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NOTES FROM THE CONTACT UNDERGROUND My daughter Julia gave me a DVD of the movie for Fathers’ Day over a decade ago. My old VHS copy had fallen apart. As soon as I heard the theme song, I was taken back to a happy time, more than a quarter of a century ago. It wasContinue reading “The Haunting “Communion” Movie Theme by Eric Clapton”

J. Burkes MD 2020, edited 2023 On social media platform, a contact experiencer pointed out that for over seven decades the non-human intelligences (NHIs) associated with flying saucers have warned humanity about the dangers of nuclear weapons and what appears to be an approaching environmental collapse. She asked when will the human family start listeningContinue reading “When will they ever learn?: Contact Experiencers might play a significant role.”

Do you know of a Contact Experiencer who Exhibited Psychokinesis? CONTACT NETWORK HISTORY PROJECT. J. Burkes MD 2014, updated 2025 Telekinetic Coffee Shop Surprise This cleverly produced video faking psychokinesis reflects our culture’s superficial fascination with psychic phenomenon.  Viewing this elaborate hoax with a special effects crew gives me cause to discuss the theme ofContinue reading “Contact Experiencers can Exhibit Astounding Psychic Abilities that are not Hoaxes.”

J. Burkes MD 2023 Can the UFO issue be linked to a transformation of consciousness required if our civilization is to survive? Can we start to discuss creating a social movement linking UFOs to solutions for planetary crises? Recently, I reposted a blog on several social media pages concerning a recurring dream that contact experiencersContinue reading ““Good” ET Versus “Bad” ET, Separation vs. Oneness and the Struggle to Save Earth Civilization”

EPISODE DESCRIPTION “01/11/13 – Nancy du Tertre, known as “The Skeptical Psychic” and a psychic detective, host of “Hot Leads Cold Cases” radio show on CBS and Para-X networks, interviews Dr. Joseph Burkes, a physician, ufologist and former CSETI leader. Dr. Burkes, also a former social activist working with International Physicians for the Prevention ofContinue reading “Nancy du Tertre interview with Joseph Burkes MD from 2013”

Joseph Burkes MD 2018 “THE EARTH – A LIVING CREATURE!”  This is the message of a brief video created from NASA satellite imagery. I was a contact team coordinator for the CE-5 Initiative in Los Angeles from 1992 to 1997.“She is alive. She is awake and She loves us.” is the communication that I believeContinue reading ““She is alive, She is awake and She loves us.””

Joseph Burkes MD 2019, edited 2024 On a past social media thread, a commenter complained that he had tried to stage a human initiated contact event with the “CE-5” protocol but didn’t have an encounter. Here is my reply in edited form with an addendum:  I suspect that the intelligences responsible for the phenomenon canContinue reading “Why Don’t They Show Up?”

Joseph Burkes MD 1993, edited 2023 Epiphany: A sudden realization about the nature or meaning of something. Mexico February 1, 1993 We were at the base of Popocatepetl Volcano with Dr. Greer as team leader. Before midnight a faint light could be seen moving out between the two massive volcanoes to the north. The CSETIContinue reading “Epiphany: We are not alone! We will be remembered!”

J. Burkes MD 2023 NOTES FROM THE CONTACT UNDERGROUND Contactees report having recurrent dreams sometimes called the “night of lights” in which the nighttime sky is full of flying saucers. It is a wish dream that I must admit I have fancied as well. In my opinion however, this will not likely take place anytimeContinue reading “An Alternative to the “Night of Lights” Might be a “Night of Remembering””

J. Burkes MD 2016, edited 2023 Speculation and bold assertions concerning alleged ET technology are constants among UFO fans. One notion states that so-called aliens have “trans-dimensional” technology. I believe according to this “theory” no factories are required to build the hundreds of diverse types of “craft” observed by witnesses because “ETs” exist in non-material realms (dimensions)Continue reading “On Wild Speculations About “ET” Technology: Are their Craft Alive? Will we ever Learn the Secrets of the Saucers?”