QUOTE (Syntax @ Nov 11 2007, 02:29 AM)

Your theory has actually been around since the early 70's, and is called the Ultra-terrestrial hypothesis.
There is actually a lot of reading on the subject. The later works by Jacques Vallee are brilliant, and so is Operation Trojan Horse, written by Mothman Prophecies author John Keel.
Vallee is famous for writing a report labeled "Five reasons why the extra-terrestrial hypothesis is not valid" (Paraphrased).
A lot of UFO researchers are beginning to shy away from the Extra-Terrestrial hypothesis because scientifically it can't explain the UFO phenomenon. Popular culture (TV, Books and of course Movies) has created a world in which we automatically link the two together.
My son is a big fan of Jacques Vallee. If his observations are true then it's very understandable why the governments ignore or poopoo the UFO phenomena. Because they don't even want to attempt to explain what's going on
The encounters are "SO BIZZARE" that there is no explanation or will be scorned/laughed at.
i have a theory that if something "really" exists in our presence that we physically can't see/understand our brains will make something up (which is a side effect of our beliefs/enviroment) to envision it. This is why so many people possibly have similar/different visions experiences according to their cultures etc.
It's like when they (in neuroscience) stimulate the part of your brain for laughter your brain will invent a reason why you laughed after the fact. Read about this ? Innerspace (forum member may know something about this-it's her field of work/study. Actually the results of these experiments is where I got this idea from> something went "AHA "in my head >
Our brains are different in minute ways (bio/chemically) from each other. Shy people have an overactive amygdala for instance. Deeply religious or truly intuitive/phsychic people may pick up on other forces/dimensions more readily and their brains may create a vision/voice (not necessarliy in it's actual form/look).
But this explains the skepticism from others when it's appearant everyone sees/hears something else> be it a god or whatever. It does not mean that something is not there. it may also explain why "lab tests" for psychic phenomena often fail
.The bubble effect can may also explain some things. Bubbles may be ever changing in size and inter-lapping and maybe sometimes they just pop to reappear somewhere else again ? Who knows but it's an interesting way to see them
It's like the soap that is the substance/energy to hold the bubbles together and form them.When one bubble pops another will reappear but it's all made from the same substance (whatever that may be)