Page 16 of Flying Saucers Magazine - October 1959

SUPERMAN -

DOES HE REALLY EXIST?

By C. M. Flanders

The very existence of UFO suggests what seems to many observers that Man on Earth is not the most intelligent being in the Universe. Here is one writer who postulates a "Federation" of super beings, cosmic men, who are keeping their eye on our first crude attempts to invade their domain.

After more than ten years of intensive research, modern UFO investigators have been able to add little to what already was known - mainly that this solar system has for centuries been visited by cosmic travelers who operate magneticallypowered vehicles of various sizes and designs.

Much has been said and written to prove that the Earth has been visited in times past by intelligent extra-terrestrial beings, but on the possible motives of the cosmic men most are silent. I believe this is due to a limited perspective of the whole UFO affair and propose that we must envision activities which are of necessity extremely long range, extending as they do over vast gulfs of space and time.

Every sincere UFO researcher will perhaps agree that the most tantalizing question concerning the whole UFO problem is: Why have the UFO remained out of contact with the world at large? In an attempt to answer this question, I suggest the following proposition.

Throughout the universe there are billions of worlds which support intelligent life similar to ours. They are all in various stages of development. Some have yet to achieve space travel, while others already have done so.

In the nearby universe, spaceborne worlds have united to a large extent to form federations working together for many common causes, among which are exploration, colonization and evolutionary research. How long these worlds have been space-borne we cannot say. But certainly for many it has been for hundreds of centuries. The appearance of various UFO from our ancient times to the present is but a brief interval compared to this time scale.

The "Federations of Space" were formed for mutual purposes with vast projects in mind. Their aloofness rests on this basis, brought about by untimely associations among many races in the universe and resulting in policies which are now strictly adhered to. One such policy, derived from the rude shocks of experience, dictates non-interference with observation only for worlds not space-borne, being the desire of the Federations that each world shall achieve space travel within the limits of its own science and technology.

Thousands of years of experience with a few wars thrown in could do much to strengthen such a policy.

In regard to all policy and operational matters, the cosmic men are subject to the rigid control of their superiors. Although they represent advanced races, they could not, from an evolutionary standpoint, be free from error. Their leaders long ago foresaw the undesirable results of divided attentions, thereby instituting a form of basic control over their minds without detracting from the awareness of identity or interfering with personality. Such control, if correctly applied, is within our own capability, as those acquainted with the true facts of hypnosis could testify.

On the other hand, because of unknown elements, collectively the cosmic men cannot be entirely free from error. For example, consider substances and artifacts which we know they have dropped in the skies, perhaps unintentionally. It may well be on this inherent weakness that some agency on Earth will someday be able to capture a UFO and examine it.

But the cosmic men know the psychological problems involved with our knowledge of their existence. They know that, although we are dealing with phenomena lying outside our experience, there are certain government agencies on Earth waiting for just that one mistake.

Now let us suppose that our cosmic visitors suddenly decided to make contact with the world at large and that we were to come into possession of their science and technology.

Many of us seem to think we would benefit greatly by such contact. The truth is that such a contact would create more ill will on our part than we could cope with, giving rise among the Earth's peoples, religious and scientific, of factions and counter-factions against each other and their governments. The political aspect alone would be formidable; the possibility that such knowledge would be used for destruction absolutely cannot be overlooked.

Again, before devices can be engineered or processes utilized, there must exist a technology to support them. We view proudly our scientific achievements of the last few years in modern America. The UFO, having been observed here at least since Biblical times, represent thousands of years of technology, while ours extends little more than fifty years.

After having observed much fantastic and unexplained phenomena of the UFO, is it logical to assume that we are prepared to handle such an advanced science? In so doing, could we bring it upon ourselves to forget our high school science and to throw away a considerable portion of our college text books? From a purely practical standpoint, it is as unthinkable as equipping the anthropoid apes with shotguns and typewriters.

UFO science includes many aspects of nuclear energy and forces with which we are as yet unfamiliar. Here would be the major obstacle for our scientists, for it is certain that our present laws of nuclear physics would be in for a serious shakedown and revamping.

Much has been said about antigravity devices in connection with UFO propulsion, and many seem to think if we possessed that knowledge we would have the secret of space flight and of the saucers. This is a grave error, indeed!

Admittedly, the control of gravity would represent a major advance in our science. But the gravity device is merely a part of UFO operation, for they employ many other forces.

In any event, we should be willing to admit that all UFO operation is inextricably involved with nuclear energy. Our own science, given enough time, may discover these forces. In so doing, one fact would be paramount to us - that we had acquired them within the practical limits of our own science and technology.

Government projects to study anti-gravitational forces have been reported. If successful, the force will then have to be harnessed, required new systems and concepts for which most of our present instruments of technology will be of no value. Much money, time, and labor will be required to perfect interior mechanism's to control flight and great banks of devices to control electromagnetic currents. Much difficulty can reasonably be expected when we view present fai res to maintain flying safety.

The problems grow far more fantastic and complex when we speculate on the strange iridescences of the UFO. In fact, what are these iridescences? And what of space itself? We know practically nothing about the void around us. Certainly one of our greatest problems will be how to avoid being suddenly smashed to bits by the debris that eternally clutters up space. Even armed with the anti-gravity device alone, we would still be ill-prepared for space travel, and we might be ever so willing to trade that secret for the thousands of years of space flight logged by the UFO.

Our cosmic visitors are not likely to contact us in the near future, and they are less likely to if the Air Force keeps trying to shoot them down with 30 mm cannons. Although the saucers may have good reason to retaliate, those who believe the UFO are hostile must be seeing too many "monster" movies being forced on the public and which are down right insulting to intelligent folks. Man on Earth has feared much because of the constant threat from others of his kind. It seems only natural to be suspicious of aliens.

