Exopolitics

"Exopolitics is the study of the key individuals, political institutions and processes associated with extraterrestrial life."

"The concept of Exopolitics was formulated by Michael Salla."

Many years ago I became acquainted with a woman who believed herself to be an alien contactee. She was bright, earnest, kind, and honest. Her story was sincere but (I later realized) typical. On numerous occasions she was transported to a ship where she engaged in conversations and tours with alien beings. Her trips were by instant invitation only. After a few excursions, she was able to begin channeling thoughts from the aliens which she dutifully wrote down. These aliens claimed to be stationed in the solar system on a humanitarian mission to remind earthlings of our divinity and assure us that their support is at the ready. This was my first introduction to the concept of alien presence on (or near) Earth.

Recently another individual's other-worldly story struck me as a sincere account, that of Jesse Marcel, Jr.. Marcel examined exotic materials as a youngster that were discovered by his father. His story concerns Roswell and that is where the UFO fun really began. War of the Worlds was a pre-game warm-up.

Like the horse and carriage, you can't have UFOs without aliens. However, 'they say' it is metaphysically possible for aliens to travel without ships. Therefore we'll set the ships aside and zoom in on the aliens and their earthly associates. Here's a look at some of the human spokespersons for the intergalactic hide-and-seek jet-set:

The reluctant Alex Collier - Andromedans
The late Edgar Cayce - Arcturians
Laura Jadzyck - Cassiopaeans
Barbara Hand-Clow, Barbara Marciniak, and Michael Horn for Billy Meier - Pleiadians
Sheldon Nidle - Sirians
Nancy Leider - Zeta Reticulans

The Annunaki are the latest group of aliens making the scene as revived and re-animated by the late Zechariah Sitchin. Sitchin did well in introducing the old Sumerian stories to the public because he at least gave us a few references. Michael Heiser's Sitchin is Wrong campaign furthered our education just a tad more with alternate interpretations for some of Sitchin's translations. Both men kept their bouys anchored close to the podium; however both indicated - at least a time or two - that scholarly research is available regarding the Sumerians and their tablets. Sitchin eventually sidelined his research in favor of storytelling. Heiser is headed in that direction but first is demonstrating his prowess in evangelical-jesuit-jewish argument. (An irreverent quirk of mine - refusing to capitalize words I consider common rather than proper.)

Thanks to Sitchin, the Annunaki have as much publicity as all the others combined. The History Channel has "green lighted" a third season of Ancient Aliens. The series presents a mishmash of theories, myths and legends wrapped with tiny ribbons of fact. Folks such as Robert Bauval, Graham Hancock and Erich von Daniken offer coherent thoughts, albeit one sentence at time after editing. Examples such as George Noory and David Wilcock toss cow patties in the air like surfers on a mushroom hunt in southern Florida.

Sitchin's theory is spelled out nicely in the episode "Genesis Revisited" of the television series Phenomenon: The Lost Archives.

Musician Paul Christopher did an interesting study of UFO history and alien contact, the findings of which he presented at a Prophecy Club talk. His conclusion was not unexpected given the venue; he posited that demons may be disguised as aliens. Graham Hancock's post-ayahuasca theory of aliens and angels is an unorthodox proposal along the same lines.

Press releases have been issued by the Vatican, the Royal Astronomer and Stephen Hawking elaborating on their respective firm convictions about vague notions of alien existence. Steven Greer lobbies for retired and ex-military members with unexplained encounters to relate. His efforts are rated hmmmm.... but any publicity is better than no publicity.

Given that there is publicity on the topic of aliens and their crafts, we are -- whether conscious of it or not -- being entertainingly compelled to develop 'my opinion' on aliens. Opinions based on the pontifications of key individuals under the influence of key institutions and processes.