[Rich Reynolds brings up a very good point: where do we go from here in ufology? Gene & I discussed this in regards to the abduction phenomenon w/ Peter Robbins today. Do we thow the baby out w/ the Bwater and start over, or have we learned anything worthwhile from the old-guard that we can carry forward and build upon? Good article that left me wanting much more! --chris]
Man in the Moon?
From Curious Myths of the Middle Ages by S. Baring-Gould [1867, Kessinger Publishing reprint, Montana] Page 198:
"The belief in the Moon-man seems to exist among the natives of British Columbia; for I read in one of Mr. Duncan’s letters to the Church Missionary Society, “One very dark I was told that thre was a moon to be seen on the beach. On going to see, there was an illuminated disk, with the figure of a man upon it. The water was then very low, and one of the conjuring parties had lit up this disk at the waters edge…It was an imposing sight. Nothing could be seen around it; but the Indians suppose that the medicine party are then holding converse with the man in the moon…After a short time the moon waned away…”
This is just one of many such accounts of beings seen inside ships (or moons). Aubeck’s and Vallee’s Wonders in the Sky is replete with such tales. But what do such tales tell us, about UFOs or anything else?
I suppose that had such an incident as this occurred today, a few avid researchers would descend on that beach and look for tell-tale signs of a moon-landing. The Indians would be sought out, and one or two would provide testimony and maybe even a drawing of what they purported to have seen.This is what happened in the Socorro/Zamora sighting of 1964, and in many other so-called UFO or flying saucer sightings.
Such occurrences are not rare. And their redundancy may be intrinsic to the phenomenon we discuss here. Yet, anyone with a yen to discover the meaning of such accounts is stymied by a lack of concrete substantiation, having only witness testimony as evidence of such events.
So what is the point of pursuing such accounts/stories?... REST OF THE ARTICLE HERE:
Man in the Moon?
From Curious Myths of the Middle Ages by S. Baring-Gould [1867, Kessinger Publishing reprint, Montana] Page 198:
"The belief in the Moon-man seems to exist among the natives of British Columbia; for I read in one of Mr. Duncan’s letters to the Church Missionary Society, “One very dark I was told that thre was a moon to be seen on the beach. On going to see, there was an illuminated disk, with the figure of a man upon it. The water was then very low, and one of the conjuring parties had lit up this disk at the waters edge…It was an imposing sight. Nothing could be seen around it; but the Indians suppose that the medicine party are then holding converse with the man in the moon…After a short time the moon waned away…”
This is just one of many such accounts of beings seen inside ships (or moons). Aubeck’s and Vallee’s Wonders in the Sky is replete with such tales. But what do such tales tell us, about UFOs or anything else?
I suppose that had such an incident as this occurred today, a few avid researchers would descend on that beach and look for tell-tale signs of a moon-landing. The Indians would be sought out, and one or two would provide testimony and maybe even a drawing of what they purported to have seen.This is what happened in the Socorro/Zamora sighting of 1964, and in many other so-called UFO or flying saucer sightings.
Such occurrences are not rare. And their redundancy may be intrinsic to the phenomenon we discuss here. Yet, anyone with a yen to discover the meaning of such accounts is stymied by a lack of concrete substantiation, having only witness testimony as evidence of such events.
So what is the point of pursuing such accounts/stories?... REST OF THE ARTICLE HERE:
