by Budd Hopkins It is in the nature of human psychology that an event as dramatic as contact with extraterrestrial intelligence can not be thought about _neutrally_, without deep-seated hopes and preconceptions. Most of us, I’m certain, prefer to believe that extraterrestrials would arrive on our planet as friendly, helpful beings, eager to share their technology and to aid us in solving our social and ecological problems. Upon this basic and very human wish certain people have erected a powerful set of interpretations of modern-day UFO reports. These hopes, hardened into a kind of theology, can be described as a modern religion, willed into existence after the decline of our more traditional deities. After all, we have been told more than once that God […] Read More