The Role of Spiritual Development & Overcoming Egoic Mind Structures in organizing around the UFO issue. Overcoming ego in its most pernicious forms will be essential for creating a social movement around UAP Contact and Disclosure. Joseph Burkes MD 2015, updated 2026. From my point of view, in the long run humanity needs a disclosureContinue reading “WHAT IS TO BE DONE?”
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Multiple Red Orbs Appeared at Our Research Site in the Santa Susana Pass.
Joseph Burkes MD. 2014, edited 2026 The Santa Susana Mountains, September 1992 It was my first month of volunteering as a Working Group Coordinator for the CE-5 Initiative and the enthusiasm of my team was very high. Starting with the first night we had many sightings, not only anomalous nocturnal lights, but also a goldenContinue reading “Multiple Red Orbs Appeared at Our Research Site in the Santa Susana Pass. “
How a Counterintelligence Operation Involving Bob Lazar Became Part of the US Executive Branch’s Gradual Acclimatization Project.
Joseph Burkes MD 2026 In April of 2026 a new documentary about Bob Lazar was released. It describes his short-lived employment at a high security US military facility called S4 located adjacent to the famous Area 51 in Nevada. What most people interested in UFOs fail to understand is how Bob Lazar’s brief employment atContinue reading “How a Counterintelligence Operation Involving Bob Lazar Became Part of the US Executive Branch’s Gradual Acclimatization Project.”
Joseph Burkes MD responds to “Preliminary Assessment by Avi Loeb of the Second Release of UFO Files by the U.S. Department of War”
Summary: Harvard’s Dr. Avi Loeb has published an important statement on the U.S. Department of War’s second release of UFO information. In response I point out that although modern science and engineering have been transformative for Earth civilization, the scientific model might not be a good fit for UFO research. I suggest that an intelligence-counterContinue reading “Joseph Burkes MD responds to “Preliminary Assessment by Avi Loeb of the Second Release of UFO Files by the U.S. Department of War””
What Are the Benefits of UAP Disclosure?
In a recent text exchange with a fellow contact experiencer, I was asked, “The looming question is: what’s the benefit of Disclosure? Thoughts on that?” Joseph Burkes MD 2026 Benefits of Disclosure? Here are my thoughts. On an individual level, an end to the worldwide de facto policy of ridicule and denial will be aContinue reading “What Are the Benefits of UAP Disclosure?”
What about the Russians? What about the Aliens?
Joseph Burkes MD 2017, edited 2026 A decade ago, I was privileged to dialog with the prominent researcher Richard Dolan on a few Contact Underground blogs. Here is my response to the concerns that he and others have raised about the wisdom of going out into the field and attempting to make contact with non-humanContinue reading “What about the Russians? What about the Aliens?”
ALIENS TELEPORTED INTO A MOVING CAR: A REPORT FROM A TRUSTED CONTACT ACTIVIST
Joseph Burkes MD 2026 INTRODUCTION: In 2007 I was told the following account that reportedly occurred that year. Because of the sensitive nature of the encounter, I have not described it publicly until now. Given what appears to be increasing openness by US Executive Branch on the topic of UAP and the fact that nearly 20Continue reading “ALIENS TELEPORTED INTO A MOVING CAR: A REPORT FROM A TRUSTED CONTACT ACTIVIST”
Scouting out a Contact Site in the High Desert: “Mr. Big,” Two Military Types and a One-man Chopper”
Joseph Burkes MD 2014, updated 2026 Surveillance of my Contact team in Southern California, a speculative analysis. October 1992: I was the first to arrive at the Rocky Peak Road exit from the 118 Freeway. Adjacent to the highway was a small parking area nestled against the rock face on the north side of theContinue reading “Scouting out a Contact Site in the High Desert: “Mr. Big,” Two Military Types and a One-man Chopper” “
Did a Contact Activist Receive an Alien Implant During Fieldwork, or was I the target of an elaborate hoax?
CONTACT NETWORK HISTORY PROJECT Joseph Burkes MD 2026 Synopsis: This high strangeness contact event happened during fieldwork 33 years ago. I believe that I was present when a foreign body might have been mysteriously implanted into the leg of a fellow contact worker. The occurrence took place in Joshua Tree National Monument at the base ofContinue reading “Did a Contact Activist Receive an Alien Implant During Fieldwork, or was I the target of an elaborate hoax? “
WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO CONVINCE PEOPLE THAT UFOs ARE IMPORTANT?
Joseph Burkes MD 2014, updated 2023, edited 2026 UFO historian Richard Dolan has described the initial reaction of many people to his passionate involvement with the subject. They express interest, might even describe something they saw on TV concerning the phenomenon, and then after a few minutes of his well-informed explanations, their eyes gloss overContinue reading “WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO CONVINCE PEOPLE THAT UFOs ARE IMPORTANT?”