Method of Propulsion

>Hi Dave - my only correction I'd make to your possible >story idea - because
>I think the idea is great - is that I'd move the alien base up >closer -
>maybe a moon of Jupiter (Ganymede or Io) or perhaps >even a base on
>Mars.....a closer neighbourhood than Pluto.....Pam the >Canuck



I have always been of the view that the idea of Aliens from another planet outside the solar system is actually a less compulsive and sinister concept than the notion of a physical manifestation of the collective consciousness.

A response to our need for something to replace our demand for an enemy who truly threatens us and gives added value and meaning to our lives,which in the modern democratic era has become a little to comfortable.

In fact I see the whole UFO phenomena as something more akin to this.Alien in every sense of the word,feeding on our collective desire for something spiritual.As religion has become marginalised and our scientific view of the world has taken centre stage,it is only understandable that we subconciously invent a powerful,threatening and more advanced life form that may hold the key to what is in fact a spiritual yearning cloaked in a veil of advanced alien psycho pseudo technology.

There is clear evidence that the last 9 episodes of UFO were in fact moving towards this kind of conception.This threat would naturally give us the impression that it came from Space.Alien craft would manifest not only from just outside our solar system but also from amongst the geographical features that most resemble the deep recesses of the mind,from the sea's and oceans,from within deep unfathomed lakes,impenetrable woods and mysterious mountain ranges.

The Alien menace is not concerned with simply defeating us ,they test us,frighten us,drive us mad.They kill us,keep us awake and worry us.They instill such paranoia and uncertainty because of their ability to seep into any part of minds and our lives.Like the evil innocence of the damned they play with and feed off our anxiety and fear.In Destruction they would create a poisoned world and then pray on the dead to animate their physical form behind a suit of silvered green crimson.

They fail,but our vulnerability is only too obvious.Let the public know of this new enemy,an enemy that can open up the smallest crack and create a cavern of deadly effect,and you have produce what Paul Foster described as a total breakdown of authority.Mass panic on an unprecedented scale.This threat is unpredictable,lethal,indiscriminate.It will strike anywhere,at anything.They have no respect for authority for position,or for power,influence or reputation.They will prey on a gangster or a politician,exploit a catholic priest or muslim cleric.They will defile young women,tear the limbs and organs from children.

This is an enemy worthy of the name.Evil,persistant,pervasive,unyielding.Haunting every corner of our existence.Yet it is unknown to us.As SHADO is a secret so to are the events that are referred to merely as UFO incidents.Security is brutal and absolute.

The public must never know,because there is very great danger.The problem is,this danger has no boundaries,no obvious next target.It does'nt think like us,or act in a way we might expect.However there is some hope.Patterns emerge.It is a question of detection. Of being alert to odd fortean occurences throughout the world,that may indicate the onset of an Alien presence.

Is this an open attack on an obvious target or a more complex plan to test our ingenuity and resolve.Is it a red herring a decoy or merely a probe or impregnation that will wreck a life,cause panic,unrest a community.Or will it simply invite a heavy security clamp down because a water supply has become strangely contaminated due to the detection of a psychic field resulting in all manner of wierd hallucinations and affectations.

They are an invisible enemy.There existence is denied.There are timings between attacks.SHADO conducts itself routinely.There is family life,quiet interludes,lunches,intense pressure and serious adherence to duty.There is humour,mis-trust conflict and security,always tight security.But life continues,interrupted periodically by terror and the spectre of death,punctuated only by the bizzare,the wonderous and the deadly.

The Pluto Effect is my term for this better explanation of the concept of Alien intervention.It is a term derived from 2 photographic glass plates exploring that part of the night sky where it was anticipated a new planet was to be found.

The second plate showed clearly that indeed a new pin point of light was moving faster than the surrounding star fields.The new planet was named Pluto after the God of the underworld.

Amazingly the first plate exposed only weeks or months before contained no evidence of any new planet.It should have been there,but it was'nt!

We had in some strange way,oblivious to the complexity of creation invented it.We expected to find it,our predictions said it would be there.Logic said it had to be...and so it was,manifested by a sure and collective sense of scientific expectation.

The trouble was it did not arrive alone,with it came a physical projection of our deep subconcious.UFO's became fact.They are not only otherworldy,but dark,mysterious,forbidding and yet fascinating.Pluto was a portent of their arrival.The underworld is a darker reflection of that which exists above or in front.

SHADO is an organisation not by accident!.A shado


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This Pluto effect - did you make it up for story purposes because it
doesn't correlate with any histories of Pluto that I've read?!

Regards,
Barry

--- In [hidden email], "Mark Davies" <aonq79@...> wrote:
> The Pluto Effect is my term for this better explanation of the
concept of Alien intervention.It is a term derived from 2 photographic
glass plates exploring that part of the night sky where it was
anticipated a new planet was to be found.
>
> The second plate showed clearly that indeed a new pin point of light
was moving faster than the surrounding star fields.The new planet was
named Pluto after the God of the underworld.
>
> Amazingly the first plate exposed only weeks or months before
contained no evidence of any new planet.It should have been there,but
it was'nt!

--- In [hidden email], "naughtyhector" <rod.mitchell@...>
wrote:
>
> This Pluto effect - did you make it up for story purposes because
it
> doesn't correlate with any histories of Pluto that I've read?!
>
> Regards,
> Barry
>
> --- In [hidden email], "Mark Davies" <aonq79@> wrote:
> > The Pluto Effect is my term for this better explanation of the
> concept of Alien intervention.It is a term derived from 2
photographic
> glass plates exploring that part of the night sky where it was
> anticipated a new planet was to be found.
> >
> > The second plate showed clearly that indeed a new pin point of
light
> was moving faster than the surrounding star fields.The new planet
was
> named Pluto after the God of the underworld.
> >
> > Amazingly the first plate exposed only weeks or months before
> contained no evidence of any new planet.It should have been
there,but
> it was'nt!

Well Barry throughout my house I've got a big collection of
books,some unread,some only partly read,others at the back of
cupboards,long lost waiting to be re-discovered etc.You get the
picture.But I can assure you I did'nt make it up.I certainly read it.

Its possible I can find the passage,as I think it was discussed by
either the prolific author Colin Wilson or Biologist,latterly
paranormal investigator Lyall Watson.This is a best guess based on
my memory.

I would need to find the book again to clarify the details.However
it was something that fascinated me,so I thought I'd link it to an
expansion of my interest in UFO.

I am of the opinion that it ties in very well with the later concept
of the Aliens put forward by Doctor Jackson in TCWTL.

--- In [hidden email], "elder7uk" <aonq79@...> wrote:

> > > Amazingly the first plate exposed only weeks or months before
> > contained no evidence of any new planet.It should have been
> there,but
> > it was'nt!

No disrespect to yourself but I think the authors claims needs to be
taken with a pinch of salt. Every history I've read states that it was
found by comparing two plates taken about a week apart and that it was
a very faint object to detect. Also when it was discovered in 1930 they
went back and then were able to find it on plates taken in a previous
search in 1916.

Nice theory but reminds me of the old line "does a falling tree make a
noise when there is no one in the forest to hear it?"!

Regards,
Barry