Disclosure is a Distraction
If disclosure isn’t the answer, what was the question?
Those of us in the UFO community do not need convincing that the phenomenon is real. We have seen the videos, heard the testimony, and perhaps experienced some form of contact ourselves. In pondering the mysteries of the universe, we have listened to that inner voice of wisdom that says, “Of course we are not alone.” While what we understand is dwarfed by what we don’t, intuitively we know there is some truth there.
We are now approaching a time when the majority of the human population won’t need convincing either. The catalysts of government disclosure, increased photos and footage from smart phones in every pocket, advancing scientific discovery, and expanding media interest are feeding our collective consciousness with greater awareness and acceptance. Even my 71-year-old father, who has never given UFOs and ETs a second thought, admitted to me over Chinese takeout that the existence of other galactic civilizations “just makes sense.”
That growing awareness and acceptance will act like a magnet, drawing to us greater evidence of the ET presence. The sharing of once-secret government information will be valuable and part of the revelation, but as our eyes and minds open to the idea that other civilizations have always been here, we might expect sightings to increase, making the past less relevant. If the Israeli Defense Ministry’s former space director, Haim Eshed, is right that ETs are mostly hanging back waiting for us to be ready, further public dialogue should bring the days of close encounters closer.
Knowing that this time is coming, what conversations should we start openly having now?
Disclosure is a Red Herring
It is often said that disclosure is a process not a single event. With the formation of Space Force and the June 2021 congressional deadline for a report on unidentified aerial phenomenon (UAP), among other developments, we can expect more information to come out, acclimating us to the truth that our atmosphere is alive with interstellar tourists.
Whatever comes out will necessarily reveal that the government has been in possession of information that could have changed the course of human history and chose not to share it. It will likely suggest there is a lot more that is still being covered up. Perhaps it will give us a glimpse of how we have been manipulated or how some bad actors have sought personal gain at the expense of the global good.
But is that what we want the focus of the biggest story in human memory to be? Do we want those historic moments to be full of rage and blame?
Letting conspiracy drive the narrative and getting mired in pointing fingers is not likely to serve us in the long run. It may be infuriating to watch those who withheld information lie, make excuses, or bring information forward in a way that makes it seem like it is a new discovery. But turning this into a good vs. bad guys story is emblematic of the old ways such revelation invites us to leave behind. It also paints us as victims, duped by a malicious program of secrecy, which is disempowering. Instead of bemoaning the deception, we should create a safe space for more people to come forward and step into our own power as we move ahead.
I am not saying it is not valid or reasonable to seek accountability for those involved in the cover up. There were probably some good reasons and not so good reasons for withholding information. Though I personally take issue with the “we didn’t want to scare people” line of excuses, it is fair to acknowledge that admitting aliens are real is a delicate and complicated matter with far-reaching implications. There is wisdom in handling it carefully. The same goes for how we deal with those who come forward or are ousted from the shadows.
The question becomes: What do we want more — retribution or a new reality?
Disclosure or Discourse?
We can focus on disclosure — meaning the action of making new or secret information known — or pour our energy into greater discourse. One topic for debate might be how we want to approach communications with other civilizations. With the government’s credibility on this topic deeply scarred, who do we trust to speak on behalf of humanity? What is it that we would even want to say?
Another topic might be what our priorities are for what we would hope to learn from more advanced civilizations and how we would disseminate and leverage that information. For example, what might we do with knowledge on how to more effectively prevent and cure disease and preserve our health? What would it mean for the energy sector and all of our legacy infrastructure if we gained capabilities for free energy? How quickly could we deploy agricultural and environmental technologies to ensure everyone on the planet has healthy food and clean water? What might we want to share with our galactic neighbors?
Aren’t these more inspiring and expansive questions than how shall we punish the disclosure villains?
Behind these questions are bigger issues around how we manage a world in profound transition. Former Defense official Christopher Mellon tweeted that establishing connection and communication with more advanced civilizations “would be the equivalent of possibly gaining hundreds of thousands or millions of years of knowledge in days or weeks.” If true, that magnitude of shift is unprecedented in human history. While it should lead to a more egalitarian and healthy world, it brings the potential for intense chaos and disruption.
If history is any guide, those industries and institutions that controlled the wealth and power in the old world are not going to go quietly. We should have a plan for that. Similarly, those who have taught a certain view of the world and the universe we are a part of, be it science or religion, may find their convictions directly challenged and potentially rendered obsolete. We should clear the way for updating our understanding of the most fundamental human beliefs.
Expanding Our View
Disclosure is an important pathway to increasing our knowledge on the UFO/ET topic. But it keeps the power in the hands of the secret keepers, with us looking to those who have deceived us to share what they know, instead of seeking knowledge and experience for ourselves. Further, while there is some rationale for having the military take center stage, letting them hog the mic frames the discussion in terms of threat, confrontation, and nationalist interest. That has the potential to unnecessarily heighten fear, which never leads to a peaceful outcome.
Viewing these revelations through the eyes of disclosure is also a narrow and limited way to think about the topic of galactic life and our place in the cosmos. Disclosure may have been a logical intellectual next step in the search for answers, but we are moving beyond that quickly. If we place our minds in the post-disclosure world, which may be here before we know it, a broader set of bigger questions jump to the foreground. We would do well to start pondering some of those, sooner rather than later.
I think I join a lot of people in wanting the experience of learning about and meeting our non-human neighbors to be positive, uplifting, and enlightening. We can help realize that vision by approaching this topic with curiosity and wonder, being led by an open mind. It would serve us to give practical consideration to how we shape a world that has no human precedent, well before those days are upon us. The grace we bring to those coming challenges, including how we treat those who lied, will set the tone for the world we want to create.
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