When we think back to the dawn of the modern UFO era in the 1940s, and the subsequent reports of sightings and interactions ever since – whether they be of the quintessential flying saucers, black triangles, tic tabs, or orbs, the focus has largely been on how these strange and sophisticated craft and/or phenomena seem to suddenly appear in our skies. Where are they coming from? Who are they? What is their agenda? All of these questions inevitably arise as we perceive them entering our reality.

It goes without saying that it is these Others, whoever and whatever they may ultimately prove to be – whether extraterrestrial, interdimensional, time traveling humans, ultraterrestrials, or all of the above – it is they who have been in charge of the interaction with us. And it is this revelation that has set many a human being on edge.

Why is this off-putting for some? Well, because we humans like to believe we’re in control of our daily lives. Of course, this fragile sense of control is only further perturbed when we learn of so-called “abductions”, where these Others, or at least a subset of them, reportedly take human beings from the comfort of their own homes and up into their craft and elsewhere.

While what I just outlined describes the typical narrative around UFOs and aliens, and our interaction with them, it is not the full story. For decades now there have existed groups of curious and bold people who have sought to take the front foot – as it were – in regards to the encounters with these apparently non-human intelligences. These groups have sought to define a series of protocols around which contact and ongoing communication with these – for lack of a better term – aliens, can take place.

While these attempts at human initiated contact may seem surprising to some, what is even more interesting is that the historical record has shown that these efforts have proven successful. Not always. But often enough so as to be considered effective. Of course, what this also suggests is that there really is an opportunity for a relationship here – a two-way dialog, so to speak: human to other, and vice versa.

But what are the nature of these protocols? And what makes them quote, unquote “work”? And who, really, are we contacting when these efforts do prove successful? Are we being deceived, perhaps even used? Are we opening ourselves up to manipulation? Or are these interactions exactly what they often appear to be: peaceful and cooperative? Are these Others our moral superiors? Or are they just technological giants with no qualms about using less advanced species? These have always been, and will continue to be, the pressing and pertinent questions in play when it comes to human contact with alien others.

Speaking of these matters, I personally had an opportunity recently to engage these very questions in a very direct, up close and personal manner, when I joined a special group of experiencers and researchers to both pursue contact, and explore consciousness, as part of a multi-day retreat. It is the nature of the experiences we had, as well as the lessons learned as a result, that are the topic of this, the 67th episode of the Point of Convergence podcast.

To anyone with the faintest familiarity with the topic of the UFO Phenomenon, it is well understood that a central and longstanding aspect of this phenomenon involves not just sightings of unexplained manifestations in the skies above our heads, but also contact and communication between human beings and supposed intelligent entities from elsewhere – and perhaps even “elsewhen”, as what we might perceive as movement through time might be as commonplace for them as what we perceive as movement through space.

That said, as much as both monologues and dialogues are a key aspect of this entire endeavor, the manner of communication has been decidedly varied, even though there are some key components that repeat themselves time and time again. In terms of the differences, sometimes the messages are delivered in a linear, chain-of-thought kind of way – somewhat akin to how human beings communicate with each other.

Other times, entire bodies of knowledge just suddenly, for lack of a better word, “arrive” in the mind of the contactee. These so-called “downloads” are astonishing because, unlike computer files streaming from a server, for instance, these packets of information seem to be instantaneous, no matter how vast the data being received is. And these downloads often can overwhelm the recipient, in the sense that sometimes these involve technical information that the individual doesn’t have the capacity to understand, often leading them to seek out others who do.

I mentioned there are also key components that repeat themselves time and time again when we look across the body of data obtained regarding the literature behind the UFO Phenomenon. A key aspect, that appears almost every time we hear of supposed contact between these Others and human beings, is that of telepathy: mind to mind communication, that bypasses the need to speech altogether.

One should note here, however, that often the kind of telepathy reported between human beings and aliens is of a much more robust nature than types reported between two human beings, for instance. When telepathy occurs between people, information still tends to be chained together, piece by piece, in linear fashion, and shared directly, mind to mind. In the cast of alien to human communication, however, the nature of the communication often involves much more than simply ideas or “thought-forms”, but also rich, multi-faceted elements of emotion. So much so that “total presence telepathy” might be a better way to describe this particular kind of communication.

Another key piece of the communication between the Others and human beings that occurs with striking regularity is the nature of the messages themselves. Repeated elements include concern for the trajectory of human civilization, concern over our disproportionate rate of growth in technology when compared with our snail’s pace growth in consciousness, concern over our seeming negligence in caring for the planet that is home to not only us, but countless animal species (and perhaps even to beings living in some kind of shadow biom – beyond the parameters of normal human perception), and concern with our overall propensity towards violence and aggression within our own species.

Without a doubt, the revelations that have emerged in this particular arena, are amongst the most compelling and the most telling of the entire UFO Phenomenon. What do both the nature of the messages received, as well as the fascinating manner in which they are communicated to us tell us about, tell us about these apparently non-human, alien intelligences? These are the matters we’ll seek to engage with in this, the 41st episode of the Point of Convergence Podcast.

The UFO Phenomenon is a topic that has undoubtedly seen a rise in interest amongst the general public in recent years. This of course has much to do with startling videos of officially declared UAP – that is, unidentified aerial phenomena – that were discussed in some detail in a ground-breaking New York Times article in 2017.

More recently, discussions have only increased following a classified report delivered to Congress in 2021 by an officially sanctioned Department of Defense task force. Indeed this momentum really has helped to make this topic, if not exactly headline news around the world, at least a subject that no longer garners outright ridicule and derision in the mainstream.

