rwguinn
7th July 2003, 09:04 PM
Roswell, New Mexico, USA is the home of "the Incident" of 1947. Most of us figure the thing was some test from White Sands missile Range, a mere 150 miles as the crow flies and the prevailing winds blow, but the handling of the situation by the various Government agencies has been comical, and much needed laughs.
Anyway, there is a UFO Festival every July, with parades, costume contests, "experts", and so on. On the 4th, we have fireworks. Coming out of the firewoks display, I found a sheet on my windshield (as did everyone else there):
"2K3 Ingathering
Have you found your place in the bigger universal picture
Welcome to the "City of Light"
A place of spiritual information, education, emotional and physical support
This weekend is full of supernatural, sensational, inner healing, starships, extraterrestial, psycic and channeling, etc, etc/What's wrong with that?
Unholy spirits, sources that are driven to attain your attention with the goal of eternal destruction"
It goes on to say "It all comes from the same evil source whose secret purpose is to destroy you. Is the Holy Spirit your guide, or are you being guided by dark spirits disguised as light?"
It then puts out a call to know the "source of truth"--across the street from the festival.
I had to respond, so I wrote the Roswell Daily Record (please keep in mind that freedom of the press in Roswell is limited to 300 words/person/month, and/or 3 minutes at a school board or City Council meeting) :
"Imagine my surprise when, at the 4th of July Fireworks show, I discovered a yellow piece of paper which informed me that my B.S.M.E. degree from New Mexico State University was NOT "Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering", but "Beelzebub Sorcerer, Magnus Extraordinaire".
I know for a fact that alien spacecraft have visited planets in our Solar System. Some of them have landed and taken samples. This is a FACT. How do I know?
My first job out of college was a test to verify the operation of the Viking Mars Lander shroud. I was also a member of teams which launched numerous spacecraft to Mars, Venus, and the moons of Jupiter, as well as Clementine, which mapped the moon and was to chase down an asteroid. I was a minor team member on Voyager, which left the Solar system we all know and love, heading into interstellar space.
We did it with Physics, chemistry, and engineering. The only mental power we used was the God-given talent, inquisitiveness, desire, and knowledge we all possess. No appeals to Satan or Black Magic (or White Magic, for that matter) were made. As Sir Arthur C. Clarke stated "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic". While UFO-oligy is rife with pseudo-science and misconceptions, there is no reason to doubt that if we can do these things, other life-forms can too. The universe is a very big place, and there is room for a lot to happen.
Robert Heinlein once said "The meek shall inherit the earth. The rest of us are going to the STARS!". I fully agree."
:rolleyes: :wink8:
Does this mean that I am going to the bad place now??
RW
Anyway, there is a UFO Festival every July, with parades, costume contests, "experts", and so on. On the 4th, we have fireworks. Coming out of the firewoks display, I found a sheet on my windshield (as did everyone else there):
"2K3 Ingathering
Have you found your place in the bigger universal picture
Welcome to the "City of Light"
A place of spiritual information, education, emotional and physical support
This weekend is full of supernatural, sensational, inner healing, starships, extraterrestial, psycic and channeling, etc, etc/What's wrong with that?
Unholy spirits, sources that are driven to attain your attention with the goal of eternal destruction"
It goes on to say "It all comes from the same evil source whose secret purpose is to destroy you. Is the Holy Spirit your guide, or are you being guided by dark spirits disguised as light?"
It then puts out a call to know the "source of truth"--across the street from the festival.
I had to respond, so I wrote the Roswell Daily Record (please keep in mind that freedom of the press in Roswell is limited to 300 words/person/month, and/or 3 minutes at a school board or City Council meeting) :
"Imagine my surprise when, at the 4th of July Fireworks show, I discovered a yellow piece of paper which informed me that my B.S.M.E. degree from New Mexico State University was NOT "Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering", but "Beelzebub Sorcerer, Magnus Extraordinaire".
I know for a fact that alien spacecraft have visited planets in our Solar System. Some of them have landed and taken samples. This is a FACT. How do I know?
My first job out of college was a test to verify the operation of the Viking Mars Lander shroud. I was also a member of teams which launched numerous spacecraft to Mars, Venus, and the moons of Jupiter, as well as Clementine, which mapped the moon and was to chase down an asteroid. I was a minor team member on Voyager, which left the Solar system we all know and love, heading into interstellar space.
We did it with Physics, chemistry, and engineering. The only mental power we used was the God-given talent, inquisitiveness, desire, and knowledge we all possess. No appeals to Satan or Black Magic (or White Magic, for that matter) were made. As Sir Arthur C. Clarke stated "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic". While UFO-oligy is rife with pseudo-science and misconceptions, there is no reason to doubt that if we can do these things, other life-forms can too. The universe is a very big place, and there is room for a lot to happen.
Robert Heinlein once said "The meek shall inherit the earth. The rest of us are going to the STARS!". I fully agree."
:rolleyes: :wink8:
Does this mean that I am going to the bad place now??
RW