PRG
Paradigm Research Group
Update - November 30, 2002
[Sent to combined PRG/X-PPAC/D2003
Mail Lists]
Taken
www.scifi.com/taken
Spielberg's "Taken" miniseries begins on
Monday night.
The schedule is out and quite interesting.
Sci Fi Channel
will air each episode three times a night PLUS the
episode
from the night before. That is 78 hours of
"Taken" over
a period of 12 days. They aren't just airing
this miniseries -
they are burning it into the public's brain.
Also, this
approach with ensure that "Taken" will
likely be the most
home-copied program in history. Millions of
copies of the
program will be made in the first two weeks.
It is important to be of two minds with this
program. There is
no question that considerable license has been
taken (pun
intended) with the known facts to produce dramatic
effects
that will create ratings. Some of the
viewers will be
confused. This is unavoidable. It is
the trade off for the
advocacy funding, CFI, the Washington
representation.
The Roswell documentary has brought key research
to a
much broader audience. The "Abduction
Diaries" was
balanced. These diaries can easily be
expanded.
The press simply need to be told that the known
facts
about the extraterrestrial presence are in partial
measure
not accurately reflected in the fictional work.
Period.
There is nothing new about that. It has
happened many
times with many issues. If they want to
understand the
facts about abductees/contactees/experiencers, the
books
and the research are there for their perusal
Even if "Taken" had not strayed one iota
from researched
elements of the phenomena, it would still be
fiction and
the disclosure process must not be driven by
fiction.
There are actually people in this country who are
more
comfortable with the state of the nation because
they
like what they see on "West Wing."
This is madness
and a trend which does not need to be repeated
with
disclosure. Real policy, real truth,
real hearings, real
engagement, real journalism, real governance.
Accept no substitute.
That said, having attended the SciFi / CFI
original
press conference, the GWU symposium, the New York
symposium and the Washington, DC screening (which
was absolutely first class), there have not been
any red
flags about the Sci Fi Channel's motives and
agenda.
I believe they want to make money AND serve the
public's
interests. If anything happens to change my
view, you
will know immediately.
IUFO Conference - Laughlin, NV - February 2-8,
2002
http://www.ufocongress.com/index1.html
Given all that has happened in the past year and
all that may
happen over the next two months, I strongly
encourage
all to consider being in Laughlin Nevada for the
winter IUFO
conference. There will be a particular need
for side meetings
between researchers and activists, as well as a
need to get as
many interviews done with any media and
documentarists in
attendance. The timing is just about
perfect. It is still PRG's
view that Disclosure can and should happen in the
first half
of 2003.
I will be in Laughlin the entire week of February
2 - 8 and will
likely book additional time before and after the
conference for
possible meetings in Arizona, New Mexico and
California.
Please contact PRG if you want to set up a meeting
or media
interview for that time period.
Photos for the PRG/D2003 Gallery
If anyone has any photos from the Bay Area UFO
Expo that
would look good in the PRG photo gallery, please
email or
mail a high resolution copy to PRG. Also, if
anyone has any
photos relating to the D2003 campaign or from last
year's
IUFO conference in Laughlin, same request.
Thanks.
Some new photos are up at the PRG Gallery at:
www.paradigmclock.com/Gallery/Thumbs_Page.htm
The D2003 Gallery will go up as soon as a few more
photos
come it.
Pre-disclosure Indicators
All future PRG updates will include this section
in which any
items which PRG views as
"pre-disclosure" indicators will be
listed with dates where applicable. A
"pre-disclosure" indicator
is an event which would seem appropriate if formal
disclosure is
close at hand.
A section will soon go up at the D2003 website
where these
indicators will be archived and expanded upon.
Feel free to
forward to PRG any items you consider as
candidates.
2001
Postponement of the mini-series "Taken"
until after the
mid-term elections
May 2002
James Garvin, chief scientist for the NASA Mars
Exploration
Program initiates an unexpected approach to
Richard
Hoagland and Peter Gersten. Invitations to
future meetings
and to submit proposals to NASA are extended.
October 2002
Two separate sources confirm to PRG that Discovery
Communications has withdrawn and not excepting
new pro-UFO documentaries. This is
quite unusual.
Discovery Communications is controlled by cable
magnate, John Malone out of Denver, through his
interest in Liberty Media Corporation.
October 22, 2002
Former White House Chief of Staff to Clinton, John
Podesta,
inserts himself into the issue.
November 2002
Berkeley physicist and proponent of "warp
drive," Jack
Sarfatti receives a huge funding infusion, an
invitation to
a White House dinner and a request from Senate
Majority
Leader, Tom DeLay, to serve on a committee.
November 29, 2002
UK opens its own 'X-file'
www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/11/29/uk.ufo/index.html
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/foi/story/0,9061,850145,00.html
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