Mar 09 2010
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The Cryptoterrestrials: Reviewed
Over the course of the last 60 years or so, the world of Ufology has spawned a truly huge number of books: many very good indeed, a not-insignificant number very bad, and a great deal hovering precariously somewhere in between. Just occasionally, however, a title comes along that is truly revolutionary, ground-breaking and – as far as its potential implications are concerned – thought-provoking in the extreme.
For me, personally, Jacque Vallee’s Messengers of Deception and John Keel’s UFOs: Operation Trojan Horse both fall into that latter category. Albeit in admittedly different ways, Vallee and Keel made equally strong cases for the existence of genuine UFOs in our midst. But, both Messengers and Trojan delivered to the reader two far more explicit messages: (A) UFOs are real; but that doesn’t mean they are necessarily extraterrestrial; and (B) the phenomenon is clearly deceptive and manipulative in nature and intent.
Of course, for many of the longstanding (a.k.a. the bloody old) players within Ufology, any talk of deceptive messengers, or of Keel’s super-spectrum, is dismissed as mere speculation and not much else. For them, UFOs have to be extraterrestrial. After all, they have upheld such notions and beliefs for decades; and to relegate them to the rubbish-bin is not an option.
Well, I have a few choice words for those people who are so rigidly set in their ways: the extraterrestrial hypothesis is itself entirely speculative and totally lacking in hard evidence. All we really know for certain is that there most assuredly is a genuine UFO phenomenon. But, as for definitive proof of its actual point of origin or origins? Please! There is none. At all. There is merely a lot of data clearly demonstrating the presence of unidentified “others” amongst us.
Vallee and Keel most assuredly and astutely recognized this. They understood that a puzzle which – at first glance – seemed to be defined by the presence of nuts-and-bolts spacecraft and flesh-and-blood aliens in our midst, was far, far stranger than many within Ufology wanted to admit.
And there was someone else who also recognized this ufological factor: Mac Tonnies. Mac was a very good friend of mine; and like all his friends I was shocked to the core when he passed away suddenly and tragically in October 2009, at the age of only 34.
But, I am pleased to say, Mac’s latest – and, inevitably, final – piece of work ensures that his memory, legacy and ability to think outside of the conventional ufological box will live on. That work is The Cryptoterrestrials: A Meditation on Indigenous Humanoids and the Aliens Among Us.
Like Vallee and Keel, Mac rightly recognized that UFO encounters could not be dismissed as the ravings of lunatics, the tales of the fantasy-prone, or the lies of those seeking fame and fortune. But, he was also careful not to get sucked into the near-viral mindset that practically screams (take a deep breath): UFOs = alien spaceships piloted by little gray chaps from across the galaxy, who are on a mission to save their dying race by stealing our DNA, eggs and sperm.
Rather, Mac – right up until the time of his death – was chasing down the theory suggesting that the UFOnauts may actually represent the last vestiges of a very ancient race of distinctly terrestrial origins; a race that – tens of thousands of years ago may have ruled our planet, but whose position of power was thrown into overwhelming chaos by two things: (A) the appearance of a “debilitating genetic syndrome” that ravaged their society; and (B) the rising infestation of a violent species that threatened to eclipse – in number – their own society.
They are the Cryptoterrestrials. And that violent species that blusters around like an insane, unruly and spoiled child, and that has done more damage in its short life-time than can ever be truly imagined, is, of course, us.
With their society waning, their health and ability to even successfully reproduce collapsing, and their absolute worst nightmare – the Human Race – becoming the new gang in town, the Cryptoterrestrials followed what was perceived as the only viable option: they quietly retreated into the shadows, into the darkened corners of our world, below the oceans, into the deeper caverns that pepper the planet, and in their own uniquely silent and detached way, set about a new course of action.
That course of action – given that they were in some fashion genetically related to the Human Race – was to eventually resurface; to move amongst us in stealth; to pass themselves off as entities from far-off worlds (as part of a concerted effort to protect and hide their real point of origin); and to use and exploit us – medically – in an attempt to try and inject their waning species with a considerable amount of new blood: ours.
