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Post by auntym on Jan 6, 2013 14:39:04 GMT -6
Jacques F. Vallee : Ufo's & Remote Viewing
Published on Jan 5, 2013
One of the most quoted authors in the field of Ufology, Silicon Valley entrepreneur Jacques F. Vallee discussed his work on UFO phenomena, as well as his interest in remote viewing and parapsychology. Remote viewer Paul H. Smith joined in during the conversation, noting that Vallee will be the keynote speaker at the upcoming Remote Viewing Conference in Las Vegas.
Vallee, who distanced himself from ufology for a number of years, said the study of UFOs became less focused on science and more embroiled in a debate over belief systems. He spoke about first witnessing a saucer-shaped craft in 1955, and his years working with investigator J. Allen Hynek. Over time, Vallee began to doubt the extraterrestrial hypothesis for UFOs. He looked at unusual sightings dating back centuries, where such incidents were thought to be associated with ghosts, demons or supernatural forces. The phenomena is saying we don't understand space-time, and that our universe is a subset of something else, he asserted.
Vallee discussed his long-standing friendship with Ingo Swann (considered the father of remote viewing) and their participation at SRI at the very beginning of the RV program in 1971. Remote viewing's funding by intelligence agencies such as the CIA has been both a blessing and a curse, said Vallee. Mission-oriented projects were pushed forward before the science was fine tuned, he explained.
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Post by auntym on Jul 25, 2014 12:02:36 GMT -6
www.openminds.tv/interview-ufo-researcher-author-jacques-vallee/29118Interview with UFO researcher and author Jacques ValléePosted by: Open Minds July 24, 2014 Jacques Vallée has held many titles over the years; astronomer, computer scientist, venture capitalist, author, and more. He has researched UFOs for decades and has written several books on the topic. The lead character on the movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind was inspired by Vallée. We recently received this interview from Nagib Kary who runs the French UFO website Ovnis-Direct.com. Kary and several associates asked questions of Vallée in February and recently translated the interview into English. Kary has graciously asked Open Minds to re-post their insightful interview. Jacques Vallée discussing UFOs in 2011 at the Global Competitiveness Forum in Saudia Arabia. (Credit: GFC2011) Questions from Fabrice Bonvin: Fabrice is a Swiss ufologist, writer, psychologist by training who deals especially with the relation between ufos and ecology and the psychological impact of apparitions on witnesses. Q1: How do you see ufology and ufological activity in 15-20 years ? What will fundamentally change — or won’t ? We shouldn’t be surprised if we see an increase in these manifestations as humanity goes on to a new step of systematic exploration of space. But the question should be addressed to the phenomenon itself: It has shown that it was diverse, adaptable and unpredictable. It also showed that it was fundamentally interested in our technological progress and our technical prototypes. Q2: Who is the thinker, the intellectual or the researcher you admire the most and why? Maybe you have noticed it while reading Science Interdite: I found a great source of inspiration in Aimé Michel, a remarkable spirit by the strength of his vision and the deep humanity of his intellect. The fact that such a thinker has been ignored and even despised by the intellectual elite in France is not a compliment to our country. However, the limited number of people who have known him have had a great privilege. According to Aimé, Ufos were only a mystery among others. He was a universal thinker. Q3: What is the current scientific discipline which would be able to benefit ufology and its achievement? I can think of two disciplines whose application is urgent: computer science of course, with data-mining , and medicine which has never been applied to a real study of long term effects on witnesses of close encounters. Beyond this, of course, physics must take the subject as an “existence theorem” to understand physical reality in a broader sense. Q4: How are consciousness and Ufos related? What role does consciousness play in Ufo manifestations? We have seen ufos as classical spaceships for a long time, in accordance with science fiction in the forties and fifties. This interpretation persists, especially in France where recent breakthrough of parapsychology are not well known and where psychic effects reported by witnesses are considered either as evidences of mental weakness or as electromagnetic side effects. Yet, as documentation improves, we find out that the physical aspects of the phenomenon are as negotiable as its psychic effects: it is as if it took control of a given area, including witnesses’ perceptions. It is that aspect that discouraged Aimé Michel. Q5: Do governments (and especially the USA) hide information about Ufos on the public (according to you and your experience)? CONTINUE READING: www.openminds.tv/interview-ufo-researcher-author-jacques-vallee/29118
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Post by swamprat on Dec 1, 2015 18:44:00 GMT -6
Are Aliens Really Out There? ‘Close Encounters’ Scientist Gives His Opinion in AMA Jacques Vallée says we shouldn't only be looking at outer space when it comes to intelligent life.
