The Day the Earth Stood Still: Thoughts on Why They're Here 4 comments

5 Apr 2003 @ 21:58, by Craig Lang As a UFO researcher, I am often asked my view on why I think "They" are here. My answer is always "I don't know". I believe that we know very little about close encounters. Yet some late night thoughts came to mind while watching the classic movie: "The Day the Earth Stood Still".... I wondered, is the movie right? Are we a danger to the cosmic neighborhood? And might "They" be here to fix the problem in their own unique and very alien way? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As I sat up late last night, watching "The Day the Earth Stood Still", it again struck me just how prescient the movie seemed to be - just how far ahead of its time it was. The movie was made during the earliest 1950's. Back then, World War 2 had just ended. We had the red scare, the start of the cold war, McCarthyism, and the general darkness of humanity as we entered the Korean war. For a moment I felt glad that we had moved safely beyond that time. Then during a commercial, I briefly surfed over to CNN. And I realized that we really hadn't advanced very far at all. Certainly not as far as I had imagined only a moment before. I began to ask myself: If I were an ET visiting Earth, what would I think of humanity these days? What would I make of the US "liberation" of Iraq. Would I try to understand the geo-politics behind it? Would I understand the economics? Would I care? As I switched the channel back to the movie, I wondered whether to a "small gray", landing on Earth in 2003, it might look much as it would have looked to Klattu in 1951. What was so prescient about this movie was the reason that Klattu was here. It was a warning for humanity that our warring ways presented a potential danger to our cosmic neighbors. And if we didn't shape up, cosmic society would have to destroy us. Occasionally, as I do hypnotic regressions with experiencers, I hear things which lead me to speculate about the reason that "They" are here now. What arises is often a scenario not too far away from the movie: - Earth society in the late 20th and early 21st century is one who's primary occupation is war. Our biggest expenditures of resources are for military activities. There is no unified Earth society, and there is deep division among peoples of the world. We have alot of dirty laundry to hide. - Human society has developed the capability for destruction on a planetary scale. Indeed, several times during the cold war, we nearly "achieved" just that. - Physics has progressed to the point where star travel just might be closer than we think. Initiatives such as NASA's Breakthrough Propulsion Workshop, could very easily bear fruit in our lifetimes. Various Gravity Modification experiments might just work. And other "forbidden technologies" might already exist in secret government labs or inventors' garages. And if any of these efforts should pan out, the neighbors might soon find we primitive humans out among the stars. I can imagine how the neighbors must therefore be watching us very closely. To them, the idea of a star-faring humanity is probably a very scarey proposition. To some being out there somewhere who keeps tabs on such thing, warlike primitives (us) travelling among the worlds of the galaxy is probably an awful thing to behold. In "The Day the Earth Stood Still", the alternative to peace was destruction by "them". Yet, if that were actually the case, I suspect that we wouldn't be reading weblogs, or staring at computer screens. We would probably be ash lumps on a sterile world. Instead, perhaps the cosmic powers-that-be have a more subtle agenda. Be it for good or ill, it would have to be much less overt than the military paradigm in the movie. It must be, because we are still here. Yet, perhaps our military paradigm is exactly why they're here. Their purpose might not be to fix our problems - or even to interfere at all in our affairs (the prime directive) - but to prevent us from becoming their problem. How they might accomplish this? We can only guess. But I often wonder if this might be the core motivation behind the UFO abduction phenomenon. Perhaps, as Budd Hopkins and David Jacobs speculate, the reason that "the little gray guys" are here is actually genetic in nature. But rather than David Jacobs view (that the purpose of the phenomenon is genetic exploitation) - what if their purpose is pacificaiton. What if they are actually trying to civilize us - to calm us down before we venture out and meet the neighbors. In short, to prevent humanity from threatening them, perhaps the best solution to the "Master Breeders from the Heavens" would be to breed a better humanity. If your view of "them" is favorable, this would be a humanity with a more spiritual or enlightened viewpoint, and more civilized behavior. Or, if you view "them" unfavorably, this would be a more docile humanity - more willing to do the will of "them". In the end, I wonder if earlier attempts at contact simply didn't work. If Zacharia Sitchin is correct, then perhaps they've tried that already - and maybe we're just too primitive. So from their point of view, perhaps the only solution to the problem is for "Them" to breed a better "Us". This concludes my late night thoughts on the topic - time to pack it in. Need to be alert tomorrow. You never know who might be watching....

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