Tuesday, March 4, 2014

UFO industry and ufologists "spirituality"

Many times we described the inevitable mutation experienced by those who become professional Ufologists. What they describe with nice words as an “opening to new realities” is very easy to understand and we sometimes define this process as intellectual suicide.
There is nothing new or concrete to say about UFOs, but the self proclaimed “expert” wants to sell books for the already limited UFO subculture. He finds that, since 95 % of all the UFO sightings are perfectly identified as natural phenomena, hoaxes or manmade artifacts, what remains to do is to write the same book again and again to the gullible clients.
Obviously is not nice to write a full chapter about the fantastic, amazing presence of extraterrestrial spacecrafts flying over New York and then learn that the Star Visitors were just birthday party balloons.
This is not a solution, and that’s why, sooner or later, the rational ufologist becomes…”spiritualized”. Marketing produces this “miracle”. The ufologists open their minds to the mass of nonsense that substantiates the UFO urban legend and become contactees, gurus, seers or prophets. After this transformation anything is possible and there will be no annoying distinctions between fiction and fact. The new and inspired exo-mythologist will be free from silly rational limitations at last.
The audio-interview to Richard Dolan defines clearly this transformation with the following words:  Richard Dolan steps out of his role as academic historian, and gets down to the challenging task of trying to untangle the frenetic weirdness that permeates the UFO abduction lore. 
Richard Dolan defines his change as intellectual transformation, talking about UFO, he tells us that now he is into Kundalini meditation and that all these “experiences” changed his idea of reality.  Of course this “spiritualization” of the ufological quest opens the door for the improvisation and the unlimited non-sense.
Abductions become researchable and imaginary contacts with the mythological extraterrestrials are now possible.
The ex-academic is now an open mind. From now on his imagination has nothing to do with evidences.
Richard Dolan’s audio link is included below.
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