Part 2

EXTRATERRESTRIAL VISITORS

[We humans on earth live in a reality of duality... good and bad, etc.
I think it is safe to assume that if there are good guy ETs
out there... there are also bad guys. Why haven't
the bad guys come in and taken over
the earth and enslaved us.
My guess is that the good guys are
protecting us. THANK YOU!!! And the
good guys are governed by the Prime Directive
(Ala, Star Trek) and cannot influence our society or
give us their advanced technology until we reach a certain
threshold mentally and spiritually. And that basic threshold is surely
PEACE ON EARTH.]

EXTRATERRESTRIAL CONTACT
The Evidence and Implications
by
STEVEN M. GREER M. D,

Introduction

On December 13, 1993, my wife and I flew to Washington, B.C., to meet with President Clinton's first CIA Director, James Woolsey. The cover story for this meeting was simply a small dinner party consisting of CIA Director Woolsey and his wife, Dr. Sue Woolsey (Chief Operating Officer of the National Academy of Sciences) and our host and his wife.

Shortly before the meeting, we learned that I was to be the first person to brief the Director of Central Intelligence on the subject of UFOs and extraterrestrial (ET) intelligence: Woolsey had made inquiries but had received no information on the subject from any official government channels.

Naturally, I came prepared with a large brief case filled with case evidence, witness testimony, photographs and video footage of UFOs, government documents and the like. After a few introductions and pleasantries, we got right to business.

I learned that the CIA Director and his wife had actually seen one of these UFOs in New Hampshire in the late 1960s, in broad daylight. So after about 10 or 15 minutes of presenting the evidence, Mr. Woolsey said, in effect, 'Yes, I know they exist. Now talk to me about what all of this means'.

This book is all about what does all of this mean. While this book certainly presents some compelling case evidence, smoking gun government documents and photographs, the core of this book is really about meaning.

Any open-minded person can peruse a handful of these cases, government documents and authenticated photographs and conclude, as Mr. Woolsey did, that there is something very real going on here.

But now for the interesting part: Why are they here, how has the secrecy been maintained, what are the implications to our society, and what will disclosure of these facts mean?

How do these devices travel through interstellar space and get someplace in a life form's natural life time and how can you communicate in real time through many light years of space, and...

Presented here, then, are a collection of papers which attempt to elucidate these and many other critical issues. The evidence is really the easy part: making some sense of it is what is truly challenging.

This book is just such an attempt, one which I offer with the caveat that this is only an initial attempt to unravel one of the greatest mysteries of all time. It is a work in progress. And as we stand on the eve of the next millennium, we can only peer dimly into a reality that is showing us our future.

And so it was that on that night in December 1993, we spent two and a half hours with the CIA Director and the Chief Operating Officer of the National Academy of Sciences discussing the meaning behind the mysteries.

I remember discussing geopolitical implications of disclosing this matter fully to the public. I remember elucidating the implications of disclosing ET technologies which could replace all of the sources of pollution in the world.
I remember discussing how religious figures might react to such a disclosure.

But one of my fondest memories is of Dr. Sue Woolsey asking, "But how do they communicate through the great distances of space?' I swallowed hard and for an instance contemplated not telling her the truth. But then quickly I realized that if she was perceptive enough to ask the question, perhaps she was ready for the answer.

Whereupon I said to her: "Their communications systems are technologies which interface with aspects of reality closely associated with what we would call mind and thought, and this spectrum of reality bypasses linear time and space totally..."

And to my astonishment, Dr. Woolsey smiled and said, "I thought it had to be something like that."

She got it. And I am sure that you will too.

Steven M. Greer, M.D.
February 1999
Albemarle County, Virginia

Meaning and Implications

This section of the book presents the "big picture": What does the UFO and ET phenomenon mean? In this section, discussions of geopolitics and interplanetary relations are followed by a comprehensive look at the nature of reality and how space, time and mind are all interrelated.

The reader may find it odd that this section precedes the section which follows which is on the evidence. But the overview of the meaning read first will bring the evidence to life.

Once you understand the meaning and implications of this subject, the evidence and the research results of CSETI becoming relevant: This subject is not only about whether or not we are alone in the universe. More deeply, it is about what does it mean, and how do we make some sense of it all.

This section of the book presents the 'big picture': What does the UFO and ET phenomenon mean? In this section, discussions of geopolitics and interplanetary relations are followed by a comprehensive look at the nature of reality and how space, time and mind are all inter-related.

And most important of all: How do we relate to these life forms coming to us from the depths of space and time? Are they "alien"— or are they really us — humanoids who are awake, conscious and with whom we deeply share the roots of being?

The Case Against Hostility [of ETs]

Perhaps as much or more is revealed about ETI intentions by what has not occurred as by what has. UFOs have not attacked humans or fired weaponry unless first threatened or attacked.

ETI have not invaded or destroyed any part of Earth, nor have they shown any intention to do so in the future. Notwithstanding superior technology and maneuverability, they have not attempted any domination or aggressive actions over the past decades, if not centuries, of sightings.

Such long-term restraint belies any ultimately hostile intentions. The assumption of hostility is illogical when the entire phenomenon is viewed over time.

If ETI have been observing, and to some extent interacting, with Earth for centuries, why delay a hostile occupation?

The rather marked increase in UFO/ETI activities coinciding with the dawn of the human nuclear age in the mid-1940s would indicate a genuine concern for human hostile capabilities. This would indicate that ETI is: a) concerned for the long-term welfare and survival of humans; or b) concerned about the potential for human nuclear aggression being exported off-Earth to ET civilizations, or both.

Neither of these concerns is indicative of hostility towards humans, but rather a concern for human hostility. Certain militarists may find such interest in our nuclear capabilities disconcerting, but on balance this does not warrant a conclusion of ETI hostility. On the contrary, it supports the view that ETI motives are non-hostile in nature.

If the work of Zechariah Sitchin, Richard Hoagland (monuments on Mars) and others is to be believed, ETI involvement and observation with humans is an ancient, not recent, phenomenon.

If aggression, domination and the like were actually motivating ETI, why wait until: a) .humans possess weapons of mass destruction, capable of inflicting damage on even ETI craft and personnel; and b) the Earth has been significantly damaged and overrun by billions of humans?

Certainly, the Earth would have been an easier — and more pleasant — catch even 200 years ago. On balance, the "hostile aliens" theory, while sensational and making great science fiction reading, is illogical and is not supported by the facts of this phenomenon when analyzed comprehensively.

The Evolutionary Selection of
Non-Aggression in Intelligent Beings

A more fundamental and essential basis for assuming non-hostility is a theory of the Evolutionary Selection of Non-Aggression in Intelligent Beings.

Briefly put, this theory holds that an intelligent species cannot evolve past a certain technological level without concomitant and essential development of non-aggression.

That is, malevolent aggression is an attribute which ensures the
self-destruction of a species if retained past a certain point in technological and cultural evolution.

It stands to reason that any intelligent species such as humans, who operate from a paradigm of malevolent aggression will first turn that aggression on themselves, thus resulting in their "mutually assured destruction" if retained much past the point of developing nuclear technology.

