–Winston Churchill
History remembers Winston Churchill for his political prowess and his leadership during a complex time in Britain’s history, but a relatively unknown part of the statesman’s legacy ” one in which he confronted the idea of alien civilizations ” was recently uncovered.
Churchill penned an 11-page essay on alien life in 1939, revealing his curiosity about the universe and outlining his definition of life and its most important ingredients.
“I, for one, am not so immensely impressed by the success we are making of our civilization here that I am prepared to think we are the only spot in this immense universe which contains living, thinking creatures,” he wrote in the newly uncovered essay, “or that we are the highest type of mental and physical development which has ever appeared in the vast compass of space and time.”
Churchill’s essay was described in an article published in the journal Nature in February 2017.
–Ridley Scott
Film director Ridley Scott is no stranger to the concept of alien invasions and hostile encounters with extraterrestrials. His 1979 movie “Alien” explored the scary concept of an aggressive extraterrestrial that targets the crew of a spaceship. The film spawned a franchise with three sequels and two prequels, including “Alien: Covenant,” which opens in theaters in the U.S. on May 19, 2017.
While promoting the new film, Scott warned that hundreds of alien species are “out there” and cautioned that humans likely won’t fare well if these cosmic interlopers ever decide to pay a visit to Earth.
“If you are stupid enough to challenge them, you will be taken out in three seconds,” Scott told the Agence France-Presse (AFP).
–Gillian Anderson
Actress Gillian Anderson is best known for playing FBI Special Agent Dana Scully on the hit sci-fi series “The X-Files.” But while Anderson spent nine seasons investigating paranormal phenomena on the small screen, does she believe in aliens in real life?
“I do to the degree that the universe is obviously vast and the thought that we are the only planet full of living beings doesn’t make sense,” Anderson said in an interview with The Guardian in 2012.
–William Shatner
As the most recognizable face of the “Star Trek” franchise, actor William Shatner is probably used to fielding questions about his extraterrestrial beliefs. But in a 2010 interview for Montreal Gazette, the man who brought Captain Kirk of the Starship Enterprise to life explained why he thinks intelligent beings must be out there.
“There is no doubt that there is life out there; the mathematics of it lead you to that absolute conclusion. In my mind, there is no doubt that the universe teems ” teems! ” with life in all its forms.”
–Stephen Hawking
Stephen Hawking has repeatedly warned that humans should be wary of contacting alien civilizations. In 2016, in a documentary called “Stephen Hawking’s Favorite Places,” the famed theoretical physicist said humanity may one day receive a signal from a potentially habitable alien world, such as Gliese 832c.
“But we should be wary of answering back,” Hawking said in the 26-minute documentary. “Meeting an advanced civilization could be like Native Americans encountering Columbus. That didn’t turn out so well.”
That’s not the first time Hawking has expressed such a concern. In 2015, he cautioned that visiting aliens may be in search of resources to plunder, as they roam the cosmos colonizing other worlds.
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…….Churchill covered up WWII “close encounter”
Churchill and Eisenhower ‘agreed to cover up RAF plane’s UFO encounter during WWII’, secret files reveal
Churchill and US General Dwight Eisenhower, left, are alleged to have discussed how to deal with a UFO encounter
Sir Winston Churchill was accused of covering up a close encounter between an RAF aircraft and a UFO during the Second World War, newly-released files reveal today.
The former prime minister allegedly ordered that the unexplained incident over the east coast of England should be kept secret for at least 50 years because it would provoke ‘mass panic’.
The claim, made by a scientist who said his grandfather was one of Churchill’s bodyguards, is recounted in declassified Ministry of Defence UFO files made available online by the National Archives.
Allegations of the cover-up emerged when the man, from Leicester, wrote to the government in 1999 seeking to find out more about the incident.
He described how his grandfather, who served with the RAF in the war, was present when Churchill and US General Dwight Eisenhower discussed how to deal with the UFO encounter.
The man, who is not named in the files, said Churchill was reported to have exclaimed: ‘This event should be immediately classified since it would create mass panic amongst the general population and destroy one’s belief in the church.’
The incident allegedly involved an RAF reconnaissance plane returning from a mission in France or Germany towards the end of the war.
It was over or near the English coastline when it was suddenly intercepted by a strange metallic object which matched the aircraft’s course and speed for a time before accelerating away and disappearing.
The scientist said: ‘This event was discussed by Mr Churchill and General Eisenhower, neither of whom knew what had been observed.
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He added: ‘During the discussion with Mr Churchill, a consultant (who worked in the Cumbria area during the war) dismissed any possibility that the object had been a missile, since a missile could not suddenly match its speed with a slower aircraft and then accelerate again.
‘He declared that the event was totally beyond any imagined capabilities of the time.
‘Another person at the meeting raised the possibility of an unidentified flying object, at which point Mr Churchill declared that the incident should be immediately classified for at least 50 years and its status reviewed by a future Prime Minister.’
The scientist said his grandfather did not talk about what he heard, other than to tell his daughter when she was aged nine.
He added: ‘(He) remained convinced until his death in 1973 that technological capabilities existed that were not generally known to the public or indeed even to world leaders.
‘He would occasionally hint that our flight technologies were far inferior to the possible limits of development without elaborating on the events that he witnessed during the war.’
Whitehall officials investigated the claims but could find no records of the discussions between Churchill and Eisenhower, the newly-released documents show.
An MoD official wrote back to the man in September 1999: ‘It was generally the case that before 1967 all UFO files were destroyed after five years as there was insufficient public interest in the subject to merit their permanent retention.
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As you wrote recently about UFO’s over Lake Superior, I thought about this incident which took place when I was about 8yo.
http://www.ufodigest.com/news/0806/kinross.html
Nothing was found of the interceptor, not an oil slick or any debris!
A fully armed F89 search plane augured in an unpaved runway at Houghton County Airport with all rockets exploding and leaving telltale craters in the ground for years.
Very familiar with this and wrote it up here (halfway down):
https://johndenugent.com/ufos-the-third-reich-after-1945-and-the-pleiadians/the-fourth-reich-and-nordic-aliens/
Yes, I missed that one. I fell behind! 😉
The skies were very busy back then, a lot of contrails and no chem-trails to speak of. There was a lot of air traffic for the next few days.
I was disappointed to see that the Great Lakes Dive Company gave up their endeavor of bringing up the F-89 and the object next to it. Seems it may have been a hoax.