowledge from exotic visitors, our own human scientific knowledge, including in the aerospace field, is most likely decades ahead of where the general public thinks it is.

Advanced technologies and knowledge might be common denominators that link speculation about things like UFOs and advanced secret U.S. space activities with more conventional space projects.

These kinds of discussions touch on issues such as anti-gravity technologies and exotic methods of space travel and propulsion.

Further ideas from the unconventional realm include theories about multiple dimensions and a multiverse around us, as well as mysterious energies and forces that we do not understand.

Our scientific understanding about gravity, dark energy, wormholes, zero point energy and similar phenomena appears to be making progress, but is still quite incomplete.

Investigations into these areas of study also seem to straddle the conventional and unconventional in certain ways.

NEW ENDEAVORS

The emergence of commercial space enterprises by private companies is sure to add exciting and innovative new aspects to our perceptions about space.

One day soon we may be able to buy a ticket to depart from a commercial spaceport on a space plane that will take us into that magical area where Earth's atmosphere merges with space.
In addition, scientists and others may be able to stay aboard commercial space stations or habitats in Earth's orbit for weeks or months.

The evolution of these and similar efforts will likely provide valuable spin-off benefits for many aspects of our technological and economic development.

Diverse kinds of space activities by governments and private industry will probably yield all sorts of new knowledge, some of which we might have difficulty wrapping our minds around.

Some of this new understanding might have to do with the human race, human consciousness and the human condition on Earth.

Other knowledge might be gained about the possibility of intelligent civilizations from elsewhere in our galaxy or even further away.

Or, we may learn about surprising phenomena and realities very close to home.

By continuing research into many of these conventional and unconventional areas of space activities, it seems certain that we will discover important new understanding and perspectives that will be helpful on many levels.

DARPA, Army fund ‘telepathy’ research

By Steve Hammons

A research program to develop mind-to-mind communication among U.S. military personnel will receive $4 million from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), according to published reports.

The “Silent Talk” project seeks to create technologies that can read the “pre-speech” brain waves of individuals, interpret them and communicate them to other individuals.

Goals of these activities include “user-to-user communication on the battlefield without the use of vocalized speech through analysis of neural signals.”

The new DARPA funding is in addition to a previous $4 million the Army provided to the University of California for what they call “computer-mediated telepathy.”

Of course, it is not really telepathy as we normally think of that concept. Telepathy typically refers to the idea of direct person-to-person, mind-to-mind communication.

It is possible that there is also a non-technological mediation process of some kind in the case of true telepathy that is not fully understood.

TRANSCENDENT WARFARE

The ability of the human mind to perceive information through a “sixth sense” or some kind of internal awareness or signal has been scientifically demonstrated in programs like Project STARGATE, which was sponsored by various U.S. military and intelligence groups.

The activities of what came to be known as Project STARGATE included trying to understand and utilize the sixth sense and what has been called "anomalous cognition."

This refers to a kind of unconventional perception or awareness that allowed acquisition of information about things, places, situations and people at a distance, without any additional or previous knowledge of the target.

It has been hypothesized that some kind of structure or energy around us, and within us, allows the deeper aspects of the human mind to reach out and perceive in unconventional ways. In these cases, too, there seems to be a mediation process, although it is not technological.

Are agencies like DARPA also funding research into non-technological telepathy? It would not be surprising since such a development would seem to have many advantages over the limitations of a computer/brain wave-reading technology.

A method or asset of this kind would probably fall into the category of “transcendent warfare,” referring to a concept put forward by a former Navy SEAL officer in an academic paper that looked at Project STARGATE.

Transcendent warfare is a concept that notes the potential of leading-edge and emerging advanced knowledge and understanding. The similar idea of "transcendent power" also includes utilizing new intelligence in ways that go outside the box and beyond conventional human thinking and behavior.

FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS

Unconventional capabilities of human beings and human consciousness are areas that seem to have significant potential, based on the research and development activities of Project STARGATE and similar efforts.

