"Never doubt
that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can
change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever
has!"
Margaret
Mead
Introduction[1]
There are dozens of different extraterrestrial races
with a variety of motivations that are interacting with global
humanity. These extraterrestrial motivations span the spectrum from
’benevolent’
activities aimed at uplifting humanity towards a fuller expression
of its collective potential’, to manipulative activities designed to
undermine human sovereignty. There is extensive evidence of
government agencies in the United States (US) and elsewhere having
held meetings and having reached agreements with some
extraterrestrial races. These official diplomatic meetings have been
highly classified and suggest that ‘galactic diplomacy’ at an
official level has been secretly underway for at least 50 years
without the knowledge of most citizens and elected representatives.
[2] A detailed explanation of the fourteen most
significant extraterrestrial races interacting with humanity reveals
the role played by national security agencies in the US secretly
reaching agreements with some extraterrestrial races while
suppressing information about these agreements, and of the existence
and activities of extraterrestrial races in general.
[3]
There is extensive evidence that a number of extraterrestrial races
are assisting in the evolution of human consciousness, and
communicating with private citizens and groups that are interested
in more peaceful and harmonious policies at a global level. These
communications and initiatives linking private citizens and groups
with some extraterrestrial races suggests the potential for an
unofficial form of ‘galactic diplomacy’ to be practiced that
complements the official form of galactic diplomacy secretly
conducted by government agencies.
There is also evidence that the various extraterrestrial races
interacting with Earth are locked into a low intensity conflict over
the direction and potential of global humanity in the wider galactic
community.
[4] These extraterrestrial races work through
their respective ’human allies’ in the form of global elites,
national security agencies, private citizens, and/or non-government
organizations to promote their respective agendas. Competition
involving extraterrestrial races and their ’human allies’ on Earth
appears to mirror conflicts at the galactic level between major
extraterrestrial races. [5]
This makes the extraterrestrial rivalry over the Earth’s population
and resources something that has interest to the wider galactic
community which apparently is monitoring events on Earth in large
numbers.
’Track two’ or ’citizens diplomacy’ offers the opportunity for
private individuals or ‘citizen organizations’ to open communication
channels and develop agreements between nations experiencing
diplomatic impasses and/or violent conflict. Track two diplomacy has
been shown to be effective process in helping establish diplomatic
relations and developing suitable confliction resolution strategies
for difficult global conflicts. Extending the practice of track two
diplomacy from the global arena involving international actors, into
the exopolitical arena involving different extraterrestrial races is
both possible and necessary due to the long history of secrecy,
hidden rivalries and low intensity conflicts that exist between
extraterrestrial races and government agencies. Given government
secrecy over the existence of extraterrestrial races; the diverse
motivations, agendas and conflicts involving extraterrestrial races
and various government agencies; there is an urgent need for track
two diplomacy with extraterrestrial races or what might be better
described as ‘track two galactic diplomacy’. There is a need for
private citizens to establish communications with extraterrestrial
races, play roles in mediating between different extraterrestrial
races and global humanity, establishing track two diplomatic
relations with extraterrestrial races, and assist official
diplomatic relations between government agencies and
extraterrestrial races or what might be described as ‘track one
galactic diplomacy’.
This paper examines the key principles of ‘galactic diplomacy’ at
the unofficial level, as a form of ‘track two’ diplomacy aimed at
establishing contact and communications with different
extraterrestrial races. The paper analyses the nature of diplomatic
representation on Earth that might be recognized by various
extraterrestrial races. Particular focus will be on the
representative status of different global constituencies such as
politically organized humanity, cetaceans, alleged subterranean
civilizations, and the role of Earth or ‘Gaia’ as a living organism.
The paper examines the need for ‘track two galactic diplomacy’ as a
means of complementing official diplomatic relations between major
nations and extraterrestrial races. Finally, the paper examines how
national security agencies will respond to ‘track two galactic
diplomacy’ between private citizens/groups with extraterrestrials in
terms of four key challenges confronting the practice of this form
of diplomacy:
1. the
extent of private communications and interactions with
extraterrestrial races
3.
the degree to which extraterrestrial races may manipulate
citizens engaging in track two galactic diplomacy
4.
implications of initiatives and agreements reached through track
two galactic diplomacy
Three Conventional
Political Models for Representing Earth in Diplomatic Interactions
with Extraterrestrials Traditional forms of diplomacy involve appointed officials of
different national political systems officially representing their
nations to promote their respective national interests in the face
of competition from, and conflict, with other nations. Diplomacy can
be defined as:
“a technique of state action, [which] is essentially
a process whereby communications from one government go directly to
the decision-making apparatus of another.” [6]
Individuals appointed to diplomatic positions are typically
accountable to the executive and/or legislative branches of
government of their nations. These appointed officials or
‘diplomats’ are consequently authorized to participate in meetings
aimed at producing agreements that impact on the territories and
citizens of their nations. This ‘official’ form of diplomacy has
existed for thousands of years and early examples are found in the
monarchs of early kingdoms who appointed representatives for the
monarch who would meet with foreign powers and establish treaties
with other kingdoms for purposes such as peace, trade and protection
of each others citizens. In the recent era, diplomacy has
increasingly been defined in terms of diplomats representing the
national interests of their states which transcend moral principles
or global imperatives.
According to Dr Henry Kissinger who wrote the influential book,
Diplomacy, international diplomacy is based upon the judicious
advancement of a state’s national interest above all other
considerations including moral principles or global interests.
