The consciousness-based “illusory” mechanisms of contact might be more important than the images perceived during encounters. Joseph Burkes MD 2023, edited 2025 Taking photographs of UFOs has always been a challenge. Many sightings last only seconds and the “objects”, or better stated, the “visual displays” that are observed often move rapidly. If some sightings areContinue reading “Virtual Photography: Can UAP Intelligences Insert Images into Photography Equipment?”
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HUMAN INITIATED CONTACT PROTOCOLS EXPLAINED
Joseph Burkes MD. 2015. (updated 2025) HUMAN INITIATED CONTACT PROTOCOLS EXPLAINED Introduction: The document that follows was written in 2015 for a German contact activist who translated it for publication. The mysterious nature of a UFO sighting can cause a tremendous curiosity about UFOs. It can be so intense that some UFO witnesses take actionContinue reading “HUMAN INITIATED CONTACT PROTOCOLS EXPLAINED”
The Phoenix and LA CE-5 teams meet in Joshua Tree, and the things “you should never do when aboard ET spacecraft.”
Contact Network History Project: Joseph Burkes MD 2022, updated 2025 Introduction From the summer of 1992 through 1997, I volunteered as a Working Group Coordinator for a citizens’ UFO research project called the Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind Initiative (CE5-I). Following contact protocols prescribed by the Center for the Study of ET Intelligence (CSETI),Continue reading “The Phoenix and LA CE-5 teams meet in Joshua Tree, and the things “you should never do when aboard ET spacecraft.” “
Multiple Red Orbs Appeared at Our Research Site in the Santa Susana Pass.
Joseph Burkes MD. 2014, edited 2025 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. “
June 2007, Farewell “Misha”: A decade after doing contact work together, a key member of my team was facing jail time; our goodbye was marked by a High Strangeness Event.
Joseph Burkes MD 2009, updated in 2025 “Misha Goldman” greeted me at the front door of a small, rented tract home. It was located in the San Fernando Valley just a few miles from the medical center where we had first met some 15 years before when he was hired as an EKG technician. MishaContinue reading “June 2007, Farewell “Misha”: A decade after doing contact work together, a key member of my team was facing jail time; our goodbye was marked by a High Strangeness Event. “
August 1997, A Threatening Phone Call Contributed to my Resigning from CSETI
Joseph Burkes MD 2015 When I got back home to Los Angeles Yael told me that she had received a strange phone call while I was away in England doing contact work for CSETI. I told him that you were out of the country,” my wife explained. She then imitated his short blunt phrasing that sounded veryContinue reading “August 1997, A Threatening Phone Call Contributed to my Resigning from CSETI”
The Phoenix and LA CE-5 teams meet in Joshua Tree, & the things “you should never do when aboard ET spacecraft.”
Contact Network History Project: Introduction From the summer of 1992 through 1997, I volunteered as a Working Group Coordinator for a citizens’ UFO research project called the Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind Initiative. Following contact protocols prescribed by the Center for the Study of ET Intelligence, we did fieldwork, mostly in high desert localesContinue reading “The Phoenix and LA CE-5 teams meet in Joshua Tree, & the things “you should never do when aboard ET spacecraft.” “
High Strangeness Galore described in a 3rd 2021 Interview with Producer James Iandoli
Partial Program Notes for “Engaging the Phenomenon” Show #15 with Joseph Burkes MD In this interview broadcast on July 29, 2021, the discussion starts with the reasons why I believe the term HICE (Human Initiated Contact Event) is superior to the popular designation CE-5 (Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind): Shifting to another topic, IContinue reading “High Strangeness Galore described in a 3rd 2021 Interview with Producer James Iandoli “
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