Anomalous Shooting Stars' Display linked to Consciousness

Date of Research 11-7-94

Location: Desert Site One.

Site conditions: Slight overcast. Temperature dropping from mid fifties to low forties.

Please remember that this particular research adventure at Desert Site One took place only 4 days before the first anniversary  of our November 11, 1993 encounter. On that date at the same location, we had interacted with 2 anomalous nocturnal lights; one of which was clearly visible as a glowing disc. That 1993 encounter had lasted approximately one hour and forty five minutes, and up till that time it was I believe the longest interactive encounter in the history of the CE-5 Initiative.  This 1994 experience was far more subtle and certainly less dramatic than the prior one. Nevertheless it reaffirmed for us the likely probability that our collaborative relationship with ETI was still intact.

Sightings and  high strangeness events. No structured craft were seen but a large number of shooting stars were intermittently observed in different parts of the sky. I noted a surprisingly uniform quality to the shooting stars we were observing. Each display appeared to have the same brightness and subtended the same narrow arc of sky. The luminosity of the  shooting star like objects did not vary, in other words they did not glow or flare. These uniform objects appeared to be possibly artificial. They reminded me of the stereotypic "shooting stars" that are displayed as part of a planetarium show. This highly uniform quality made me suspect that these visual displays were  possibly manifestations of ET technology and not natural phenomena. Subsequent event tended to confirm this assessment.

At approximately 2AM  Sasha and I were both viewing the southern sky over Negri hill. Over several minutes he reported a rapid sequence of "shooting stars" every 20 to 30 seconds in a portion of sky where I observed not a one. Although I had started to use corrective lenses for reading, my far vision was and continues to be quite adequate without corrective lenses for driving day and night and for sky watch activities.  This discrepancy between our observations of what were described as "shooting stars" made me suspicious that something truly anomalous might be going on.

I immediately positioned myself standing next to Sasha. While he pointed out the direction and angle up from the horizon(about 35 degrees) where the objects were observed, I intensely focused on that portion of sky. He sighted another, I saw nothing other than the few surrounding stars shining faintly  in the background. It appeared to Sasha as well that each object was stereotypic, with the same brightness, color, length of trail and angle of entry as the preceding ones. After not being able to detect 3 or four of these objects, it occurred to me that this might be some kind of test of our willingness to interact, as well as a display of their(presumably the ETs') ability to create visual displays preferentially between members of our team.

Feeling somewhat foolish I asked Sasha to make the request that I see what he was seeing. Within a few seconds I observed a pale "shooting star" slowly moving across a narrow section of the sky just above Negri Hill. It was in the exact location where Sasha alone had seen the others. We quickly described to one another what we had just seen. It was a match! After making a request for a sighting, a sighting had transpired.

We looked at each other in amazement. The implications of what had just transpired seemed quite remarkable. Here was a striking example of an anomalous visual display being linked to non-human intelligence. But what if it were just a manifestation chance. The "shooting stars" had appeared immediately after the request by coincidence alone, without the action of a conscious mind.

Shoulder to shoulder, bundled up in all our winter gear, we stood there in the cold desert night air and  gazed at the sky. I asked Sasha to make another request. He didn't hesitate. "Show Joe again", he said. In less than 5 seconds, another stereotypic slow moving "shooting star" appeared in the exact same place as before. My heart pounding in excitement, and feeling a little foolish at the same time, I tried to address whomever was responsible for those lights. I said something like. "Please show us the light again. We are only human and we have this notion of coincidence. If you could show us again it would be much appreciated. It would reduce in our minds and in minds of others perhaps, that these visual displays are not simply the result of chance. There was a pause. We waited, 5 seconds, 10 seconds, 15 seconds. Finally as if to say back to us, "Are you really serious , do you really need for us to show you another one?"; the slow moving "shooting star" reappeared exactly as before. Each sighting of the anomalous moving light seemed to be identical to the last. It was as if we were watching the same film clip being repeated over and over again. It reminded me of simulated "shooting stars" that I had watched on the ceiling of the Hayden Planetarium in New York City when I was a child. This visual display was different however. It appeared in the middle of the desert at 3 AM and seemed to be linked to an unidentified conscious intelligence that chose to interact with us for  reasons only truly known to itself.