Such aggression would perforce severely incapacitate or destroy intelligent species, thus limiting their ability to persist long enough to develop technologies capable of interplanetary or interstellar flight.

It is, therefore, unlikely that a species would evolve to possess space travel capabilities while maintaining unchecked aggressive and malevolent tendencies. It is more likely that at some point in the evolution of a technological society (perhaps at the advent of nuclear technology), a species is required to transcend their own aggressiveness in order to survive.

There is, then, a self-limiting dynamic which protects other planetary systems from aggressive species since the establishment of non-aggression is a requirement for significant and long-term technological development.

The evolution of the consciousness of non-aggression is an absolute prerequisite for the long-term survival of a technologically advanced civilization.

Implications of an Extraterrestrial Disclosure

1996
In a recent conversation with a retired Air Force General, we were discussing a major disclosure on the existence of extraterrestrial (ET) life forms. This gentleman, who had known the UFOs were real and were ET in origin since 1946, asked me, "But Steve, what would a disclosure mean?"

It was clear that he had real uncertainty regarding the implications of such a disclosure, even though the General was wholly in favor of the truth coming out now. It occurred to me that it is now necessary to elaborate, to the extent possible, what the implications of disclosure would be to humanity.

For nearly four years, I have been having this discussion with national security think tanks, business leaders, CIA officials, UN figures and various world leaders. We need to begin contemplating a future which includes the existence of ET life forms, and the early stages of interplanetary relations.

Lest the more pragmatic among us question the timeliness of such a discussion, let me state here unequivocally that we are about 50 years late in this deliberation. For half a century, it has been known that we are not alone, and the long-delayed discussion of the meaning and implications of contact with advanced ET civilizations is long over-due, not premature.

However, before any such discussion can begin, we must first consider the nature, atmosphere and framework of a disclosure. The implications are very different if the disclosure is militaristic, alarmist, xenophobic and frightening, versus one which is calm, scientific, evidence-driven and hopeful.

That is, the message, images, framework and atmosphere surrounding a disclosure will largely determine its immediate implications. A disclosure can be one of the greatest galvanizing and transcendent moments in human history, if handled wisely... or it can be terror in the aisles.

Given current media, entertainment and UFO subculture treatment of the subject, there is reason for concern here. Because if this disclosure is in any way linked to the mind-set of "space invaders," victims of alien "abduction" and other disinformation, paranoid or fantasy-driven perspectives, then we are in real trouble.

However, the CSETI Project Starlight disclosure effort is aimed 180 degrees away from such xenophobic concepts, and envisions a rational, evidence-driven event which will simply convey the following facts:

• There is substantial scientific and witness evidence for the existence of ET life forms in proximity to the Earth.

• While the specific motives of these life forms may not be totally understood, there is no evidence that they are hostile, and there is no reason for fear or alarm.

• The world community needs to establish an open discussion on this
matter and take constructive steps to ensure a peaceful, sustainable
relationship with these life forms.

Of course, this sounds simple, but we are competing with the fear-mongering and paranoiac leanings of the pop culture. Nevertheless, the prevailing madness in the media and entertainment fields should not be allowed to deter us from a disclosure of the simple truth that we are not alone.

But we must be prepared to calmly distance this disclosure from the histrionics of those who would have us scream "the sky is falling..."

The remaining discussions, then, will assume a framework of disclosure which is calm, scientific and hopeful. And regardless of the immediate din of alarmist proclamations from certain quarters, there will be fundamental implications which will be the focus of our deliberations here.

These implications are so profound and far-reaching that no aspect of life on Earth will remain unaffected. From theology to technology, from geopolitics to economics, from the environment to the future exploration of space, nearly every field of human endeavor will eventually be touched by such a disclosure.

Immediate Implications

The near-term implications of a high-level disclosure on the existence of ET life forms range from the geopolitical to the philosophical. The most pronounced immediate effect of such a disclosure will be that of altering the fundamental paradigm of how we view ourselves, the world of humanity and the universe.

While the full effect of this will take some decades, if not centuries, to manifest fully, there will be an immediate realization that we are really all one people on the homeland of Earth, among many worlds inhabited by other intelligent life forms.

This realization will alter not only our view of ourselves and the Earth, but I believe it will impact the current state of geopolitical fractionalization. in the post-Cold War era, the world is becoming increasingly "Balkanized," precisely at the time when one would hope for increasing world unity and coherence.

The definitive disclosure that we are not alone in the universe, and that, more importantly, these advanced life forms are landing on terra firma, will provide significant impetus to the as-yet incomplete process of forming a truly global civilization.

This disclosure will complete the galvanizing effect which the space program provided as it sent back to the Earth photographs of this beautiful blue sphere floating in space, which we all call home.

As the global community contemplates the immediate and future reality of Earth coming into contact with other advanced civilizations, all of the usual preoccupations with the endless internecine battles among nations and peoples on Earth will suddenly appear in quite a different light.

The differences and conflicts between various racial, religious, ethnic and national identities will be seen in a new perspective as we begin to contemplate the reality of Earth evolving into an inter-planetary civilization.

The world will increasingly quicken the pace of globalization and integration into a functional peaceful civilization. This can — and must — be done without either demonizing or deifying these ET peoples.

The ingrained xenophobic response of today and yesteryear will need to give way to a new paradigm motivated by hope, understanding and tolerance of diversity.

Even the process of coming to grips with the post-disclosure reality of an ET presence will force humanity to evolve in terms of the moral, spiritual, psychological and physical capacity to effectively meet the challenges of the situation.

So the immediate impact will include the rapid development of a functional global capability vis-a-vis an ET presence. No single nation can achieve this; no superpower, however well-meaning, can think and act on behalf of the entire world as it adjusts to the early challenges of inter-planetary relations.

This, then, will provide both the practical and philosophical setting for the development of a world civilization.

While people will no doubt retain their various national, ethnic and religious identities, there will be added to these the over-arching identity of being "from Earth."

Beyond this, an awareness will grow that all conscious, intelligent life forms have in common the intangible but real link of awareness, of consciousness, and the early stages of universal citizenship will dawn. That is, we will experience, first inwardly and later in practical life, the awareness of the universality of life.

Governments around the world will immediately be affected in several
inter-related ways. There will be an examination of covert, previously unacknowledged "black" projects in the military/intelligence/ industrial sector, and these projects will be moved back to the public domain and to conventional oversight and control.

Currently, these projects officially "do not exist," and as such pose a serious threat to governmental integrity, especially in constitutional democracies such as the United States.

A disclosure will set in motion governmental and social pressures to restore constitutional chain of command and control over this matter, and senior government leaders will no longer be able to avoid responsibility for this issue by claiming "plausible deniability."

In short, a disclosure on the existence of ET life forms in proximity to the Earth will reverse the excesses of secrecy which developed in the post-World War II era and Cold War.

Academic, scientific and governmental institutions and agencies will quickly focus on the meaning, implications and requirements of a newly-ordered global paradigm, which suddenly includes the existence of ET civilizations visiting Earth.

From international policy think-tanks, to various academies of science around the world, this issue will become a prime focus of discussion, study and debate.