[7] The
concept of national interest evolved from the statecraft of Cardinal
Richelieu of 17th century France who was the first ‘modern’ leader
to contend that universal morality was trumped by the pragmatic
concerns of the nation state.
Richelieu was Prime Minister of France from 1624-1642 and
diplomatically and militarily allied Catholic France with Protestant
German Princes and the Ottoman Turks against the Catholic Hapburg
Empire on the basis of France’s raison d’etat (reason of state or
‘national interest’. [8] -
Thirty
Years War 1618-1648.) The concept of national interest has
subsequently become the basis of diplomatic interactions and the
chief concern of diplomats desiring to represent their nation in the
global community.
There is persuasive evidence of clandestine official meetings
between national governments and extraterrestrial races since at
least the 1950s. The most well known involves President Eisenhower
meeting with different delegations of extraterrestrial races in
secret meetings held at Edwards Air Force base beginning from 1954.
[9] These agreements were based on the Eisenhower
administration establishing agreements with extraterrestrial races
based on the national interest of the US rather than any moral
imperative stemming from the profound nature of this initial contact
between extraterrestrial races and a major Earth government.
The secret agreements between extraterrestrial races and the US
government have subsequently been renewed every nine years according
to Dr Dan Burisch who had access to classified documents detailing
the existence of such agreements. [10]
The meetings and consequent agreements established between
extraterrestrial races and the US government have been kept secret.
The information of these meetings and agreements continue to remain
highly classified and off limits even to the most senior of elected
political officials, including even Presidents such as Clinton and
Carter who were denied access to documents detailing the
extraterrestrial presence.
[11]
The diplomatic meetings that have occurred so far have been between
different extraterrestrial races and governments such as the US.
These diplomatic meetings have thus followed the traditional form of
diplomatic relations where appointed officials represent the
national interests of their nations in meetings with foreign powers.
This indicates that diplomatic relations with extraterrestrial races
have proceeded despite the secrecy surrounding the existence of
extraterrestrial races and the secret contact established with the
US and other major world governments. It may be assumed that the US
and other world governments are by default the representatives of
Earth in terms of its citizens and territory in establishing
diplomatic relations with extraterrestrial races, but this is not
something that can be taken for granted. It’s very important to
closely examine the question of who represents Earth in diplomatic
relations with extraterrestrial races.
As far as ‘galactic diplomacy’ is concerned, the Earth may be
defined in a narrow way as the population and territory of the third
planet orbiting the sun. Thus the different nation states
representing the regional territories and populations on Earth would
collectively represent the Earth. This narrow reading of who
represents the Earth as far as galactic diplomacy is concerned would
lead to three models of diplomatic representations for the Earth.
The first would be that multilateral institutions such as the
United
Nations would have the necessary legitimacy and authority to
represent planet Earth in diplomatic relations with extraterrestrial
races. Presumably, the United Nations would represent the global
interests of all states rather than the national interests of any
one particular state.
The second would be dominant global powers
such as the US and Russia who would represent the Earth in such
diplomatic meetings and would presumably prioritize their national
interests rather than the global interests of all the nations of
Earth. This appears to have been the case thus far due to minor role
played by the United Nations in dealing with the extraterrestrial
presence. For example, the UN General Assembly passed a resolution
in December 1978 (Decision 33/426) to establish,
“an agency or a
department of the United Nations for undertaking, coordinating and
disseminating the results of research into unidentified flying
objects and related phenomena." [12]
The requested agency/department was never created and the resolution
was never acted upon vividly demonstrating the lack of support the
United Nations had from major powers in seriously playing a role in
the UFO/extraterrestrial phenomenon.
The third representational model is a hybrid where major global
powers establish diplomatic relations with extraterrestrial and
cooperate among themselves and have these legitimized in
multilateral institutions such as the United Nations. This would
enable major powers to find consensus about how to promote their
respective national interests in harmony with one another, and to
legitimize these through the UN as ‘global interests’. Consequently,
a narrow interpretation of who represents the Earth leads to the
answer, major world governments and the multilateral institutions
which they dominate.
There is however a broader definitionof who represents the Earth
which goes beyond the notion of geographical territory and
population controlled by a national government, and also beyond the
concept of ‘national interest’ which has become the primary focus of
diplomats advancing the welfare of their nations. This broader
definition involves Earth being comprised of different
constituencies that allegedly have diplomatic standing among
extraterrestrial races, and interests of these constituencies which
go appreciably beyond the concept of national interest that pertains
to modern nations and international diplomacy.
The Different Constituencies that Have Representative Status
for Earth
The first constituency is what has already been examined in terms of
surface humanity that is politically organized into nation states
with elected representatives, appointed officials and/or hereditary
monarchical systems. This is a constituency which undoubtedly has
representational status for extraterrestrial races as evidenced by
the agreements which have already been reached between ‘shadow
government’ representatives and extraterrestrial races. However,
such ‘representative status’ is not exclusive which leads to the
examination of other constituencies which extraterrestrials to
varying degrees recognize.
I now move to the second constituency which may initially come as a
shock to many readers since it is based on the idea that the Earthitself can be regarded as asentient being and thus may have
representative status for extraterrestrial races. The ‘Gaia
hypothesis’ is based on the theory first promoted by a former NASA
scientist, James Havelock in a 1979 book, that the Earth is a
sentient being which regulates the evolution of life.
