I
had been watching Unidentified on History. I wasn’t a big fan of
the show, though it seemed to be presenting UFO research and government
investigation into the phenomenon in a positive light. My pals Rich Reynolds
and Stephen Bassett had a higher opinion of the show than did I. After the season
finale, both seemed more
than a little annoyed. Both were critical of that episode
and what it suggested or what it had implied. Bassett published a highly
critical review of that show which is reprinted at the end of this post. This
inspired me to invite Bassett back on my radio show to explain his thinking on
this. You can listen to the show here:
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| Stephen Bassett. Photo copyright by Kevin Randle. |
I
will note that my last week’s show, with Robert Sheaffer, a well-known skeptic,
provided additional detail about that particular episode of Unidentified.
It was surprising to me that both men, Sheaffer and Bassett, seem to have
reached similar conclusions about the evidence presented in this last Unidentified
episode. In other words, both thought the investigation trip to Italy and the details
of the helicopter incident and burned areas had nothing to do with UFOs. The
helicopter had been forced down by birds through the rotors and the burned
areas were shown to be arson.
During
our discussion on all this and the relation of it to the To the Stars Academy,
Bassett raised some disturbing points about Tom DeLong, his involvement with
UFOs and a few things that he had said in the past. You can take a look at some
of that here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CJdBo0DnKaqCCr7wenAZt7cGH6jjgTa0UPapFw1aylY/edit#
https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/c4o51n/ttsa_disclosure_plan_revealed_trough_tom_delonge/
https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/c4o51n/ttsa_disclosure_plan_revealed_trough_tom_delonge/
Our
discussion did provide some history about the last couple of years, the
creation of the To the Stars Academy, and how this might be pushing us closer
to Disclosure. Bassett did suggest a few things that were somewhat disturbing
about various alien groups who have visited Earth, and proxy wars fought using
humans. DeLong suggested that the major wars had been instigated by these
various alien races. The links above note some of this.
This
was something of a wild program, given some of the information provided and
gives us a glimpse into some of the factors that have dogged UFO research for decades.
You’ll have do decide just how much of that information is important for your
own research and how much you wish to reject. If nothing else, it is
interesting.
For
those interested in what inspired the invitation to Stephen Bassett, here is
the analysis he published:
From its launch on October 11, 2017 Paradigm
Research Group has aggressively supported the core mission of the To The Stars Academy of
Arts and Science in lectures and media interviews, on Facebook
and Twitter, and to the PRG international email list. Hundreds of links to
TTS/AAS related articles and media interviews are earmarked on PRG's website.
PRG fully expected this initiative to be
heavily scrutinized and criticized, and has tried to impress upon the public
the complexity and degree of difficulty in putting together this unprecedented
effort from within the military/intelligence complex (MIC). Seven decades of
government imposed embargo on confirming the extraterrestrial presence created
considerable distrust and frustration particularly with those
researcher/activists quite familiar with the evidentiary basis underpinning the
reality of the phenomena. Many other actions by political leadership in concert
with the MIC over the same period have added to this distrust.
PRG's support of the TTS/AAS mission continues,
but not without nontrivial concern regarding a narrative thread running through
the Identified series.
That narrative is about the UAP "threat."
The research program impelled upon the Pentagon
by Senator Harry Reid was eventually named the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification
Program (AATIP). This was appropriate to ensure a basic acceptance within the
DOD and avoid push back, as well as receiving high level media coverage such as
the New York Times.
The Unidentified series
would bring with detail the mission of the TTS/AAS to a large audience over a
six episode season that ended on Friday, July 5. PRG watched the series with
keen interest in how the TTS/AAS would address the threat meme.
There is a distinctive difference between
"threat" and "potential threat." PRG noted "potential
threat" was never used, or was used perhaps once or twice. On the other
hand direct and indirect references to the threat posed by the UAPs escalated
as the series progressed culminating in he final episode - The Revelation.
The sixth episode of Unidentified was flawed
to the point of being grotesque. Every aspect of the production was designed to
be dark including the cinematography, editing, and content, which was drenched
in "threat" projection.
The TTS/AAS decided to go to Italy to address
an incident involving a helicopter allegedly damaged and forced to land by a
UAP. Meetings were held with Italian officials and researchers. Within the
context of these meetings there was reference to a series of mysterious fires
that occurred in the Italian village of Canetto di Caronia in 2004, 2005 and 2014.
It was suggested these fires were caused by rays beaming out the sea where a
UAP underwater base was located. Really?
It seemed clear to PRG the TTS/AAS had gone to
some length to find a case that involved an "attack" by a UAP on a
military vehicle. PRG was surprised at the TTS/AAS's lack of credulity
regarding these assertions by the Italians.
The fires. In March of 2015 Giuseppe
Pezzino and his father Antonio Pezzino were arrested and charged with arson,
conspiracy to commit fraud, and sounding a false alarms pertaining to the
events in Canetto di Caronia. Insurance fraud was the likely motivation. The
Italian military police had installed hidden cameras in the streets after the
fires started again in July 2014. Video captured about 40 incidents implicating
Giuseppe and Antonio. There was also phone tap evidence. They were found
guilty.
The TTS/ASS could have found this information
on the Internet in 10 minutes.
The helicopter. Helicopter rotors hit birds.
Also, it was not a "military" helicopter. It was the equivalent to a
"police" helicopter.
How intense was the treat meme in Episode
6? Researcher Vern Lovic transcribed threat related statements from the
Episode. Many of these takes are shown below this statement. That said, only by
watching the full episode can one truly appreciate how drenched in threat was
this program.
The TTS/AAS has been meeting with members of
Congress - including committee chairs - for over a year. The potential threat
aspect of UAPs would be helpful in bringing those members to the table and in
convincing committees to hold the needed hearings. The concern is whether or
not this is a strategic maneuver to get the appropriate attention (if so, then
use "potential threat") or is it a core mission of the TTS/AAS to
drive fear into the politicians and the American people leading to massive
funding of a "space force."
If the latter, the TTS/AAS should not
underestimate the knowledge base of the citizen ET researcher/activist
community, its collective power or the ability of that community to marshal the
media to push back.
If the TTS/AAS team has clear, compelling evidence
UAPs and their creators are not just a potential threat, but a real and present
danger, they should produce that evidence sooner not later.
Stephen
Bassett
San
Pedro, CA
July
9, 2019
His
website is: https://paradigmresearchgroup.org/
Next
week, as promised earlier, I’ll be talking with Don Schmitt about the Festival
in Roswell in the beginning of July.