Based on published research in this area, it would seem that non-technological telepathy is probably quite achievable and might already be operational.

It is easy to see how such a skill or ability would be useful for special operations personnel, intelligence officers, prisoners of war or U.S. personnel taken captive. There would also seem to be applications for this skill among public safety personnel such as peace officers and firefighters.

Intuition, instincts and gut feelings are all related to the idea of a human sixth sense that is hypothesized to exist along with our other five senses of sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell.

Fine-tuning our sixth sense so it is reasonably accurate may not be an easy task. The U.S. personnel involved in Project STARGATE found that various kinds of mental static, preconceived conscious interpretations and a tendency to jump to conclusions sometimes interfered with information that came to them through “remote viewing.”

Discovering and identifying these kinds of factors was part of the valuable research conducted during the three decades of Project STARGATE activities. These efforts have provided a solid jumping-off point for further progress in understanding the potential of human consciousness.

Telepathy research appears to be another natural component of this body of knowledge and seems worthy of appropriate funding.

DARPA human intelligence research digs deep

By Steve Hammons

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will fund a “physical intelligence (PI)” study into the chemical, electrical and thermal aspects of human intelligence, according to recently published reports.

Among the stated goals of the research is the understanding of mathematical, electronic, thermodynamic and other factors involved in human intelligence to design technology with similar intelligence.

The DARPA-funded research envisions applying current knowledge from many fields, including biological and engineering elements, to further understand and apply the complex aspects of intelligence.

At first glance, the DARPA project seems to address a primary point of discussion about the nature of human intelligence and human consciousness: Is human awareness simply the sum of complex chemical, electrical and related biological interactions or are there other, less understood factors in play?

INTELLIGENCE INFLUENCES

These questions are vigorously debated by professionals and average people. Points raised in the discussions often focus on the metaphysical or transcendent factors that many people feel are part of human consciousness.

Are humans really simply the sum of the biological, chemical and electrical activities in our brains, neurological system and bodies? Or, is there something more?

And what are the advantages or dangers, if any, of interpreting or creating intelligence based on what some people might feel is an incomplete or even inaccurate understanding of constructive intelligence?

According to some researchers, significant and convincing indicators point to transcendent factors of human consciousness. These views might include several aspects of consciousness that could be said to transcend the biological, thermal, chemical and electrical activities of the brain, neurological system and body.

Examples that might be put forth include various physical environmental factors that could affect consciousness and intelligence. These elements could range from geomagnetic influences in our environment to human social dynamics to something like “local sidereal time.”

Local sidereal time (LST) is the interaction between the center of our Milky Way galaxy and the horizon of the Earth with a person’s location on Earth.

According to U.S. government, military and intelligence services’ research in Project STARGATE, human perception and awareness significantly improves in relation to LST – when the center of the Milky Way galaxy is above Earth’s horizon.

Some researchers even wonder if we also have perspectives or intelligence related to some aspects of our DNA and genetic material.

Many people seem to agree with famed psychiatrist Carl Jung who proposed that human beings are connected to a larger group consciousness that is part of our existence and awareness.

Additional views of human consciousness include even more fundamental aspects. These focus on the idea of direct connections between human awareness and a higher force or power that includes a larger intelligence, greater information and a moral and ethical position.

WHOLENESS AND TRANSCENDENCE

It seems clear that learning more about the chemical, electrical and “physical intelligence” aspects of human awareness are crucial, not only for engineering research but for application in education, health care, behavioral health, sociological and other fields.

There is probably much to be learned from the structure and functioning of our brains, neurological systems, body chemistry and other areas that DARPA’s physical intelligence research may reveal.

Additional and complementary elements relating to overlooked, undiscovered, unconventional or transcendent influences on human intelligence might also be helpful in such research.

In this regard, the concepts of “transcendent warfare” might be useful as put forward by a Navy SEAL officer in a widely-read academic paper titled “Unconventional Human Intelligence Support.” The paper reviews interesting U.S. military and intelligence research into human perception and awareness.