[13]Havelock writes:
I recognize that to
view the Earth as if it were alive is just a convenient, but
different, way of organizing the facts of the Earth. I am of
course prejudiced in favor of Gaia and have filled my life for
the past twenty-five years with the thought that Earth may be
alive: not as the ancients saw her—a sentient Goddess with a
purpose and foresight—but alive like a tree. A tree that quietly
exists, never moving except to sway in the wind, yet endlessly
conversing with the sunlight and the soil. Using sunlight and
water and nutrient minerals to grow and change. But all done so
imperceptibly, that to me the old oak tree on the green is the
same as it was when I was a child. [14]
The Gaia hypothesis that
Earth is a sentient being that exhibits consciousness and life is
something that extraterrestrials would in varying degrees recognize.
While Havelock doesn’t believe Gaia’s sentience is the same of the
ancient Greek concept of a goddess with “purpose and foresight,” his
reference to Gaia as a global tree would at minimum make it sentient
enough for its interests or needs to be considered by
extraterrestrial races. This makes the Earth itself or ‘Gaia’
an
important constituency in diplomatic relations with extraterrestrial
races.
The third constituency are the various sentient species that inhabit
the Earth’s surface territories and oceans. In addition to humans as
a sentient surface dwelling species, can be included cetaceans such
as dolphins and whales that have exhibited a high degree of
intelligence and communicative skills. [15]
In analyzing Dolphin communications and intelligence, Dr Michael
Hyson concludes that:
the Cetacea
(dolphins and whales) are self-aware, fully conscious, sentient,
and have their own complex language. Because they have larger
brains, more available cortex, and more processing power
available (because of their lives in water) the Cetacea,
including the dolphins, are more intelligent than we are.
[16]
Other cetacean
researchers such as Timothy Wyllie and Joan Ocean have found that
dolphin/whale communications are based both on their highly complex
sonar abilities and on the use of telepathic communication.
[17]
Consequently, the intelligence and communicative abilities of
cetaceans would give them diplomatic standing among extraterrestrial
races despite the lack of a technological society.
Listen the
message of the Whales....
A fourth constituency appears to be races of beings that
inhabit
Earths subterranean realms. These subterranean races have been
described to be both human descendents of ancient kingdoms such as
Lemuria, and a non-human race that has
reptilian characteristics.
Evidence from a wide range of sources including government
whistleblowers, contactees and remote viewers give credence to the
existence of such subterranean races which have technologies that
are more advanced than surface humanity. According to Brad Steiger,
for example, these ancient human civilizations went underground many
millennia ago:
The Old Ones, an
immensely intelligent and scientifically advanced race … have
chosen to structure their own environment under the surface of
the planet and manufacture all their necessities. The Old Ones
are hominid, extremely long-lived, and pre-date Homo sapiens by
more than a million years. [18]
Furthermore, according to Thomas Castello, a former security
official at
Dulce, a highly classified underground facility in
New Mexico, Reptilians indigenous to Earth work side by side
with humans and other extraterrestrial races:
… some ’reptoids’
[Reptilians] are native to this planet. The ruling caste of
’aliens’ ARE reptilian…. They were an ancient race on Earth,
living underground…. Reptoids rightly consider themselves
"native Terrans." Perhaps they are the ones we call
the
Fallen Angels - maybe not. Either way, we are [considered]
the ’squatters’ on Earth.
[19]
Some researchers
contend that most if not all UFO reports are actually sightings
of the ships of these subterranean races rather than beings from
other worlds. [20]
Consequently, the
question of who represents Earth in establishing diplomatic
relations with extraterrestrial races is farmore complex given the
existence of different constituencies that presumably have some
standing among the various courts, councils and alliances that make
up the various extraterrestrial races visiting the Earth.
[21]
Towards a more Comprehensive Representational Model for Earth
in Diplomatic Relations with Extraterrestrials
While it may be assumed that the question of who represents the
human population of at least the Earth’s surface is easy to answer,
it cannot be assumed that secretly appointed officials who comprise
official delegations responsible for treaties and agreements with
extraterrestrial races have the necessary legitimacy to bind all of
surface humanity. While appointed officials have de facto power to
participate in meetings and agreements with extraterrestrial races,
these operate with great secrecy and remain unaccountable to the
citizenry of different nations who remain oblivious to the existence
of such meetings and agreements. Furthermore, elected political
representatives are denied this information thereby raising the
constitutional status of such meetings and treaties and the de jure
authority of these.
For example, the US Constitution specifically states that all
treaties to which the US enters needs to be ratified by the US
Senate. Article II, section 2, states:
“He [the President] shall
have power, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to
make treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur.”
[22]
However,
this constitutional provision has been bypassed by a series of
executive orders and congressional enactments which secretly
delegate treaty making authority to the appointed committees that
manage extraterrestrial affairs without the knowledge of the general
public or most elected officials. [23]
These extra-constitutional arrangements have dubious legal standing
and while these may at most have standing for short periods such as
national emergencies, it is extremely doubtful that their legal
standing would be sufficient for a semi-permanent arrangement which
has existed for the last 50 years or more. In short, the diplomatic
representatives of major nations that meet and draw up agreements
with extraterrestrial races have dubious constitutional validity at
least in the US, and very likely also other democratic nations.
The next important constituency to be considered for the question of
who represents Earth in diplomatic relations with extraterrestrial
races is the planet itself. The Gaia hypothesis posits that Earth is
a living consciousness that displays sentience and thus might be
considered a viable actor in diplomatic relations with
extraterrestrial races. If the Gaia hypothesis is true, then an
important consideration is whether Gaia has an ‘intelligence’ or
‘Voice’ with sufficient complexity with which individuals can choose
to align themselves. Now Havelock’s Gaia hypothesis was based on the
recognition that Gaia displayed a sentience that was similar to that
of a tree and displayed an organic intelligence which was
dynamically connected to eco- system:
“A tree that quietly exists,
never moving except to sway in the wind, yet endlessly conversing
with the sunlight and the soil.”
