Wilbert B. Smith Article
“The
Reality of the Spacecraft”
Written
for the Ottawa Flying Saucer Newsletter
“Topside”
I have been actively engaged in the investigation of the group of phenomena known as flying saucers for over several years. During this period I have read most of the available literature on the subject, interviewed a great many people who have seen unusual things in the sky, examined many pictures and physical objects, made observations with scientific instruments, and carried on a series of communications with intelligences with intelligences claiming to be extraterrestrial. I started the investigation out of curiosity, and as an extreme sceptic, fully expecting to find the phenomena to be due to man-made or natural causes.
I am 48 years old, hold a
Master’s degree in electrical engineering,
occupy a responsible position in the Canadian
Government, hold a half dozen patents, am author
or several technical papers, and in general enjoy
a background in technical work and science
indicating at least an average competence to study
and report
on phenomena of a scientific nature.
I have tried as far as
possible to use conventional and standard methods
and equipment, and to investigate all possible
angles before drawing any conclusions. In other
words, I have followed the same general procedures
which I would have followed if I undertaken to
study some more prosaic subject, such as radio
wave propagation.
The first phase of the work
consisted of reading all available literature,
collecting as much observational data as possible,
and in general getting a fair perspective of the
problem. The second phase involved theoretical and
laboratory work, finding openings in our
technology and in establishing relevant reference
points. And the third phase involved following up
the many and varied leads which developed from the
first two phases.
I do not intend to dwell on
the first phase of the work, as my experience was
exactly parallel with other investigators who have
provided extensive published reports on their
findings. Nor will I dwell on the many dead ends,
which were explored, which looked promising at
first, but faded out after careful investigation.
Nor will I be able to be specific, as I would like
to be with respect to material given to me in
confidence, or which came through classified
channels. Furthermore, it is not my intention to
try to convert anyone to my way of thinking, but
merely to state what I believe and why I believe
it.
Let us take a look at a few
facts.
1) First, hundreds of normal, honest people have seen lights in the sky, which behaved like no light seen in the sky would normally behave.
2) Secondly, hundreds of normal, honest people have seen what appeared to be solid, real objects in the sky, which behaved it no object seen in the sky ought to behave.
3) Thirdly, hundreds of people have seen objects in the earth’s atmosphere at sufficiently close range to see enough detail to enable them to say definitely what the object was not, even though they could not identify what it was.
4)
Fourthly, descriptions of these objects
from observers where circumstances virtually
preclude collusion check quite well among
themselves, and against the data received from
other sources.
It is not reasonable to
suppose that hundreds of ordinary, normal people,
whose word we would readily accept under more
mundane circumstances- for instance, as witness to
an automobile accident- should suddenly becomes
liars, fools, neurotics, and otherwise quite
incompetent observers.
I have interviewed many of
these people myself, and I am convinced that they
are sane, sober, honest folk, who are reporting as
best they can something that they really did
witness. I will concede that some of these people
did not do as good as job of observing as someone
who is better trained might have done, within
their limits. I believe that they did honestly
report what they saw.
Let us take a look at a few
more facts.
While the foregoing may seem
rather incredible, nevertheless there exist quite
good records in support of these occurrences.
Furthermore, the technology of which we have been
able to get a glimpse-namely, that of manipulation
of the three basic fields, electric, magnetic, and
tempic-indicates quite a straightforward answer
and explanation of the phenomena. In Mantell’s
case, the altered field configurations in the
vicinity of the craft reduced binding forces
within the structure of the aircraft to a value
below that of the load, which the parts were
supposed to carry. So it just came apart. These
altered binding forces have been measured by
simple instruments by people in my group and have
been found to be quite significant. Furthermore,
there was probably a substantial reduction in
tempic field intensity, which would give in effect
a rising temperature to the aircraft and contents.
I understand that Mantell’s body gave every
indication of having been subjected to
considerable heat, and not from the outside out.
This rise in temperature has
been reported on many occasions, as has also an
apparent alteration in the direction of gravity.
Both of these phenomena are tempic field functions
and would be expected if the craft were making use
of combinations of fields, which involved
substantial modifications of the tempic field
function.
There have been quite a
number of alleged communications with
intelligences claiming to be extra-terrestrial. I
have followed up each instance to the best of my
ability in an effort a) to establish or disprove the
validity of the alleged communication and b) to
obtain any information which might be available if
the contact should be authentic.
As might be expected, many of
these alleged contacts provided little or nothing
of value, but a few did pay off. Some of the
contacts have been the subject of published
material, but by far the majority are
confidential, and there are a surprising number of
these contacts.
The procedure in checking
contacts was to ask a number of innocuous but
significant questions and compare the answers to
the same questions obtained through other
contacts. The questions were of the type – do
people live on the planet Mars? If so, what is the
shape of their houses? –Do people on Mars use
money? –If so what does it look like?
Altogether, some hundred or more questions were
involved. The results were spectacular, to say the
least. Among the contacts that might be classed as
authentic, there was almost complete agreement.
