Friday, December 18, 2015

'The Greys Have Been Framed' Published

I'm happy to announce my new book is now available on Amazon and may be purchased at 'The Greys Have Been Framed: Exploitation in the UFO Community'. I'll provide a description below, along with the introduction contained on the first few pages. Please email me directly with inquiries or challenges that may arise. Thank you.

Description:

'The Greys Have Been Framed: Exploitation in the UFO Community' explores the ways deception, sensationalism and questionable ethics characterize the UFO genre and distort public perception of the UFO phenomenon. With interviews and insights from James Carrion, Leah Haley, Dr. Tyler Kokjohn, Simone Mendez, Carol Rainey, Emma Woods and others, the manipulation of ufology as perpetrated by suspect individuals and the intelligence community is documented. The circumstances, existing from the very outset of the modern day UFO phenomenon, prove relevant whatever opinion one may hold on the mystery of UFOs and their alleged occupants.



Introduction


I came to the dance for the same reasons as lots of people. UFOs and seemingly related phenomena were a longtime interest for a variety of reasons and I desired to learn more.

My on again, off again journey through the UFO community went on for decades. While there were times I thought I was learning some things about reported UFO sightings and alleged alien abduction, I eventually came to the realization I had actually been learning more about people and dynamics that make up the UFO community. In the vast majority of circumstances, I think much more can be learned about the people, organizations and government agencies participating in the steeplechase than the often nebulous and unverifiable things they claim and promote.


In 2010 I began writing a blog, The UFO Trail. I made intentional efforts to explore people of interest and the related circumstances in credible manners, including holding some of the players accountable for their actions. I wrote about individuals and organizations that claim to investigate UFOs and alleged alien abductions, often concluding that the researchers and their groups should be considered much more critically than typically the case.

Other demographics explored included alleged alien abductees, self-described experiencers of high strangeness and UFO witnesses. I also blogged about members of the intelligence community, as well as people who suspected themselves to be targets of human-instigated covert operations. Interestingly, the demographics often overlapped.

The UFO Trail included posts about and submissions from scientists, mental health professionals, authors, filmmakers, researchers, scholars, skeptics and more. My intention was to provide a factual account and well rounded view of what came to be known as ufology. It became abundantly clear there were relevant aspects of the UFO genre typically being overlooked for a variety of reasons, none of which are conducive to better understanding what's actually going on.

The general thesis I developed is that a genuine mystery may lie at the heart of humankind's fascination with the unknown, but public perception of whatever phenomena it may include has been exploited, distorted and manipulated for a variety of reasons. The perpetrators span several demographics, including the intelligence community, hoaxers, disingenuous writers, con men and, in all reasonable likelihood, lunatics, among others.

I think it likely the mid 20th century US intelligence community conducted a variety of deception operations mistaken for UFO-related phenomena. Some of those operations were intended to create confusion surrounding airborne objects. However, I am reasonably confident in some of the cases it was colorful writers and overactive imaginations, not intelligence officials, that encouraged the public to prematurely conclude phenomena, such as the so-called ghost rockets, had something to do with extraterrestrials. I do not think it was the specific intent of the architects of the operations, at least not always. Sometimes it was just a byproduct. Other times it appears to have been more intentional.

Yet other times there may have been truly unusual phenomena involved. After all, reasonable arguments have been made that such phenomena have been with humankind for a long, long time. Perhaps that is correct. Unfortunately, the tainting of the well as perpetrated by both the intelligence and UFO communities, which are ironically at times one and the same, has often rendered the task virtually impossible of sorting fact from fiction.

As the situation continued to progress, public fascination with UFOs and aliens mushroomed. In the process, more opportunities and reasons developed to produce state-sponsored propaganda related to UFOs. Further comprising the self-perpetuating snowball effect were filmmakers, authors, upstart research organizations and entrepreneurs marketing wide varieties of products and services. Hypnotists found a niche, with or without reasonable training, as did self-styled investigators who churned out books, movies and so-called instructional workshops to most anyone who was willing to ante up registration fees. Lots of people wanted in on the act. Trouble was, none of them were presenting any proof to support their claims of aliens among us, while a large percentage of the UFO community was nonetheless driven to near hysterics while becoming convinced of alien intervention in the sometimes most mundane of events. I came to strongly suspect the reason conclusive proof of an extraterrestrial presence remained ever elusive was simple: it was an incorrect explanation for the reported sightings and experiences.

I suspect what became known as the modern day UFO phenomenon arose out of a combination of potentially legitimately unusual occurrences, covert operations conducted by the intelligence community and a public willing to be deceived. Charlatans substantially contributed to the effect, as did some sincere yet entirely incorrect researchers.

Much of the material in this book is subsequently presented from a position of being rather unimpressed with sensational stories of aliens. That is not to necessarily suggest there are no reports of high strangeness of interest, but the focus of this offering is the exploitation of public perception of what may sometimes be genuinely mysterious phenomena, and the related cultivation of inaccurate beliefs that such circumstances represent extraterrestrial visitation.

Basically, I think the greys have been framed. That doesn't have to mean there is nothing of interest under the sun, but I am indeed suggesting that ufology, by and large, has not taught us much about it. People have been hurt in the process. They've also been misled. Lots and lots of them. I think that deserves its share of attention, at least in proportion to the continuing parade of self-described investigators who chronically assert increasingly wild speculation as fact while consequences are enabled and ignored.