Joe Vince November 30, 2015
Providing the inspiration for a character in a classic Steven Spielberg film is quite the large optical reflecting telescope in any astronomer’s observatory. Having that character then be played by famed French New Wave director François Truffaut is just the polish on the viewfinder.
But that’s one part of the multifaceted life of Jacques Vallée, the former astronomer, now current computer scientist, venture capitalist, and ufologist. Since being the basis for Claude Lacombe, a French government scientist in 1977’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Vallée has been researching and developing theories surrounding extraterrestrial and interdimensional phenomena.
“Recently my investigations have focused on UFO sightings from ancient antiquity up to the Industrial Revolution—prior to the innovation of manmade vehicles for flight that can cause confusion when witnessing a UFO,” Vallée wrote in an Ask Me Anything thread he posted Sunday.
That research has led to multiple books as he pushes to inspire “future researchers to continue UFO investigations as part of mainstream science.” During his AMA, Vallée fielded questions about his own UFO experiences, the possibility of life on other planets—or in other dimensions—and what the government really knows about aliens from outer space.
Here are some of the highlights:
What’s Your Definition of a UFO? Jacques: You’ve hit on a significant problem: There is no unique definition for a UFO; Remember, the Air Force invented the term for aerial phenomenon that didn’t match natural explanations, but what people are reporting goes way beyond that, like luminous “orbs” going through bedroom walls: is that a UFO or not?
Have You Had a Real-Life UFO Experience? Jacques: Yes, in France as a college student, a disk with a half-dome in the sky about half a kilometer away. The next day another student whose house was up the hill another half-kilometer away told me he’s seen the same thing through binoculars. At the time I convinced myself it was some sort of prototype that would be revealed eventually, but as we know now there is no such thing. It hovered at low altitude for about 10 minutes at least.
What UFO Sightings Have Been the Most Compelling? Jacques: There are several classic cases in the USAF files that would deserve a lot more study, like the observations on board an electronic intelligence aircraft (RB47) that detected a UFO both visually and on radar over the Gulf of Mexico and was followed across Texas and Oklahoma by the object. The date was 17 July 1957. The plane was a Boeing Stratojet. The case is one of 800 carried as “Unidentified” by the Air Force. And yes, by the way, I have plans for future investigations.
What is the most convincing case (and/or documented) that you have studied? Jacques: There is a large number of cases that pass the “serious” screen: cases with unexplained physical traces and multiple witnesses over significant duration, etc. but I mostly look for overall patterns that can characterize the phenomenon as a whole. One especially significant case took place at Valensole in France years ago and has never been explained: a landing with physical traces and two “beings” that paralyzed the witness. The French governemnt space agency has has a long-term group of investigation about such cases and I am on their advisory committee. Valensole has never been explained. Of course the paralysis has many scientists very interested. UFOs have many physiological impacts on humans.
How Do You Conduct Your Research? Jacques: My approach is that you have to catalog reports before you can identify the phenomenon. I try to do this is stages as more information comes to light. I also go out to investigate, of course. When you investigate, what factors are you looking for? (And if I may throw in another question, has your research led you to a conclusion on the existence of visitors from another world or time (time travel)?) Jacques: Absolutely I first screen for the usual confusion factors and I focus on cases that have not been sensationalized, where I have access to the site and to the witnesses themselves. Note that of course 90% of all reports can be explained with natural causes, of course.
How Many Other Planets Can Support Human Life? Jacques: Among the 2000+ planets identified so far there may not be life similar to ours (the planets are too big or in orbits that would not be conducive to life but given the many billions of worlds out there a planet similar to ours is very likely. Of course one of the challenges is to define what we mean by “life.” There could be other forms of consciousness (an intelligent plasma?) that we haven’t discovered. About stage of development, all you can do is make the assumption that we would be about average, meaning there would be many civilizations far ahead of us.
Are Aliens Living Among Us? Have They Been On This Planet? Jacques: I’m not sure the distance issue is an argument: new physics (like wormholes) would allow very fast communication among distant parts of the universe and perhaps also transport. Life and consciousness must exist everywhere. The UFO phenomenon has been with us on this planet since recorded history — that’s what our book is about. It doesn’t mean “Aliens” in the usual sense, though. There could be multiple dimensions.
They would have to be very close to us genetically, or whatever is sending “them” would have to manufacture their bodies consistent with human physiology. But there are other hypotheses. The phenomenon could be creating a sort of virtual reality illusion through which various entities could be acting among us.
