The UFO Why Questions – Oz Style

Why? Why? Why? Over the years we’ve been asked so many why questions about UFOs that it’s left our heads spinning. The types of questions people ask are intelligent and logical, yet when it comes to giving good answers not many can come up with them. One person who does address the why questions is Stanton Friedman but it’s a short list and there’s oh so much more to ask. Maybe it’s because we live on the underbelly of the globe who knows, but here in Australia we are a fairly simple people who just need to know a few basics. Things like:

1. Why don't people know more about the UFO phenomenon?
2. Why are only a few people doing the job of uncovering the truth about UFOs?
3. Why don’t people care that they've been lied to by the authorities about the existence of UFOs and are living under a delusion because of those lies?
4. Why don't researchers get together on a GLOBAL scale to create a true groundswell that will bring about real awareness?

1.Why don't people know more about the UFO phenomenon?
More people know about the existence of UFOs these days than they ever did and there are two main reasons for this. Television and the changing scientific acceptance of the subject. Science fiction shows like Star Trek and The X Files have been able to explore the more fantastical aspects of the phenomenon and have done a lot to awaken the public to the UFO subject. Mostly it's been a shallow, abstract version of the extraterrestrial reality, but for some it’s created a springboard into the subject that may not ordinarily have occurred.

As for a changing scientific acceptance of the subject, some may not see this so clearly. However, in the last 20 years scientists have not been so fixed in their common mantra “we are alone in the universe”. Instead we’ve seen a more pronounced study of panspermia and exobiology, the discovery of new planets, the exploration by quantum physics into other dimensions, cosmological discoveries via the Hubble telescope, the Mars missions, MIR and the International Space Station, all colliding to change the direction of modern scientific enquiry into humanity’s place in the universe and other life we might share it with.

Meanwhile, western society has become so scientifically "aligned" that when scientists began to change their thinking, the public soon followed. Why? There's a prestige in western society that accompanies scientific understanding. Scientists are portrayed as being highly intelligent individuals and if you understand them and agree with what they say you must be intelligent too. And we ask you….who doesn't want to appear intelligent?

However, the hidden problem this has created in UFO research is that this scientific seduction has blinded UFO researchers from a true exploration of ufological anomalies.

2. Why aren't more people curious or investigating UFOs ?
This is the easiest of all questions to answer. Hidden competing emotional commitments. What’s that you ask? Emotional commitments could be described as supporting our personal internal reward system. In other words, we perform certain behaviours because we’re rewarded for doing so. For example, people work hard and maintain standards of excellence in business practice because the reward is income, customer loyalty and return custom. But where’s the reward in studying UFOs? People who do so often face social ostracism, loss of status, sacrifice of personal time, loss of esteem from family and friends….shall we go on? As you can see there’s very little reward in tripping down the UFO path, so most people don’t.

However, the good news is that buried in the deeply twisted recesses of the psyche of some people (like us) there’s a greater emotional payoff to explore the UFO issue than to leave it alone. For some it’s sparked by our own experiences and the consequent search for answers. For others a more general answer may be that the UFO subject is a deeply profound tool for personal growth. In the long run, expanding personal awareness is of great benefit to our lives and extremely satisfying in ways that can be difficult to articulate.

3. Why don’t people care that they've been lied to by the authorities and have been living under a delusion because of those lies?
Wow! How long are you willing to sit and read this blog? Okay we’ll try to keep it short. In all honesty if you don’t know by now that governments are willing to lie to the people who put them in power then you’ve probably been living under a rock. So what if the government has been lying about something that has the potential to create so much social upheaval that life on this planet will probably never be the same? Well what if the outing of that lie then caused the citizens of this planet to concern themselves with the question of alien motives and Earth’s planetary defense capabilities? (and that’s just one question off the top of our heads!)

We know SETI loves to promote the idea that advanced ET societies will probably have evolved past any malicious intent, but it’s equally possible this is not the case. Then what? Okay, we’re still here and seemingly unharmed, that’s true, but will this always be our situation ? Do we really want to worry ourselves with such things when it’s the role of the defense force to deal with it, even if in reality they can’t defend this planet against technologically advanced malevolent ETs? Better not to think about such things….really. In this case living with a lie is good….right? Wrong actually, but that’s how most people reason, at least subconsciously.

4. Why don't researchers get together on a GLOBAL scale to create a true groundswell that will bring about a real awareness of UFOs and disclosure?

The reasons why people are drawn to become ufo researchers in the first place are quite varied and not every person who does has the temperament to become an activist.

This is a voluntary field of endeavour so the areas people become interested in are decided by their individual interests and not a shared goal. This culminates in researchers working in pockets rather than under the auspices of a large organization that is established with one clear goal in mind. Over the years individual researchers have been working towards disclosure and still do. In recent times the Exopolitics Institute has emerged, establishing itself in various countries around the globe, with the aim to gather credible whistleblower testimony from political, military and private citizens. Although there are those who do not agree with various aspects of their work, the fact is this group has a clear goal and a shared vision which works in their favour.

Currently there is no clear, shared single vision among the general UFO community. In the past various national bodies have arisen in countries but generally they don’t receive long-term support. That’s not to say it cannot be achieved, but the right people have to spearhead such a formation and they must have clearly focused goals. If the ufo community were to ever gather itself together globally, it would truly be a force to be reckoned with. The authorities know this so their best defense against any such groundswell arising has been to create dissent among such formations.

Since disclosure witnesses have spoken out, some have confirmed what researchers always expected: that there are indeed debunkers peppered within the UFO community whose job is not only to throw shadows of doubt over the UFO subject but to discourage the UFO community from pursuing certain paths of inquiry or collaboration and create division where possible. Researchers need to be aware of this and observe those within the UFO community that may be creating the most division. This may just be their goal.