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== Why should people and media care about UFOs? ==

by Steve Hammons

When we read UFO news reports or see coverage of incidents on TV, such as in Stephenville, Texas, some people may ask themselves, "How does this affect me?"

What is the relevance of UFO encounters in Stephenville, at Chicago's O'Hare airport, in the "Phoenix lights" case and the many other similar situations going back decades, or maybe even centuries?

Do UFO reports affect our paycheck, our rent or home mortgage, our access to health care and a good education for our kids or getting good people in positions of leadership?

Do incidents involving UFOs affect global challenges such as war, poverty, hunger, disease, overpopulation, injustice, oppression, deterioration of our natural resources and other problems?

Should our media cover the topic in serious, responsible and professional ways so we can become more informed?

These questions may be worth thinking about because there could be connections.

National and global problems could be affected by changes in human perception, understanding and behavior, which, in turn, can be affected by new information and knowledge about UFOs and other unconventional topics.

With new perspectives and new information, we might find new solutions and develop improvements that are helpful.

=== ENHANCED INTELLIGENCE ===

What kind of information and understanding might we acquire that can "move the ball forward" for our nation and for the human race?

Advanced technologies of various kinds could prove to be useful. Greater understanding of physics, engineering, biology and other areas of science could improve our day-to-day lives.

However, we know from experience that advanced technologies can be used in destructive or unwise ways. So, the development of greater human intelligence and wisdom is also a worthwhile goal.

Progress in understanding the human mind and body is truly impressive. Medical advances and current research hold much promise.

New discoveries we are making about human consciousness could also be enhanced by greater knowledge we obtain by considering the possibilities of extraterrestrial civilizations visiting Earth.

Implementation of unconventional human abilities such as "remote viewing" (a type of ESP) in our everyday lives is also something that seems very interesting. The U.S. military and intelligence fellows of "Project STARGATE" and related programs used remote viewing for defense intelligence purposes and general research and development.

Yet, as more people become aware that their instincts, intuition, gut feelings, prayers, meditation and internal perception can be quite interesting and helpful just like remote viewing, we could see positive changes in human consciousness on a bigger scale.

In this way, certain elements of our military and intelligence community provide guidance for us in becoming more intelligent too, in terms of gathering information and our own capacities as human beings.

The past and ongoing development of the human race and human civilization could be part of the overall picture involving UFOs and attempts to solve the down-to-Earth problems we face.

When we humans become more intelligent, in the many meanings of that word, we help ourselves, our families, our communities, our nations and our planet Earth.

In our day-to-day lives, improved awareness and perception might help us do a better job, decide about new opportunities, connect with people in good ways, create more harmony with our loved ones, enhance our personal health or many other positive outcomes.

Perspective and context about how we fit into the bigger scheme of things can be useful. What is the role of one human, a family, a team or organization, a nation? What can we understand and what can we accomplish? And are there visitors who can help us in some way?

And, if there are dangers involved, maybe we should have some awareness of these too.

=== MEDIA MESSAGES ===

The news media and various kinds of "open source" information such as movies, TV shows, books, articles and other communications platforms can provide good resources for us.

Figuring out what is accurate or not is sometimes difficult, but not impossible.

By checking many sources and resources, we can put the pieces together and hopefully come up with a fairly accurate picture of various kinds of situations.

We might learn if it is a good time to buy or sell a house or to look for a better job. New developments related to our health and fitness could be of interest. Sciences, athletics and sports, creative arts, the environment and the natural world, social trends and many other conventional topics can be very interesting and of practical value.

Unconventional topics can also be interesting and maybe even useful. This is where our "mainstream media" might be able to provide improved coverage.

Of course, some people think the mainstream media is not doing a great job of even covering the conventional local, national and international topics.

There are some problems in the operation and ownership of our newspapers, local TV stations, national broadcast and cable network TV, local radio stations and radio networks. Yet, they still provide a wide range of information that we can analyze and interpret.

The Web, of course, is a mixed bag of useful and questionable information. If we use reasonable judgment about online sources, the internet can also be valuable.

Whether getting news and information about conventional topics or those that are somewhat unconventional, we can find this value in the media platforms available to us. They are not perfect, but there are many dedicated professionals who are striving to improve them and halt any dangerous deterioration of them.

UFOs and interesting unusual phenomena should be covered by the media in the same way that public health and safety, governmental topics, science news or any other subject is reported on.

In the recent Stephenville case, we have seen more professional, complete and serious news media coverage of just such an unusual group of incidents.

There is every reason to believe that this professionalism in our local, regional, national and international media will continue.



== Credits ==

Special thanks to [[UFO Digest]].


== External Links ==

* [http://www.ufodigest.com/news/0208/media-care.html Original UFO Digest Article]

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