Are Aliens Friend or Foe — or Both?
The reality is likely more complex than it first appears.
In many ways, public opinion on the alien topic mirrors society at large — divided and narrow. In one camp are people like Steven Greer, who see aliens as benevolent and beneficial to humanity. In another are people like Christopher Mellon, who talk in terms of threat and national security. Yet seeking to define the phenomenon as one thing or the other — our salvation or demise — risks falling into the same kind of dualistic, black and white thinking that routinely limits human progress.
If we are truly objective, we have to admit that we do not empirically know what non-human civilizations are visiting or living here and what their agendas are. Though our human minds like to simplify things, there is reason to believe that reality is far more complex. Just like it is impossible to capture the diversity of the human race and human agendas in a few words or labels, it follows that in an incomprehensibly vast universe (multiverse?), other forms of intelligent life are also unique in form, capability, and intent. It would be a mistake to paint them with a broad stroke and believe they all want the same thing.
How we view and approach these galactic visitors matters because it will shape how we individually and collectively experience and thus respond to what I believe will be ongoing and increasingly unambiguous contact. Our response and engagement with these beings will likely influence the outcomes, which can be positive or negative.
Are There Good and Bad Aliens?
There have been a few noble attempts to catalog alien species. Perhaps most recently, Richard Dolan’s book, The Alien Agendas: A Speculative Analysis of Those Visiting Earth, draws on historical records and contactee experiences to offer reasoned insights on what species are likely visiting Earth and what they may want. His research postulates that, “There seem to be ‘friendlies’ and ‘hostiles’ out there.” Dolan also makes the very valid point that any civilization engaging here can be expected to look out for their own interests, just like we would. The question remains what those interests are and how they impact us.
Dolan’s exploration generally works within the framework of the 2018 FREE study (The Edgar Mitchell Foundation for Research into Extraterrestrial and Extraordinary Experiences), which groups alien types by appearance: human, short gray, tall gray, hybrid, insectoid, reptilian, and a smattering of other types. While I would add feline, canine, and avian to that list, and suggest that the “other” category is quite large, it seems reasonable to assume that the FREE study captures the alien species most physically active with humanity, as suggested by contact experiences.
When many of the reported contact experiences involve grays abducting people and include sightings of reptilians interacting with secret military personnel, it is natural to feel uneasy, suspicious, and, indeed, threatened. Whether the abductee ultimately has a positive experience or believes it was by divine agreement doesn’t really change the fact that humans are being snatched up in secrecy and experimented on for purposes and motives that are unclear. It is that very scenario that terrifies most people.
Thus, objectivity would say that at least some alien races do pose a threat to humanity, at least until we can confirm otherwise. Intuitively, this makes sense. On the one hand, the very notion of good vs. bad seems like a human construct, which might suggest it is a limiting way to approach this. However, if we view evolution as a continuum, specifically the evolution of consciousness, it is reasonable to assume that species exist across that spectrum. On one end are states of being like peace, goodwill, and love. On the other end are experiences like fear, conflict, greed, and control.
I think we all know where humanity dwells on that spectrum of consciousness. It is very possible that we have company there. In theory, a civilization could be very advanced technologically, but still dwell in lower consciousness. The lore around the self-destruction of Atlantis and demise of Lemuria are supporting anecdotes. Similarly, references to reptilians paint a picture of an advanced civilization that has yet to evolve beyond greed and manipulation.
Thus, to assume that technological prowess has a positive or negative correlation to consciousness could be dangerous and simply isn’t validated by any evidence we possess.
While reports and reasonable inferences suggest that some alien agendas are likely not in humanity’s highest interest, it would be disingenuous to rule out the possibility that some alien races are here to help us evolve, like they themselves have done. For all we know, not only could they be the majority, but helping us could be the dominant reason they are here. Whether that is motivated by their own self-preservation and desire for peaceful and cooperative engagement in space or pure unconditional love doesn’t matter much if the outcome is a more enlightened human society. Like Dolan said, we can expect their engagement here to serve them in some way as well. It could be that we impact existence more than we realize.
How Will We Know?
It seems too simplistic to say that all grays or all reptilians are bad. To the extent these beings have individual consciousnesses, like humans do, it is fair to assume that not everyone agrees with what those in power in their civilizations are doing. Some may be working toward the evolution of consciousness in their own species, just like many humans are, by promoting peace, love, equality, and acceptance. Lumping everyone together is intellectually lazy.
What if we trusted that we would know benevolent from malicious when we see it or feel it?