In an academic sense, no field of study will be untouched by such a disclosure: history, anthropology, philosophy, geopolitics, exobiology, theology, philosophy, the arts, science and technology, business and economics — all will be immediately galvanized by and preoccupied with such a disclosure.

The vast and profound implications inherent to the fact that we are not alone in the universe, and are already being visited by advanced ET life forms, will indeed be of unparalleled significance in the history of the human species.

Theological and philosophical implications will immediately be discussed among the world's religions and religious leaders, as they come to terms with a universe in which humans are no longer the only intelligent, sentient children of God.

In this respect, concepts of God, creation, life and religious meaning will evolve in the direction of accommodating the existence of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe, and this will cause an increasing "universalization" of God and religious meaning.

Additionally, there will likely be an unfortunate yet predictable reactionary segment from various religions around the world which will place such a disclosure into a strictly eschatological framework, or worse.

Already, among fringe elements in the civilian sector, we see attempts to either demonize or deify these ET visitors.

Such reactivity and fanaticism, while predictable, will eventually give way to a more reasoned and mature response and the world's religions will adopt an understanding of intelligent life which is universal, and which will, I believe, rebound to the appreciation of an infinite Creator whose glory is not confined to the Earth.

Intermediate and Long-Term Implications

The length and scope of this paper obviously does not permit a thorough analysis of the immediate ramifications of such a disclosure, much less the intermediate and long-term implications. However, it is important to review a few of the highlights of these more distant implications, because it is here that we will see a literal transformation of human society.

This cannot be appreciated fully without also appreciating a central fact of the past 50 years of UFO/ET secrecy: that covert human projects have possessed advanced ET technologies and have been "reverse-engineering" them for decades.

This means that in the post-disclosure era, there will be the opportunity to eventually apply these technologies to the problems of human society.

The elaboration of the mechanisms of advanced energy, propulsion, communications and other ET technologies will have an extraordinary impact on current Earth technologies, including energy generation, transportation, communications, education, manufacturing, medicine and more.

Aside from our science, physics, mathematics and technology textbooks being rewritten, the practical applications of these technologies will completely transform the face of human society.

There is, however, a disturbing side to this, and that is the long history of humans using every breakthrough in technology to build a better war machine.

The proliferation of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons of mass destruction should give us some pause as we contemplate what the destructive uses of such advanced ET technologies might be.

Moreover, we should be quite concerned already about the implications of such technological breakthroughs resting in the hands of "black" projects which do not answer to the people or the chain of command mechanisms of government.

For this reason, it is extremely important that such applied technologies not be propagated until the world has established a more stable international setting and attained a lasting international peace.

The pessimists and cynics will say that humans will never reach a state of stable international peace, but I hold the opposing view that we will, because we will have to. Humans have many faults and foibles, but when all is said and done, we are survivors — and adapt extraordinarily well to circumstances threatening our survival.

Certainly, the current situation of weapons of mass destruction proliferating into the hands of every unstable dictatorship is such a circumstance. While there may yet be disastrous consequences, these will only serve to galvanize humans into doing what must be done to survive: adapt and evolve into a peaceful, stable global civilization.

Putting this debate aside for now, let us contemplate a "down-load­ing" of these advanced ET technologies in a setting of international stability and peace.

These technologies are not polluting fossil fuels or radioactive nuclear power, but are completely revolutionary energy systems which are
non-linear, zero-point type technologies.

That is, there is a back­ground source of limitless energy which is omnipresent in the universe, even in deep space, and these devices tap into this energy. The result is vast amounts of energy generated, and, in defiance of the law of thermodynamics more energy is obtained than is put into the system.

Without going into a long discussion of propulsion systems which propel vehicles at beyond the speed of light (allegedly impossible according to 20th century physics), of "bending" space-time, of negating the effects of gravity and mass inertia, or of non-linear communications systems which interface directly with mind or thought, or a myriad other considerations related to advanced ET technology, let us simply state that these technologies are many quanta ahead of current technologies on Earth.

What are the implications of such technologies being applied around the world?

•The Earth's environment, which is being degraded at an alarming rate primarily due to the burning of fossil fuels and the relative scarcity of energy, would be greatly assisted, if not saved by the widespread application of such technology.

For the most part, the Earth is still in the 1800s as far as energy generation, transportation and related technologies are concerned. The internal combustion engine reigns supreme, as do gas, oil and coal as sources of energy.

Aside from being the chief sources of air and water pollution, their relative scarcity results in a further cost and efficiency-related inability to remove other sources of pollution from chemical processing, manufacturing and the like.

Such inefficiencies, scarcity and intrinsically polluting qualities of the current world energy system are literally killing the Earth. The application of advanced ET energy systems would completely reverse this situation.

•When it takes only minutes — instead of 12-14 hours — to go from Asia to New York, the world will truly be a global village. Indeed, the need for vast, inefficient and dehumanizing metropolises will no longer exist, since both communications and transportation will allow small towns and villages to have access to each other instantly. This will result in a transformation in the nature and function of society unequaled in recorded history.

•The relative scarcity of energy, and hence of resources generally, has resulted in a vast inequality among the poor and rich nations of the world.

The application of these ET technologies will alter this situation radically, and eventually abundance and an economic equilibrium will emerge. This will alter the world socio-economic situation and mitigate the economic pressures and inequalities which create so much strife and conflict in the world.

With zero-point and related technologies in every village and every home, the consciousness of scarcity and a "zero-sum game" will give way to one of abundance. The human race will be freed from the oppressive mentality of material acquisitions and survival to a larger vision of developing the full potential of each human.

•Public health and medical advances will result both directly and indirectly from these new technologies. For example, imagine a world where abundance of clean water and energy removes the specter of famine and disease from the entire Earth.

• Space exploration will be a viable activity, since these energy and propulsion systems permit transport through space effectively at many times the speed of light. The economic and sociological implications of this possibility are incalculable.

In addition to these technological and environmental implications, there are the long-term implications related to the world coming to grips with an open relationship with various ET civilizations.

What might be the effects of an open dialogue with advanced life forms on world culture, art, music, philosophy, science and so forth?

Only when we have stopped denying the existence of these other civilizations and disclosed the truth can we move in the direction of a sustainable global and inter-planetary society.

Volumes can — and no doubt will — be written on the meaning of contact with advanced ET civilizations. But of this we are sure: The first step is to achieve an honest disclosure.

The implications of this disclosure are truly world-encompassing and far reaching.

At present, we do not have a sustainable civilization on this planet, but one which is morally, technologically and socially moribund. As the old Chinese proverb says, "Unless we change directions, we are likely to end up where we are going."

Indeed, to borrow from Al Gore's book title: Earth is in the Balance. The evolution of a sustainable global civilization and the further development of the capacity to become an inter-planetary civilization are dependent on an honest disclosure regarding the existence of ET civilizations, and our development into a peaceful world civilization.

Only then can we enter an era of sustainable technology, a sustainable economy, and a lasting culture. Only then can we on Earth take our place among the stars as members of a growing universal civilization.

The CSETI Comprehensive Assessment
Of The UFO/ETI Phenomenon
May 1991

A comprehensive analysis of the UFO phenomenon, as well as original research and experiences of members of the CSETI CE-5 Initiative Working Group, has enabled us to make some specific conclusions about UFOs, ET intelligence and their motives.