We might view some aspects of this research as seamless and significant influences on human physical intelligence. There may be deeper or higher quantum energies and fields in play.

Can we also conduct effective research into these possible influences?

When considering what research approaches to take, another famous psychiatrist named Fritz Perls probably has words of wisdom for us. Perls put forth the idea of a gestalt, a word meaning form or shape and often used in reference to the larger whole or wholeness.

The whole picture of human consciousness and intelligence is something that many people find quite fascinating, and many believe that it extends into areas we can barely comprehend.

However, continual well-directed research may make valuable discoveries that can provide significant breakthroughs.

NASA reviewed amid tales of UFOs, secret space fleet

By Steve Hammons

NASA’s plans for retiring the Space Shuttle program and moving forward with the next phase of spacecraft – at least spacecraft known to the public – are being scrutinized at the highest levels of the U.S. government, according to recent published reports.

As the future role of NASA and its tentative plans are reviewed, it makes sense to also examine the role that private companies can play in the development of commercial space activities.

Commercial space travel and related projects face many challenges. These include requirements for substantial investments, technical and engineering hurdles, government regulations and even increasing amounts of space junk.

Yet, private companies could conceivably play a valuable and important role in future efforts involving diverse kinds of space-related endeavors.

REVIEW OF NASA PROGRAMS

In the public’s eyes, NASA continues to be at the forefront of space travel and space activities. At the same time, that agency faces many of the same difficulties as private aerospace companies working on commercial space projects.

For example, NASA’s post-Space Shuttle plans will be thoroughly examined in the coming months.

According to a May 7, 2009, Associated Press article, White House science adviser John Holdren plans to review the Ares rockets and Orion capsule slated to replace the Space Shuttle. Norman Augustine, former Lockheed Martin CEO, will lead the review team.

The AP reported that NASA is currently spending $300 million a month on the Ares-Orion projects, also known as the Constellation Project.

NASA’s current plans include a five-year gap between the time the Space Shuttles are retired in 2010 and the Ares-Orion systems are rolled out in 2015. Russian rockets and craft would need to be used by NASA during that period.

Part of the mission for Ares rockets and the Orion craft would be to return to the moon, according to NASA. The agency has spent $6.9 billion so far on the moon mission, the AP reported.

Federal budget proposals include $18.7 billion for NASA in 2010.

BEHIND THE SCENES

Although NASA has long been the public face of the U.S. space program, some researchers have suggested that a more advanced space program may be going on behind the scenes. Some even claim that we may have a secret space fleet that uses knowledge and technologies gained from UFOs.

If we do have such parallel and covert programs, it would make sense to keep major aspects of it secret and away from the prying eyes of our adversaries and rivals.

If there are highly-advanced spacecraft and technologies available to the U.S. that need to remain in a protected or covert status, then that is probably understandable to many Americans.

In fact, according to some accounts, NASA could be a type of cover organization that hides the true nature and advanced state of our progress when it comes to space travel and aerospace technologies.

This is the same argument is used by some to claim that the project called Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) and its Communication with Extraterrestrial Intelligence (CETI) activity are simply covers for the well-established knowledge that extraterrestrial and/or extra-dimensional intelligent beings are visiting Earth – and we may even be in contact with some of them.

If there is any truth to these rumors and tales, maybe it is time to review these very expensive cover operations to determine if they continue to be necessary.

Some people might feel it is also time to transition some of these alleged advanced UFO-related technologies, in a secure manner, through the pipelines from strictly covert activities and into more mainstream aerospace and other engineering endeavors.

Maybe other advanced knowledge behind the scenes could be useful in medicine, psychology, physics, energy, natural resources conservation, climate change, humanitarian activities, peace operations and other fields.

Perhaps advanced knowledge and technologies could be made available in ways that would not compromise national security, but would actually enhance it, and resulting in significant benefits for Americans and the human race.

