Then I watched a third clip from a rooftop in Brooklyn, NY where some men were filming and there was a bunch of oval shaped crafts flying in formation as I began to feel weird in my gut. Now, nothing would surprise me if the government was testing unmanned crafts for war purposes, and sent them all around the globe. But, at least knowing all the phenomena surrounding UFOs dating back to when unusual aerial phenomena had been reported throughout prehistory (flying saucers in cave paintings in Hunan, 47,000 B.C., southern France, 20,000 B.C., etc.) and history. Many of these phenomena were undoubtedly astronomical in nature: comets, bright meteors, one or more of the five planets which can be seen with the naked eye, planetary conjunctions, or atmospheric optical phenomena such as parhelia and lenticular clouds. This was not one of those astronomical nature things. It was as real and alive as you and I. My mind kept reeling and for the rest of the day, I couldn't wait to talk to someone about it. Later that evening, pitching up a new tent for my fourth child's birthday party, there in the back my husband and father in-law seemed to be the right ears to burn. Of course, it became a silly short conversation as I watched the skies closely that evening. All the children were out on our 700 sq. foot wrap around deck chasing the fireflies. "Mommy, what are you looking at?" said the inquisitive nothing gets by me six-year old. In a daze like way, mommy responded, " I don't know." I would like to know but I just don't.

Paranormal and occult hypotheses about UFOs are what seem to gravitate this soul towards the feeling for more information being needed. In 1758, the book entitled Earths in the Solar World, Emanuel Swedenborg reported a number of visions where he was taken around various planets. Now that's what I am talking about! When are we going to have an Alien Escort Service so we can have a turn to see? That's all I'm saying. But no probing allowed, you know the Alien would have to sign a release form as that is a must in red ink!

Emanuel regarded these visions as genuine. As early as the 17th century, the polymath John Dee and his assistant Edward Kelley communed with superior and unearthly beings (which he called angels) that spoke a strange language called Enochian, and giving them "wisdom" and knowledge. Could there be a connection to the other side and the universe with its suns, stars and planets? Are they all one in the same and share the same space? The universe is like the waterfall that continuously flows over the rocky ledge to continue down stream as an endless water way. Except here we call it the Milky Way.

This book went on to inspire author H.P. Lovecraft, the Left Hand Path occultists Kenneth Grant and Michael Bertiaux who formed magical orders devoted to using tantric and ceremonial magic as a means to contact extraterrestrial (and/or extra dimensional) entities. Fascinating: I said to myself. It almost made the topic on UFOs seem a bit more human if you will. I think ghosts and spirits are more accepting among us then those of UFOs. Perhaps because we feel closer to our God, whoever that is for us as there are many in religion and cultures around the world.

Perhaps, we as a society feel better about identifying death easier then another possible life form existing? Just because there are many topics under the paranormal umbrella, doesn't mean they are all treated equally. Some seem to be more accepting of then others. My quest will continue to seek out whether or not all this is just one, big bowl of living wax and we are somewhere stuck in the middle like flies to a spider web. Except, who's really in charge then? Is there one Supreme Being that stands over this bowl stirring us every so often? Until next month, I wish everyone well.

Alexandra Holzer

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