When it comes to diving into the ultimum mysterium that is the UFO Phenomenon, someone new to the endeavor is likely to quickly find themselves surprised, and likely overwhelmed, by just how many directions this topic can quickly diverge into. In the simpler time of the early to mid 20th century, sightings of strange objects in the sky inspired earthlings to imagine the dawn of an era of visitation from other-planetary civilizations. Were these Martians or Venusians? The collective imagination of the time didn’t go much beyond that.

Of course, the nature of the conversation about the UFO Phenomenon today is in a very different place. A plain question with a few apparent options on the table – in terms of answers – has burgeoned into a much larger, multifaceted discussion not just about alien visitors traversing the immense distances of interstellar space (and we are talking interstellar at this point, because we now understand, unlike those in the early to mid 20th century, that the neighboring planets of our own solar system are decidedly lifeless and barren), but also one about parallel dimensions of reality, perhaps existing right alongside us, and – even more bewilderingly – perhaps consisting of entities that can hop back and forth between our and some of these other dimensions with the ease and regularity upon which we move from one room of a house to another.

As if that added complexity wasn’t already enough to juggle, in-depth investigations into the nature of the apparent contact experiences between these alien visitors and human beings suggest these Others, many of them anyway, are capable of manipulating human perception – and perhaps even human consciousness itself – somewhat like how we might control a puppet on a string – to the point where even the data we gather to examine the objective nature of our interactions with these Others is called into question. After all, if they can not only control what we see, taste, smell, feel and hear, but also apparently implant false memories that are indistinguishable from real events of our past, how much confidence can we have in any analysis of the data we do?

It does seem fair to say that whatever conclusions we do come to after combing through and collating this data is precisely the conclusions these Others are comfortable with us coming to. While some human beings who look into this Phenomenon find themselves feeling frustrated and helpless after having understood the degree of superiority these Others wield over us, other people are less concerned, and are perhaps even inspired and hopeful that a more advanced intelligence in our midst, perhaps here to help prevent us from rushing off the precipice of doom we’ve arrived at after centuries of self-inflicted violence and aggression.

Now, while this is undoubtedly a lot to take in, when we look at the amalgam of experiences of people who’ve had supposed contact with these Others, certain patterns do emerge – albeit with the caveat of perception control we mentioned earlier. In fact, common data points have become apparent to the point where some people have endeavored to catalog whole species of alien intelligences, resulting in so-called “almanacs of extraterrestrial species”. Of course, with such books we’re right back where we started, with a bold-faced assumption that the nature of these non-human intelligences is simply and solely extraterrestrial. A questionable conclusion, to be sure.

That said, it can be helpful to pause the process of examining new cases in order to look back at the data we’ve gathered thus far, peering over the information in its totality, to see what overarching perspectives may emerge – using both the tools of steel-toothed analysis and inspirational insight. And that ambition endeavor is exactly what we’ll embark upon in this, the 40th episode of the Point of Convergence Podcast.

When it comes to the matter of informing a naive general public about the reality of the UFO Phenomenon, many more familiar with the topic will argue that the way to introduce this topic to the broader population is to begin by focusing on what are – in some ways – the most relatable, or at least the least objectionable aspects, of the entire enterprise. And for most that means focusing on the fact that we have documented evidence, going back decades, of sophisticated aerial vehicles being intelligently controlled in the skies above our heads.

While the topic clearly goes much deeper than that, it’s understandable that many would want to focus on this angle. They would argue: let’s inform a general public that’s been existing in a state of ignorance up until now that advanced craft performing death-defying – and at least based on our current understanding of physics – often physics-defying maneuvers, have been legitimately and repeatedly observed and recorded in and around the atmosphere of our planet. Once that’s been established we can move onto the more paradigm-shaking aspects of the phenomenon.

Of course, front and center when it comes to those more paradigm-shaking aspects of this phenomenon involves these apparently non-human intelligences interacting – face to face and up close and personal – with a surprisingly large segment of the human population. Here we’re speaking of so-called “abductions”, shocking events that involve these apparent “aliens” entering people’s homes and often taking people back to the sophisticated craft that have been observed in our skies.

Robert Hastings is a long-time, well-informed UFO enthusiast who long argued for just such an approach. He’s been known throughout ufology as a nose-to-the-ground, nuts and bolts, show-me-the-data, ultra-pragmatic and hyper-rational researcher, and was much respected for it. Many saw him as exactly the kind of science-based researcher this field – long seen by some as too full of “woo” to be taken seriously – needed in order to establish this topic as a credible field of inquiry amongst academia and the broader general public.

