{"id":15912,"date":"2023-04-04T20:57:12","date_gmt":"2023-04-04T20:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/?p=15912"},"modified":"2024-09-20T03:28:08","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T03:28:08","slug":"belief-in-aliens-is-up-way-up-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/belief-in-aliens-is-up-way-up-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Belief in Aliens is up&#8230; WAY UP!&#8230; Why?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Belief in Aliens is up... 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Why?\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n<p>I wonder, wonder why&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignright is-type-wp-embed is-provider-the-rh-negative-blog wp-block-embed-the-rh-negative-blog\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"qn1XcQtFbC\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/rh-negative-people-are-starseeds\/\">Rh negative people are starseeds?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Rh negative people are starseeds?&#8221; &#8212; The Rh Negative Blog\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/rh-negative-people-are-starseeds\/embed\/#?secret=WdGPNrc6YY#?secret=qn1XcQtFbC\" data-secret=\"qn1XcQtFbC\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Fifty-one percent of Americans believe UFOs reported by military personnel are likely evidence of intelligent alien life, according to a new poll released by Pew last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why it matters:<\/strong>&nbsp;Questions about whether smart aliens have come to visit Earth have been asked for decades, and these results show that curiosity \u2014 which can sometimes verge into conspiracy theory \u2014 persists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What they found:<\/strong>&nbsp;The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/fact-tank\/2021\/06\/30\/most-americans-believe-in-intelligent-life-beyond-earth-few-see-ufos-as-a-major-national-security-threat\/?utm_source=AdaptiveMailer&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=21-06-30%20UFOs%20short%20read&amp;org=982&amp;lvl=100&amp;ite=8792&amp;lea=1876577&amp;ctr=0&amp;par=1&amp;trk=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new poll<\/a>&nbsp;surveyed 10,417 U.S. adults in June ahead of the release of a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dni.gov\/files\/ODNI\/documents\/assessments\/Prelimary-Assessment-UAP-20210625.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UFO report<\/a>&nbsp;mandated by Congress and made public at the end of June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>About 65% of respondents said they think there is intelligent alien life on planets other than Earth, and about 87% said UFOs aren&#8217;t a security threat to the U.S. at all or only represent a minor one, Pew found.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>According to the poll, only 12% of American adults had heard or read a lot about the UFO report before its release.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Some segments of the public are more likely than others to believe that intelligent life exists on other planets,&#8221; Pew wrote in a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/fact-tank\/2021\/06\/30\/most-americans-believe-in-intelligent-life-beyond-earth-few-see-ufos-as-a-major-national-security-threat\/?utm_source=AdaptiveMailer&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=21-06-30%20UFOs%20short%20read&amp;org=982&amp;lvl=100&amp;ite=8792&amp;lea=1876577&amp;ctr=0&amp;par=1&amp;trk=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">release<\/a>. &#8220;This view is especially pronounced among younger Americans. About three-quarters (76%) of adults under age 30 say intelligent life exists on other planets, versus 57% of those 50 and older.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The bottom line:<\/strong>\u00a0In all likelihood, evidence of alien life won&#8217;t come in the form of a grainy video taken high above an ocean, but will instead be the discovery of tiny, fossilized microbes on Mars, or some other little creature swimming through an ocean engulfing a distant moon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>(Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2021\/07\/06\/aliens-exist-poll\">65% of Americans believe in aliens, new poll finds<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>My main question to anyone developing a new belief is usually in regards to what significantly changed or happened in their lives shortly before that.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mysterious Skin - Official Trailer\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5Lp5v4oQZRw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1957, with\u00a0<em>Flying Saucers<\/em>\u00a0to appear the following year, New<em>\u00a0Republic\u00a0<\/em>editor Gilbert A. Harrison wanted to get this Jungian perspective on UFOs in his magazine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>the problem of the Ufos is, as you rightly say, a very fascinating one, but it is as puzzling as it is fascinating; since, in spite of all observations I know of, there is no certainty about their very nature. On the other side, there is an overwhelming material pointing to their legendary or mythological aspect. As a matter of fact the psychological aspect is so impressive, that one almost must regret that the Ufos seem to be real after all. I have followed up the literature as much as possible and it looks to me as if something were seen and even confirmed by radar, but nobody knows exactly what is seen. In consideration of the psychological aspect of the phenomenon I have written a booklet about it, which is soon to appear. It is also in the process of being translated into English. Unfortunately being occupied with other tasks I am unable to meet your proposition. Being rather old, I have to economize my energies.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignright is-type-wp-embed is-provider-open-culture wp-block-embed-open-culture\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"r05qVmg4gr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2013\/05\/carl_jungs_1957_letter_on_the_fascinating_modern_myth_of_ufos.html\">Carl Jung\u2019s Fascinating 1957 Letter on UFOs<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Carl Jung\u2019s Fascinating 1957 Letter on UFOs&#8221; &#8212; Open Culture\" src=\"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2013\/05\/carl_jungs_1957_letter_on_the_fascinating_modern_myth_of_ufos.html\/embed#?secret=XFpLdpAQZB#?secret=r05qVmg4gr\" data-secret=\"r05qVmg4gr\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>HOWEVER:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn the threatening situation of the world today, when people are beginning to see that everything is at stake, the projection-creating fantasy soars beyond the realm of earthly organizations and powers into the heavens, into interstellar space, where the rulers of human fate, the gods, once had their abode in the planets\u2026. Even people who would never have thought that a religious problem could be a serious matter that concerned them personally are beginning to ask themselves fundamental questions. Under these circumstances it would not be at all surprising if those sections of the community who ask themselves nothing were visited by `visions,\u2019 by a widespread myth seriously believed in by some and rejected as absurd by others.