The summation of this analysis, which follows, is intended to assist both groups and individuals in their efforts to understand this complex subject. We have recorded only those conclusions for which we have a high level of certainty.

General Conclusions

• Some UFOs are Extraterrestrial Spacecraft ( ETS) which are piloted by ET biological entities (EBEs) who originate on another planet, and most likely another star system.

• More than one ET civilization is represented in the current activities involving Earth.

• These ET civilizations are working in concert and not competitively, although there is some specialization in function and activities for the various groups. This indicates that there exists an emerging or well established organization for these groups.

• These beings have bases within this solar system and may maintain temporary bases on Earth, particularly under water.

• While various reports and speculations exist, we cannot at this time definitely state which planets or star systems are the home bases for these beings. Any specific information on this subject is very likely to be incorrect due to the security considerations of these beings.

That is, given current human tendencies towards war, aggression and violence, open disclosure of their planets of origin would put these planets at potential risk should human military interests unravel the energy and propulsion technology of their craft.

•The variety in sizes and shapes of ETS (Extraterrestrial Spacecraft)observed is due to:

a) varying civilizations of origin, and more importantly;

b) specializations of functions, which include general reconnaissance, medical research and intelligence, Earth environmental research, central command and base operations, energy generation and transfer, and human technology, military and space program research and reconnaissance.

•Sudden and fully open contact with human civilization has been avoided because of a number of interrelated factors, including:

a) The need to avoid an untimely disruption of Earth civilization, including military, political, geopolitical, cultural, economic, technological and religious upheaval;

b) Risks to their own civilization and "people" as well as over­all mission, given human xenophobia and tendencies towards violent, armed reactions.

c) Up to this time, such massive and open contact has not been necessary, and has not been consonant with their overall long-term mission and purpose since their purpose is not acquisition-oriented or disruptive.

•A plan is in place to allow for gradually broader and deeper contact with human society and individuals so that humans may become accustomed to the reality of other intelligent beings in the universe, and so that needed research and observations may take place on both sides.

Limited but increasing opportunities for bilateral and human-initiated contact will occur in the reasonably near future.

•Sudden and large scale contact will occur only in the event of a significant worldwide emergency (man-made or natural).

•While ETI (Extraterrestrial Intelligence) observations and interaction with Earth is probably an ancient as opposed to purely modern phenomenon, the marked increase in activity coinciding with World War II and the dawning of the "nuclear age" indicates that ETI are quite concerned about this transitional stage of human social evolution.

They are particularly concerned about human nuclear weapons and technology, and potential threat to ETI, although this is nominal.

These beings are further concerned with our peaceful transition to a world society, international peace, and the establishment of a just, effectiveand representative world government, expected to occur within 10 to 15 years or less.

• ETI technology is strictly guarded by both ETI and covert human agencies because of its potential for military applications which would greatly threaten world security.

It is imperative that this technology not find significant human applications until such time as the Earth attains international peace and an effective world government.

• The US government, at least at the level of a highly compartmentalized above top secret group, has known about the reality of these ETS and their occupants since at least 1946.

A strict secrecy and a worldwide cover-up of these facts have been maintained due to:

a)fear of public panic and social disruption;

b)security issues surrounding possible military and technology applications of ETI technology, especially in the setting of a world beset with Cold War tensions and competing interests;

c)uncertainty and mistrust regarding ETI motives and ultimate intentions;

d) embarrassment and loss of face resulting from disclosures concerning how this matter has been handled, such as the harassment and ridicule of innocent civilians and military personnel, the withholding of information from the public and Congress, etc.

• The US government possesses several ETS and the deceased bodies of several EBEs (Extra-terrestrial Biological Entity).

. While there is evidence to strongly suggest that these agencies are attempting to reverse-engineer these craft, such efforts have not been functionally successful, although a number of secondary and partial "discoveries" have resulted from this research.

• The nature of "reality" of these craft and the beings has been incorrectly characterized by some as belonging to "another dimension or reality" from this dimension.

Unfortunately, these statements are made without fully considering what "this reality" is.

A more correct understanding is that the Full Spectrum of Reality is a singular, integrated one which may be perceived wholly or in its various aspects, such perception being entirely dependent on the level of consciousness of the perceiver.

The various aspects of "dimensions" of this reality, which are limitless in number, are not restricted to or by time and space as we know it commonly.

These beings and their craft belong to the same Reality as humans; however, their advancement in the realms of physical science and the science of consciousness have given them competence in a broader aspect of the Full Spectrum of Reality than is usually experienced by humans.

The differences are not insurmountable, nor are they truly fundamental; in fact, they are relative and only temporary.

While these beings are utilizing and experiencing a broader aspect of the Full Spectrum of Reality, so too can and will humans, for we are as "inter-dimensional" by nature as they...

• ETS energy and "propulsion" (or space transfer) systems utilize principles and laws of the physical universe not yet fully appreciated by human science, and include:

a) gravity/anti-gravity and electromagnetic/gravity technology;

b) space energy and so-called hyper-dimensional energy systems;

c) matter/energy interchangeable technologies; and

d) possible Consciousness Assisted Technology (CAT) and Technology Assisted Consciousness (TAG).

• Some if not all EBEs have advanced mental capabilities which include telepathy, precognition, remote viewing and others, indicating that they have developed the "science of consciousness" to a degree which parallels or surpasses their advanced physical technologies.

Humans also possess these capabilities, but these remain largely undeveloped by most humans.

• EBEs are more developed or advanced than humans in a number of respects, but are not superior to humans as beings. Our point of unity and equality with EBEs is in our mutual existence as conscious, intelligent beings.

• While these various EBEs may have values and priorities which are different from those of some 20th century humans, their motives and ultimate intentions are non-hostile and do not include the acquisition or subjugation of the Earth or its peoples.

• The establishing of a lasting world peace and just and effective world government is essential to the long-term ETI/human relationship.

The Question Of Intent

While not minimizing the strange and startling aspects of this phenomenon which some humans have experienced, our assessment of these visitors motives and ultimate intentions is that they are decidedly non-hostile. Their primary operations and activities center around:

• General reconnaissance of Earth and her societies.

• Military (especially nuclear) observations and assessment.

• Human social and psychological study and observation.

• Observation and assessment of human mental and spiritual development.

• Earth ecology research and documentation, including documentation of Earth life systems, and mineral, plant and animal specimens.

• Observation of human technology and technological developments.

• Observation, active monitoring and, if necessary, limitation of human space programs, particularly those directed towards the nationalistic colonization of space.

• Careful interaction with humans to convey certain information about themselves and to accustom humans to their presence.

Our assessment is that these activities are derived from several ultimate motives which include:

1. Pure study and research of a rapidly developing intelligent species (humans) during a time of transition to a world community.

2. A needed increase in ETI knowledge of world societies and human nature preparatory to future significant interaction, which will be mutual in nature, and which will eventually culminate in the introduction of Earth civilization into an interplanetary network (this may require several centuries to complete).

