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”

(Auf Deutsch) Eine liebevolle CE-Begegnung

Copyright 2000, Joseph Burkes, M.D. Meine anfangs enthusiastische Unterstützung von CSETI’s -Kontaktbemühungen führte mich zu einer fast schon mutigen Tat. Manche würden sie töricht nennen.  Ich entschloss mich,  auf der jährlichen  Tagung der American Public Health Association (APHA), welche im November 1992  in Washington DC stattfand, einen CSETI Informationsstand aufzubauen. Ich wurde von Dr. DavidContinue reading “(Auf Deutsch) Eine liebevolle CE-Begegnung”

(Neu auf Deutsch)SPOTT UND VERLEUGNUNG – EIN ARZT NIMMT EINE MITFÜHLENDE HALTUNG EIN.

Joseph Burkes MD, 2019 Mark Twain schrieb: „Die geheime Quelle des Humors ist nicht Freude, sondern Trauer; im Himmel gibt es keinen Humor.“ Kontaktpersonen berichten manchmal, dass sie in Gegenwart von Wesen, die sie für Außerirdische halten, das Gefühl haben, ihre gesamte Realität werde zerstört und durch etwas Unbekanntes und Beängstigendes ersetzt. Die Erkenntnis, dassContinue reading “(Neu auf Deutsch)SPOTT UND VERLEUGNUNG – EIN ARZT NIMMT EINE MITFÜHLENDE HALTUNG EIN.”

A Powerful Personal Event Involving a False Memory Possibly Helped Save my Father’s Life.

Joseph Burkes MD 2025 On the Reddit r/Experiencer’s platform a discussion of telepathy with non-human intelligences caused me to recall a shocking incident that I believe may have involved an implanted false memory. I wrote the following:  “Yes, not only can they access memories and bring up visual memories of personal events that have transpired,Continue reading “A Powerful Personal Event Involving a False Memory Possibly Helped Save my Father’s Life.”

Explosive Revelations by AFOSI Agent Richard Doty during 2016 Interview by Dr. Steven Greer

Program Notes by Joseph Burkes MD Steven Greer MD’s 95-minute interview with Richard Doty that was edited for the video “Unacknowledged. The Link for the video is posted at the end of this document. Richard Doty-Dr. Steven Greer interview Part 1 thru 4 parts In August of 2016 Richard Doty, a retired Sargent who workedContinue reading “Explosive Revelations by AFOSI Agent Richard Doty during 2016 Interview by Dr. Steven Greer”

MEMORY WARS I: Controversies Surrounding Hypnosis as a Memory Retrieval Technique, Quotes from APA Online Article

J. Burkes MD 2024 The use of hypnosis as a memory retrieval technique has been and continues to be a controversial topic in the UFO interest community. Over the years I have maintained an interest in the research into memory and have posted blogs about several topics concerning memory, hypnosis, and false memory syndromes.  TheseContinue reading “MEMORY WARS I: Controversies Surrounding Hypnosis as a Memory Retrieval Technique, Quotes from APA Online Article”

The Case for “Alien Malevolence”, in my Judgment, is Wanting.

Joseph Burkes MD 2019, updated 2025 On another social media page, a dialogue ensued on the topic of alleged ET malevolence. It was posted in response to Tom Delonge’s expressed delight concerning the possible use of nuclear weapons against “ETs.” Alleged alien abductions, cattle mutilations, dangerous transfers of technology, and DNA tampering were the chargesContinue reading “The Case for “Alien Malevolence”, in my Judgment, is Wanting.”

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. “