This "fear" complex is just the type of thinking that prevents an understanding of the true motives of the watchful eye on us, they are concerned with studies of a universal nature. It is indeed difficult to expect that a majority of the Earth's population would understand such a motive. To make matters even worse, our scientists who realize the importance of some of these facts certainly cannot be clear on the main issues involved. In the area of living things, for example, they have devoted their studies mostly to the physical evolution of life forms, when there is now sufficient evidence that some essentially intelligent entity is responsible for every life form that ever burst through the doors of creation and is immediately involved with what we generally know as mind.

How could the cosmic men even begin to reconcile all the grave errors of our human reckoning with their own science and culture?

As to the actual "mission" of the UFO, their purpose certainly is a long range one extending over vast periods of time, during which we have periodically been under their surveillance. It might seem disheartening to know there is a race more advanced than we, but surely we are only one of many world's being observed who have not reached the space age.

One may be inclined to question the purpose of all this observation and at just what point in our development might the cosmic men be expected to associate with us.

It is not entirely without reason that the Earth has had increased UFO activity in modern times, which has revealed an extreme interest on their part in our attempt to become space-borne. This was not made evident to them from our early research with rockets. Rather, it resulted from our atomic research, in which lie the secrets of anti-gravity and fast methods of interstellar flight.

The appearance of the UFO so suddenly in large numbers following the advent on Earth of the release of atomic energy leaves much to be explained as it relates to the time element. One might darkly suspect they were close at hand at the time. And this may be one of the most important aspects of the whole UFO affair where Earth is concerned.

It is not difficult for some to assume that there are emmissaries from the UFO walking unnoticed among our population today. This sounds fantastic to most perhaps and an alarming thought, but so is the UFO.

Among other talents, the UFO have a habit of appearing somewhere at just the right time, as if they had been invited to attend the event. Consider, for example, the UFO sighting at-White Sands Proving Ground in 1948 when two elliptical unidentified objects followed a V-2 rocket "immediately" after it was fired at over 1,000 mph. Their source of information is precise, indeed! In the same way, we can be sure the cosmic men know a great deal about us, our history and progress, and especially our technology.

All endeavors toward us on their part is aimed at eventually helping us make the transition from our present status to a mandatory membership in the Federation of Space.

In the meantime, another main interest of the cosmic men rests on higher premises of investigation and analysis among the stars. It is a portion of their mission to study and classify the evolution of life on many worlds. With a scope and purpose as far-reaching as theirs, it is of direct interest for them to know what forms and levels of intelligence these worlds possess. Although all-out contact with inhabitants of Earth is not yet on their agenda, it is certain they have procured specimens of every species of life on this planet for study.

Of immediate priority to the cosmic men is the study of solar activity and its attendent phenomena. This is where an anti-gravity device really comes in handy, in addition to the control of intense temperatures which the UFO demonstrate.

In addition to these studies, the cosmic men know that planets undergo drastic upheavals during their evolution and will eventually, if unattended, reach a condition where they will no longer be able to support life. With the advance of the next glaciers over the Earth, whole cities and cultures will be swept under the ice. Will our science and technology be able to control nature in that day to come?

The space-borne races catalog these occurrences and, working through the Federations, also keep an eye on possible places of habitation throughout the galaxy.. The Federation codes, however, prohibit interference with worlds inhabited by self-conscious or reasoning beings.

In our own vast galaxy there exist many worlds whose evolutionary patterns have not created life forms with self-conscious minds (that is, beings who, like us, have a language and culture which can be transmitted to succeeding, generations). Indeed, many of these worlds will never of their own develop to this state. Such planets, it is safe to say, can be considered-for either temporary or permanent habitation.

All these things are within the capabilities of the cosmic men who have a technology that parallels the forces of nature which they can control. With this knowledge, they can also synthesize food stuffs from the raw materials of the Earth and other planets.

Activities of this nature go far to explain many seeming mysteries of our ancient and modern times. For example, the falls of huge blocks of ice in our skies of recent date seem to demand such an explanation. The cosmic men probably obtained it at either of the Earth's poles for storage in their huge mother ships for long, inter-stellar voyages. Towing the huge blocks through space near the Earth, a few break away now and then and come crashing down to us. Too, the strange rain of toads and frogs and other animal organisms could be the result of evolutionary analysis by the cosmic men, or it could be a well-balanced process of re-stocking the planets.

We here, even amid all this activity, should not think that the activities of the cosmic men are centered around us. Earth is also a way-station for interstellar voyages to other worlds.

It might be asked how such vast activities can be undertaken and then be related in particular points of time. What of the inter-relations of the Federations and the awful gulfs of space between them? Do they, can they operate and communicate over such distances?

This seems impossible to our minds. Our scientists say that no vehicle could ever quite reach or exceed the speed of light. This observation may be valid to fit the facts as we have them established, but it is also made on the concept that light is a "constant" in its own right. It has not allowed for the application of "intelligence" to a naturally occurring force. Despite any evidence we may have to the contrary, it is certain that a powered vehicle can and has traveled many times the speed of light.

The cosmic men seem to be much interested in us and our first attempts to establish space travel, as their presence around our research centers indicate. The fact that they have been visiting this solar system for centuries without making contact indicates highly complex operations involving a powerful and exact science far beyond cur scope of knowledge.

At present the men of Earth are not prepared for a meeting of the minds with the cosmic men. Nor will we be when we walk on the outermost planet of our solar system. But when our first inter-stellar ship heads for the stars, we can be certain they will be knocking on our cabin door.