Among the other alleged contacts there was
extremely poor agreement, or not at all. Of
course, there was agreement in general, but where
one or two points didn’t fit, an effort was made
to find out the reason for the discrepancy. In
each case it was found that someone had injected a
terrestrial idea or comment instead of
transmitting faithfully that, which was received.
Now, having located what
seemed to be channels of communication between the
extraterrestrial intelligences and us, the next
and obvious step was to try and get as much
information as possible. As may be expected, this
effort was at first directed toward science and
technology. But soon it became apparent that there
was a very real and quite large gap between this
alien science and the science in which I had been
trained. Certain crucial experiments were
suggested and carried out, and in each case the
results confirmed the validity of the alien
science. Beyond this, the alien science was just
incomprehensible.
There followed a period of
soul-searching in which many doubts were raised.
We felt that we had established the reality of the
craft from elsewhere, and of the intelligence
associated with the, and while we were able to
establish that these people all otold the same
story, was that story the truth? There existed
some pretty good evidence to support their
statements, and precious little to disprove them,
but we did not overlook the possibility that there
might be some other more conventional explanation.
We looked carefully at every conventional
explanation that we could find, but they all fell
short of the mark. If the whole thing was a
delusion, then quite a number of people were
suffering from the same delusion, and an
externalized delusion into the bargain. If it was
a hoax, it was by far the most gigantic hoax the
world had ever known, and to what end and by who
was it perpetrated? Who was putting up the money
because some of the “evidence” cost a pretty
penny to produce. The inevitable conclusion was
that it was all real enough, and that these people
from somewhere were probably just what they
claimed to be. The science however was definitely
alien and possibly forever beyond our
comprehension. So another approach was tried- the
philosophical- and here the answer was found in
all its grandeur. I will not go into detail on the
many revisions in ideas and basic thinking which
had to be undergone, beyond stating that there
were indeed, many.
The people from outside
displayed great patience and understanding in
overcoming the prejudices and misinformation that
I had spent many years in accumulating. I began
for the first time in my life to realize the basic
ONENESS of the Universe and all that is in it –
science, philosophy, religion, substance and
energy are all facets of the same jewel, and
before one facet can be appreciated, the form of
the jewel itself must be perceived. One of the
most important things that I had to realize is
that we are not alone. The human race in the form
of MAN extends throughout the universe, and is
incredibly ancient. Also, its appearance in the
physical form is but one of the many
manifestations along the path of progress. Our
civilization here on earth now is only one of many
that have come and gone. The planet has been
colonized many times by people from elsewhere, and
our present human races are blood brothers of
these people. Is it any wonder that they are
interested in us? To orthodox thinkers this may
seem strange, but not nearly so strange as our
orthodox ideas on evolution.
The question might be asked-
“if these people are our brothers, and they are
interested in our welfare, who do they remain so
aloof?” We have been given the answer. There is
a basic law of the universe, which grants each and
every individual independence, and freedom of
choice, so that he may experience and learn from
his experiences. No one has the right to interfere
in the affairs of others –in fact; our ten
commandments are directives against interference.
If we disregard this law, we must suffer the
consequences, and little thought will be shown
that our present world state is directly
attributable to violation of this principle.
These people from outside
have a much greater knowledge than we have, and
have a means of perceiving sequences, which must
not be altered, and while they may have every
desire in the world to help us, they may not do so
at this time without running the risk of altering
significantly sequences, which are very necessary
to our development. The dividing line between help
and interference is very delicate indeed and
sometimes hard to perceive, but it is the mark of
individual and collective progress how well we can
be guided by it.
I am told that one of the
difficulties is that we do not recognize a
sufficient number of dimensions and make use of
them in our science. Furthermore, we do not
recognize the true nature of the dimensions, or of
their place in out Universe. I am told that, as
far as we are concerned there are twelve
dimensions, and these provide the necessary and
sufficient structure for the whole universe. Our
conventional concept of dimensions is most
inadequate and restrictive, and so long as we
persist in them, we can never transcend the world
of mechanical processes, which we have conjured
up.
In science we have
established procedure always to tie a new theory
or discovery, or observation to that which we
already know, even though to do so requires
extensive “patchwork” and “perturbation”
factors to be applied to our existing knowledge to
make the new knowledge fit. We invariably assume
that the new knowledge must somehow be closely
related to the old, and we are most zealous in
tying the two together. As a consequence we bend
and warp our units of knowledge so that we can
fasten them together whether or not they belong
together, until we have fabricated quite a
structure, which is almost closed on itself.
Consequently, when we do not find knowledge which
should, but just don’t fit our structure, we
don’t quite know what to do with it, so we
usually reject it.
I am informed that the science is really much more simple than we imagine, and that all the component parts fit together perfectly without any corrections. Possibly we should start over again and reassemble our knowledge in a different pattern, and this time fit the jigsaw puzzle together properly without trimming the pieces. I am sure that if we were to do this and accept the philosophy on which this new approach must of necessity be based; we can enjoy the technology and the way of life, which is demonstrated by the presence of the spacecraft and of our brothers from elsewhere.