A book I found about UFOs from a scientific perspective
Just finished reading this interesting 1975 book on UFOs that I found when I went looking for such. Titled The Edge of Reality, this book was written 35 years ago by two esteemed scientists, Dr. J. Allen Hynek and Dr. Jacques Vallee. Parts of this 301-page book were a bit slow-going, especially the segments where the scientists suggest various hypotheses for the existence of UFOs, reasons for their sightings, and also the so-called government research (including Project Blue Book) that was aimed at debunking all UFO experiences, labeling them as either hoaxes or identifiables. Hynek was a consultant to the U.S. Air Force and he investigated the 20% of UFOs that had no explanation and appeared unsolvable. Eventually he came to believe, as the X-Files Agent Mulder would say, “The truth is out there.” One component in this book, which relates to this blog, was the scientists’ discussion about how communication with UFOs (and/or their occupants) might best be done by psychics, because, as the scientists suggest, it is highly unlikely any extraterrestrials would speak our language, anyway. Telepathy is a different language, as you know that needs no translation.
Not really much has changed in the UFO field in 35 years. We still look backwards for the really interesting stories: the famous Betty Hill is briefly mentioned as are the sightings of the Mississippi fishermen. But for me, the most compelling story was found in the book’s Appendix, and it involved a 1974 sighting in Saskatchewan by a young farmer, harvesting his crops. On Sunday morning, the farmer, Edwin Fuhr, came upon 5 spinning metal domes (each about 5′ x 11′ ) hovering above ground, and moving the tall canola grass in a peculiar way (photos here). Fuhr was interviewed by the police and his taped recounting appears in the book.
1974 circle in the crops
Although these primitive-looking grass-tampered circles, disclosed and photographed then, were far from artistic, their appearance seem to me to have been one of the earliest viewed crop circles – and actually, sighted while they were being created. Crop circles did not become so well-known until the 1990s, and then the public fascination with them, literally took off. Now, if you google search, you can see some really incredible artistic crop circles – some so geometric and complicated, I would be at a loss to explain how people on the ground could create them quickly and without being seen. There are dedicated Crop Circle researchers (their team is called BLT) and you can find them on the internet, as well. ( I can just imagine how difficult, even today, it must be to admit you are a crop circle researcher).
I’ve never seen a crop circle, except on TV. I can’t imagine what one would look like from the ground; probably not that interesting. I wish I could say that the crop circles (those not explained by hoaxers and croppy artists) speak to me in psi. The best I can offer is that the increasingly complex crop circles call our attention to the possibility, if not the fact, that we are not Alone. The more complex the art, I think, the louder the demand for attention. And I also think this form of communication probably first got noticed 36 years ago in Saskatchewan, Canada, when a scared young farmer came across spinning domes disturbing the grass (and the nearby cows) in his fields.
Think of it, if you want to, as UFO graffiti.
