Contrary to popular Internet folklore, I don't 'do' conspiracies... My personal focus has been (and remains) on uncovering 'real' government investigations into inexplicable phenomena -- the so-called "government phenomenology problem" -- and emerging trends in science and technology. (The CIA-released STAR GATE files are a wealth of information about how the government works high-strangeness inside the intelligence community.)On the other hand, a conspiracy can be a lot of fun, so I was intrigued when television producer Marisa Kagan contacted me last week. Marisa was seeking information on an alleged battle between aerospace entrepreneur Bob Bigelow's staff and extraterrestrial aliens at his remote ranch in Utah. You know, the kind of far-out information that makes for a really good conspiracy.What follows is, more or less, the reason why I turned down Marisa's offer of "a possible interview opportunity" to appear on "Jesse Ventura's "Conspiracy Theory" on TruTV. But first, a bit of background on the high-strangeness alleged to have taken place, taken from a story I wrote for STARpod.org."If you're a fan of the TV series Lost, then you're probably familiar with "the smoke monster," the strange power that manifests itself in odd sounds heard moving through the jungle; is seen moving through the woods knocking down trees along the way; and experienced in close encounters as a weird polymorphic black smoke, capable of lifting people up in the air and smashing them to their deaths. People walking through the jungle are often surrounded by the sounds of whispering voices, or experience mysterious encounters with persons living and dead, as well as insects and animals.""Although the TV series ended recently, leaving many unexplained threads dangling for fans to debate for years to come, the mysteries left behind by the writers of Lost are an odd mixture of weirdness from science fiction and speculative physics, with core elements of the supernatural."""All in all, it sounds not too far removed from reports of the strange phenomena alleged to take place at Bob Bigelow's haunted ranch in Utah." Bob Bigelow's company, Bigelow Aerospace, is on the verge of becoming America's foremost private space venture." "According to reports, as quoted by the Bigelow Aerospace website, Bigelow has "already spent about 180 million of his own money so far and has said he is willing to spend up to 320 million more" to develop his space stations and lunar base concept."""When it comes to UFO sightings, the FAA advises Air Traffic Controllers, "Persons wanting to report UFO/unexplained phenomena activity should contact a UFO/ unexplained phenomena reporting data collection center, such as Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies." "Bob Bigelow, following shortly after physicist Stephen Hawking's warning to avoid the alien extraterrestrials at all cost, recently told The New York Times that UFOs can have a fatal attraction." "People have been killed. People have been hurt. It's more than observational kind of data."(Click here to read the rest of my full report on the Skinwalker Ranch at STARpod.org)."Among the many odd experiences reported by the team during their stay at Bigelow's haunted ranch -- including the story of how the rancher's dogs were disintegrated when they chased after one of the many unidentified phenomena -- was an encounter with what appeared to be a strange being emerging from a tunnel which appeared right out of thin air."Stranger still -- and this could easily have been a scene from 'Lost' -- one of the physicists on the project was frozen in place by a weird telepathic message beamed into his brain by a dark shadow creature.The best information I received from my own sources does confirm very strange goings-on at the ranch. The contentious issue that made me decide to turn down the interview request involved a second-hand rumor concerning an alleged battle between Bob Bigelow's staff at the ranch and a marauding band of hostile alien extraterrestrial invaders. Once it became apparent that "Jesse Ventura's Conspiracy Theory" intended to make the alien battle story the focus of their conspiracy, I knew I could not contribute.In fact, I had already reported on the rumor and later debunked the story in another article written for STARpod.org:It sounds like a Hollywood plot for a 21st century remake of Earth versus the Flying Saucers.San Francisco physicist Dr. Jack Sarfatti claims to have heard the rumor while visiting London in 2004, while in the company of Nick Cook, the well known aerospace journalist from the private intelligence publisher Janes Information Group."I was asked by the 'CIA' not to pursue the story in 2004, but now Bigelow has (allegedly, it seems) opened Pandora's Box on the story."Sarfatti came forward with the rumor following a remark made by billionaire space maven Bob Bigelow to the New York Times about the dangers of UFOs:"People have been killed. People have been hurt. It's more than observational kind of data."The New York Times had interviewed Bigelow about his recent efforts to build a private space station. In the article, Bigelow was quoted about the lethality of the UFO phenomena, but the basis for Bigelow's statement was not pursued.According to Sarfatti, the rumor of a battle between Bob Bigelow's employees and otherworldly beings was provided by a mysterious French woman, who was accompanied by a body guard carrying a mystery briefcase allegedly containing "some kind of 'psychotronic' weapon based on alien ET technology."(Click here to read the rest of the article at STARpod.org.)The problem with the story was it was, in the end, just a story.Following the NASA / DARPA 100 Year Starship symposium, where Sarfatti unsuccessfully attempted to push open the UFO alien visitation topic, Sarfatti dismissed the Skinwalker Ranch alien battle story after speaking to Jacques Vallee, the famous UFO researcher."Yes, the French woman's story to me [see, Nick Cook and the Stapleton guy]," Sarfatti explained, was "a delusional distortion of [Jacques] Vallee's meeting with her in Paris at Simon Daniel's conference."Yes, Bigelow's people (including John Alexander and Dr. Eric Davis) did report to us on very strange events at the ranch. Yes, there is a probable connection between Bigelow's people and the U.S. government (at least one of Bigelow's key advisers, Dr. Kit Green, would later work with DIA on emerging technology threats). Yes, Dr. Eric Davis did confirm to us an incident only briefly touched on in the book by George Knapp and Bigelow scientist Colm Kelleher, where a scientist was 'telepathically' attacked and given a warning to leave the area.Creep show weirdness at the ranch? If we accept the primary sources' accounts, there seems to be little question that strange, inexplicable events really did take place. A battle with extraterrestrial invaders? It does make a great conspiracy story, and should be a lot of fun. I am looking forward to watching the Bigelow ranch story through the eyes of "Jesse Ventura's Conspiracy Theory".Now, please pass the popcorn, thank you!
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