While he did not believe
Gaia
displayed ‘purpose’ in the ordinary sense we would understand
intelligent life, he believed it communicated with the complex
ecosystem in a way that sustained life for all. Thus it would be
fair to say that Gaia has a voice that can be heard by organisms or
sentient species sufficiently receptive to this form of
communication.
In other words, just as a simple organism has a survival mechanism
which influences its behavior, so too Gaia exhibited these
tendencies to be communicative in terms of promoting the evolution
of species on the planet. This suggests that Gaia, like any species,
has at a minimum, a communicative component which makes it
self-regulating, and demonstrates some degree of intelligence. In
other words, Gaia has an intelligence with which sentient species
can choose to align themselves with, and Gaia’s communicative role
demonstrates an intelligence which humanity is only beginning to
fathom.
Since Gaiademonstrates communicative abilities, it can be asked who
best speaks with her voice? Put alternatively, who represents what
might be called the ‘Voice of Gaia? Is it some mysterious energetic
force in the center of the planet; the giant Redwood trees of the US
Pacific coast; the cetaceans that circumnavigate the worlds oceans;
the tribal elders that maintain traditional relationships with the
Earth’s surface, individuals and groups that do energetic work with
the Gaia; that portion of humanity that has divided itself in terms
of states and territories or even alleged advanced sentient species
that inhabit the Earth’s subterranean realms? It can be posited that
the Voice of Gaia is represented by those life forms, human or
otherwise, that align themselves with the intelligence and
communications of Gaia. Alignment with the ’Voice of Gaia’ confers
legitimacy, in the eyes of some extraterrestrials. Alignment might
be defined as one’s personal voice ’resonating’ with the planetary
vibration or ’Voice of Gaia’. That resonance gives one’s voice an
amplitude that elevates its legitimacy. Thus human or other sentient
Earth based species that are in alignment with the ‘Voice of Gaia’
have diplomatic standing among extraterrestrial races that
presumably would be more willing to recognize the sentience of
Earth, of Gaia, as a constituency in any agreement that had validity
for the whole planet.
Recognizing the Earth or ‘Gaia’ as a legitimate constituency in
establishing diplomatic relations leads to the intriguing
possibility that some portions of humanity may be more genuine
representatives of Earth as an organic unit than others. Rather than
diplomatic representation of Earth being something that pertains
solely to different nations with their elected representatives and
appointed officials, it may be that individuals or groups that are
in alignment with the ‘Voice of Gaia’, may have greater diplomatic
standing. This of course is a revolutionary idea since it first
appears odd that appointed officials of national governments would
have less diplomatic standing than unappointed individuals and
groups who claim to alignment with the ‘Voice of Gaia’.
Nevertheless, the existence of Gaia as important constituency that
would be recognized by extraterrestrial races raises the possibility
that some individuals/groups that are in alignment with the ‘Voice
of Gaia’, may have diplomatic standing among extraterrestrial races
by virtue of this alignment.
The next two constituencies to be considered are the cetaceansand
other sentient life forms that inhabit the Earth’s oceans, surface
or subterranean regions. Thus all species that have sentience and
the ability to communicate by telepathic or other means with
extraterrestrial races would have some diplomatic standing among
extraterrestrial races. Included among these sentient life forms are
the remnants or earlier human civilizations and advanced non-human
life forms that have advanced technologies and communication
abilities but are based in subterranean areas. It would be
reasonable to assume that sentient life forms also have diplomatic
standing among extraterrestrial races.
In consequence, the question of who represents the Earth has two
answers.
The first is a narrow restrictive answer in terms of
secretly appointed officials that represent different national
governments or multilateral institutions such as the United Nations.
The second is far more complex and involves recognition of a range
of sentient life forms of which politically organized humanity is
but one among several important constituencies including the planet
herself.
It is very likely that while
extraterrestrial races
recognize the validity of the first form of representation, they
would give more validity to the second. This means that galactic
diplomacy involving the Earth and its diverse populations, life
forms and territories is far more open and eclectic than initially
thought. This raises the possibility of non-official forms of
diplomatic representation that involves portions of surface humanity
that speak on behalf of other sentient species or for the Earth
herself.
Who Represents the ‘Voice of Gaia’ in Diplomatic Relations
with Extraterrestrial Races? As already mentioned, the Gaia hypothesis makes possible the
existence of Gaia as a living entity with its own communicative
abilities and intelligence that directs the way life evolves on
Earth. This raises the possibility that individuals, groups and even
communities that align themselves with this intelligence or ‘Voice
of Gaia’ and who ultimately have allegiance to Gaia rather than any
nation, have the necessary authority to represent Gaia. It can even
be suggested as a corollary that such individuals also have
representative status for surface humanity which is politically
organized into sovereign nations. Humans living on Earth’s surface
are both citizens of sovereign nations and ‘children’ of Gaia,
implying that both the representatives of nations and representative
of Gaia, can legitimately speak on behalf of the interests of
surface humanity. In order to more easily refer to those
individuals/groups/communities that align themselves with the ‘Voice
of Gaia’ and thus represent Gaia, I will use the term ‘awakened
humanity’.