Please remember that this particular research adventure at Desert Site One took place only 4 days before the first anniversary  of our November 11, 1993 encounter. On that date at the same location, we had interacted with 2 anomalous nocturnal lights; one of which was clearly visible as a glowing disc. That 1993 encounter had lasted approximately one hour and forty five minutes, and up till that time it was I believe the longest interactive encounter in the history of the CE-5 Initiative.  This 1994 experience was far more subtle and certainly less dramatic than the prior one. Nevertheless it reaffirmed for us the likely probability that our collaborative relationship with ETI was still intact.

We had one more sighting that night. It occurred around 430 AM as we prepared to break camp. All our equipment was nearly packed and we were about to march off towards the dry river bed which led to our vehicle in the wilderness parking lot. The last UFO  we saw was a jumper. It was a moving star like point of light which erratically jerked back and forth in a zig zag manner. It was quite similar to the two jumpers we had seen the year before, although its oscillations were less pronounced. This UFO appeared in the south about 25 degrees above the horizon behind Negri Hill. It scintillated or pulsed in a very regular pattern. Although located near the horizon, the regularity of its pulsations distinguished it from ordinary stars which will often scintillate as they approach the horizon. This is the natural effect on a star's light as it passes through a greater volume of atmospheric dust when viewed on the horizon. The jerking movements were fine, erratic and appeared not to be the result of optical nystagmus. Optical nystagmus describes the tiny movements of the eyes when fixated on a point of light. It results in an optical illusion of movement. Inexperienced sky watchers will describe movement in most stars they stare at if they do so long enough. In the case of this jumper, its movements were judged to be real by the technique of fixating on an adjacent object,(usually this is a star) and then watching the point of light in question with peripheral vision. In this case the jumper still moved while being viewed in this fashion.

The video camera was already packed away and so we opted not to try to film the jumper. We fancied it was no accident that it showed up just as we are leaving. This pattern of a sighting at time of departure is a frequent occurrence during CSETI field Work. (For more details on this subject and related topics please review the  document, "So you want to vector in Spacecraft?" It is available in the Working Group Kit from Shari Adamiak) We accepted it as a fond farewell and set out on foot across the rocky terrain  towards the river bed that would be our trail home.

Discussion.

This anomalous interactive experience can hopefully be instructive not only to  other CSETI  field investigators, but to all those interested in the UFOs in general. CSETI protocols urge  field researchers to respect the observations of coworkers-workers, even when they  might not see exactly the same things in the sky. This of course doesn't mean that we should not discuss the observations in a positive and helpful manner, but rather that we be accepting of the integrity and honesty of our coworkers even when our observations may vary greatly. This unfortunately is not always the case among saucer enthusiasts. There is an unfortunate tendency which I have observed in some sky watch groups that if one particular investigator doesn't observe a certain object, then in a rather egotistical way that researcher denies that the sighting has validly. This sort of routine dismissal is  not an example of healthy skepticism but rather a reflex to doubt to a point which leads to  debunking. The reflex to debunk is in my opinion, all too common within the saucer subculture. I believe it comes from a misunderstanding of the methods of science, as well as from the isolated position that all ufology finds itself within an Earth culture which systematically denies the ET presence. By being excessive critical of others, the pseudo scientific investigator can pose as the enlightened skeptic before a doubting public. Those who are moving to promote human initiated close encounters with Extraterrestrials, should not fall into that trap.

In a certain sense the ETs may have been subjecting me to a kind of test by initially showing Sasha the visual display and denying it to me. If I did not have such a deep appreciation of my coworker, I might have been tempted to dismiss his sighting as hallucination. He being 23 years my junior, might have tempted Sasha to dismiss my failure to observe the displays as the result of middle age infirmity. This was something he gratefully did not do. Ever wary of the possibility that anomalous aerial phenomena is present, I chose  to attempt to interact with the intelligence possibly responsible for it. I requested that I be shown the "shooting star" and immediately was witness to what Sasha had described a few moments before. If CSETI field investigators can not trust each other and work in a spirit of cooperation, it is unlikely that we will be able to build the necessary strong ties with ETI to allow our CE-5 initiative to flourish.

Fellow Working Group members take note. When at all possible chose to interact, and to do so with love and respect, not only to the ETs but also to ourselves.

Perhaps I'm reading to much into this one night's field work. I'll have to leave you to be the judge of that.

May the light of unbounded consciousness shine brightly on you!

One Universe, one people!