By Jeffrey J. Kripal Ufology is not a science but a process of initiation. One starts with field investigations and ends up studying Arab mystics . . . . Aimé Michel in Jacques Vallee, Forbidden Science, Volume Two My view of the phenomenon has evolved here [in the Spring Hill observatory and library], beyond classic […]
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They (May) Have the Crafts, But Have They Heard the Message?
By Kimberly S. Engels A major moment of potential disclosure was in the air two weeks ago, as whistleblower David Grusch alleged that the US government is in possession of multiple crafts or fragments of crafts of non-human origin. At this point we do not have enough information to pass judgment on the veracity of […]
Continue ReadingOur Wild Kosmos: An Exo Studies Exploration of the Ontological Status of Non-Human Intelligences
By Sean Esbjorn-Hargens This is a paper outlining the ontological status of non-human intelligences. Click here to read (PDF)
Continue ReadingSearch for a Method: Studying the Impossible
By Kimberly S. Engels When Colm Kelleher and his NIDS research team embarked on their scientific exploration of Skinwalker Ranch, they found themselves confronted with a problem. Over the course of their investigation, they realized it was probable that they were not studying a purely natural phenomenon that was knowable in purely objective scientific terms. […]
Continue ReadingThe Reliability of UFO Witness Testimony: Conventional Thinking for an Unconventional Phenomenon
By Kimberly S. Engels A recent volume was released on academia.edu titled The Reliability of UFO Witness Testimony, edited by V.J. Ballester-Olmos and Richard W. Heiden. As someone who publicly advocates for taking UAP experiencer testimony more seriously, this book of was immediate interest to me. In its over 700 pages of text, the book […]
Continue ReadingMore on Phenomenology as a Method for UAP Studies
By Kimberly S. Engels I have argued that phenomenology offers an important lens for UAP studies, given the nature of the objects of experience. To introduce some basic language of phenomenology, we must understand intention. In phenomenology, intentionality is the direction of my consciousness, in other words, what my conscious experience is about. If I […]
Continue ReadingThe Congressional UAP Hearing, “Threats” to National Security, and the Importance of Experiencer Testimony
By Kimberly S. Engels I listened to the Congressional hearing on UAP while studying the Anne and Whitley Strieber collection at the Rice University Woodson Research Archives. Something that stood out to me were the repeated questions and conclusions about the “threat” that UAP pose to human beings and to the security of the United […]
Continue ReadingEpistemic Injustice, (Un)reliable Knowers, and the Phenomenon
By Kimberly S. Engels Exciting news for UAP researchers broke yesterday as former combat officer and veteran of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), who served as the reconnaissance office’s representative to the UAP Task Force from 2019-2021 David Grusch spoke out regarding deeply covert programs recovering partial fragments and intact vehicles of non-human origin. I […]
Continue ReadingA Phenomenology of the Phenomenon: Mapping a Path Forward
By Kimberly S. Engels For eight weeks in October and November, I had the distinct pleasure of teaching the course Phenomenology of UAP through SUAPS. Throughout this course, we explored close encounters of the first through fifth kinds through the lens of classical phenomenologists Husserl, Merleau-Ponty, and Sartre. As we progressed each week, new questions […]
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