‘Awakened humanity’ is distinguished from the rest of humanity which
is politically organized into sovereign nations and where private
citizens and public officials give ultimate allegiance to a nation
state. This suggests some tension is likely to arise as to who
speaks with more authority concerning the future of Earth in
diplomatic relations with extraterrestrial races. Is it ‘awakened
humanity’ that has aligned with the ‘Voice of Gaia’ and also
respects/consults with other sentient species on Earth to develop a
unified planetary ‘Voice of Gaia’, or will it be the diplomatic
representatives of sovereign nations who give allegiance to their
nations rather than the ‘Voice of Gaia? This tension is likely to be
compounded by the disparity in resources and legitimacy between
‘awakened humanity’ and ‘politically organized humanity’. The former
has great legitimacy due to its alignment with Gaia and
respect/consultation with other sentient life forms on Earth; while
the latter has all the resources of the modern state to support its
appointed officials in diplomatic relations with extraterrestrials.
Given the telepathic nature of extraterrestrial races and their
expected recognition of different constituencies representing the
Earth, it is very highly likely that there will be tension between
‘awakened humanity’ and ‘politically organized humanity’ in terms of
who speaks with more authority on behalf of Earth and of humanity in
general.
‘Track Two Galactic Diplomacy’ by ‘Awakened Humanity’
According to former US Ambassador, John MacDonald, there are a
number of different forms of diplomacy in addition to the official
form which involves appointed officials who have the necessary
authority to represent their nations in meetings and agreements that
have binding force for their governments and nations.
[24] In
addition to official or what has been described as ‘track one’
diplomacy, is a track two which involves private individuals, and
‘citizen organizations’ that engage in various initiatives to
promote diplomatic solutions to important global problems. The term
‘track two diplomacy’ was coined by a former US diplomat,
Joseph
Montville in 1981 to describe early attempts by private citizens and
groups to intervene in diplomatic issues and international problems.
[25] He
describes track two diplomacy as:
"unofficial,
informal interaction between members of adversarial groups or
nations with the goals of developing strategies, influencing
public opinions and organizing human and material resources in
ways that might help resolve the conflict."
[26]
In its most simple
terms, track two diplomacy involves concerned individuals and/or
groups intervening in diplomatic impasses or international conflicts
to promote solutions and dialogue between disputing parties.
Despite initial skepticism by the diplomatic community over the
participation of private citizens and groups in international
diplomacy, ‘track two’ or ‘citizen diplomacy’ has grown in
significance over the last two decades, and is now recognized as a
legitimate process that complements government agencies in dealing
with contentious diplomatic issues and resolving global conflicts.
[27] In 2002,
the US Department of State organized a conference on integrating
‘track one’ and ‘track two’ diplomatic initiatives which was
attended by private citizens, non-government organizations and
members of the diplomatic community from the US and elsewhere.
[28]
Individuals, groups and organizations practicing track two diplomacy
have been successful in receiving government and private grants to
engage in this unofficial form of diplomacy in order to complement
international diplomacy and assist in resolving global conflicts.
[29] The author of this paper, for example,
received two grants from the US Institute of Peace, which was
created and funded by the US Congress, to conduct track two
initiatives to resolve the East Timor conflict.
[30] The
author invited a group of East Timorese, and later prominent
Indonesian citizens, to Washington DC to initiate dialogue that
would produce an ongoing initiative to help promote a resolution of
the East Timor conflict. In the subsequent meetings wide
consultation occurred with members of the US and Indonesian
diplomatic community, and with the United Nations. These meetings
resulted in important breakthroughs which resulted in power sharing
documents that helped stimulate a diplomatic solution to the East
Timor conflict.
[31]
A number of private organizations regularly raise significant funds
from a range of government agencies and private organizations to
perform track two initiatives along similar lines to what the author
did in the case of East Timor. The most prominent citizen groups
involved in track two diplomacy include Search for Common Ground,
The Institute for Multitrack Diplomacy, and the Institute of World
Affairs. [32]
The recognition and legitimacy given to individuals, ‘citizen
organizations’ performing track two diplomacy in international
conflicts creates an important precedent when examining how
diplomacy might be conducted with extraterrestrial races.
Individuals and citizen organizations may be expected to conduct
track two initiatives involving extraterrestrials where there is a
perceived need to assist official diplomacy and/or the resolution of
conflicts involving extraterrestrial races. Consequently, ‘track two
galactic diplomacy’ can be defined as:
The effort by private
individuals and/or citizen groups to assist in improving diplomatic
relations between extraterrestrial races and national governments,
and/or to assist in resolving conflicts between extraterrestrials
and/or national governments.
These efforts may range from
individuals contacts that promote dialogue and information sharing
with extraterrestrials, to citizen groups working with
extraterrestrials to promote government disclosure, and resolving
conflict between government agencies and extraterrestrial races.
While any individual or citizen group can be expected to participate
in track two diplomatic initiatives involving extraterrestrial
races, those individuals and groups described as ‘awakened humanity’
have special significance. This significance is due to the expected
recognition given to them by extraterrestrial races as
representatives of Gaia and other sentient species on Earth.
Consequently, individuals and groups practicing track two diplomacy
may enjoy greater legitimacy and authority among extraterrestrial
races due to their alignment with the ‘Voice of Gaia’, and with the
aspirations of other sentient species on Earth. This alignment means
that ‘awakened humanity’ are have ultimate allegiance to
Gaia and
her sentient species can therefore be viewed as spokespersons for a
single planetary ‘voice’, and thus become de facto ‘Ambassadors for
Gaia’. ‘Awakened humanity’ may thus enjoy greater status than the
appointed officials representing sovereign nations when it comes to
negotiating with extraterrestrial races.
