Wednesday, January 13, 2016
Ten Things Related to the X-Files That We “Know” About UFOs
Ten Things Related to the X-Files That We “Know” About UFOs
By Chris Rutkowski,
Ufology Research
Although the X-Files TV show went off the air in
2002, interest in the series has continued unabated. There have been books, a
spin-off TV series and several graphic novels. A “tenth season” done as a comic
book continued the series until 2015, and “season 11” has just started. But the
X-Files fanbase was part of the reason
that helped encourage the miniseries revival that will air beginning January
24, 2016.
The X-Files followed the exploits of “believer” Fox Mulder and “skeptic”
Dana Scully as they investigated otherworldly events (not all of them related
to aliens) and battled a secret group trying to prevent their discovering “the
truth.” The X-Files partially drew on
case reports of tens of thousands of UFO sightings worldwide and the widespread
belief that aliens are visiting Earth, abducting humans and working in secret
with government agencies desperate to cover-up the “truth.” Among the memes and
themes recurring often in the series are the following:
Lone Gunmen
While we obviously don’t
know whether such a group really exists, there are small groups of people
devoted to investigating weird events that may be related to UFOs and aliens in
an attempt to get at “the truth.” Whether they are as geeky as portrayed on TV is
a matter of opinion. One notable enclave is the private “Roswell Slides” group
on Facebook, whose members are a diverse collection of tech-savvy fans who vet
sensational claims about UFOs posted on the Internet. They used sophisticated
digital enhancement and historical research to show that slides of a much-hyped
“alien body” allegedly found 50 years ago and presented to the world in 2015 were
actually that of a mummy on display in a museum. Other groups of UFO geeks certainly
exist.
“Real” X-Files
The TV show portrays FBI
agents who travel around the world investigating UFO-related incidents. While
no such agents likely exist (or existed), there are more than 1,600 FBI files
related to UFOs that have been discovered through FOIA requests in the USA.
More probably exist at higher levels of classification. At one time, the US Air
Force had an office for investigating UFO reports, with the belief that some
cases might be security concerns or even attempts by Russians to infiltrate
American airspace. This became Project Blue Book, which was portrayed as a
highly-efficient task force on a network TV show in the 1970s. Thousands of
files from Blue Book have been declassified and examined by UFO researchers. A
parallel group, called Project Second Storey, was created in Canada and existed
for a few years in the 1960s and early 1970s. Blue Book was officially closed
in 1970, and since then, there has been no official investigation of UFOs by
military or government agencies. But does a UFO investigation team exist today?
Some UFO true believers insist that the American government has in its
possession proof that aliens are visiting earth, and that a major cover-up
exists, perpetrated by politicians and high-ranking officials including the
President of the United States. Some have even petitioned the government to
announce Disclosure, finally telling the public the “truth.” Sadly, no good
evidence of such a cover-up exists, despite the proclamations and claims of the
Disclosure Movement.
UFO Reports
It’s a fact that people
report seeing UFOs. What’s in dispute is whether these are explainable in terms
of misidentifications, hoaxes and natural phenomena, or represent alien
visitation. Polls have shown that about 10% of North Americans believe they
have seen UFOs, but only about 10% of that number actually reported their
sightings to official agencies or investigators with UFO groups. The Canadian
UFO Survey has found that about 1,000 UFO sightings are reported in Canada
every year. Most have simple explanations or insufficient information for
evaluation, but a small number of cases each year do not have easy explanations
as planes, satellites, stars or planets. There is no incontrovertible evidence
that these “Unknowns” are indications of alien visitation.
The Syndicate
One of the major themes of
the X-Files TV series is that of a
clandestine organization comprised of powerful business executives and
bureaucrats who actually control the government and military, and keep the
presence of aliens on Earth secret. This Syndicate is working with aliens as
they seek to “re-colonize” our planet, helping them in their nefarious schemes.