I would like to thank the many people who offered assistance and helped in the process of creating this book. They are far too many to name, but they are each greatly appreciated. Technical assistance, editing and other valuable services, as well as emotional support and encouragement, were generously offered. Those who gave their time and attention in fielding questions and providing comments on the forthcoming pages are appreciated as well. I also sincerely thank and appreciate my blog readers, whose interest, comments and support were primary reasons this book ever made it off the proverbial drawing board and onto these pages. Thank you.

The Greys Have Been Framed is dedicated to the countless individuals who approached the UFO community seeking reliable information, yet found their lives forever detrimentally changed amid deception and obfuscation. Many encountered unethical agendas, mystery mongering and a lack of accountability among investigators and organizations designating themselves as qualified to help. Exactly why such exploitation and manipulation occurs continues to remain unknown in many specific situations.


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23 comments:

  1. Jack has made a valuable contribution to the UFO enigma with this book. Put your critical thinking cap on and dig in. Now available in paper back or Kindle edition at Amazon.

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  2. Break out the champagne! Party at Jack's place! Congrats!

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  3. Just in time for holiday gift giving!

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  4. Thanks, guys! All of your support is appreciated very much!

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  5. Congratulations! I am planning to read it, it sounds like a good read.

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  6. Best luck with your book, and kudos. Or better yet, a toast (soundtrack: applause)

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    1. Thanks, Brian! Your ongoing support is appreciated.

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  7. Just bought the Kindle edition and will be reading it over the holidays. I'm really looking forward to this book. Congrats, Jack, on the successful release of the book.

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    1. Thanks, CJ! I hope it meets your expectations and you find it interesting.

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  8. Just ordered via Amazon. Been looking forward to this since you announced it.

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  9. very nice! Jack is one of the good guys in ufology that sees through the lies of the hucksters and frauds. Tells it straight and pulls no punches.

    There is a real element to the phenomena but for damn sure it has been hijacked for a buck and the worst offenders have the biggest cults of personality around them to help isolate themselves from accountability.

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  10. What a wonderful news! Congratulations, Jack. After all the work you put in this field, I believe your book will be highly appreciated and your talent finally recognized.
    I’m certain you have written an excellent material that should raise lots of eyebrows. Of course much of your subject was your own hard-won experience in the matter. Nevertheless, you have done a wheelbarrow-full of research. Admiration for your effort and consistency. I guess this means we will be seeing more of you in the print media from now on. I say more power to you!

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  11. I very much look forward to reading. Yours is certainly one of the few UFO blogs around that are worth reading. Well done.

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  12. New to your blog, and I wanted to comment that your book sounds like something very much needed in UFOlogy's very muddied waters. Looking forward to having a read of your book and more of your blog.

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  13. Thank you all very much for the encouragement and comments. I really appreciate the links on your social media sites and similar methods of support generously provided. Thanks!

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  14. The reason many of us are so fascinated with the subject is because we keep bumping into it. The ball of light in the night sky that suddenly speeds up the makes a 90degree right angle in midflight, the glow under a fog layer that you drive by, but isn't there when you turn around to go check up on it... and much rarer, the entity you catch in your room when you suddenly and to it..unexpectedly wake up and catch it being there. (yes, the Greys DO have emotions and can apparently accidently telepath them if they are monitoring you mentally). And yes, for obvious reasons, the government is involved too. Best way to seek out the truth of the matter is to gather ALL the information you can then weed it down by categorizing it from most likely to least, without throwing anything completely out unless it is something that was proven false. Dead Alien body pictures? I don't even bother with that one myself. I also would advise not trying to interact with them...but that's just my own opinion from my own experiences. I consider them as part of the 'powers and prinicipalities' mentioned in the Bible, ie...angels, demons, ghosts, ETs... and so forth, the intelligences behind the supernatural phenomena.

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  15. Somehow I knew that this would be waiting for my wife and me today. Perhaps because I ordered it myself (even Santa needs a little help now and then), The problem is that I immediately had to ignore everything else and start to read it.

    Don't forget to leave a review on Amazon.

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    1. Thanks very much, erickson. Much appreciated!

      And I indeed appreciate the reviews posted on Amazon. Thanks for your interest, as well as the reminder!

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  16. All in all the C2C interview was well done. I’m surprised that Noory accepted you as a guest , and only my 2cents worth, I would have much preferred a George Knapp interview. And while I’m dreaming, it would be excellent if you and Carrion would team up for some interviews .

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  17. Also posted to Amazon:

    For the same reasons that made Mirage Men one of the most triumphant films about the UFO subject, I had looked forward in earnest to this book. Jack Brewer did not disappoint. The self ascribed experts are wildly off course for the most part. Let's focus on what we can and do know and perhaps the reasons why the subject appears to be linked with the intelligence community in the way that it is. Namely: this is as much about social and media engineering as it is anything else. Let us also not forget what else this book highlights. A UFO research community that is almost entirely indifferent to the fact that high levels of deception, ineptitude, delusion and in some cases - outright abuse - are at work here. The silence on that is deafening.

    One of the most important books on the UFO subject in recent years

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    1. Thanks, Mr. Cutts! I'm very pleased the book met your expectations, and I sincerely appreciate you taking the time to post your comments here and at Amazon. Thank you!

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