June 17, 2008

ET Eyes Natural Wonders of Queensland

Source: The Courier Mail. June 17, 2008

ALIENS are visiting Queensland, attracted by its natural wonders like the Great Barrier Reef, according to a local UFO watchers' association.

Scientists have long speculated about the possibility of life on Mars, and US space agency NASA has spent years and many billions of dollars in the search. But a group of dedicated Queenslanders believe extraterrestrial life can be found much closer to home. Queensland is a hotbed of UFO activity, according to local experts who have dedicated their lives to studying the phenomenon.

UFO Research Queensland is a voluntary, non-profit association established in 1956 to receive, record and research UFO sightings. They claim the existence of a large body of well-attested sightings that proves extraterrestrial vehicles are flying through our atmosphere, landing on the ground and entering our oceans. The Brisbane-based group also provides support to individuals whose alleged encounters with UFOs have left them distraught, confused, and searching for answers.

Sightings officer Dr Martin Gottschall has been studying UFOs for more than 30 years after an encounter in Adelaide in the late 1960s.The consultant mechanical engineer, whose wife Sheryl is chairwoman of the UFO group, said they received hundreds of reports each year. "We have collected thousands of sighting reports in Queensland," he said. "I remember years when I had over 40 calls a day. Plus, there are several groups collecting information. Ours is not the only one."

Dr Gottschall says Queensland's natural wonders could be the drawcard. "The occupants of these craft appear to be interested in the vegetation and one of the objects of study is the Great Barrier Reef," he said. "There are other areas in Queensland that seem to be so-called hotspots. One that has lasted for a long time is up around Tully. I think there's reason to suspect there might be one or more alien bases in that locality, probably underground or underwater. "

Kay McCullock, who says she has had encounters with extraterrestrials, is an independent UFO researcher and co-ordinator for UFORQ's Warwick, Southern Downs and Granite Belt regions. The ex-private investigator has begun a program aimed at making contact with alien life forms." A group of us go out into the field and do real-time research," she said. "We're out there measuring frequencies, looking at the landscape and detailing everything. We're specifically using frequency, colour and sound and also very advanced meditation and thought processes."

But, for every believer, there is a sceptic. Associate Professor Michael Drinkwater, Head of Physics at UQ, firmly believes there is no credible evidence of the existence of extraterrestrial craft. "There are a lot of crazy things in the sky which we don't understand, but I personally think anything we've seen so far we'll eventually find natural explanations for," he said. "The eye and brain do incredibly complex analysis when you see something, particularly at night. "When you see something that is unusual, the brain interprets it as something more physical and more real than it actually is. I've seen something called a fireball which is a very large meteorite, so large it lights up the whole landscape at night time. "My eyes told me it was something so low, it crashed over the next hill, but I know from science that it's more than 20km up in the atmosphere and my eyes are giving me the wrong message."

June 6, 2008

Vatican or Vatican't?

The Vatican’s latest public proclamation on extraterrestrial life that says ‘Oh yes, there just might be ET’s out there, and they just might be closer to God than we are’ causes one to wonder what might be gained from making such a comment. Not merely agreeing to the existence of ET life, but elevating them to a higher standard in God’s eye than mankind, these comments made by the Pope’s chief astronomer, Father Gabriel Funes, would surely have raised the eyebrows of the Catholic faith.

A notion that would once have resulted in a burning at the stake is now imparted to all asunder to read in the Vatican newspaper. Though this statement invites more of our ‘what do you know that we don’t know’ rigmarole, it does seem as though the Vatican may be on to something that the rest of us aren’t. Furthermore, they seem open to the idea that life on other worlds could be more spiritually advanced, and hence closer to the Lord, than we will ever be. However, as one of our previous posters commented, would that then make ET angelic?


There are many people who would insist that ET visitations are indeed similar to, or in fact are, angelic. There are many overlaps in both milieus, not least of which being that ET is here to guide us, to help us, and to make sure we don’t screw up the planet. There are also just as manycases for the opposite to be true, those that believe that ET is a demonic force in the universe. In fact both positions may be true - if the Pope’s astronomers think there are ETs out there closer to God than we are, it also holds that there are ETs out there who are closer to Satan. A race so evil and so far fallen from grace that they must make humanity look good – if such a thing were possible!
So what does it mean when the Vatican comes out with statements advocating the existence of ET life and slotting said life into religious hierarchies? Like all large organisations the Vatican doesn’t issue press releases for no good reason. It also vets said releases carefully, and its representatives do not loosen their tongues lightly. So the question left begging is why did they say anything at all?

Is the existence of ET life to now become a respectable teaching of the Catholic church? How will that affect it’s followers? Will it create yet another breakaway group, one which believes Christ died for the Klingons too? Stay tuned….