UFOS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL COMPARISONS by Ufonalyzer 5/2010

UFOs and Psychological Comparisons

In his book, “Flying saucers and Science,” Stanton Friedman tells of a man named Lester Grinspoon, MD, who in 1972 suggested that UFOs have some sort of Freudian connection. He is currently an Associate Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He claimed that the round disc shape was inspired by female breasts and the cigar shapes were phallic symbols. He obviously believes that witnesses are seeing imaginary things shaped by their sexual Freudian tendencies. They all therefore must have untreated psychiatric disorders. Throughout the field of UFOs we can easily find highly educated non believers who don’t have a clue about that portion of reality occupied by UFOs. Stanton Friedman has pointed out that the better educated the person, the more likely that person is to believe in the UFO phenomenon, but here is an example where one’s education still did not open his mind to the evidence that is all around him. Many people, you see, are educated beyond their intelligence.

Another interesting and similar theory, but with more possibilities, is expressed by Greg Reece. Greg Reece holds a PhD in Religious Studies. On the Binnall of America radio show on 11/10/2007, he made some very interesting comparisons between UFOs and religion. The vast power of the US government in controlling the whole UFO situation is analogous to the omniscient power of God. Both have an element of mystery about them with so many unknowns that we all wish were revealed. The Men In Black represent dark angels who visit witnesses on behalf of the government (God). Aliens are able to provide the truth of creation as well as information on mankind’s redemption and destruction. They can also become our saviors if they wish. Disclosure is the second coming of Jesus. To this, the Ufonalyzer would add that reptilians may be analogous to the snake in the Garden of Eden. Reece states that the famous psychiatrist Carl Jung wrote that UFOs are modern day scientific angels. This man (Reece) gave a very interesting and engaging interview, even though one can discern from his comments that he may not believe in UFOs. You can find more of his views in his book “UFO Religion: Inside Flying Saucer Cults and Culture”, 2007. You can buy a used one on the internet for about $1-$2 plus shipping.

Despite Dr. Reece coming across as a non believer in UFOs, he can still be correct in his theory about the connection between UFOs and religion. It is the opinion of this writer that many people are hardwired genetically with a religious/spiritual gene or need. Religion can be used to satisfy this need, but so can UFOs. One can tell from the points that Reece makes that UFOs fit pretty well with religious structure as we know it, so with a little bit of childhood religious indoctrination, this explains how so many UFO believers easily fall into the religious side of the UFO subject. The Ufonalzyer lives in a region where its MUFON chapter is dominated by spiritual people, and MUFON meetings and presenters are quite spiritual which is why he has not joined MUFON. As you know, religious interpretation of UFOs has been with the phenomenon from the very beginning and Reece’s comparative views summarized in the preceding paragraph easily explain how this came about. He further believes that as the years tick by with no further nuts and bolts progress/proof, more and more ufologists will be gravitating toward the religious side of ufology. This, by the way, is a belief shared by the Ufonalyzer and was mentioned in his writeup “Nuts and Bolts to Paranormal”. Some major ufologists already have or are in the process of crossing over. No names will be mentioned here. The Ufonalyzer believes that this “crossover” from nuts and bolts to religious (or spiritual) UFOs should be resisted because no progress to answer basic UFO questions will be made in the religious arena, or so he thinks. Mind you, this writer does not deny the paranormal aspects of UFOs. There’s abundant evidence of that. It’s just that this is so far beyond us that those who try to make money by talking/publishing about it are using shear guesswork with no possibility of progress.

The great genius, Isaac Newton, 1643-1727, was always a big time believer in his religion and alchemy. This combination is about as close to the spiritual and paranormal as you can get. He began his transition over to more and more alchemy in 1669, eventually devoting full time to it after many years until the end of his life. His great contributions in mathematics and physics were the first reflecting telescope, 1668; color theory of light, 1672; early calculus, 1665; his laws of motion/gravity, 1687. What were his contributions to the paranormal? Zero. This bears a repeat: ZERO. His writings in this field were so useless that the Royal Society decided that they were not fit to be printed. None of us can even hold a candle to Newton’s intellect, yet even he made no contributions whatsoever in the field of spiritual and paranormal, and his interest in this curtailed his contributions to math and science thereafter. Take a lesson from Newton: stick to the tangible aspects of UFOs. If you don’t want to stick to nuts and bolts, there are 39 openings in the Heaven’s Gate cult just waiting to be filled.

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