3. Preparatory activities for continued readiness in the event that intervention is required during a major world emergency, such as a large-scale nuclear war. Such interventions would be in the form of:

a) interception and destruction of Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs);

b) alteration of missile coordinates and readiness; and

c) emergency Earth-based activities when and where warranted.

The minimum intervention necessary would be used, with the intention being the preservation of Earth as an inhabitable planet with adequate human resources remaining to sustain intelligent life here.

4. Emergency intervention in the event of an environmental or geological catastrophe of worldwide dimensions.

5. Preservation of Earth species, including human genetic preservation and/or augmentation as a precaution in the event of a worse-case scenario (see above).

6. Protection of space from hostile or military utilization by human national interests.

7. ETI self-protective interests, insofar as humans have a strong recent history of coupling marked aggressiveness with rapid technological development; in this setting, monitoring and perhaps even limiting human capabilities may be important to ETI security — human evolution to world peace, non-aggression and world government would remove this motive as well as several of the motives listed above.

8. ETI short and long-term goals related to the attainment of a significant human paradigm shift from one of fragmentation/separation to one of unity, to include the unity of science and religion, world political and eventual spiritual unity, and universal unity. This paradigm shift is dependent on the development of human consciousness, which is of particular interest to ETI; and

9. The preservation and advancement of intelligent life in the universe.

National Security Implications of the UFO/ETI Subject

1995
National Security Implications of the UFO/ETI subject are profound and
far-reaching, albeit currently largely unrecognized.

These implications may be considered in separate but related aspects: those intrinsic to ET activity and those arising from current covert management of the issue.

Roswell, New Mexico 1947

Historical Background

Early National Security considerations dealt with concern over public panic arising from the detection of near Earth and Earth-landed ET spacecraft (ETS) and from the technological implications of advanced ET material as it may impact the arms race and cold war. Additional concerns were related to the impact on religious belief systems, the political order and economic systems.

Importantly, once actual ETS were retrieved in 1947, thereby allowing ET hardware to be studied and back- engineered for possible human military applications, the need for complete secrecy regarding the matter was deemed paramount by authorities at that time.

Given the tensions of the early atomic era and the mounting "cold war" with the USSR, it is understandable that the introduction of ET technology was thought to be destabilizing to an already dangerous situation.

Moreover, given the history of technological secrets related to atomic and hydrogen weapons being stolen by agents of the USSR, there was understandable concern that any technological breakthrough related to ET technology might find its way into Soviet hands.

If such an event enabled the USSR to produce actual military applications before the US, obviously this would have placed the US military capability in a potentially catastrophic disadvantage. Since the 1970's, we have reason to believe that a degree of cooperation on this matter has evolved with the USSR and the US and perhaps other nations.

Certainly the end of the cold war has largely removed earlier concerns vis a vis technological breakthroughs and the fear of Soviet aggression.

Moreover, the psychological reasons for secrecy related to public panic are not valid today. At least 57% of the population accept that UFOs are real and are of ET origin.

And 30-40 years of space exploration by human society has prepared the population for the possible existence of other ET civilizations capable of space travel. In short, the previous concerns motivating secrecy are not relevant today.

Intrinsically, there is no reason to believe that the ET presence poses a threat to the national or world security. If hostility and aggression were related to their purpose here, it is likely that events congruent with hostility would have transpired long before now.

It is our assessment that the ETs are not hostile, but are very concerned with human capability related to warfare and the militarization of space.

Activity by ET assets related to the neutralization of ICBM facilities and to containing military oriented space exploration should be understood in light of their concern over a known history of human aggression which has been coupled with the advent of weapons of mass destruction and space exploration.

Indeed, given the past history of human military assets focusing on and pursuing ET Spacecraft, we believe the ETs have responded with remarkable restraint.

Ironically, the threat to national security exists not with the ET presence, but the current covert management of the subject. In the absence of ET hostility over 50 years, current secrecy cannot be justified on the basis of fear of ET aggression.

A disclosure related to the ET presence, if calmly and rationally presented, will not cause public panic in the US or elsewhere. 1995 is not 1945, and world society has evolved to the point where this information can be assimilated in a positive fashion.

In contrast, the covert and apparently extra-constitutional management of this matter is a real threat to national and world security, and undermines constitutional freedom and democracy. Unless it is terminated, this covert management will greatly harm US national security and the chances of a lasting world peace.

It is our assessment that the current covert management of this issue involves the following elements which are a direct, immediate and ongoing threat to the national security:

1. The continued denial of the ET presence creates a situation where a sudden, undeniable, public ET event could induce panic, since proactive disclosure efforts which could ameliorate public fears are non-existent.

It is likely that such a public ET event will transpire within the next 2-10 years or sooner. Therefore secrecy and denial are a real threat to national and world security.

2. The current covert management of this issue appears to be operating independently and outside of the constitutional chain of command. The group controlling these operations, which involve reconnaissance, ET technology reverse-engineering, and space-based targeting of ETS (among others) is non-responsive to congressional or executive branch oversight and control. This constitutes a real threat to the national security and to constitutional democracy and freedom.

3. We have credible, first hand sources who insist that ET space­craft have been targeted by human covert space weapons and on at least two occasions have been destroyed. If true, the risks to world peace and security are real and imminent, and the continuation of these covert activities constitute the gravest dangers to national and world security.

Hostile actions taken by human covert assets against ET assets constitute a grave and immediate threat to the national security. A relatively small, covert entity, acting without consultation with the United Nations, the Congress, the President of the United States or the public is engaging in actions on behalf of all humans which endanger the Earth and world peace.

Unless controlled, these actions could precipitate interplanetary conflict and a disaster for the world generally and the United States specifically. This covert management must be terminated and control of this issue returned to constitutional authority and to the public domain.

4. The concentration of the technological advances related to the reverse-engineering of ET technology into the hands of a small covert operation constitutes a threat to the national security, to world security and to the future of the Earth.

These ET technologies, which have been the object of covert research and development for over 45 years, are potentially of great benefit to humanity if used wisely for peaceful purposes, but are of immense danger when concentrated into a small covert operation which is unresponsive to the pubic or the legal and constitutional chain of command.

The threat this poses to the US and world security is great, and the longer this situation continues, the greater the concentration of advanced technological power in the hands of a relative few.

The secret control of such powerful technologies is inherently a threat to freedom, democracy and to our nation and the world. Its utilization for covert agendas outside constitutional control represents a grave danger to our country and must be restrained and reversed.

5. Importantly, secrecy and covert operatives per se constitute a real threat to the national security, since national security in a constitutional democracy can only be legitimately related to freedom and democratic government.

Only in very rare and well-justified circumstances can extreme secrecy and covert operations exist, since by nature freedom and democracy cannot
co-exist with unrestrained secrecy and secret power.

The profound implications of the detection of ET civilizations cannot be allowed to be the exclusive domain of covert operations which are unrelated to public discourse and consultation. To do so is to undermine the US Constitution, democracy and freedom, and this constitutes a serious threat to the national security.

6. Finally, exclusive covert control of this matter has resulted and continues to result in the loss of opportunity for the world to come to terms with the ET presence in a peaceful and mutually beneficial fashion.