Space travel not just for astronauts and UFOs anymore

By Steve Hammons

Space travel for a wider range of scientists, researchers and explorers from corporations, governments, institutions and universities seems to be on the horizon.

Several private companies are moving forward on a variety of plans for commercial space travel. The efforts include sub-orbital vehicles as well as orbiting space-station habitats.

When these projects become operational in coming years, the next wave of human space travelers will venture out to experience the awe-inspiring perspective reported by astronauts who have made the same journey.

What will these future space pioneers discover and experience? How might their perspectives and consciousness change?

Most likely they will get a feel for the amazing vastness of space and the enhanced appreciation of our precious Earth, located in the sweet spot in relation to the Sun that allows oceans, forests and lush diverse life to flourish.

They might wonder about the possibility or probability of other intelligent civilizations in the Universe (or multiverse).

They also could discover that their perception and understanding of reality, Nature and spirituality are affected in ways they may not have fully anticipated.

MANY IMPORTANT MISSIONS

As NASA prepares to end the space shuttle program in 2010, limitations might occur regarding activities of the official U.S. government space program.

For example, orbiting satellites and valuable projects such as the Hubble Space Telescope can currently only be serviced by the three Space Shuttle craft.

Large projects like the construction of the International Space Station (ISS) can currently only be done using the shuttle.

The next phase of spacecraft called Orion are said to be somewhat similar to Apollo capsules and are planned to roll out in 2015. This craft will hold four astronauts and can travel to and from the ISS and even to the moon. Development of the Ares launcher is also proceeding, according to NASA.

It will not be able to do all of the tasks that the Space Shuttle was so useful for.

There seem to be many opportunities for commercial space companies to contribute to our future efforts in space.

Partners for commercial space craft programs could be other private companies wanting to conduct specialized projects in space. Consortiums of universities and other institutions could also make use of this opportunity.

Countries that do not have their own robust space programs, or even those that do, could also utilize these emerging commercial space travel systems.

And of course, wealthy individuals could probably afford the ticket for a seat too.

ADVANCED ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

Some people wonder if we have already obtained and are discreetly utilizing advanced space-travel technologies and knowledge from exotic sources – you know, extraterrestrial and/or dimensional sources who fly in and out on those very-high-tech UFOs.

According to some researchers, the advanced UFO craft make the Space Shuttle look like a Model T Ford car which was state-of-the-art from 1908 through 1927.

For people with open minds, there are interesting accounts about specially-trained U.S. military personnel going onboard extraterrestrial craft as guests of visitors from another star system.

Through one way or another, we might have obtained advanced technology from exotic sources far beyond what the public understands, according to some researchers and reports.

Even without extraterrestrial help, let’s not rule out tremendous advances being made by our own human engineers and scientists.

And whether we do it alone, or in some joint understanding with extraterrestrial neighbors, the human race seems poised for our next moves into space.

HOME ON THE BLUE PLANET

Through government and private efforts, this process will probably make steady or even sudden progress.

As these next steps in human development unfold, we will see enhanced engineering and technologies needed to field space-worthy craft.

We will probably get an increasing clear understanding of, and love for our beautiful and fragile planet – and its life-giving atmosphere.

With a greater perspective from space, we might cherish our massive oceans and seas, so noticeable from space and part of our reputation as “the blue planet.”

Seeing the distant green forests, jungles and crop-belt agricultural regions of Earth could teach us more about the crucial value of the diverse habitats and the fragile climate systems that affect weather on the blue planet.

From space, our understanding of the place of humans in this mysterious universe might become more solid.

Why are we here? Can we survive as a species? Is there some mission or plan for us? If so, what are we supposed to do next? Is there another phase of human development for us to strive for and achieve?

These coming phases in human development will provide many opportunities of various kinds. One of the most valuable might a human consciousness with a much greater appreciation of our planet.

We might get a new understanding and awareness when we feel the soil or sand beneath our feet, swim in the ocean or a cool stream or lake, experience Earth’s unique field of gravity, breath the life-sustaining air, feel the warmth of the Sun and wonder about the lights of the millions of stars around us.