In addition, Mac believed, the Cryptoterrestrials were – and, by definition, still are – subtle-yet-brilliant, cosmic magicians. For them, however, there is no top-hat from which a white-rabbit is pulled. There is no hot babe sliced in half and then miraculously rejoined at the waist. No: their tricks are far more fantastic. As well as deceiving us about their origins, the Cryptoterrestrials have – via, perhaps, the use of advanced hologram-style technology, mind-manipulation and much more – led us to conclude that they have an infinite number of craft, resources and technologies at their disposal.
And that is the trick, the ruse: in actuality, their numbers today may be very small. They may well be staging faked UFO events to try and convince us that they have a veritable armada at their disposal when, perhaps, the exact opposite is the case. And, most important of all, they desperately want us to think of them as visitors from the stars. If their plan to rejuvenate their species is to work, then stealth, subterfuge and camouflage are the essential orders of the day.
Of course, the above all amounts to a theory – just like the ETH. And, Mac’s book makes it very clear that he is theorizing, rather than being able to provide the reader with definitive proof for such a scenario. He does, however, offer a logical, and at times powerful, argument in support of the theme of his book.
As for so-called “alien abductions”: the clumsy, intrusive means by which ova and sperm are taken by a race of beings we are led to believe are countless years ahead of us is addressed. That the ability of the aliens to wipe out the memories of those they abduct is constantly and regularly overturned by nothing more than simple hypnosis is highlighted. And the unlikely scenario that our DNA would even be compatible, in the first place, with extraterrestrial entities is also firmly dissected. Mac’s conclusion: all this points not to the presence of highly-advanced aliens who are thousands of years ahead of us; but to the actions of an ancient Earth-based society whose technology may not be more than a century or so in advance of our current knowledge.
Mac also noted how the “aliens” seem to spend a hell of a lot time ensuring they are seen: whether its taking “soil-samples” at the side of the road; equipping their craft with bright, flashing lights; or hammering home the point to the abductees that they are from this planet, from that star-system, or from some far off galaxy. Just about anywhere aside from right here, in fact.
Roswell comes into the equation, too: and in ingenious fashion. Those who do not adhere to the extraterrestrial hypothesis for Roswell point to the fact that many of the witness descriptions of what was found at Roswell, are collectively suggestive of some form of large balloon-type structure having come down at the Foster Ranch, Lincoln County, NM on that fateful day in the summer of 1947.
The possibility that ET would be flying around New Mexico in a balloon is absurd. But, as Mac notes, a race of impoverished, underground-dwellers, highly worried by the sudden influx of military activity in New Mexico (White Sands, Los Alamos etc), just might employ the use of an advance balloon-type vehicle to secretly scope out the area late at night.
Perhaps, when elements of the U.S. military came across the debris, they really did assume it was balloon-borne material and probably of American origin. Until, maybe, they stumbled across something else amid the debris, too…
The Cryptoterrestrials continues in a similar vein; to the extent that we are left with a stark and surreal image of a very ancient – and very strange – race of beings who may once have been the masters of this planet; who were sidelined thousands of years ago; and who are now – under cover of darkness and while the cities sleep – forced to grudgingly surface from their darkened lairs and interact with the very things they fear (and perhaps even hate and despise) most of all: us.
Survival is the name of their game. And deception is the means by which it is being cunningly achieved.
Whether you agree with Mac’s theorizing or not, The Cryptoterrestrials is a book that is expertly and beautifully written. It challenges the reader to throw out old, rigid views. It represents the careful studies of a man who knew he was going out on a limb – but who, thankfully, didn’t give a damn about appeasing the UFO research community in fawning style. And, for me, it truly is a Messengers of Deception for the 21st Century and for Generation-Next.
To learn more about Mac Tonnies’ The Cryptoterrestrials, and where to purchase copies, click on the Anomalist Books website.
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March 9th, 2010 at 12:57 pm
Excellent review, Nick.
March 9th, 2010 at 4:55 pm
Excellent review Nick! It makes me want to read it even more than I already did, which is something I would not have thought possible.
