In William Shakespeare's magnificent play Hamlet, there is a line of dialogue that always haunts me. In Act I Scene 5, Hamlet says, "There are more things in heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy." Shakespeare somehow innately knew things he should have not understood in the late 1500s. Was he visited by little green men who gave him information? I think not.
Beyond Old Concepts
Old Will must have known about Galileo Galilei (they were contemporaries) and his use of the telescope to see the skies. Galileo knew that the Earth was round and understood that it was not the center of the solar system and that the sun was, and I believe this inspired Shakespeare's quotation, but there was more to it too.
By the time Hamlet sees his murdered father's ghost in Act I Scene 4, his mind is opened to a new consciousness. Thus, he utters that famous line to Horatio because he has a new awareness of things not of this planet. If there are ghosts, what does that mean about the universe? Alas, poor Yorick, we can only speculate. However, there are those in power who may show us the way.
Government Files Released
The government's release of files pertaining to UAP (Unidentified Anomalous/Aeriel Phenomena) has caused a stir or a yawn depending on your perspective. While I still prefer UFO (Unidentified Flying Object), either way the subject has brought us into a time where we have a Horatio moment. Are we going to accept and believe, or are we going to remain skeptical and wonder if it is all much ado about nothing (sorry, I couldn't resist)?
More than 170 files have been released – some of them going back to the 1940s. There are stories from farmers and other citizens, commercial and Navy pilots, and even NASA astronauts. They tell varying stories about seeing aircraft doing things that we know our current planes and other vehicles cannot or should not be able to do. These are unexplained events that seem to defy what we feel is natural or normal.
UAP os UFO?
I prefer the old UFO tag for these events – simply because it feels more mysterious and open ended. When I think of a UFO, it reminds me of my childhood. I was scared when I heard that word. Little green men could be outside my house, ready to come in and suck my brain out to study it. All the movies and TV shows I had seen didn't help. They always made aliens seem scary and intent on hurting us.
A Revelation
But then I saw E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, and that changed things for me. It gave me the Horatio moment I wanted and needed. Aliens weren't evil and brain suckers – they just came here to explore and then wanted to go home. They could play with children, drink beer, and get us in trouble in school. Hey, who wouldn't want that alien as a bestie?
Steven Spielberg – clearly the cinematic equivalent of Shakespeare in our time – knew what Hamlet knew. There were more things out there than we could dream about, and that didn't mean that they were all bad. Why would we even think that other beings from other planets would be malevolent? Because that's what the movies and TV taught us. That guy in the Twilight Zone episode with an eyeball on his forehead basically confirmed our worst fears.
Moving Forward
So, how should we deal with this new information? Although some people are saying it has all been seen and heard before in various other reports, I remain open to understanding that there are many solar systems beyond ours, and many galaxies beyond our galaxy. In the vast configuration of the universe as we know or don't know it, the possibilities are infinite.
Klaatu Barada Nikto
If and when the day comes when we have a The Day the Earth Stood Still moment – an alien craft lands in one of our cities – I want to believe that they will be more like the kind Klaatu than his scary robot Gort. After Klaatu is shot as he is giving a greeting to the people of Earth, Gort is ready to blow us all away. But Klaatu's message – Klaatu Barada Nikto – saves us from being vaporised.
If an alien race comes to our planet, hopefully, we will greet them better than we did in that movie. Klaatu's message was one of peace that came with a warning – other planets won't take kindly to us bringing our warlike ways out into space.
If aliens do come, let's hope that they will be friendly and here to save us from ourselves. Which, by the way, wouldn't be such a bad thing after all.
Please check out this video to get an idea about what has been released and if you think it's significant or not.
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