PRG
Paradigm
Research Group
Update
- November 18, 2002
[Sent to combined PRG/X-PPAC/D2003
mail list.]
PRG Network
After some delay, within a few days you will get
an invitation
and a password to join the PRG Network within the
Friendly
Favors community of networks. There is
no cost, and I
hope you will consider using this powerful
resource.
Paradigm Clock Reset
PRG issued a press release on November 13
announcing
the Paradigm Clock had been reset to 11:58:30 pm -
30 seconds closer to midnight. The
explanations and
events behind this move are available in the
release at:
www.paradigmclock.com/Press_Releases/Press_releases.html#11-13-02
The UFO Abduction Phenomenon: A Symposium
[Note: this symposium will be netcast live on
Tuesday,
November 19, at 7:30 pm EST at: www.scifi.com/ufo]
SCI FI Channel brings together the world's most
highly
regarded abduction investigators/authors for the
first time to
explore facts and theories of this controversial
phenomenon.
This is prelude to the December airing of
"Steven Spielberg
Presents Taken," a ten-part miniseries.
Morton Dean
will moderate the panel composed of Dr. John Mack,
Budd
Hopkins and Dr. David Jacobs.
Morton Dean is a highly regarded, award-winning
news
correspondent. He is currently the voice of
History Channel
and A&E Biography documentaries, host/reporter
of a
monthly 60-minute cable network science show, and
heard
on National Public Radio commenting on politics
and
terrorism. As a correspondent he covered
many historic,
stories around the world for CBS News (20 years)
and ABC
News (14 years). He anchored regular
newscasts for both
networks. Dean also anchored hundreds of network
news
specials, documentaries and breaking news stories
for both
networks.
John Mack, M.D., is a Professor of Psychiatry at
Harvard
Medical School and founder of the Department of
Psychiatry
at Cambridge Hospital. His research into the
spiritual and
transformational aspects of the alien encounter
phenomenon
was first presented in his 1994 book Abduction and
expanded
upon in the 1999 book Passport to the Cosmos.
His other
writings include the 1977 Pulitzer Prize-winning
biography
of T.E. Lawrence, A Prince of Our Disorder.
Budd Hopkins pioneered the first systematic
research into
accounts of human abductions. He is the author of
Missing
Time, Intruders - The Incredible Visitation at
Copley Woods,
the basis for a 1992 CBS miniseries, and Witnessed
- The
True Story of the Brooklyn Bridge UFO Abductions.
David M. Jacobs, Ph.D., Associate Professor of
History at
Temple University, is one of the world's most
respected UFO
abduction researchers. Jacobs' books include
The UFO
Controversy in America, Secret Life: Firsthand
Accounts of
UFO Abductions, and The Threat.
D2003 Report
A report on the Disclosure2003 campaign will be
out shortly.
History/Learning/Discovery Channels
It has been noted that all three of these cable
channels,
have cut way back on airing of archived and new
UFO/ET
documentaries. Also, PRG has
been informed by a
reliable source that the Discovery Channel is no
longer
accepting documentaries which are "pro
UFO."
PRG considers this most interesting, but predicts
that
with the election over and the SCI FI Channel
making
major moves, all three channels will reverse
course soon.
Continuing the Activism
With the D2003 Campaign over for now, the focus
turns
to keeping the activism moving forward. In
that regard
PRG director, Stephen Bassett, will continue
speaking
to the key issues in venues across the country.
Efforts to raise money for X-PPAC and the D2003
campaign fund, which remains open, will go
forward.
Also, PRG is seeking the one-year donation of the
use
of an unfurnished house in the Washington metro
area
(preferably in the District itself), with an
option to rent
a second year.
Some of the D2003 staff have expressed a
willingness
to live and work out of a central location in the
fashion
of Nader's Raiders in the 1970's.
X-PPAC Congressional Alert
X-PPAC issued a Congressional Alert on November 6
highlighting the developing SCI FI initiatives -
symposiums,
Coalition for Freedom of Information, retaining of
the PR
firm, PodestaMattoon, etc. It can be
seen at:
www.x-ppac.org/Alerts.html
Data Quality Act
PRG is reviewing the work of Francis Knize who is
in the
process of challenging NASA using the Data Quality
Act,
which just became active on October 1, 2002.
The DQA
sets
standards for the quality of scientific and
statistical
information put out by federal agencies.
As most of you know, the UFO/ET question is the
most
utilized target for the submission of FOIA
requests. Now
there is another tool to keep the pressure on.
"Close Encounter"/"Contact"
Watch
As stated in earlier Updates, PRG believes one
indication
of a pending disclosure event will be a
substantial increase
in the airings of "Close Encounters of the
Third Kind" and
"Contact." Both movies are
controlled by Turner. Here is
the present account for 2002. All
times EST.
Contact - Friday, March 15, 02 8 pm Turner
Close Encounters - Friday, March 15, 02 11 pm
Turner
Contact - Wednesday, May 8, 02 2 am Turner
Contact - Thursday, May 30, 02 10:30 pm Turner
Contact - Friday, May 31, 02 2 pm Turner
Contact - Saturday, August 3, 02 1 pm Turner
Close Encounters- Monday, August 26, 02
10 pm Turner
Contact - Wednesday, October 2, 02 8 pm
FX
Contact - Fri. October 18 11 pm FX
Contact - Sun November 10 8 m FX
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