I remember my parents talking about Chariots of the Gods by Daniken in the early seventies, I know that was before we moved in 76 at least, think they might have gotten it when it was published in maybe 68?

Later I read it of course, maybe around 82, and proceeded to read or even buy anything he wrote until maybe 86 or so when I had the misfortune of reading some debunking BS...

So I guess the mental model of having ETs flying around there has always been with me, although I put it away for many years as a compromise with the Beast Machine.

Even after going through the whole 9/11 hoax maybe a decade ago I didn't really get into the UFO stuff until it became bloody obvious that something is going on a couple of years ago.

And now? When soooo many people have risked everything getting out there with stories that match? I have no doubt any longer...

The Phenomenon is real, and also has aspects that seem very mysterious to us, unless you factor in mind as a central agent in almost anything. Then it gets even plausible, although hard to fathom in a purely mechanistic way of course!

Its sooo much better to reside here in South East Asia, when I talk about these things with my wife we pretty much agree, including the Buddhist universe that always has taken all sorts of beings as natural :-)

Are they good or bad? Perhaps both is natural? Either way intuition will lead the way if you let it, when it comes to decisions like that IMO...