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Gil Bavel
Guest
Jeff Peckman was on The Late Show just now.
He was treated with respect and grace by David Letterman, who asked good questions and did not make fun of him--and actually stopped the audience form making fun of him. Or laughing, anyway.
Peckman (Not Romanek) was able to get out, quite articulately, I should add, lots of good information about disclosure, why now is a good time, and that the media seems to be responding to a grassroots effort because the government won't leak a thing about the UFO/ET situation.
He spoke with confidence about the 400-some top secret cleared-witnesses that are willing to break their silence and go on the record about what they've seen, he spoke knowledgeably about the 4,000-some physical trace cases and in general provided a no-nonsense forum about Romanek's contact experiences and his documentation thereof.
The audience, for the most part, was polite, and although they expected Letterman to give them a laugh line throughout, he didn't, except to say that several decades ago, the word we would have used to describe Romanek would be "a nut".
But, he went right on, and asked Peckman if things had changed. And that's when he put his hand up, and stopped the audience from laughing.
This shows that Letterman really knows how to control an audience. He's a professional. He knows that people are waiting for a laugh, he's got great understanding of timing, and knows they need a release.
So at once, he gives it to them, and then instantly uses it as an event to make them take it seriously.
At that point, Peckman went on to describe Romanek's unusual ability to document his contact experiences (that most abductees seem not to be able to do), and went on to talk about the clean and free technologies that the benevolent aliens would be able to provide to us--and that did not elicit laughter.
At the end, he got great applause, and as they went to commercial--they tossed to a live feed of a restaurant that had a bunch of people dressed up as aliens waiting in line.
Another great use of control and timing by Letterman. Letterman said he would like to see a UFO or an alien. Peckman countered by saying that at some point, maybe sometime soon, there would have to be a delegation of scientists, politicians--and, artists, peoople that speak from the heart--like comedians--and asked if Letterman would be willing to participate in that delegation.
After the laughs subsided, Letterman paused and said, "Well, you know, I'm kind of tied up with tee-ball this summer". Which really got a good laugh. "But call me", he finished.
Now, I don't know if Peckman is for real, or more to the point, if Romanek is for real. But they've been on Larry King, and now Peckman's been on Letterman--who, by the way, showed a different frame from the video that Romanek shot, not the same one that has been released.
Letterman is the most powerful man in show business, after all.
I'd like to add that David Letterman knows a lot more about UFOs and aliens than he let on. During the conversation, Peckman mentioned wormholes, and Letterman, said, "Wormholes--what's that?". This gave Peckman an opportunity to talk authoritatively about real science, and how it could lead to space travel over vast distances, according to modern physics. Of course Letterman knew what a wormhole was--but he was using the opportunity to give Peckman the chance to fumble, or make a touchdown, and he made a touchdown.
And then he went on, now with credibility, about the contact experience, and the audience wasn't laughing.
So, I guess my point is, that if all this can be generated by one frame of video, one grainy, vague, hard-to-make-out frame--maybe things are better than we think for UFO disclosure.
After the Phoenix Lights, which were seen by thousands, and the O'Hare event, which got a lot of attention considering how few people actually seen to have seen it, people seem to be ready.
Not long ago, people on Coast to Coast AM used to drop deadlines and dates for contact. We collectively watched them whoosh by and some of us sniggered. In Japan, they've allocated a whole lot of money to creating a landing area complex for the visitors, and created an entire political party around the subject. Belgium, in 1989, brought out all their data about the huge black triangles flying circles around their jets aircraft. France declassified their UFO data a decade ago, and Britain recently followed suit. Brazil is trying, but the U.S. govt. seems to have a pretty large finger in that pie.
Worldwide, human beings are now acclimatized to the idea that not only are we not alone, but that the contact phenomenon may start ramping up in a serious way. An entire generation has grown up knowing what aliens look like.
Many people have been talking about the next administration as being the "disclosure presidency", especially when it was expected that Hillary was going to have a lock. Some still are. The Rockefeller Initiative has been making the rounds.
