“So, You Want to ‘Vector in’ Spacecraft” 1995, edited 2026 Joseph Burkes, MD Preface This is an edited post from a 1995 document that was included in the Center for the Study of ET Intelligence’s (CSETI) training materials for over a decade. I should point out that it was written during the early days ofContinue reading “Contact Network History Project: Dealing with Fear”
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Contact Network History Project: Questions and Answers
Joseph Burkes MD 2016 I have reposted a Q&A exchange from a decade ago that still may have relevance. Topics covered include:1. telepathic overrides alerting me to the staged appearance of UFOs at our research sites2.Surveillance/harassment of my volunteer efforts3.The existence of a possible “ET Masterplan” for Earth Civilization4.Militarization of space in response to aContinue reading “Contact Network History Project: Questions and Answers”
Genesis of the Virtual Experience Model Part 2: A hologram-like Visual Display Revealed a Mechanism for High Strangeness Encounters
Joseph Burkes MD, Copyright 2006, edited 2018, 2026 IntroductionJuly 1995: It was eight months after I encountered anomalous “shooting star” visual displays while doing volunteer contact work in Joshua Tree National Monument. The “meteors” had appeared three times in a row on request. Each visual display was exactly the same. All manifested in the same sectionContinue reading “Genesis of the Virtual Experience Model Part 2: A hologram-like Visual Display Revealed a Mechanism for High Strangeness Encounters”
Genesis of the Virtual Experience Model: Psi Mediated Contact Events that led to my Formulating a Model of Consciousness-based Encounters
Joseph Burkes MD, Copyright 2006, edited and updated 2026 Part One Introduction Virtual Experience of the First Kind Virtual Sighting (VE-1) Definition: Visual display of a UFO that is either produced by some kind of holographic technology or psi mediated projected “thought form.” In both these cases, the displays are typically interpreted by witnesses as physical objects.Continue reading “Genesis of the Virtual Experience Model: Psi Mediated Contact Events that led to my Formulating a Model of Consciousness-based Encounters”
Accusations of “False Flag” Plans, “Witness X” and the Need for Unity in the Disclosure Movement.
J. Burkes MD 2021, updated 2026. An alleged false flag operation to simulate an “ET” attack has been discussed for decades. In April 1997, the Center for the Study of ET Intelligence (CSETI) held the “Behind Closed Doors Briefings” in Washington DC. This brought a few members of the US Congress and their staff toContinue reading “Accusations of “False Flag” Plans, “Witness X” and the Need for Unity in the Disclosure Movement.”
Virtual Experience of the Second Kind: Cases in the literature that support the Virtual Experience Model
Joseph Burkes MD 2023, updated 2026 Introduction: What if UFO Intelligences are as advanced in the psi arena as they apparently are in “spacecraft” design? UFOs have been here for a long time. Whatever their origins are, flying saucer technologies (both physical and mental) are thousands, perhaps even millions of years more advanced than terrestrial engineering.Continue reading “Virtual Experience of the Second Kind: Cases in the literature that support the Virtual Experience Model”
Psi-Mediated Memory Implants by UFO Intelligences.
Joseph Burkes MD 2026. What would it mean if many of our memories of Contact, were psychic constructs and not recollections of physical events? For five years in the 1990s I volunteered as an official “CE-5 Working Group Coordinator” for the Center for the Study of ET Intelligence (CSETI). I resigned from that group inContinue reading “Psi-Mediated Memory Implants by UFO Intelligences.”
High Strangeness in the Arizona Desert.
J. Burkes MD 2015, updated 2026 Pet animals have a calming effect on humans. On one occasion involving High Strangeness, contact work apparently had a calming effect on wild desert animals. Introduction: The religious literature from around the world has depicted holy figures attracting wild animals. These narratives convey the concept that spiritual enlightenment can reestablish mankind’sContinue reading “High Strangeness in the Arizona Desert.”
After Resigning from CSETI, I Received a call from Someone Claiming to be from The New York Times.
Joseph Burkes MD 2025, updated 2026 The journalist Alex Heard wrote what was considered to be a rather mean spirited 1994 Outside magazine article about the Center for the Study of Extraterrestrial Intelligence (CSETI). When it was published, I had been CSETI contact team coordinator for two years and was on the CSETI Board of Directors. InContinue reading “After Resigning from CSETI, I Received a call from Someone Claiming to be from The New York Times. “
Several Years Ago, I Was Asked, “Do you still support Dr. Steven Greer?”
Here is my reply:Introduction: I was recruited by Dr. Steven Greer to join the Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind Initiative to volunteer as Working Group Coordinator for Los Angeles in 1992. I served on the Board of Directors of the Center for the Study of ET Intelligence (CSETI) focusing on the public education program ofContinue reading “Several Years Ago, I Was Asked, “Do you still support Dr. Steven Greer?””