\u201d\u2013C. G. Jung, in&nbsp;<em>Flying Saucers<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With his essay&nbsp;<em>Flying Saucers: A Modern Myth of Things Seen in the Skies<\/em>&nbsp;(1958),&nbsp;Carl Gustav Jung&nbsp;can be seen as one of the founding fathers of the PSH. Some also say that because of his use of the concept of synchronicity in this book,&nbsp;he is also one of the founding fathers of paranormal explanations of the UFO phenomena. ETH advocates sometimes say that while Jung approached UFOs psychologically because he was a psychologist, he was also on record as stating that some might be true physical objects under intelligent control, citing in particular radar corroboration. They say Jung truly seriously considered the Extraterrestrial Hypothesis. The Associated Press quoted him in 1958 saying, \u201ca purely psychological explanation is ruled out.\u201d The flying saucers were real and \u201cshow signs of intelligent guidance and quasi-human pilots. I can only say for certain that these things are not a mere rumor, something has been seen. \u2026If the extraterrestrial origin of these phenomena should be confirmed, this would prove the existence of an intelligent interplanetary relationship. \u2026 That the construction of these machines proves a scientific technique immensely superior to ours cannot be disputed.\u201d&nbsp;Disciples of Jung have offered thoughtful rebuttals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignright is-type-wp-embed is-provider-the-rh-negative-blog wp-block-embed-the-rh-negative-blog\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"NLBekmckgT\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/flying-saucers-aliens-ufos-and-carl-gustav-jung\/\">Flying Saucers, Aliens, UFOs and Carl Gustav Jung<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Flying Saucers, Aliens, UFOs and Carl Gustav Jung&#8221; &#8212; The Rh Negative Blog\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/flying-saucers-aliens-ufos-and-carl-gustav-jung\/embed\/#?secret=bFkB7nG5GI#?secret=NLBekmckgT\" data-secret=\"NLBekmckgT\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Jung risibly complained about that 1958 newspaper piece for making him look like someone who believed UFOs were physically real. \u201cThis report is altogether false.\u201d Jung was completely uncommitted on the issue of whether they were real or unreal.&nbsp;He tried to set the record straight. \u201cI was quoted as a saucer believer. I issued a statement to the United Press and gave a true version of my opinion, but this time the wire went dead: nobody, so far as I know, took any notice of it, except one German newspaper\u2026 one must draw the conclusion that news affirming the existence of Ufos is welcome, but that skepticism seems to be undesirable. To believe that Ufos are real suits the general opinion, whereas disbelief is to be discouraged\u2026 This remarkable fact in itself surely merits the psychologist\u2019s interest.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jung risibly complained about that 1958 newspaper piece for making him look like someone who believed UFOs were physically real. \u201cThis report is altogether false.\u201d Jung was completely uncommitted on the issue of whether they were real or unreal.&nbsp;He tried to set the record straight. \u201cI was quoted as a saucer believer. I issued a statement to the United Press and gave a true version of my opinion, but this time the wire went dead: nobody, so far as I know, took any notice of it, except one German newspaper\u2026 one must draw the conclusion that news affirming the existence of Ufos is welcome, but that skepticism seems to be undesirable. To believe that Ufos are real suits the general opinion, whereas disbelief is to be discouraged\u2026 This remarkable fact in itself surely merits the psychologist\u2019s interest.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Face To Face  |  Carl Gustav Jung (1959) HQ\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2AMu-G51yTY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Carl Gustav Jung, founder of analytic psychology and explorer of the collective unconscious, was born on July 26, 1875 in the village of Kesswil, in the Thurgau canton of Switzerland. Above, we present a fascinating 39-minute interview of Jung by John Freeman for the BBC program\u00a0<em>Face to Face<\/em>. It was filmed at Jung\u2019s home at K\u00fcsnacht, on the shore of Lake Z\u00fcrich, and broadcast on October 22, 1959, when Jung was 84 years old. He speaks on a range of subjects, from his childhood and education to his association with Sigmund Freud and his views on death, religion and the future of the human race. At one point Freeman asks Jung whether he believes in God, and Jung seems to hesitate. \u201cIt\u2019s difficult to answer,\u201d he says. \u201cI know. I don\u2019t need to believe. I know.\u201d<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Belief in Aliens is up... WAY UP!... 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Why?\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>I wonder, wonder why&#8230; Fifty-one percent of Americans believe UFOs reported by military personnel are likely evidence of intelligent alien life, according to a new poll released by Pew last week. Why it matters:&nbsp;Questions about whether smart aliens have come to visit Earth have been asked for decades, and these results show that curiosity \u2014 which can sometimes verge into conspiracy theory \u2014 persists. What they found:&nbsp;The&nbsp;new poll&nbsp;surveyed 10,417 U.S. adults in June ahead of the release of a&nbsp;UFO report&nbsp;mandated by Congress and made public at the end of June. The bottom line:\u00a0In all likelihood, evidence of alien life won&#8217;t come in the form of a grainy video taken high above an ocean, but will instead be the discovery of <div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Belief in Aliens is up... WAY UP!... 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