Still, that said, what is perhaps an even more intriguing, startling, and consequential aspect of the UFO Phenomenon, still tends to “fly under the radar” when it comes to mainstream coverage – and that includes both news media as well as the political set. Here I speak of contact with the apparently non-human intelligences piloting these craft. As those of us intimately familiar with this enigmatic topic know all too well, this aspect is central to our quest to understand the ultimate origin and intentions of these Others.

Contrary to what many cynics and naysayers might claim, those who do experience this kind of contact with alien entities are not necessarily conspiracy theorists obsessed with this topic. In fact, many who have experienced the kind of sudden, and initially unwanted, contact event known as abduction, had no interest nor familiarity with this topic beforehand. From their point of view, It was an event (or, more commonly, series of events) that seemed to be suddenly thrust upon them from out of nowhere.

One such individual is Jim Sparks. With a background as a run-of-the-mill real estate developer from south Florida, only really concerned with fulfilling his vision of the American dream, the last thing on his radar was otherworldly visitors and trips to their apparently sophisticated spacecraft. And yes, at some point in his adult life, this is precisely what he started experiencing. And these events were far and few in between. At the height of his experiences, he was being abducted multiple times a month.

Unlike some contact/abduction experiences that only offer up foggy, jumbled memories of alien figures and supposed off-world technology, Sparks experienced full-on education sessions, where these Others sought to teach him their own language, and fostered his capacities along the Psi spectrum, including abilities such as telepathy and psychokinesis.

What’s even more striking about Sparks’ case – making it even more difficult for naysayers to dismiss – is that all of these memories were recalled consciously. That is, without the need for what is commonly known as regression therapy. In retelling events, Sparks makes it clear that, from the onset of these experiences, as frightening as they initially were, he made a mental note to do his very best to remain conscious throughout. And, unlike many others who wished to do the same, he was surprisingly successful in this endeavor – ultimately remembering almost every aspect of the events.

What was the nature of these consciously recalled experiences? And what did the communication between Sparks and these apparent alien Others reveal about their ultimate intentions, not just for him, but for all of humanity? The answers that emerged, according to Sparks’ experience, reveal a kind of symbiotic arrangement that some might find as disconcerting and disturbing as others find encouraging and enlightening. These are the very matters we’ll seek to explore in this, the 38th episode of the Point of Convergence podcast.

When UFO enthusiasts think back to the origins of the modern UFO Phenomenon, the decade of the 1940s certainly stands out. Of course this was the decade that saw the Roswell event reportedly happen: when a craft, apparently piloted by beings who were decidedly non-human, crashed into the desert of New Mexico. Rumors of crash retrievals, attempts at reverse-engineered technologies, and the recovery of alien bodies of course swirl around the historical account of this famous event; an event now seared into the collective memory of our entire culture.

The 1940s also birthed the first mention of the term “flying saucer”, when private pilot Kenneth Arnold reportedly saw shiny unidentified flying objects flying past Mount Rainier at remarkable velocity. This sighting created an uproar in the media and in American popular culture. And Arnold’s description of these UFOs subsequently led the press to coin the terms “flying saucer” and “flying disc” as popular descriptors.

According to a new book by ufology legend Jacques Vallee, and his co-author Paola Harris, the popular historical record as it pertains to the UFO Phenomenon is missing a major milestone from that remarkable decade. Here they refer to an event that predates both of the afore-mentioned famous events.

In 1945, two years previous to Roswell, there was another crash in the desert of New Mexico. And this event had witnesses; witnesses still alive today. Witnesses that were interviewed at length by both Vallee and Harris. And in addition to extensive interviews with the living witnesses of that remarkable event, Vallee and Harris spent much time in the very location of the reported crash, examining the land and circumstances that surround the event in painstaking, scientific detail.

Of course, that particular location is famous for more than the crash of a sophisticated craft piloted by non-human beings. It is also the very same location of the detonation of the very first atomic bomb. And as if that coincidence doesn’t already grab your attention, the two events happened within weeks of each other. These historical details – to Vallee and Harris – are too striking to be explained away as mere coincidence. No, in fact, the authors postulate that there is a profound meaning needing to be dusted off and considered here, along with the artifacts of the event itself.

And Jacques Vallee and Paola Harris go further, openly questioning the idea that this was an accident at all. To them it has all the hallmarks of a staged event; one that was meant to send a clear message to humankind, at the very dawn of the Atomic Age, a dark era that erupted onto the canvas of human history with the light of a thousand suns, as the now infamous description goes.

Was this a warning? An attempt at the opening of a dialog? Or something else? Many profound questions arise as one learns about the details of this remarkable event: an event that involved not just an apparently alien vehicle piloted by potentially off-world visitors, but telepathic communication between these Others and the witnesses that Vallee and Harris interviewed; even communication offering glimpses into the future of our civilization; including some events that have already come to pass in the time since.

The stellar, dedicated investigatory work done by Jacques Vallee and Paola Harris is catalogued in their excellent, thorough, and highly readable new book TRINITY: THE BEST-KEPT SECRET. This book offers, they suggest, evidence that rewrites this modern history of ufology. And it shines light on an event that raises profound questions as to the intentions of these Others who have been interacting with us in equally profound yet mysterious ways, ever since.

A discussion around these thought-provoking questions, that stem from that remarkable and uncannily timed event in 1945, are the topic of this, the 22nd episode of the Point of Convergence podcast.