This means that the people of the world, the United Nations and other international and national institutions are deprived of the opportunity to deal rationally with this issue. National and world security are therefore negatively impacted by the loss of opportunities in the following areas:

• The environment, which is seriously at risk for large scale collapse over the next 100 years, would be profoundly improved if ET technologies could be peacefully deployed.

So-called zero point or free energy systems, which are non-polluting, would permit a sustainable technological civilization to exist on Earth and would transform the Earth environmentally and economically.

Establishing peaceful and mutually beneficial relations with ET civilizations would eventually permit us to understand and apply such technologies.

• World unity and peace will be enhanced by the global realization that we are not alone in the universe. The acknowledgment of this fact will enhance the awareness that we are really one people living on the shared homeland of Earth, and many of the conflicts currently afflicting the Earth will be seen in a new perspective.

This can be achieved without either deifying or demonizing the ET presence, but rather placing it in a fair, scientific and neutral light.

Eventually, world peace and a significant enhancement in the current geopolitical situation may result from the disclosure that we are not alone. An international infrastructure, and institutions capable of dealing peacefully with relations with ET civilizations would, of necessity, evolve, and this in turn would strengthen world unity and cooperation.

• World culture, ideas, science and many other diverse areas may benefit through the development of peaceful relations with other worlds. While this process may take decades, if not centuries, its delay only puts off the time when the people of the Earth will be united not only globally, but with other planetary civilizations as well.

In summary, it is imperative to the national security that the President and Congress undertake measures to terminate the secret, covert management of the UFO/ETI subject.

Failure to place this matter in open, public discourse and control constitutes the gravest failure of democracy and government in the history of the world.
That we do this is the test of our faith in democracy and our faith in the people.

As the 21st Century approaches, we must roll up the cancerous excesses of secrecy which are the legacy of the cold war and unfurl a new era wherein democracy is reaffirmed and a lasting world peace is given a chance.

ETI Technology And World Security

1992
The advanced technology which UFOs represent creates several security concerns which explain not only the secretive behavior of the world's governments but the elusive behavior of the UFOs as well.

Aside from the broader social, cultural and religious impact which contact with an advanced ET civilization would entail, the technological aspects of such a contact involves matters of security and stability of far-reaching importance.

While at first glance such technological advances would appear to be beneficial — even ideal — it will be shown that these technologies if introduced suddenly or prematurely would further destabilize an already precarious world security, and potentially threaten the embryonic ETI/human relationship.

Many proponents of advanced technology argue that the ultra-advanced energy and propulsion systems used by UFOs could revolutionize human technology and create a near Utopian society with a limitless source of nonpolluting energy.

Various theories regarding UFO propulsion and energy systems would point to an elegant "hyper-dimensional" physics which provides vast amounts of energy and an extraordinary means of transportation.

It is argued that the acquisition of such technology would revolutionize human transportation, energy production, manufacturing, etc. and eliminate the need for polluting combustion engines and hydrocarbon consumption. The real and theoretical benefits of such a technology are extensive and too numerous to elucidate here.

The problem with this scenario is that it assumes, rather naively, that this technology would be used — first and foremost — if not exclusively, for peaceful purposes.

While this is a wonderful idea, the unfortunate fact is that every new technology introduced in the past 100 years has had its first and most extensive use in military applications.

In an ideal world, ET technology would be used for progressive peaceful purposes, but this is not yet the case since the world is yet torn by competing interests and militarism.

Once the Pandora's box of ETI technology is opened, what — or who — could prevent its application in weapons of mass destruction?

It seems clear that the technology behind UFOs — if put to destructive and uncontrolled military purposes — would make H-bombs look like tinker toys by comparison, and would beset an already disunited and fractious world with yet a new wave of wildly escalating and destabilizing arms races and power struggles. It would, in short, be disastrous.

World security — not to mention US national security — would not be served by the introduction and application of ETI technology at this time.

On the contrary, until world unity and a just and effective world government are established, world security and stability would be greatly jeopardized by this.

Along with social and cultural concerns, this Pandora's box issue of ETI technology has been the motivating force behind government secrecy and the so-called government cover-up of UFO events.

While I do not agree with all of the methods and policies apparently used by this project, the general thrust of securing this information until the world is less factious and hostile is not only understandable, but imperative.

From this perspective, the extraordinary US cover-up of the 1957 Roswell and Plains of San Augustin UFO crashes is very understandable.

To acknowledge this event would be to not only acknowledge the existence of ET people and craft which I think should be done, but would, unfortunately, also set into motion a worldwide call for extensive open research into ETI technology — which is preeminently dangerous and must not be done.

The free and "academic" exchange of such research would certainly unleash a feeding frenzy by both governments and private interests to be first in elaborating this ETI technology.

In such a scenario, we have no assurance that this technology would fall first, or exclusively, into a benevolent ruler's hands.

To argue even that this technology would remain under United States control should the United States be the first to develop and deploy it is naive and irrational, for how long did it take H-bomb fusion technology to escape United States' control, once fully developed?

It is obvious that this technology, once developed and applied would result in a world security debacle that would dwarf the Cold War era of madness in scope, complexity and severity.

Moreover, I suspect that once fully described, this technology will be both elegantly simple and highly reproducible, making its containment much more difficult than, say, nuclear technology.

The proliferation of this technology, coupled with the world's predilection towards applying new technology to military ends, would greatly threaten world security and could well lead to the demise of human civilization as we know it.

Related to this, there is an implicit risk in developing this technology by the secret agencies of the US government, since no individual and no government can assure complete secrecy indefinitely.

At a minimum our government, and others, must refrain from the development and application of this technology, even if the principles behind it are elaborated.

It would be fair to say that any research and development project utilizing this technology — if ill-timed or premature — would prove to be disastrous in the long run and would ultimately explode ruinously in the hands of those who hold it. While the possessor of this technology would be able to dominate the Earth temporarily, it would be short-lived.

All this is not to say that the systematic ridicule, debunking and harassment of individuals by the US government and others is either wise or justified.

The worldwide UFO phenomenon is hardly a secret. For example, over 20 million Americans claim to have seen a UFO. Beyond this, a not inconsequential number of individuals have had direct contact with the EBEs piloting these craft.

While the actual craft and technology must be protected from an ill-timed disclosure or application, this does not mean that the entire phenomenon should be covered up indefinitely.

In short, our government and others must continue to strictly secure technological aspects of this phenomenon, but cease the debunking and harassment of individuals and groups investigating ETI generally since it is morally reprehensible to do so, and such actions only serve to further erode public trust and confidence in government generally.

The majority of educated individuals accept the idea the UFOs are real and represent ET vehicles, and little is gained by this policy of total secrecy, silence and debunking.

A wiser course would be to immediately stop harassment and intervention. Then, gradually cease the denials and cover-up of sightings and gradually begin open disclosure and cooperation with civilian groups, institutions and individuals.

Failure to do this not only diminishes the government's credibility, but also creates a situation wherein a singularly undeniable ETI event could be revealed to a relatively unprepared world.

While maintaining the strictest security for technology-related matters, it is time for a more open policy towards UFOs/ETI generally, and it is in the long-term best interests of both the US and the world to do so.

