Thoughts & Reflections

“I remember the Betty & Barney Hill incident vividly, all the press, the interviews, and the subsequent television MOW, the book rights which were bought by James Earl Jones (who played Barney in the movie).

This book authored by Stanton Friedman and Kathleen Marden, Betty Hill’s niece, was in 2007.

I found the book to be intriguing, almost overly methodical in presenting local, Air Force reports, hypnosis logs, contradictions of various professionals as to what they believed or not and why, efforts to suppress the abduction claim, efforts to support it. All-in-all, this was an excellent read.

I’ve read many books on the subject, and usually try to read those publications which are thorough, and as objective as possible. I heard an interview with Stan Friedman and Kathy Marden which aroused my curiosity.

The more our society’s technological advances expand, our satellites gather more information which is publicly accessible or is exposed as a result of various leaks from private groups, and our ventures into space open more, the more, I believe, that we are going to learn about the enormity of our universe. Part and parcel to that are the undeniable and unavoidable questions, “Are there other civilizations out there? Are we alone?” Recently, the Hubble Telescope has recorded images of the “Hubble Ultra Deep Field” in the constellation of Formax where there are over 100,000 galaxies (like our own Milky Way) in a very small slice of the night sky. Each one of these galaxies has millions of star systems, of which many probably contain planets and solar systems like our own. This is science, not science fiction.

To anyone who is interested in the possibility of life elsewhere due to scientific advancement and discovery, the UFO phenomena, whether you believe in it, or you are “sitting on the proverbial fence,” I strongly encourage you to read this book.

“The Ascendancy” is a 21st Century fantasy-adventure about the volatile world in which we live today. Dr. Thomas Allen Nelson says, “An inspiring and compassionate twenty-first century epic adventure, part Paradise Lost and part Wizard of Oz… An evolutionary and cultural vision that blends the grim equations of survival and extinction with the regenerative powers of courage and hope.”

I finished the motion picture screenplay for “The Ascendancy” two weeks ago. My attorney sent it out to major producers over the last week. A gifted, graphic artist Jesse Randall drew this graphic, which encapsulates the magic and awe of “The Ascendancy” story.

Thanks to Jesse and all those who supported this great endeavor. “The Ascendancy” is the first novel/film in a trilogy series.  -in Gratitude, John M. Weiskopf

Dr. John E. Mack is one-of-kind genius. The loss of his life when he was hit by a Czech drunk driver in London was our loss. John E. Mack was a Harvard professor of psychiatry, who wrote and won the Pulitzer Prize for A PRINCE OF OUR DISORDER, a biography of T.E. Lawrence, or Lawrence of Arabia. His book PASSPORT TO THE COSMOS is one of those rare books that is courageous and eye opening.

In his preface, he writes: “I would like to make a plea that my readers begin with an attitude of not knowing…” He goes to write: “My own approach has been that of a clinician allowing abduction ‘experiencers’ to tell their stories without initial judgments or interpretations… in working with other human beings, we have always relied heavily on empathy and intuition, on the use of ourselves as instruments of knowing.” If you are open to the subjective experiences revealed by his interviewees, whether they were real or not, the material in PASSPORT TO THE COSMOS puts forth an incredible treatise of disciplined research and intelligence. John Mack’s conclusions in his book are that these people, who experienced abduction phenomena, were neither crazy, nor deluded, but were normal, integrated people with adaptive and balanced mental states. Without judgment, you will see what Dr. John E. Mack so clearly saw. He will teach you, if you listen. He was truly a great man and a real loss to mankind. We are fortunate to have one record in PASSPORT TO THE COSMOS of his profoundly disciplined observations, clinical methodology in approaching a most controversial topic, and finally reflections about a topic that will become increasingly importance in the years to come, mainly Alien Intervention with mankind.

By John M. Weiskopf, author of THE ASCENDANCY

HAITI. So many of us feel helpless. I know I do. Haiti crosses my mind at least 20+ times a day. But I realize that I can do something. Real & Spiritual. Life is not fair. We are reminded this so powerfully when something of this nature happens, or like the tsunami in Indonesia. I ask myself, “What if I was born in Haiti?” On this plane, we have no control over where we are born, or to whom our parents will be. BUT  we can share compassion and love to help equalize the injustice of fate. You can help financially. CNN announced if text word HAITI to 9099, you will automatically donate $10 to the Red Cross that it can use for the Haiti effort. The $10 will show up on your next cell bill. You can help with heartfelt intent (prayers) to send the dead/dying to the light, massive world thoughts to console those who have lost anyone. 15 seconds of closing your eyes, visualizing those who need help (be as specific as you can), send it from your heart & compassion.

My wife Judy sent me this Hubble image. Magnificence. Just click on the word NASA. In awe, I stand humbled as I know in my heart that we are all linked parts of a great moving & loving force. I am grateful. NASA.