Hastings’ specific focus, spanning over decades, was on the documenting and evidence-based recording of shocking events involving UFOs making incursions into highly secure and ultra-sensitive nuclear weapons facilities across the United States and elsewhere. Hastings’ has been driven by an uncannily singular focus to bring this matter to the attention of the general public, despite what he saw as clear and long-standing efforts by the U.S. government to cover-up such events.

As I say, so-called “nuts & bolts” researchers, those who focus on the technology and presence of these apparently non-humanly engineered craft in our skies, long respected Hastings for his pragmatic, evidence-based approach. However, that perception of Hastings took a turn in a surprising direction just a few short years ago when Hastings, along with co-author Bob Jacobs, published Confession: Our Hidden Alien Encounters Revealed. This book, which sent shockwaves throughout the field of ufology, detailed lifelong personal encounters between Hastings and these apparent aliens. Yes, indeed, to many people’s shock and no doubt horror, Hastings had emerged from the shadows to publicly identify himself as a contactee/abductee.

Not only was this in itself a surprising turn of events, but it of course raised all sorts of questions regarding the steely, singular focus of Hastings’ to bring the topic of what he called “UFOs and Nukes” to the public’s attention. After realizing he’d been interacting with these beings for decades, going back indeed to childhood, Hastings couldn’t help but wonder if, underlyingly, his life-long mission was actually one encouraged and even sub-consciously implanted by these non-human “others”.

The questions and implications that arise as a result of Hastings’ revelations of contact are profound and far-reaching. And these are the very matters we’ll endeavor to unravel in this, the 30th episode of the Point of Convergence podcast.

Believing intelligent non-human life exists elsewhere in the Cosmos is one thing. That notion now has widespread acceptance, even amongst die-hard scientific materialists. But believing that non-human intelligence is here, in our very own backward, so to speak, is something else entirely. For many, that notion flies in the face of common sense. Taking it a step further, believing widespread accounts of alien-human contact, and even of abductions of people from the cozy comfort of their bedrooms in the middle of the night is, for a large portion of the population – simply a bridge too far.

But, as if that weren’t already a lot to try to cognize, there is yet another key piece to the mythos of the UFO Phenomenon that demands to be reckoned with. I speak of the notion of alien-human hybrids: beings apparently already in our midst, walking amongst us, who’s very substance is a mixture of human and extraterrestrial genetic material.

What are we to make of these claims? On the one hand, our understanding of biology screams foul. Surely a life-form indigenous to another planet, not to mention another star system altogether, for that matter, is simply not going to be biologically compatible with a modern homo-sapien. Surely you can no more interbreed an extraterrestrial and a human being, than you can an ant and a rabbit.

And even if that were possible, by some feat of technological wizardry that we just can’t fathom at this point in our civilization’s history, this simply begs the question: why? Why would this even be something a supposedly vastly technologically superior alien species would want to do? Is this a science experiment to them? A game of biological manipulation that they play just to see what kinds of strange organisms result? Is this something we imagine a superior intelligence doing? Doesn’t that raise alarms in another part of our thinking: the part that assumes a superior alien intelligence would be too highly conscious to play such games?

Of course, again, assuming that they are supposedly both our technological and moral/ethical superiors, perhaps there is a reason after all: but one that we simply cannot fathom based on our own civilization’s rather young age and rather modest center of gravity – in terms of evolutionary development.

Or, perhaps there is a way we can glean the intention behind such activity – if indeed it is going on, as the literature behind the UFO Phenomenon would have us believe. Perhaps we can do this, second-hand, as it were, by listening to the very people who have stepped forward to claim that they themselves are walking, talking, breathing examples of these very alien-human hybrids we’re speaking of.

Not only do these people exist: those who claim to be hybrid ET-human entities (or “hubrids”, as some call them), but they’ve stepped out from the shadows in recent years to proclaim they have a message from the ET civilizations from which they, in part, spawn. And they’re saying this is a message that we need to hear; one that is, in fact, perhaps vitally important for the very survival of our species. Indeed, a message central to the very reason for their existence.

An exploration of the evidence and the implications behind this notion that there is a group of alien-human hybrids, already walking amongst us, on every continent on the earth, is the topic of this, the 15th episode of the Point of Convergence podcast.

COMING SOON…

In this, the second installment of the Point of Convergence podcast, ExoAcademian engages with Richard Dolan’s new and compelling book: “The Alien Agendas: A Speculative Analysis of Those Visiting Earth”. Who are these intelligences? Where are they from? And, perhaps most important of all, what are their intentions as it pertains to planet Earth and humanity?