This policy will work so long as we do not aspire to unilaterally acquire, develop or apply ETI technology. Unfortunately, if a number of rumors are true, our government in the US may already be attempting to reverse-engineer this technology from captured craft.

We can only hope that this research is restricted to theoretical physics, general principles and the basic sciences, and is not geared towards the significant application of this technology at this time...

Beyond all this, it is unlikely that the ET life forms responsible for this technology would permit its deployment prior to the establishing of an international peace and the world transition to non-aggression since to do so would also threaten ETI security.

The full acquisition of this technology would permit humans to reach ETI home bases or planets, and given human tendencies towards war-making and exploitation, I doubt very seriously that this would be at all permitted.

As director of a private project developing protocols for bilateral communication with ETI, I am frequently asked the theoretical question of what we would do if we were offered the full knowledge behind ET technology.

Our firm position at this time is that we do not want it, nor would we accept it, unless it clearly has no possible destructive potential. CSETI has determined that this policy is the only safe one to pursue and has formally integrated it into our principles.

To those yearning for the peaceful applications of this technology, the admonition "the road to hell is paved with good intentions" is apt here.

While we share the desire to see the world free from pollution, energy shortages, poverty and hunger, this technology is a double-edged sword that requires skill and wisdom for its handling.

But significant work must first be done on the issues of world collective security and non-aggression before such skill and wisdom is possessed by the world.

The Foundations of Interplanetary Unity

1993
The evidence that Earth is being visited by at least one ET civilization is extensive both in scope and detail. In its totality, it comprises a body of evidence which at the very least supports the general assessment that ET life has been detected, and that a vigorous program of research and serious diplomatic initiatives is warranted.

Consider the following overview of facts:

• There are numerous daytime and nighttime photographs and video tapes of clearly non-human spacecraft from all over the world; these films and videotapes have been evaluated and deemed authentic by competent experts in optical physics and related fields.

• There are over 3500 military and commercial aircraft pilot reports of encounters worldwide; many cases have corroborating radar documentation and multiple witnesses both on the ground and in the air.

• There are over 4000 landing trace cases from around the world.

• There are hundreds of electromagnetic cases where spacecraft have been observed by police, military personnel and civilians to affect car engines, radios and other electric devices.

• There are over 100 first and second-hand witnesses to the
retrieval of an ET spacecraft and at least four ET bodies from a crash which occurred in July, 1947, 75 miles northwest of Roswell New Mexico; written and videotaped testimony from several first-hand witnesses who are respected military officers have been obtained.

• There are hundreds of credible reports, many with multiple witnesses, of humanoids in association with landed spacecraft.

• There are several multiple-witnessed events where humans have been taken on board spacecraft.

• CSETI (The Center for the Study of Extraterrestrial Intelligence) has in the past 18 months succeeded in intentionally establishing contact with ET spacecraft, on two occasions at very close range, and with multiple witnesses present.

• Various polls have indicated that approximately 10% of Americans (25 million people) have seen them at close range so that details of the structure of the object can be discerned.

• Numerous U.S. Government documents exist which indicate that
these objects are real and have been involved with observing Earth
for several decades.

It is an understatement to say that the time has arrived for a serious and open international dialogue regarding the possibility of future interplanetary relations.

In no other area of human experience has so much evidence existed for so long, and yet been attended by such a paucity of serious research and analysis — at least in the civilian domain.

I was once asked at a conference what was the most astounding aspect of this subject, and I replied that, while the subject matter itself is extraordinary, it is the absence of a serious human response to it that is most extraordinary.

Indeed, the true barriers to the furtherance of this field of study are neither scientific nor evidential, rather they are political, psychological, social, spiritual, and "paradigmatic."

Admittedly, it takes real courage for a person, otherwise respected in his or her profession and community, to stand up and speak the truth about a subject which has been the stuff of sensational tabloid claims, crackpots, and the "cottage industry" in the UFO subculture.

The social stigma and opprobrium associated with this subject is a formidable barrier to the serious treatment it deserves, and yet if only a 10% probability exists that we have detected ET life which is already visiting Earth — this being one of the most profound discoveries in human history — we must find the inner fortitude to go forward.

To the sincere person who remains skeptical, consider this: Absolute proof is not needed before serious research begins on a subject. In no other field of human endeavor is proof required before serious study and research begins; on the contrary, proof is the result of this research.

In this regard, the subject of ET studies is being held to an irrational requirement of proof before serious research can begin, on the one hand, and denounced as an area of spurious interest because no proof exists, on the other!

This, then, is not a function of scientific reason or evidence, but is the result of a political, social and psychological reaction to a subject which causes most serious scientists to blush. Our collective temerity is driven in part by fear of the unknown, in part by fear of ridicule, and in part by faint-heartedness.

The evidence, however, is so profound, the implications so vast, and the consequences of doing nothing so dire that we have reached the point where we must find the fortitude to respond to this subject in a mature and responsible way.

To any impartial observer, the evidence which exists certainly supports a greater than 10% probability that we are being visited by advanced ET civilizations. Indeed, to most people who have seen the data in its entirety, the probability is in excess of 90%.

Having spoken to several government officials who have held Top Secret clearances on this subject, and who have confirmed to me that the U.S. Government has in its possession several objects and bodies of ET origin, my own personal assessment approaches certainty.

Beyond this, I have personally been present when these spacecraft have approached the CSETI research teams within a few hundred feet, and have then signaled repeatedly to us.

Frankly, there is very little doubt in my mind that we are dealing with at least one ET civilization, and that they are non-hostile.

However, for argument sake, let us state that all of the evidence available to us in the civilian domain constitutes only a 10% probability of contact with ET intelligence. Does this not constitute adequate evidence to initiate a serious scientific and diplomatic mission?

Certainly in medicine a 10% probability of finding a cure for cancer would warrant an all out effort in the cancer research community. For it is generally true that when the stakes are very high, the probability of success need not be, prior to initiating a research project.

Without question, the stakes are so high in this area that even a 10% probability is adequate to mount one of the most extensive worldwide research initiatives in history.

This question, however, is not limited to the realm of science alone, for as soon as one makes the assessment, however tentative, that we are being visited by advanced ET life forms, the larger question interplanetary (and inter-species) relations becomes preeminent.

This is, then, the ultimate diplomatic challenge. And to find our common ground with intelligent life forms which are not even human may prove to be the most extraordinary task humanity has ever faced.

For witness how difficult it has been for humanity to come together in peace among the diverse peoples of the world. Notwithstanding the fact that we are all human, living on the one homeland called Earth, yet wars, prejudices and enmity have repeatedly submerged the world into chaos and destruction.

As the world moves, in fits and starts, towards a true world civilization, and the people of the world increasingly realize their essential unity as humans, the potential for increasingly open contact between humans and other intelligent life-forms is likely to increase exponentially.

However, before we can entertain this concept, we must first ask ourselves some basic questions:

• What global developments must occur before full open contact can take place?

• How will communication occur, and what should be communicated?

• Prior to full, open contact, what form of contact and communication is possible, in a pioneering or preliminary framework?

• And most importantly, what are the fundamental points of unity
between humans and other intelligent life forms in the universe ?
What is our universal common ground?

