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.” “
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Contactees, Human Initiated Contact Events (HICE) and the Consciousness Connection
J. Burkes MD 2022 Thirty years ago, I took a walk on the wild side. I joined a group that had the audacity to go out at night and try to co-create contact experiences with the intelligence associated with the so-called UFO phenomenon. To my surprise and initial delight, we were immediately successful. During ourContinue reading “Contactees, Human Initiated Contact Events (HICE) and the Consciousness Connection”
I meet Shari Adamiak, the first CE-5 Working Group Coordinator
Contact Network History Project: Asheville North Carolina,: Fall 1992 Joseph Burkes MD 2020, updated 2025 In the October of 1992 I attended a Center for the Study of Extraterrestrial Intelligence (CSETI) Board of Directors retreat held at Dr. Greer’s home in Asheville North Carolina. It was located in an exclusive neighborhood called Biltmore Forrest. TheContinue reading “I meet Shari Adamiak, the first CE-5 Working Group Coordinator “
UFO Sky Pilots: A Jet Pilot Experiencer Reports Flying a Saucer while in the “Left Seat.”
Joseph Burkes MD 2018 updated 2025 Back in the 1990s, Captain Joe Vallejo was one of the founding members of our Los Angeles CE-5 team. With over 20 years-experience as a commercial pilot, he was a great asset to our investigations. Like many airline pilots, he and his entire crew had a sighting while inContinue reading “UFO Sky Pilots: A Jet Pilot Experiencer Reports Flying a Saucer while in the “Left Seat.” “
Why Do UFO Intelligences Make Experiencers Look Ridiculous?
Joseph Burkes MD 2015, edited 2025 “The only thing consistent about the phenomenon is that it is consistently strange.” Whitley Strieber Hypothetical Contact Scenario: A UFO witness reports strange visitations of non-human beings. While in a dream like state, she is repeatedly taken through the wall of her bedroom and floated into a UFO. DuringContinue reading “Why Do UFO Intelligences Make Experiencers Look Ridiculous? “
The UFO Coverup & Why A Global Power Structure Analysis is Superior to Conspiracy Theories: Working for Planetary Transformation
Joseph Burkes MD 2023, edited 2025 In 2019 prior to the onslaught of Covid, UFO historian Richard Dolan posted a YouTube a video linked below titled “The Inevitable End of UFO Secrecy.” In dialoging with another UAP contact activist concerning the points raised by Richard Dolan, I discussed the revolutionary implications of conducting a moreContinue reading “The UFO Coverup & Why A Global Power Structure Analysis is Superior to Conspiracy Theories: Working for Planetary Transformation”
Alien Abductions, the Virtual Experience Model, and a Prescription for Survival
J. Burkes MD 2020, revised 2025 In response to my posting a link to a Saturday Night Live skit on so-called alien abductions, a discussion ensued about the nature of these strange experiences. I believe that such occurrences truly are interactions between humans and UAP non-human intelligences. In my judgment, what are called Close Encounters of the ThirdContinue reading “Alien Abductions, the Virtual Experience Model, and a Prescription for Survival”
Do you believe in UFOs?” and Moving Beyond Belief
J. Burkes MD 2025 “Do you believe in UFOs?” is a question that we so often hear. As long as the phenomenon is viewed as a belief, the subject can be more readily trivialized. It might be more pertinent to ask, “Do you acknowledge the reality and importance of the Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena?” In theContinue reading “Do you believe in UFOs?” and Moving Beyond Belief”
What Will It Take To Convince People UFOs are important?
Joseph Burkes MD 2014. 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 over and they areContinue reading “What Will It Take To Convince People UFOs are important?”
CONTACTEES, SIGHTINGS AND THE CONSCIOUSNESS CONNECTION
J. Burkes MD 2025 Preface: On July 28th, 2019, I addressed the MUFON International Symposium in Irvine California. I described a remarkable series of sightings my contact team had in a lecture titled, “Human Initiated Contact Experiences and the Consciousness Connection.” Thirty-three years ago, I took a walk on the wild side. I joined aContinue reading “CONTACTEES, SIGHTINGS AND THE CONSCIOUSNESS CONNECTION”
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