The Ultraterrestrial Hypothesis: A Case for Scientific Openness to an "Interdimensional" Explanation for Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena

• Published in: The Journal of transpersonal psychology Vol. 55; no. 1; pp. 43 - 98
• Main Author: Lomas, Tim
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Stanford Journal of Transpersonal Psychology 01-01-2023
• Subjects: Committees; Extraterrestrial life; Hypotheses; Intelligence; Kirkpatrick, Sean; National security; Task forces; United States > US
• ISSN: 0022-524X

For a start, they involve observers who have excelled in occupations that require the highest skill and training in visual perception and processing - such as fighter pilots - meaning they are regarded as higher quality witnesses than the average observer. [...]their testimony is often triangulated with other evidence, including relatively high quality photographs or video, and other information sources (e.g., radar). [...]of these accumulating observations, in 2020 the US military established a UAP Task Force, charged with investigating these occurrences, which has subsequently produced various reports and analyses1. [...]the act gives authorities a 300 day deadline to "organize their records... and provide them to the review board." Despite lacking wings, apparent forms of propulsion, or any "thermal exhaust," these strange orbs are seemingly capable of unusual manoeuvres and flying at velocities up to twice the speed of sound. [...]investigative journalist Ross Coulthart (2023) - who is intimately connected to the UAP topic, and has conducted numerous interviews with key players, as cited below - suggested these are frequently reported as being apparently under "intelligent control," including "intelligently moving around aircraft."