If such a group really exists, we wouldn’t know about it, but some UFO buffs
are convinced a “real” syndicate exists that works “outside” the government as
a “transnational corporate entity.” That would mean that the syndicate could be
Coke, Pepsi or the Bilderbergs.
December 22, 2012
In the final season of the
X-Files, it is revealed that the
aliens were planning to “re-colonize” Earth on December 22, 2012. This was also the supposed date of the end of
the Mayan Calendar, which was predicted by many in the popular UFO community to
be the “end of the world.” Although anthropologists noted that the “end” of the
Mayan Calendar was a misinterpretation, the frenzy around the end of 2012 was
very popular among UFO fans. [NB: Nothing earth-shattering happened that day.]
UFO Cults
In the final season of the
X-Files, a cult leader named Josepho
is in charge of a group of UFO fans and adherents that is excavating a flying
saucer that crashed in Alberta. A number of actual UFO cults and religions have
formed and do exist today. The most notorious was the Heaven’s Gate cult of
which its members committed suicide in 1997, believing they would be resurrected
as spiritual entities on board an alien spacecraft hidden behind Comet
Hale-Bopp. Some present-day UFO groups have characteristics reminiscent of
religions, such as believing they are in telepathic contact with “Space
Brothers,” being selected to receive personal messages from aliens to raise
their “consciousness,” and being guided by aliens in their everyday lives at
work and in their communities. They often charge large fees to participants during
private “contact” sessions at isolated camps, resorts and ranches.
Crashed Flying Saucers
Another theme in the X-Files is the discovery of a crashed
alien spacecraft. The most familiar of these stories is that of Roswell, where
in July 1947 pieces of a crashed object were recovered by the military. Dozens
of other crashed saucer stories exist, although none in Alberta, where one
crash is depicted in the TV show. However, in April 2001 a small crater was
found near Etzikom, Alberta, following the sighting of a UFO. Curiously, an expert
on meteorite craters did not think it was caused by a meteorite, leading some
to think it was created by a flying saucer.
Cigarette Smoking Man
One of only three characters
to appear in both the pilot and finale of the X-Files TV show is the person known only as the Cigarette Smoking
Man. TV Guide actually listed him
among the greatest TV villains of all time. Portrayed by Canadian actor William
B. Davis, the character is a kind of “Deep Throat” who feeds Mulder and Scully
information to assist them in their investigations, for nefarious reasons of
his own. Part of the UFO mythos is that at least one such person really exists
and has manipulated UFO investigators and researchers over the years. In the
final episode of Season 9, the Cigarette Smoking Man seems to have been killed
off…. Or was he?
“I Want to Believe”
The poster on the wall in
Mulder’s office has become one of the most copied and persistent Internet memes.
It is itself a copy of a UFO photograph largely believed by serious ufologists
to be a crude hoax. The image is taken from a series of saucer photos offered
by Swiss contactee Billy Meier in the 1970s, who claims he met a female alien
named Semjase who took him on board her “beamship” to other planets, galaxies
and even time traveling to the age of the dinosaurs. Copyright claims on the
original Billy Meier photo #494 is said to be one reason why the poster was
changed slightly in later seasons.
Do Aliens Exist?
Astronomers have been
discovering many exoplanets (like the Earth but outside our Solar System)
during the past several decades. Some have even been described as being similar
to Earth in composition, temperature, distance from their stars and having an
atmosphere somewhat like our own. None have been found to be true twins of
Earth, however, and most are very far away. If there were aliens on those
planets, they would need to have discovered a method of fast interstellar
travel that might violate our known laws of physics. Nevertheless, most
astronomers believe that extraterrestrial life exists elsewhere in our galaxy.
The Truth is Out There
The X-Files returns to television on January 24, 2016, on
(appropriately) the FOX Network.
For more information about UFOs, including the
Canadian UFO Survey, visit:
For details on the M-Files, a detailed study of UFOs
reported in Manitoba, visit:
Or contact Chris Rutkowski, Canada’s Fox Mulder, at:
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