What Does the Government Really Know About UFOs? Jacques: I couldn’t give you a percentage, but I’d have to assume the US government knows far more than I do or at least has far more DATA than I do. The problem is what they would do with that data, it could easily fall through the cracks, each agency trying to deal with little parts of it without anyone looking at the whole thing. So they probably just dismiss much of it, as the Air Force did. Rather than “disclosure” I would much prefer to see them acknowledge that there is an unknown phenomenon and call for the scientifuic community to compete by submitting proposals for basic research. That’s the way the Internet started: many teams wrote proposals for networking, ARPA selected the best 10 or so and funded them, reviewed the results a year or two later, refunded the best ones and so on. That’s the best way to do research, on a competitive basis by enlisting the best minds in various domains. One thing we do know for sure is that the UFO phenomenon is extremely complex and doesn't just boil down to “Aliens”. Should Private Companies Being Exploring Space? Jacques: I think NASA is absolutely right in transferring LEO missions (Low Earth Orbit) to private enterprise, which has both the resources and the the motivation to do a good job. Long-range missions like the plans for Mars have to be the focus of NASA in the future. I wish there was more funding for some aspects of the NASA work, especially human factors (and research on microgravity) which could lead to medical breakthroughs down here on earth.
Will There Ever Be Undeniable Proof of UFOs? Jacques: We may not see a complete cure for cancer in our lifetime, or a complete explanation for how our own brains work, so why should we expect to have an undeniable proof that UFOs exist? We have the same problem with ghosts, or artificial intelligence. But UFO witnesses are telling the truth and you can validate the patterns of what they describe, so the phenomenon undeniably exists. What we lack to call that a “proof” is a new scientific category (an “ontology”) where we can put it.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2015 15:14:02 GMT -6
He is one UFO 'researcher' I do listen to and believe..well mostly because of the above quote. I've 'always' believed in dimensional or parallel world UFO's..or visitors. So very close to home. I (as you know because of the 'experiments') am a huge fan of remote viewing. I think the mind has absolutely NO limits for time and travel..it just takes first..belief in it..then perseverance. I think viewing back in time is a real possibility too..because I think it all exists out there..even if it's just an 'echo'. Thanks for the article on him Auntie.. if I had a guru it would be him.
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Post by plutronus on Dec 5, 2015 1:04:03 GMT -6
He is one UFO 'researcher' I do listen to and believe..well mostly because of the above quote. I've 'always' believed in dimensional or parallel world UFO's..or visitors. So very close to home. I (as you know because of the 'experiments') am a huge fan of remote viewing. I think the mind has absolutely NO limits for time and travel..it just takes first..belief in it..then perseverance. I think viewing back in time is a real possibility too..because I think it all exists out there..even if it's just an 'echo'. Thanks for the article on him Auntie.. if I had a guru it would be him. From the article...I just so embrace Dr. Vallee's answer to the last question posed... <<< "Will There Ever Be Undeniable Proof of UFOs? Jacques: We may not see a complete cure for cancer in our lifetime, or a complete explanation for how our own brains work, so why should we expect to have an undeniable proof that UFOs exist? " Read more: theedgeofreality.proboards.com/thread/3142/jacques-vallee#ixzz3tQUyswAT>>> plutronus
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2015 23:05:24 GMT -6
He is one UFO 'researcher' I do listen to and believe..well mostly because of the above quote. I've 'always' believed in dimensional or parallel world UFO's..or visitors. So very close to home. I (as you know because of the 'experiments') am a huge fan of remote viewing. I think the mind has absolutely NO limits for time and travel..it just takes first..belief in it..then perseverance. I think viewing back in time is a real possibility too..because I think it all exists out there..even if it's just an 'echo'. Thanks for the article on him Auntie.. if I had a guru it would be him. Now look at that quote you posted, Jo. Maybe he wasn't just talking about those "other two worlds" you mentioned . . .
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2015 23:06:45 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2015 16:16:07 GMT -6
Well what I was actually meaning is that his reasoning is broad minded..he's not just 'stuck' on the Anuki..or Ertoli or alien friends from Alpha Centauri..He is the first that I found who made, what was for me, great sense..the very reasonable thought that there could be worlds just a breath away or a doorway away. Now..science is actually 'thinking' in such directions..parallel worlds..other universes..etc. I was more quoting a 'concept' than actual words. I think..eh..no matter I'm sure everyone got the idea..I'd look first at dimensional doorways...then habitable planets.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2015 8:55:02 GMT -6
Oh, I was trying to make a joke. Since that particular quote didn't have "extraterrestrial" or "ultradimensional" before the word "life". . . , IS there any intelligent life here? LOL
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2015 14:12:45 GMT -6
Well...that's debatable...and I suppose depends on the one doing the wondering..
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