We seem as a people to be better able to separate the hoaxes from the "Hmm?"s.
I'd like to say, at least for myself, that I am a proud member of the Paracast community, who lead the way and ask the important questions. We are skeptical, we are curious, we are thoughtful, we are intelligent, we are humorous--we can even laugh at ourselves. But whatever does happen, is going to happen here. We are part of it.
I've said here before that the Paracast is the most important paranormal broadcast in the world. I get the impression from their replies that David and Gene thought that meant, "Oh, yeah, haha, best of the three".
Well, there's lots of paranormal broadcasting out there. Not including the FIVE Coast hosts, there's Lan Lamphere, and Don Ecker, and the Paranormal Podcast, and Mysterious Universe, and the Earthfiles podcast, and Dreamland, and Dwight Shcultz, lots and lots of local shows all over the country, there's Hieronymus and Co.--and that's not even just the ones that are current. We used to have Sightings, and Unsolved Mysteries, and big-time and prime-time TV shows. All over the world, there are radio and TV shows that bring in big ratings numbers about this subject.
So, guys--when I say it's the most important one, I'm not only being quite serious about ranking of the show atop a lot of others out there, but the discernment and quality of what goes into each and every episode--that's not something you can kick out every week, sprinkle some fairy dust on it and get quality programming.
When the Internet was first accessible by the average yahoo with a Mac and a 300-baud modem, UFOs were the hot topic. The first thing for people to look up, right after sex. We didn't have Google back then, in fact, I'm pretty sure those guys were in real short pants at the time.
The thing Gene and David have created here tough--the show, the forums, the community--is the zenith of the whole ball of wax. The right place at the right time.
We should all count ourselves very lucky that they're who they are, that they're here--and that they're willing to do what they do, and let us do what we do.
You guys are all very much appreciated. Thank you.
Whether it's Peckman and Romanek, or Greer and Bassett, or the next guys that come down the pike--the Paracast has it covered, and reliably, with no crap. I have yet to hear David or Gene say something in seriousness that I couldn't agree with.
We didn't have that before.
He was treated with respect and grace by David Letterman, who asked good questions and did not make fun of him--and actually stopped the audience form making fun of him. Or laughing, anyway.
Peckman (Not Romanek) was able to get out, quite articulately, I should add, lots of good information about disclosure, why now is a good time, and that the media seems to be responding to a grassroots effort because the government won't leak a thing about the UFO/ET situation.
He spoke with confidence about the 400-some top secret cleared-witnesses that are willing to break their silence and go on the record about what they've seen, he spoke knowledgeably about the 4,000-some physical trace cases and in general provided a no-nonsense forum about Romanek's contact experiences and his documentation thereof.
The audience, for the most part, was polite, and although they expected Letterman to give them a laugh line throughout, he didn't, except to say that several decades ago, the word we would have used to describe Romanek would be "a nut".
But, he went right on, and asked Peckman if things had changed. And that's when he put his hand up, and stopped the audience from laughing.
This shows that Letterman really knows how to control an audience. He's a professional. He knows that people are waiting for a laugh, he's got great understanding of timing, and knows they need a release.
So at once, he gives it to them, and then instantly uses it as an event to make them take it seriously.
At that point, Peckman went on to describe Romanek's unusual ability to document his contact experiences (that most abductees seem not to be able to do), and went on to talk about the clean and free technologies that the benevolent aliens would be able to provide to us--and that did not elicit laughter.
At the end, he got great applause, and as they went to commercial--they tossed to a live feed of a restaurant that had a bunch of people dressed up as aliens waiting in line.
Another great use of control and timing by Letterman. Letterman said he would like to see a UFO or an alien. Peckman countered by saying that at some point, maybe sometime soon, there would have to be a delegation of scientists, politicians--and, artists, peoople that speak from the heart--like comedians--and asked if Letterman would be willing to participate in that delegation.
After the laughs subsided, Letterman paused and said, "Well, you know, I'm kind of tied up with tee-ball this summer". Which really got a good laugh. "But call me", he finished.
