December 28, 2014 — Paul Eno

[Wade]

The people who could disclose anything are not with the "government" in any official departmental spokesman style sense. Other governments have officially disclosed what they know, and what more do we know? We know that objects were sighted and tracked. Wow! And I waited a life time to find that out from government files in Brazil or a handful of other countries. The people who clamor for government disclosure have evidently (IMHO) never worked even for a major corporation, where subprojects are funded and kept secret from the rest of the corporation. When I was a young programmer, I joined one of those "secret" projects for a major corporation. They put us up in a rented office space far from the corporate headquarters and our paychecks came through a 3rd party. On paper we worked for another company that only existed legally but not functionally. We were 1 man's secret project. Only he knew of our existence. If that corporation was forced to disclose all its business ventures, my little world would have been passed over since it was meant to be invisible. To me, the people pushing disclosure, like Stephen Bassett and even Richard Dolan, are simply providing themselves with a meal ticket by keeping this bogus crusade alive. Richard should know better.

Zactly, I enjoy a tease as much as the guy but after it just keeps getting dragged out I loose interest I'm sure I'm not alone on this so it probably inspires those guys to find a new angle. Having said that I do like listening to Richard Dolan I have yet to get his newest book (UFO'S for the 21st century mind) but he doesn't come across to me as much of a one trick pony like Stephen Bassett does, maybe I'm not being fair to Stephen but outside of his disclosure agenda I'm not familiar with his work. But to be fair whenever Disclosure does come up as a talking point ANYWHERE I have my finger next to the ff button or my hand next to the volume/off switch.

 

[SheaOlmsford]

I wish Richard Dolan would find a more reputable "network" for his show than KGRA, the ufo podcast network of the "good old boy" Race Hobbs. Just awful! Archives seldom updated. Shows long dead still shown as part of the line-up, website never updated when shows changed time slots, right wing politics thrown in, e.g., Bring Christian prayer back into public schools to save America.... (one of Race Hobbs' gems). Dolan deserves better than this. Isn't Dolan also aligning himself more and more with Exopolitics? I know the guy has to earn a living, but......

As for Paul Eno, he gives you a lot for your money, since he talks extremely fast and packs a lot into an interview. Very interesting chap. I do get tired of hearing about Ben (a bit of parental nepotism....bringing the son into the trade. It reminds me of Joan Rivers using her fame to bring her daughter Melissa into the media). On Ben's part, I respect the guy for wanting to make his own career outside the "chasing the spooks" field. More power to him!

 

[ChrisJohnsen]

Eno's opinion on suicide notwithstanding, an enjoyable episode. Also, another good After The Paracast. I am loving my subscription to The Paracast +. I don't understand why everyone's not doing it! Best $50 I spent in all of 2014. Would have paid double.

 

[DaveM]

The people who could disclose anything are not with the "government" in any official departmental spokesman style sense. Other governments have officially disclosed what they know, and what more do we know? We know that objects were sighted and tracked. Wow! And I waited a life time to find that out from government files in Brazil or a handful of other countries. The people who clamor for government disclosure have evidently (IMHO) never worked even for a major corporation, where subprojects are funded and kept secret from the rest of the corporation. When I was a young programmer, I joined one of those "secret" projects for a major corporation. They put us up in a rented office space far from the corporate headquarters and our paychecks came through a 3rd party. On paper we worked for another company that only existed legally but not functionally. We were 1 man's secret project. Only he knew of our existence. If that corporation was forced to disclose all its business ventures, my little world would have been passed over since it was meant to be invisible. To me, the people pushing disclosure, like Stephen Bassett and even Richard Dolan, are simply providing themselves with a meal ticket by keeping this bogus crusade alive. Richard should know better.

Dolan has said that people like Bassett and Moulton-Howe are his friends, thus he won't criticize them. When Dolan derives a large portion of his salary from speaking at ufo conventions you can't expect him to rock the boat and criticize some of the dubious characters who speak there.

 

[SheaOlmsford]

Dolan has said that people like Bassett and Moulton-Howe are his friends, thus he won't criticize them. When Dolan derives a large portion of his salary from speaking at ufo conventions you can't expect him to rock the boat and criticize some of the dubious characters who speak there.

Yes, I have seen Richard Dolan go from the most respected objective historians of ufology to just another carnival act. Now he is pushing the idea that there is a secret civilization which has the secrets of the universe in its palm and travels the galaxy in lightships using reverse engineered technology. I realize this could be true, but it is rather far fetched. Would such a secret civilization really allow planet earth to be devastated by global warming and the relentless rape of predatory capitalism, which never looks past the next shareholder quarterly meeting? I see no evidence of any interference with our slow march off a cliff.