The New York Times today released a review in the science section of a remarkable book by Michael Benson.

From the Times, “Far Out: A Space-Time Chronicle (Amazon Link) is an exquisite picture guide to the universe by Michael Benson, a photographer, journalist and filmmaker, and obviously a longtime space buff.” The NY Times article gives you a sampling of some of the exquisite Hubble Photos.  Just click on this link to see a slide show: New York Times Slide Show for Michale Benson’s book. How exciting to live in this time! Thanks to my wife Judy for pointing this out to me.

At the Embassy last year, Judy and I met a woman named Nikolina. For 2010, she sent an artistic One World dance-music-video “dedication” to a friend who helped her when she was in need. It is a series of beautiful video poems. Worth the look. Just click on this link OneWorld. If you would like to contact Nikolina, her email is chavinheart@gmail.com

Last night, Judy and I saw AVATAR in 3D. This film is a milestone in cinema. Though I have no words to adequately describe my experience, I will try here. Great art changes the person who experiences it, or the group who experiences the art collectively by seeing, reading, hearing or feeling a new art form. It changes how you view the world, how you feel about the world, what you think about it. It hands you a vision, a freshness that asks you: NOT “Do you see what I see? Do you hear what I hear” BUT, “Can you see what I see? Can you hear what I hear? Can you think what I think?”

In historical terms, AVATAR will rank up there with pivotal cinematic thresholds, the first film ever made, first “talkie” sound film,  first FX film, first color film, first film with digital CGI technology … you get the picture. But AVATAR is far more than that. It has a depth and resonance so crucial to the times in which we live, when we are on the brink of possible worldwide extinction and forced to ask profoundly significant questions, the answers to which will affect our survival and connections in the universe.

AVATAR in 3D allows you to live in this incredible visceral and sensory world that is spiritual, ties to indigenous peoples and profoundly interconnected nature that we in the 21st Century have lost, and to a new philosophy of life that unifies people and nature (in the broadest sense of the word). It is a blend of a revolutionary cinematic technology and ancient spiritual wisdom passed on over thousands of years from indigenous cultures (Maya, Hopi, Lakota Sioux, Aborigines, Inca, Navajo…) who have left a wealth of information about how the very soul of this massive universe works, how EVERYTHING on the most basic level is connected. This is not just a mythical, “feely-good” sentimental concept dreamt up by New Agers, but a series profound revelations discovered by Pulitzer-Prize and Nobel Prize winning scientists over the last two decades, much of which has been made as a result of Hubble, the complete mapping of human DNA, and other milestones of scientific discovery, not to mention the spiritual leaders of the planet who have been “preaching” this unifying premise for years.

AVATAR’s story is at times predictable, but that predictability is more a product of the very laws of human behavior proven by thousands of years of wars and conflict, and the struggle of a people to protect the most significant things which those people consider to be far great than themselves.

The alien characters in AVATAR, who live in the world Pandora, each have radiant dots on their faces. The dots look like stars. Each character has a different star mapping, yet they are united by the stars that are part of who they are, just as we are an integral part of the night sky and stars that shine above us, whether we are aware of it or not.

All of the recent activity, discussions and the current release of government classified UFO sightings by England, France and many other countries, prompted me to review an official report, which I made to a UFO reporting agency on November 30, 1994 regarding a UFO, which I spotted (about seven days before) 15 years ago on November 24, 1994, while traveling East at 6:45 a.m. on Route 60 in a somewhat rural area on my way to skydive at Perris Valley Skydive Center in Riverside, California.

Unbeknown to me, there were a rash of UFO sightings that were reported during this time period in the United States, Russia, Canada, Mexico, and the Ukraine. You can click on the link just below, where it says UFO REPORT to read the official report.

UFO REPORT: LISTE D’OBSERVATIONS DE PHENOMENES.

–John M. Weiskopf

NASA’s newest spacecraft is currently perched atop a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket at Vandenberg Air Force Base, north of Santa Barbara, Calif. It is scheduled to roar into space at dawn on Dec. 11, at 6:09:33 a.m. PST (9:09:33 a.m. EST), on a short journey to its final Earth-circling orbit 525 kilometers (326 miles) overhead.

“We can help protect our Earth by learning more about the diversity of potentially hazardous asteroids and comets,” said Amy Mainzer, deputy project scientist for the mission at JPL.

The farthest of the mission’s targets are powerful galaxies that are either churning out loads of new stars or dominated by voracious black holes. These galaxies are shrouded in dust, and often can’t be seen in visible light. WISE will expose millions, and may even find the most energetic, or luminous, galaxy in the universe.

“WISE can see these dusty objects so far away that we will be looking back in time 10 billion years, when galaxies were forming,” said Peter Eisenhardt, the mission’s project scientist at JPL. “By scanning the entire sky, we’ll learn just how extreme this galaxy formation process can get.”