With his essay Flying Saucers: A Modern Myth of Things Seen in the Skies (1958), Carl Gustav Jung can be seen as one of the founding fathers of the Psychosocial hypothesis.
In ufology, the psychosocial hypothesis, abbreviated PSH, argues that at least some UFO reports are best explained by psychological or social means.
It is often contrasted with the extraterrestrial hypothesis (ETH).
Some also say that because of his use of the concept of synchronicity in this book, he is also one of the founding fathers of paranormal explanations of the UFO phenomena. ETH advocates sometimes say that while Jung approached UFOs psychologically because he was a psychologist, he was also on record as stating that some might be true physical objects under intelligent control, citing in particular radar corroboration. They say Jung truly seriously considered the Extraterrestrial Hypothesis. The Associated Press quoted him in 1958 saying, “a purely psychological explanation is ruled out.” The flying saucers were real and “show signs of intelligent guidance and quasi-human pilots. I can only say for certain that these things are not a mere rumor, something has been seen. …If the extraterrestrial origin of these phenomena should be confirmed, this would prove the existence of an intelligent interplanetary relationship. … That the construction of these machines proves a scientific technique immensely superior to ours cannot be disputed.” Disciples of Jung have offered thoughtful rebuttals.
“I was quoted as a saucer believer. I issued a statement to the United Press and gave a true version of my opinion, but this time the wire went dead: nobody, so far as I know, took any notice of it, except one German newspaper… one must draw the conclusion that news affirming the existence of Ufos is welcome, but that skepticism seems to be undesirable. To believe that Ufos are real suits the general opinion, whereas disbelief is to be discouraged… This remarkable fact in itself surely merits the psychologist’s interest.”
Source:
C.G. Jung, Flying Saucers: A Modern Myth of Things Seen in the Skies Bollingen Series: Princeton University Press, 1978, Preface to the First English edition, pp. 3-4.
There are no experts in UFOs, save those of us who’ve seen, and continue to see them, as l have since 1949. Just as l’ve seen and communicated with ghosts, since l was born in 1945. Just as l’ve been afforded premontitions of events, especially births and deaths, lifelong. Experts? Really? Yet never seeing?! Just because they say so, yet never see, l’ve read them all lifelong, and whilst my experiences have grown and advanced with real experience, advancing my understanding, they’re still at Basecamp, dissecting and dissecting. God (yes, God is real) must be fed up to the back teeth of serial repeats of experts, l know l am! Try asking experiencers, we’ll gladly tell them it’s like birth… What does a male gynaecologist’ really know, except mechanics, as he ‘teacges’ us… yes we who push our babies out are patronised! Bah humbug to them all!
Its not UFOs. Its sezures. Mary was Airy. Aryan means air headed because of severed corpus collosum because we have higher metel content in our body due to low co2 gas channels. Our bloods gonna save use from this deadly aluminum dust dumped on the planet if you all don’t fry your brains out on your phones from sezures. No UFO. Mary was raped by her father had sezures thought he was son of God because she was holy. Jesus means resus because are your sons not sin free. Mine our. Jesus peirces his heart and lungs then becomes like his master Mason builder father. Meaning king of the highest did drugs because we all think differently due to severed collosum Corpus and were lied to so the evil groups can make a fortune selling us drugs because we can’t quit fit in nor understand whats wrong with others. There mean dishonest using lieing etc animals.
You need a lie down and a cup of tea sunshine. Don’t worry too much, your turn will come to be rescued from your crucified brain.
The release of the military footage in the last several years (showing flying objects that seem to defy the known laws of physics) as well as the case studies on those people who claim to have had UFO encounters conducted by legitimate scientists such as Jacque Vallee have led me to the conclusion that there is something there that is not explainable in terms of psychology. What that something may be is open to debate, but there are many credible reports of UFO encounters that cannot so easily be explained away by skeptics as psychological aberrations. I think that Seraphim Rose comes close to the truth in his book, Orthodoxy and the Religion of the Future, when he describes these events as encounters with beings from the spiritual realm. In this regard, he shows the similarities between modern reports of UFOs/alien encounters and the writings on demonology from much earlier times before the advent of modern technology. Vallee also makes note of these similarities. In other words, the same sorts of encounters are described, but using different terminology that reflects the state of knowledge at the time the reports were recorded.