March 10th, 2010 at 1:40 am
OK Nick, this is probably one of the best reviews I have ever read. Make sure that Mac’s parents and friends know about it. Mac’s book is truly a clarion call for the next generation, not as a new belief system, but as an excellent example of the best speculation on the subject in decades, and an example of what an intelligent mind can do with the sticky subject of UFOs.
March 10th, 2010 at 8:15 am
RPJ: Many thanks, I hope it does Mac’s book justice and helps bring the book to people’s attention. It definitely deserves to be read.
Lesley: Thanks too! Yeah, I think you’ll very much enjoy it. It’s only a small book, but it reads very well and says what needs to be said.
Greg: And thanks for that! I sent the review to Mac’s parents and also to friends of his in my address book, so hopefully they will all see it.
March 10th, 2010 at 10:04 am
I just read the book last night, Nick, and I have to say, I concur with your review wholeheartedly.
Mac’s CT theory closely corresponds to ideas that I myself have had for years, but which I neglected to really state publicly, probably for fear of appearing crazier than a bedbug, but also because I figured that no one other than the folks who had similar experiences and had read the same books I had would even consider such ideas as possible, much less plausible.
I guess I just wasn’t brave enough!
But, I will say this: Mac is not the only one who thought that the UFO phenomenon might be terrestrial in origin from a species that has lived beside mankind since the beginning. Myself and quite a few acquaintances and friends have discussed this possibility seriously for years. Decades, even. Data as cited by Mac as well as our own experiences led us toward our own theorizing.
Mac was not only a well-read, brilliant theorist, he was a very gifted writer, and as someone who lurked and followed his blog for quite a long time, I am very sad that we are not going to be able to hear any more of his ideas.
You and Greg were lucky to have known him personally.
I am buying copies of this book for many of my friends and spreading it about. I’ll also post your review to my FB page so folks can maybe have their appetites whetted for it.
Thanks for a great review.
March 10th, 2010 at 11:28 am
Fine review from Nick, I simply cannot praise this book highly enough. It is an important work.
There is a copy of Mac’s posthumous book on my desk as I type.
Mac had a beautiful voice, wether talking aloud or his written prose, his calm tone tapped into something profound.
Although we never met, I knew Mac well, we spoke on the phone often. I followed the evolution of these ideas in the short time that I knew him. I would direct anyone reading this to two audio interviews. One was on Tim Binnall’s site from ‘07. This was the very first time I had ever heard of him and during that excellent interview Mac spoke about his ideas, in a intriguing and speculative manner that totally drew me in.
Follow that up with a truly wonderful interview with George Noory on Coast to Coast AM (the big time) from September 28th of ‘09, less than a month before he died. If you listen to these interviews side by side, you can easily see his evolution of the concept of the C-T theory. These beings at our periphery went from physically sharing our planet to something ever so slightly more interesting. During his last interview he was arriving at a deeper set of ideas, where this curious “something” that shares our earth is decidedly more etherial. And he articulates these ideas with a boyish excitement that was contagious.
The world is a lesser place without his powerful mind and his soft voice.
I miss him terribly.
Mike Clelland
{ links below }
from March 17th 2007 (St. Patrick’s day)
http://binnallofamerica.com/boaa3.17.7.html
from Sept. 28th 2009
http://www.coasttocoastam.com/show/2009/09/28
March 10th, 2010 at 5:15 pm
I’m very intrigued to read Mac’s book, esepcially after your review, Nick. It reminds me of the conclusions reached by my friend “Ed”, who took me to a possible crash site at Nogal Canyon:
…he didn’t actually believe in extraterrestrial travel, offering a notion that the aliens were actually highly evolved monotremes from earth…
That experience still can be found here:
steamshovelpress.com/fromeditor32.html
So I’m very happy to see Mac Tonnies move this idea forward, but still very sad that he’s not around to keep it up.
kt
March 11th, 2010 at 3:27 pm
Helgarde, Mike and Kenn:
Many thanks for the comments. Good to see that Mac’s book is provoking so much commentary and observation.