Track two galactic diplomacy by ‘awakened humanity’ who are de facto
Ambassadors for Gaia is an important development due to the secrecy
surrounding existing meetings and agreements between some
extraterrestrial races and secretly appointed officials of different
nations. Such track two initiatives can result in meetings and
agreements that have legitimacy among a range of extraterrestrial
races and therefore significantly impact on global affairs. A key
question is how national security agencies would react to agreements
or communications established by awakened humanity through track two
diplomacy with extraterrestrial races.
How Might National Security Agencies React to ‘Track Two’
Galactic Diplomacy by ‘Awakened Humanity’ A key facet in the secrecy over the presence of extraterrestrial
races has been the degree to which key national security agencies in
the US and elsewhere have controlled information and monopolized
resources devoted to extraterrestrial affairs.
[33] This control by key national security
agencies suggests that the initial response by such agencies to
‘track two galactic diplomacy’ initiatives by awakened humanity
would be regarded either with extreme suspicion or outright
opposition. To a degree, the anticipated response by
shadow
government controllers of extraterrestrial information would
parallel the initial response by foreign policy professionals and
diplomatic community to the emergence of track two diplomacy in
international affairs in the early 1980’s. As noted earlier, this
shifted from outright skepticism and dismissal, to eventual
recognition and cooperation. The response to ‘track two galactic
diplomacy’ by shadow controllers of extraterrestrial affairs is
likely to follow a similar pattern.
The official reaction to track two galactic diplomacy is likely to
be influenced by four challenges: first, the extent of private
communications and interactions with extraterrestrial races by
‘awakened humanity’; second, the willingness of the shadow
government to use its coercive resources to suppress ‘track two
galactic diplomacy’; third, the degree to which extraterrestrial
races might manipulate unsuspecting humans to destabilize national
security agencies for ‘unfriendly’ extraterrestrial agendas; and
finally the implications of agreements reached through track two
galactic diplomacy. I will now examine each of these challenges and
how they impact on track two galactic diplomacy before finishing
with some concluding remarks.
1. The Extent of
Private Communications and Interactions with Extraterrestrial
Races Ever since George Adamski wrote his famous book, Inside the
Flying Saucers, in 1955, there has been a succession of private
citizens who have claimed to have been contacted by
extraterrestrial races and had extensive communications and
interactions with them. [34]
Along with Adamski, some of these initial contactees included
Howard Menger, Orfeo Angelucci, Paul Villa and George
Van Tassel. [35] These
communications and interactions with extraterrestrials varied
considerably depending on the contactee but essentially all
revealed that extraterrestrial races were deliberately
contacting private individuals to disseminate information about
the existence of extraterrestrial races, and the benevolent
intentions of extraterrestrials who were making contact. Over
the years, the list of ‘contactees’ has grown considerably and
the more well known in the recent era include Billy Meier,
Carlos Diaz, Alex Collier, Phillip Krapf.
[36]
These ‘contactees’
have consequently given public lectures, written books, formed
support groups, and communicated with key elites, all with the
purpose of conveying the information given by extraterrestrials
and convincing a skeptical public of the friendly nature of
these extraterrestrials. Without necessarily knowing it, these
contactees were actually engaging in ‘track two galactic
diplomacy’ insofar as they represented that portion of humanity
described as ‘awakened humanity’ who were willing to disseminate
the truth about the extraterrestrial presence and the
implications for global humanity.
National security agencies have ‘publicly’ treated contactees
with skepticism and ridicule, but in reality the agencies paid
close attention to contactees in order to simultaneously extract
whatever information could be gained from the contactees, while
limiting the extent to which the contactees’ information would
enter into the public arena. For example, Alex Collier claimed
to have been contacted by a race from the constellation of
Andromeda and was disseminating much information through a
popular website and public lectures before being visited by a
team of Navy Intelligence officials who intimidated him into
silence. [37]
Apparently Collier was releasing sensitive information despite
the official government position that since the closure of
Project Blue Book, no government agency is actively
investigating the UFO/extraterrestrial phenomenon.
[38]
Control of the mass media has been the chief vehicle by which
the shadow government could limit the influence of the
contactees as well as the UFO phenomenon more generally.
[39] The
prospect that many more private citizens would be experiencing
contact with extraterrestrials and would be subsequently
conducting ‘track two galactic diplomacy’ would be of extreme
concern to government agencies. Yet it appears that just as the
growth of track two diplomacy in global politics could not be
prevented and was eventually welcomed by the diplomatic
community, so too the growth in ‘track two galactic diplomacy’
cannot be prevented and eventually will be regarded as a
complement rather than a threat by those conducting ‘track one’
galactic diplomacy.
2. The Coercive Resources of Shadow Government Agencies National Security agencies have an abundance of coercive
resources that can be used to maintain secrecy over the
extraterrestrial presence. The following passage from the
Special Operations Manual, an ‘alleged official document’
detailing recovery procedures for extraterrestrial craft leaked
to UFO researchers, describes the official secrecy policy
adopted in April 1954:
Any encounter
with entities known to be of extraterrestrial origin is to
be considered to be a matter of national security and
therefore classified TOP SECRET. Under no circumstances is
the general public or the public press to learn of the
existence of these entities. The official government policy
is that such creatures do not exist, and that no agency of
the federal government is now engaged in any study of
extraterrestrials or their artifacts. Any deviation from
this stated policy is absolutely forbidden.
[40]
Whistleblowers such
as Master Sergeant Dan Morris outlined how key national security
agencies such as the NSA would coerce individuals to maintain
silence, and how these coercive mechanisms extended even up to
the use of deadly force to maintain secrecy:
The National
Security Agency - the killers work in that. They’re the guys
that, when it becomes necessary for a problem to be removed…
if you watch James Bond, they’re the double-O agents, if you
get my meaning. Secretary of Defense Forestall was the first
real powerful, known person that was eliminated because he
was going to release the information – and nobody has ever
paid for that crime.