Peter was, likely still is, a nurse, and quite a character as well, he’s 6’4″ approximately, and he was my neighbour in a block of flats when this event unfolded. One of many, many, real happenings across my 77 years. It was approx 2008-9, before l last moved home in 2010, l’ve moved 55 times due to my weird life, to where l live today. I live alone, my kids all six are grown married, paired and miles away. My Border Collie with me. It was past midnight, l was preparing for bed, so took Tippa my dog outside for her final toilet of the night. She was getting on then, about fourteen, she died at 16 just after we moved here. She like me was arthritic, slow. I stood in the dark outside my corner ground floor flat window. Eight flats to a block. Steps and railings centrally meant l could safely stand waiting with her on her lead, as she sniffed and pee’d on my grass under my window. A car pulled up next to where mine was parked in front of grass where we stood, near the centre steps and iron gate. It was Pete, just home from his hospital late shift. He greeted me, l’m five foot, so he made me feel even safer as we chatted in the dark and lamp light, he was wearing shades, he did it because headlights in the dark hurt his eyes. As we chatted within seconds he looked over my head and took a huge breath, “What’s that?” I turned and about fifty feet above us, flying very slowly, silently, right behind and above us both and over the flats, was a bright white orb. It was travelling very, very slowly, like it was cruising on a river, partaking of the scenery. It was not quite central to the block and Pete was really scared. Me, l see things like it, and often much more scary, often, but seldom with a witness. This was ‘ace’ l had a witness at last, l was elated. I shouted up at it, “Wait!” And it slowed from its slow speed, and Pete shouted, “No Jeanie..” terrified, upon which it picked back up its ‘normal slow’ speed. Like, not only did it respond to me, was about to interact, slowed, it had clearly felt his fear instantly, and his words changed its mind. I was so disappointed, a witness, a huge bloke, safe, a chance to meet them at last, and he bottled it! I put my dog inside my front door, and raced back outside chasing it as it slowly passed across and away from my block going down above the road toward my childhood home area. Pete called me back, l scared him witless chasing it. So l went back and we chatted. I was at the time running a UFO website for a friend, l was administrator, and creator of its forums, and moderator of its discussions. Thus this was hot off my press, and l asked him to back it up. He did, he let me share he was there. Next day l realised as he slept in his flat, he had shades on, he didn’t see the same as me. I knocked ( l know, he worked nights, but this mattered) woke him up, “you had shades on, what did you see? “An orange orb, it was so bright, it was really scary, you scared me Jeanie, because when you shouted ‘wait’ it reacted to you, and slowed and l nearly wet myself!” I had seen only white, l didn’t see inside the brilliant white ball, he saw an orange orb. He saw through the white. It was like someone was in a hot air balloon cruising on s sightseeing trip at dead of night. Only there was no balloon, no fire, no sound at all. Our phone cameras were not used like they are today, thirty sercond video clips had just started, though l did get a ghost speak to me on my first clip. I’ve had endless experiences like this, l can tell my experiences any which way and loose, any age, the facts won’t change. l took a photo in my digital camera same place outside that door, it’s got dozens of orbs in it, not alien, but ghosts, solid and see through. Yet it was pelting down with rain, no dust about. Still got it somewhere. Got a UFO by the moon looking like a pyramid on one of many other pics l took. I ask, they perform. And l don’t need to prove to man or beast what l see and experience, you’ll all know one day eventually. I’m dying of heart failure, l want to tell them all so they don’t die with me, but this is the wrong site and l no longer run forums. So believe me, don’t believe me, but take my advice, stop, desist, quit, analysing everything, and trust your basic instincts. And God. And one day He’ll surprise and terrify you too. With truth. Are we different us D Negatives, yes and no, not special different, not especially the same, but to the creator, we’re each unique.