Regarding this last question, we cannot assume that ET life forms who are thinking, sentient beings, and who by definition have evolved under conditions different from those on Earth, are likely to be much like humans, at least superficially.

Their level of intelligence, fund of knowledge, emotional nature, social and political structures, ethical, moral and religious systems—and more—are likely to be quite different from that of humans. We must therefore find a deeper point of unity, what I call our highest common denominator.

This consideration, however abstract it may seem to some, is really central to establishing a sense of common ground between intelligent species. And without common ground, we can have no relationship.

I hold that this common ground is so obvious, and yet hidden, so near, and yet so overlooked, that it is easily missed altogether. It is at once simple and profound, proximal and yet hard to grasp. It is really the universal constant found in every intelligent life form: It is conscious intelligence.

Pure "awakeness" or conscious intelligence is what every conscious, sentient being in the universe is, in its essential nature. The universal — or
non-anthropocentric — aspect [considering man to be the most significant entity of the universe] of human consciousness is that highest common denominator on which a sustainable relationship between diverse life forms can be based.

As humans, we are conscious, awake; other higher life forms are conscious and awake. We may share very little else in common, but this universal constant is shared, by definition, by all intelligent, conscious beings, whether human or ET.

Consciousness, or universal conscious intelligence, then is the first cornerstone of the foundation of interplanetary unity.

Having realized the essential oneness which all intelligent higher life forms share, we are then faced with the practical challenge of formulating an approach to interplanetary and inter-species relations which is peaceful, sustainable and mutually beneficial.

Here are a few of the principles which appear to be essential to the successful, sustained engagement of ET civilizations:

• Any successful approach will incorporate a global perspective, and not one driven by nationalistic or strictly national security imperatives. The motive behind any attempt at contact and communicate should clearly be globally based, and any benefits resulting from contact must benefit all the peoples of the world, and not just one nation or culture.

The evolution of the world into a true global civilization will certainly facilitate this type of relationship. This entire matter, then, should be the focus of the international community.

One of the hallmarks of the maturation of the human race is the attainment of a true world civilization and the establishing of a just and representative world government, which should be empowered to respond to the challenge of interplanetary relations.

Until such a body is effectively functioning, any group attempting such contact should be operating within this global perspective.

• The motivation of such contact and relations should be based in the principle of mutual benefit, and be free of exploitative motives and unilateral acquisition-oriented goals.

Until a permanent world peace and order can be achieved on Earth, the acquisition of ET technology, which most likely would be used for unilateral military application, should be avoided.

• While the precise motives for current ET involvement with this planet may not be fully known, there is no evidence that they are motivated by any hostile intentions. Until proven otherwise, therefore, it should be assumed that any such visitors are non-hostile and approachable.

It is critical that humans avoid making anthropocentric assumptions regarding ET motives, since it is likely that their ethical, moral, social and political concepts vary from those of many Earth-based cultures.

Recognizing the human tendency towards xenophobia, prejudice and fear of the unknown, we must evaluate ET motives cautiously, and, to the extent possible, from an interplanetary perspective.

•The attainment of a healthy and appropriate collective self-esteem for humans is essential for an appropriate relationship to evolve between humans and any other ET species.

Individuals and organizations involved with interplanetary contact should avoid the common tendency to swing between viewing advanced technological beings as intrinsically superior or inferior.

It is more sustainable to view such variations as simply differences which are the product of diverse evolutionary paths, and that on the level of conscious intelligence, all sentient beings are essentially equal. Here, equality does not require sameness.

•It should be realized that until the world achieves the level of maturity described above, that any direct contact and relationship which develops may be limited, preliminary, and by nature pioneering.

Given recent CSETI successes in this regard, we can make the initial assessment that such contact is likely, and will progress as the world becomes increasingly a genuine global civilization.

•The knowledge of any contact and evolving relationship should be shared with all the peoples of the world to the fullest extent possible, and in a timely fashion.

Secret or covert contact should be viewed as intrinsically dysfunctional and should be avoided to the fullest extent possible.

• A multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural approach to any contact, relationship, or exchange should be used. Communication itself may proceed verbally; electronically, "symbolically/archetypically" or even telepathically.

• A very broad view must be maintained in evaluating the manifestations of an advanced ET civilization, since their technological development may be thousands to hundreds of thousands—and conceivably millions—of years more advanced than Earth's.

The manifestations of such an advanced technology may appear magical to humans, even as a hologram, TV, or laser would appear magical to people of the 17th century. The tendency to pronounce such manifestations as "supernatural" or magical should be avoided.

Are we alone in the universe, and have other intelligent life forms found their way to our small part of the galaxy? The best available evidence suggest that, no, we are not alone, and yes, they have already found us.

The real question at this point may be 'what are we going to do about it?"

We must come together to search for answers to this and even more difficult questions, for nothing less than the future of Planet Earth may hang in the balance. If we are wrong, and all of the existing evidence points to some other phenomenon, then the attempt to contact whatever that phenomenon is may prove extremely enlightening.

But if we are correct in our assessment, and we are being visited by advanced ET civilizations, then the risks of doing nothing are immense, and the benefits of acting wisely will change the world as we know it.

In either case, the time has come to act.

We are closing one chapter of human history, and we're going to open another. In the closing of one and the opening of another, much chaos
is possible.

There are wonderful things happening on Earth and have been for 150 years. Wonderful new ideas, new institutions, new ways of living, the potential for new technology — there are many things that are extremely promising.

On the one hand we have this carcass of an old world that is dying. It is going through the death throes. And yet, here is this new world that has already been born, and is growing and is going to continue for thousands of years.

It isn't going to be the end of the world: it is the end of an old world and the simultaneous establishment a new one. We are already in the early stages of the golden era of the human race — one that is going to go on for 500,000 years.

So, that's what's exciting and beautiful, and that's what has to be shared, even as we become aware of these very crazy and ignorant other dramas that are played out.

We need to focus on the good and the positive that's coming, even though we're aware of what some of these other things are that are going on around us, because you need to know the lay of the land.

Spaceship Earth needs to be guided through this period and be firmly established as the civilization it's intended to be. There are extraterrestrial civilizations standing ready to assist, and at a certain point things will change very rapidly.

This transformation isn't going to happen by itself. We humans are going to have to guide it and facilitate it. But we're not going to be alone: The destiny of the human race and Earth has never been alone. It's never been without assistance, and it's never been in doubt.

There's no doubt about what our future and our destiny is going to be. The only question is how we're going to extricate ourselves from the current situation and establish our world firmly on the path of peace and justice.

This is the planet of free will. Our free will has to be applied in order for this transformation to happen. This is the lesson we have to learn. And as soon as we all pull together and use our free will to make this happen, it will happen.

We are trained in our educational systems and our society to simply conform. But, you know what? If you're conforming to a system that is utterly insane, there's a problem.

And the world that has crept around us has become very insane. Therefore, we need to see it for what it is, break from it, and manifest the good future that is sitting there, ripe like fruit ready to fall from a tree into our hands.

The Earth and humanity are ready to blossom.

And it is not just the springtime of Earth. It is the springtime of the entire cosmos. [Bold text mine, Pete]

WELCOME!