[41]
With a well known
history of using even deadly force to maintain secrecy over the
extraterrestrial presence, it might be questioned whether such
coercive methods would be used against individuals and/or
organizations conducting track two galactic diplomacy.
The key factor here is whether national security agencies would
regard the widespread use of coercive force in the present
information era where so much information is now freely
available on the internet. It appears that soft censorship
techniques such as eliminating public records, limiting major
media exposure, hacking websites, etc., are the preferred
methods of limiting information on extraterrestrials as opposed
to the use of deadly force which appeared to be more widely used
in the past. [42]
Nevertheless, the prospect that extraterrestrials would regard
track two galactic diplomacy as providing a mandate for their
activities would be of extreme concern to national security
agencies, and could lead to the use of coercive measures to
prevent track two diplomacy from occurring.
The likelihood that public disclosure of extraterrestrial
presence will soon occur, suggests that national security
agencies are less and less disposed to the use of the most
extreme forms of coercion such as deadly force due to the
likelihood that there will soon be some form of accounting for
past actions and decisions. Public disclosure of the
extraterrestrial presence would lead to a thorough review of
past secret government actions in maintaining secrecy, and some
accountability for
shadow government officials who enforce
present policies.
3. The Degree to which extraterrestrial races might
manipulate unsuspecting citizens engaging in track two Galactic
Diplomacy The possibility that some extraterrestrial races may
manipulate private citizens who engage in track two galactic
diplomacy is quite high. Given the history of the
extraterrestrial presence where a variety of agendas and
activities have been conducted in order to control humanity,
there is quite likely going to be continued efforts of
manipulation by some extraterrestrial races who view humanity as
a resource to be controlled and exploited.
[43] The
prospect that unsuspecting private individuals/groups might be
used by ‘unfriendly’ extraterrestrial races to undermine key
national security agencies performing necessary roles in
monitoring extraterrestrial races is very real. This suggests
that a high degree of discernment and education about different
extraterrestrial races is necessary for those individuals who
find themselves on the forefront of track two galactic
diplomacy.
A combination of training, public education and networking by
contactees and others conducting track twogalactic diplomacy
would go a long way to preventing any manipulation by unfriendly
extraterrestrial races. This is the best safeguard to ensure the
integrity of track two galactic diplomacy since the agendas and
programs of national security agencies would not initially be
viewed with much sympathy by contactees. Contactees and others
participating in track two galactic diplomacy are largely
familiar with the long secrecy and suppression of information
concerning extraterrestrials, and give very little legitimacy to
the actions and concerns of national security agencies despite
widespread public respect for such agencies.
In particular,
coercive actions by national security agencies against those
active in track two galactic diplomacy would be strenuously
opposed by those practicing or supporting this form of
diplomacy. The result would only succeed in undermining the
integrity of this form of diplomacy, rather than preventing it
all together. Since tracktwo galactic diplomacy is an
inevitable development in human-extraterrestrial interaction, a
premium needs to be placed on maintaining a high level of
integrity for this form of citizen based diplomacy in order to
prevent undue manipulation by ‘unfriendly’ extraterrestrial
races.
4. Implications of Initiatives & Agreements Reached through
Track Two Galactic Diplomacy It is very likely that some track two galactic diplomacyinitiatives will produce agreements with, or extend permission
to, extraterrestrial races to perform certain activities. This
is especially likely to be the case where members of ‘awakened
humanity’ participate and thereby carry special representative
status far beyond their population numbers. Extraterrestrials
may find special advantages in working with members of awakened
humanity who might be willing to agree to initiatives or
projects that positively impact on the planet. For example, in
October 2003, a message allegedly from a group of
extraterrestrials began circulating the internet accurately
describing the exopolitical situation on Earth, and requested
that ‘individuals without distinction’ decide whether they
wanted the extraterrestrials to simply “show up”.
[44] The
“Change the World” referendum generated great interest and an
internet petition granting permission to the extraterrestrials
to show up is still underway and by mid October 2004 had over
650 signatures. [45]
The consequences of private citizens or citizen organizations
reaching agreements with extraterrestrial races or giving
permission to specific extraterrestrial activities would
certainly be of great concern to national security agencies. It
might be expected that those individuals and/or groups
initiating such agreements or granting permission would be
closely monitored and even subjected to harassment by national
security agencies if this threatened to have wide impact. This
appeared to be the case with the organizer of the “Change the
World” referendum, Jean Ederman, who allegedly experienced
harassment from national security agencies due to his work in
distributing the referendum and subsequent contact experiences.
[46] He
has been silenced through a series of threats by French national
security agencies and has temporarily ended all his public
activities up to October, 2004.
It can be expected that the implications of agreements reached
between extraterrestrial races and members of awakened humanity
are likely to have consequences far beyond the physical numbers
of such individuals and/or citizen organizations. This creates
special tension since such individuals and/or citizen
organizations hold no official positions and therefore have no
representative status according to national security agencies
for participating in any agreements or giving permission to
extraterrestrial activities. Nevertheless, the representative
status presumably given by extraterrestrials to such individuals
and/or citizen organizations by virtue of their being
spokespersons for Gaiaand other sentient Earth species, makes
‘awakened humanity’ an important factor to be reckoned with in
the diplomatic dialogue over the role played by
extraterrestrials on Earth and the future of humanity.
