I saw Richard Dolan’s unsettling presentation on the dangers of AI at the 2019 Contact in the Desert, and his background as a historian was in evidence. I don’t always agree with him but he’s one of the voices in the UFO community that represents a scholarly approach to the subject. Interestingly, in his new book, The Alien Agendas: A Speculative Analysis of Those Visiting Earth, he indulges his speculative side for the first time. In the first chapter, he allows that:
I long ago concluded that the most reasonable explanation for the best UFO reports is that “others” are here, somehow, from somewhere.
Speculating further on the origins of these “others,” he opens the Time door just a crack:
Our best evidence indicates that at least part of the phenomenon, the core part of the UFO phenomenon, very likely includes what we would call aliens. We could say they are extraterrestrial, or we might ponder if they are interdimensional in some way, or even whether they might be time travelers of some sort. Or perhaps there are other explanations and scenarios. I am not inclined to believe in most of them, but we can make a reasonable case that at the very least they are not us. They derive from a civilization that is not our own, and is not from here. (Bold print mine)
Some sort of time traveler is an interesting take on this subject in the light of my (for now) behind the scenes work. And yes, he almost instantly closes that door with his “I am not inclined to believe in most of (these scenarios.)” But even considering time travel as an explanation is a huge leap for a historian to take, so his openness is appreciated.
Maybe there’s more behind that Time door. I’ve just started the book, I’ll share more when it’s finished.