Maybe human consciousness about our Earth and beyond is also a key element in the next phase of space travel.

Interrogations by Japanese-Americans helped win World War II

By Steve Hammons

As we deal with intelligence and interrogation issues today, information about the World War II-era U.S. Army intelligence group known as the “Military Intelligence Service (MIS)” may provide useful perspectives.

The MIS was started in late 1941 as a unit to train Japanese-Americans (Nisei) to conduct translation and interrogation activities. MIS men came mostly from Hawaii and the West Coast.

How did the MIS handle interrogations? Since many of the details of MIS activities still remain somewhat unclear, this information has not surfaced for the general public and possibly for policymakers.

MIS missions were highly classified and still are not widely known. Information on MIS activities was not made public until 30 years after WWII had ended.

VICTORY IN THE PACIFIC

The MIS organization included an administrative group, an intelligence group, a counterintelligence group and an operations group.

MIS personnel were attached to other U.S. military branches as well as the joint Australian-American “Allied Translator and Interpreter Service.” MIS members served with “Merrill’s Marauders,” the famous Army Ranger unit that conducted operations in Burma against the Imperial Japanese Army.

MIS personnel were active in nearly all major campaigns and battles in the Pacific. According to some assessments, MIS missions may have shortened the Pacific war by up to two years.

The MIS performed intelligence and counterintelligence tasks such as intercepting radio messages, interrogating prisoners as well as translating captured maps and documents.

MIS interrogators reportedly used psychological and cultural understanding to obtain valuable intelligence. Interestingly, in contrast to alleged interrogation and torture activities conducted in recent years, MIS men reportedly provided decent treatment for Japanese prisoners.

Whether “rough” interrogation practices were also used on some prisoners is unclear. Did the MIS conduct torture?

One of the most dangerous, challenging and sometimes tragic MIS duties was flushing caves – convincing Japanese troops to surrender and persuading civilians that U.S. forces would not harm them.

After the war, MIS members were instrumental in the occupation and rebuilding of Japan. During the occupation of Japan from 1945 to 1952, more than 5,000 MIS personnel were assigned to duties in the occupation. This work included intelligence, civil affairs, disarmament, finance, education, land reform and assisting in the development of the Japanese Constitution.

UNDERSTANDING ADVERSARIES

Many young men in the MIS experienced racial and social discrimination. After Pearl Harbor, many Japanese-American families on the West Coast had been stripped of property and businesses and forced into medium-security prison camps that were called “relocation camps.”

Nisei living in Hawaii generally did not experience these extreme measures.

Young Japanese-American men joined the military for many reasons including proving their loyalty to the United States and proving that they were good Americans. Many had been raised as somewhat typical American kids.

Those in the MIS knew that the Japanese military and Japanese society had a different social fabric in some ways, a different psychology and different spiritual traditions.

This MIS attempted understand and use knowledge about these elements as they conducted their interrogation, intelligence, reconnaissance, psychological and information operations.

The documentary film Uncommon Courage: Patriotism and Civil Liberties, which has been shown on Public Broadcasting System (PBS) stations, chronicles the activities of the MIS.

The film tracks the beginnings, development and deployment into combat of the MIS using archived film, photos, documents and interviews with MIS veterans. It follows the paths of MIS men as American and allied forces move into the Pacific to fight the Japanese navy and army.

Interpreting captured documents and enemy radio traffic as well as interrogating prisoners are vividly documented through archived military film.

The roles of other Japanese-American units such as the 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team are also explored in the film.

What do veterans of the MIS think about the discussion on interrogation now? Some U.S. WWII intelligence and interrogation veterans have stepped forward to contribute their views. Maybe MIS veterans will also shed light on this topic.

To learn more about the MIS and Nisei troops in WWII, visit the Military Intelligence Service Research Center and the Go For Broke Educational Center.