Now, I don't know if Peckman is for real, or more to the point, if Romanek is for real. But they've been on Larry King, and now Peckman's been on Letterman--who, by the way, showed a different frame from the video that Romanek shot, not the same one that has been released.
Letterman is the most powerful man in show business, after all.
I'd like to add that David Letterman knows a lot more about UFOs and aliens than he let on. During the conversation, Peckman mentioned wormholes, and Letterman, said, "Wormholes--what's that?". This gave Peckman an opportunity to talk authoritatively about real science, and how it could lead to space travel over vast distances, according to modern physics. Of course Letterman knew what a wormhole was--but he was using the opportunity to give Peckman the chance to fumble, or make a touchdown, and he made a touchdown.
And then he went on, now with credibility, about the contact experience, and the audience wasn't laughing.
So, I guess my point is, that if all this can be generated by one frame of video, one grainy, vague, hard-to-make-out frame--maybe things are better than we think for UFO disclosure.
After the Phoenix Lights, which were seen by thousands, and the O'Hare event, which got a lot of attention considering how few people actually seen to have seen it, people seem to be ready.
Not long ago, people on Coast to Coast AM used to drop deadlines and dates for contact. We collectively watched them whoosh by and some of us sniggered. In Japan, they've allocated a whole lot of money to creating a landing area complex for the visitors, and created an entire political party around the subject. Belgium, in 1989, brought out all their data about the huge black triangles flying circles around their jets aircraft. France declassified their UFO data a decade ago, and Britain recently followed suit. Brazil is trying, but the U.S. govt. seems to have a pretty large finger in that pie.
Worldwide, human beings are now acclimatized to the idea that not only are we not alone, but that the contact phenomenon may start ramping up in a serious way. An entire generation has grown up knowing what aliens look like.
Many people have been talking about the next administration as being the "disclosure presidency", especially when it was expected that Hillary was going to have a lock. Some still are. The Rockefeller Initiative has been making the rounds.
We seem as a people to be better able to separate the hoaxes from the "Hmm?"s.
I'd like to say, at least for myself, that I am a proud member of the Paracast community, who lead the way and ask the important questions. We are skeptical, we are curious, we are thoughtful, we are intelligent, we are humorous--we can even laugh at ourselves. But whatever does happen, is going to happen here. We are part of it.
I've said here before that the Paracast is the most important paranormal broadcast in the world. I get the impression from their replies that David and Gene thought that meant, "Oh, yeah, haha, best of the three".
Well, there's lots of paranormal broadcasting out there. Not including the FIVE Coast hosts, there's Lan Lamphere, and Don Ecker, and the Paranormal Podcast, and Mysterious Universe, and the Earthfiles podcast, and Dreamland, and Dwight Shcultz, lots and lots of local shows all over the country, there's Hieronymus and Co.--and that's not even just the ones that are current. We used to have Sightings, and Unsolved Mysteries, and big-time and prime-time TV shows. All over the world, there are radio and TV shows that bring in big ratings numbers about this subject.
So, guys--when I say it's the most important one, I'm not only being quite serious about ranking of the show atop a lot of others out there, but the discernment and quality of what goes into each and every episode--that's not something you can kick out every week, sprinkle some fairy dust on it and get quality programming.
When the Internet was first accessible by the average yahoo with a Mac and a 300-baud modem, UFOs were the hot topic. The first thing for people to look up, right after sex. We didn't have Google back then, in fact, I'm pretty sure those guys were in real short pants at the time.
The thing Gene and David have created here tough--the show, the forums, the community--is the zenith of the whole ball of wax. The right place at the right time.
We should all count ourselves very lucky that they're who they are, that they're here--and that they're willing to do what they do, and let us do what we do.
You guys are all very much appreciated. Thank you.
Whether it's Peckman and Romanek, or Greer and Bassett, or the next guys that come down the pike--the Paracast has it covered, and reliably, with no crap. I have yet to hear David or Gene say something in seriousness that I couldn't agree with.
We didn't have that before.
s If sereda was a little older I'd think he was the inspiration for the Coneheads.