We use our powers of discernment and intuition all the time as humans, whether it is trusting the stranger at your door or going on a first date. We may not listen to that inner voice but rarely is it completely wrong. Admittedly, seeing a being that we have little frame of reference for, who may be startling in appearance, adds another dimension of uncertainty, but energy is energy.
I think of my experience encountering a grizzly bear in the wild at close range. When the bear started walking toward me, I had a choice. I could either roll myself down the cliff to my right, spray it with my bear spray and hope I could escape, or meet the situation with courage. Despite never before encountering a bear, in reading its behavior and energy, intuitively I knew that he didn’t mean me any harm. That doesn’t mean I didn’t feel threatened and afraid, but to have sprayed the bear or thrown rocks at it would have risked introducing aggression that likely wouldn’t have ended well for me. Instead, I trusted my gut and let the bear approach. When he got within about eight feet from me he arced away from me, returning to the trail a few feet behind me.
My point in telling that story is two-fold. First, the question of how we can tell if an alien is benevolent or not should not be a big source of worry. We all have our intuition and experience judging what is safe or not. I suggest we rely on that instead of believing what our media or government might say. Additionally, if you subscribe to the physics principle that says you experience what you are the vibrational match for and you are generally a loving and considerate person, you should feel pretty good that you aren’t going to invite in some kind of monster. Second, how we respond to what we perceive as a potential threat can influence the outcome of those encounters. Picking a fight is not likely to lead to the future we want.
What Outcomes Do We Want?
So what would a positive outcome look like? It is easy to think that because of their technological superiority that they are in control of what happens, but I like to think that at a soul level, we are meeting as equals, with just as much say over how contact unfolds as they have. Granted, it is their choice how and when they show up, but it is our choice how we prepare for that, respond to it, and use that experience for our own ends.
This is again where ideologies differ. Some seem to believe that those benevolent beings that show up should just tell us everything they know and fix all of our problems. But I see some problems with that. First, solving everything for us won’t help us evolve or take responsibility for what we have wrought. Second, having a bunch of beings show up and do all these nice things for us could encourage some people to want to worship them as gods and see ourselves as lesser, which gives them power over us. That too doesn’t aid our evolution. We need to stand up for ourselves.
On the other side, blindly responding with fear and aggression, believing we are facing planetary takeover, like abduction researcher David Jacobs posits, doesn’t seem justified or helpful either. First, as people like Luis Elizondo have said, the capabilities exhibited by these UAP are far beyond anything we have, making a military operation an exercise in futile self-destruction. Like any tense situations, we should be diplomatic and seek first to understand, being open to all possibilities of why they are here. The more we as a species can avoid rushing to conflicting conclusions and making this another issue that divides us, the less tumultuous this experience will be.
Perhaps it is worth some collective daydreaming on how we would like to see contact play out. We should move away from the predictive programming of Hollywood films to envision alternative outcomes. For example, what might friendship and partnership look like? Exchange and trade? Education? Where might we share common goals? Instead of assuming the worst from contact, what would the best case scenario look like?
Responsibility to be Rational
In a video, Ryan Robbins of Post Disclosure World (aka UFO Jesus), makes the astute point that we often conflate threat with intent. He says that a threat is “anything that could lead to the destruction or detriment of humanity, within this context.” As such, even craft piloted by benevolent beings with positive intent could be dangerous if it ends up in the wrong human hands. He gives North Korea as an example. While I find this a little alarmist, I appreciate his overarching point, which is that we are best served by striving to be as realistic, rational, and objective as possible, and avoid clinging to our own personal agendas on this topic.
I believe that is the personal responsibility we each bring to this. We may have our theories and suppositions — I certainly do — but we have to be humble enough to admit that none of us know exactly what is going on and how things will unfold. At the same time, we also should be brave and intellectually curious enough to follow our own intuition and draw our own conclusions from the data that is available. In a world where video is easily faked and “news” is easily fabricated, we will need to make up our own minds on what to believe. This is partly why I pursue my own contact — I’d like to hear it directly from them and form my own opinion based on my own experiences. It may not give me the full picture, but at least it is something.
It isn’t a huge intellectual leap to believe that some alien races pose a legitimate threat to humanity, and potentially have been manipulating and controlling us for a long time. But equally plausible is the supposition that other races have our best interest at heart. Both can be true. This makes alien contact potentially very confusing and complicated, but that is why it is so important to keep an open mind, stay calm, and trust that we can find our way through this.
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