Conclusion:
‘Awakened Humanity’ and ‘track two Galactic Diplomacy’ While the term ‘awakened humanity’ appears elitist, it
nevertheless accurately describes a portion of humanity that gives
allegiance to a wider set of constituencies on Earth rather than a
national government which is more narrowly focused on its ‘national
interests’. Members of ‘awakened humanity’ feel a calling to respond
to what they perceive to be the best interests of Gaia as a planet,
and the various sentient species that inhabit the Earth’s
territories, oceans and subterranean realms. As more and more humans
develop such allegiances beyond purely national political loyalties
and interests, and align themselves with what might be described as
the ‘Voice of Gaia’ and the aspirations of other sentient species,
these members of ‘awakened humanity’ become spokespersons for
Gaia.
It can be expected that such spokespersons for Gaia would be
regarded by extraterrestrials and other sentient Earth species as de
facto ‘Ambassadors of Gaia’ and thereby carry influence far beyond
their physical numbers.
Awakened humanity are subsequently more likely to experience contact
with extraterrestrial races who view such individuals as having
special significance due to their alignment with the ‘Voice of Gaia’
and desire to satisfy the aspirations of other sentient species.
Contact with awakened humanity gives greater legitimacy to the
various activities of extraterrestrial races that make contact with
global humanity. Consequently, ‘awakened humanity’ is likely to find
itself engaged in track two galactic diplomacy due to their
significance as representatives of the ‘planetary voice’ and the
aspirations of all sentient species on Earth, and the special
attention they are given by extraterrestrials who view ‘awakened
humanity’ as spokespersons and de facto ambassadors for Gaia.
There is very likely to
be a great contrast between private citizens and appointed public
officials in terms of galactic diplomacy and the recognition
respectively given to the latter by extraterrestrial races. ‘Track
one’ galactic diplomacy involves public officials who are
secretly
appointed by
the shadow government and/or national security agencies
to represent the national interests of their nations and deal with
the extraterrestrial presence. Officials engaging in track one
galactic diplomacy have all the resources and coercive potential of
the modern nation state to support their activities, and
collectively claim to be the official political representatives of
global humanity and of the Earth’s territories. Yet in the eyes of a
number of extraterrestrial races, these official diplomats enjoy
less legitimacy than ‘awakened humanity’ who presumably speak with
greater authority due to their alignment with the ‘Voice of Gaia’
and willingness to represent the aspirations of other sentient
species on Earth. In short, the question of who speaks with greater
authority as a representative for the planet Earth and her varied
species is something that will directly impact on the choices made
by extraterrestrial races to communicate and interact with different
parts of global humanity.
While some agreements have been reached between shadow government
representatives and some extraterrestrial races, other
extraterrestrial races have instead chosen tocontact private
individuals and/or citizen groups who are more alignment with the
‘Voice of Gaia,’ and thus de facto spokespersons for
Gaia. This
suggests future tension as more of humanity comes to develop
sympathies and outlooks which are consistent with the global
interests of the planet and all sentient species. This is likely to
herald a period tension between those portions of humanity
respectively aligned either with their national political
institutions, or aligned with a broader set of global interests that
fall under the rubric of the ‘Voice of Gaia’. It can be hoped that
such tension are the birth pains of a brave new world where all
sentient species on the planet speak with a unified planetary voice.
The
website for the Institute of World Affairs is:
http://www.iwa.org [33] See
Steven Greer, Disclosure: Military and Government Witnesses
Reveal the Greatest Secrets in Modern History, 21-32 [34]
George Adamski’s, Inside the Flying Saucers, is available online
at:
http://www.universe-people.com/adamsk_e.htm [35] For
discussion of experiences of an extensive number of contactees,
see Timothy Good, Alien Base: The Evidence for Extraterrestrial
Colonization on Earth. [36] See
Gary Kinder, Light Years: An Investigation into the
Extraterrestrial Experiences of Eduard
Meier; Phillip Krapf, “The Challenge of Contact: a
mainstream journalist’s report on interplanetary diplomacy,”
(Origin Press, 2001).
A book by Alex
Collier,
Defending Sacred Ground [37]
Personal interview with Alex Collier (July, 2004). [38] See
“Unidentified Flying Objects and Air Force Project Blue Book”
http://www.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?fsID=188 [39] See
Terry Hansen, The Missing Times (Xlibris Corporation, 2001). [40]
Majestic 12 Group, “Special Operations Manual, SOM1-01 -
Extraterrestrial Entities and Technology, Recovery and
Disposal,” April 1954 Part 2
HERE [41]
“Testimony of Master Sergeant Dan Morris,” Disclosure: Military
and Government Witnesses Reveal the Greatest Secrets in Modern
History, ed., Steven Greer (Crossing Point Inc., 2001) 359. [42] For
discussion of the use of disinformation and other ‘soft
censorship’ strategies used by military intelligence services,
see John Maynard, “From Disinformation to Disclosure,” Surfing
the Apocalypse,
http://www.surfingtheapocalypse.com/maynard.html [43] For
detailed discussion of the motivations and agendas of different
extraterrestrial races, see Michael Salla, “Eisenhower’s 1954
Meeting With Extraterrestrials: The Fiftieth Anniversary of
First Contact?”
HERE [44] For
discussion of the message and its authenticity see Michael Salla,
“A
Message to Humanity: A Genuine Communication from an
Extraterrestrial Race?” [45] “We
Are Ready to Change the World,”
http://www.petitiononline.com/readynow/petition.html [46]
Personal email correspondence with Jean Ederman has confirmed
that he has experienced harassment due to his work with
extraterrestrials.
