Feb 29 2008
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An Alien Who’s Who
Patrick Huyghe, a longtime friend and editor of Project Beta, has just published Martin Kottmeyer’s new book An Alien Who’s Who. I’ve been waiting for this sort of treatment of the “alien” subject for a long time. Kottmeyer, who is often vilified by the ufological rank-and-file for his explorations into the more esoteric, cultural and psychological aspects of the phenomenon, has taken almost every reference by contactees, abductees, channelers and others to alien visitors and compiled an encyclopedic listing. All of your favorites from the classic era are represented, along with hundreds of others I had never heard of.
Kottmeyer is also occasionally embraced by the skeptical community, who nevertheless don’t seem to get him. They will publish essays like The Eyes That Spoke, crowing over it’s perceived un-anomalous stance, while ignoring or remaining unaware of its implications for the phenomenon itself. In that piece, I don’t think Kottmeyer is saying that the Hill abduction case is completely false, he is questioning where the experience was stored in Betty and Barney’s minds and how this communicated to others. It is similar to the tack in Who’s Who. The messages are coming from somewhere, and not always completely from the minds of the percipients. A lot of it is also pretty funny.
From the Anomalist Books site:
Ashtar, Xyclon, Teletron, Sananda, Umaruru - so many names, so many aliens. Who can keep track of them all? Thankfully, you don’t have to. An Alien Who’s Who has done it for you, collecting together nearly a thousand names of real extraterrestrials encountered by earthlings since flying saucers began taking over the planet. We’ve sifted through the writings of hundreds of UFO contactees, ufologists, and experiencers to bring to you not only their names, but also their views on God, Earth’s future, eternity, politics, and how we should run our lives. Like ‘em or not, we strongly advise you: Don’t leave Earth without it!
Martin has been a long-time ally. In 1998 we published his essay “ETHics” in my old magazine The Excluded Middle. In a Swiftian manner, through a series of logical arguments, he came to the conclusion that “If ufos exist, we should not believe in them. If ufos do not exist, we should believe in them.”
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March 1st, 2008 at 9:57 am
“If ufos exist, we should not believe in them. If ufos do not exist, we should believe in them”
Couldn’t agree more although I would replace “should” with “need” since I’ve eliminated ideas like “should” and “duty”, from my thinking.
Belief, to me, is another matter, and it comes up quite a bit here. I’ve eliminated it from my thinking as well except as a technique for engaging or developing non-rational or intuitive experience; i.e., “letting go”. It’s too bad that people use it to manipulate others by inventing religions instead of as a perfectly good tool for exploring consciousness.
Looks like a great book. The title could be a little larger though.
March 2nd, 2008 at 11:51 am
I hope Captain Aura Rhanes is in there…
March 3rd, 2008 at 9:38 am
Fortunately, here in the box with the
cat, one can belive and disbelieve at
the same time.
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:56 am
Seems like an awesome book. Can’t wait to know what it says about Semjase
March 12th, 2008 at 10:16 am
I write about UFOS, past sightings and my work with John Keel, Ray Fowler, Walt Webb and Jim Marrs and past stories and articles on mystics, physics, abduction, history and MIBS,Religion and several historical sightings of the 1700s, 1800s, and the 1900s and the current enigma today.
I also am a MUFON investigator and outdoor writer for hunting and fishing magazines and publications.