Aliens in Hollywood?

Have extra-terrestrial forces taken an active interest in the world’s entertainment industry? It would seem reasonable that if the aliens are here, and are planning at some point to come out of the closet, then it might be better to soften us up first by preparing us for the idea. The best way to get the idea of outer-space visitors seeded casually into the public consciousness is through the use of TV and film, in dramas and documentaries, and the best place to do that from is Hollywood, the heart of the world’s film industry.

There has been a glut of Sci-Fi films, series and documentaries. According to the conspiracy theories, over recent years, certain common themes apply. There are ‘Aliens who arrive without warning and try to take over the world’, as in Independence Day or V. These are the ones who appear out of nowhere all over the world and, sooner or later, start killing people, only to be beaten off. Then there are ‘Aliens who arrive subtly and do mysterious things’, like you’d find in Fire In The Sky, or The X-Files. It is important to note that while humans often see these aliens as frightening, they rarely do lasting harm; indeed, they’re often shown to have been OK after all, just doing science things. Even in The X-Files, it has yet to be shown that the aliens are actually harmful. Finally, you get ‘Aliens who are our friends next door’, like in Men in Black, ET, or Cocoon, aliens who arrive in limited numbers and end up proving to be rather friendly in general.

The message this is sending is clear: aliens who appear suddenly in massive numbers are evil, whereas the ones who approach subtly, in small numbers or isolated areas, are actually our friends. This is perfect propaganda for the Grays – the small, large-eyed noseless aliens – who are here in small numbers, carrying out subtle research on us as part of their technology deal with the US government.

Would you buy used Alien Tech from this man? How about a talking giraffe?

Once the public has been prepared sufficiently to be able to cope with the revelation of extra-terrestrial contact, the news will be broken over a couple of years, starting with an official sighting of “something unexplainable”, and ending with a statement along the lines of “We’ve found them, here they are”. In 1998, a panel of previously-sceptical world scientists announced officially that some UFO sightings did provide evidence for aliens on earth, and NASA astronauts made a sighting of something unexplainable, so it could be that the process has already begun – but is it for the good or bad of humanity?

Some conspiriologists believe that the major theme park and movie companies  seem to have a significant part to play in this conspiracy. One of them was rumoured to be creating a space exhibit for touring around the US. This exhibit would focus on extraterrestrial encounters and was to generate enormous publicity for the ‘fact’ that Roswell happened, that there was a conspiracy between the US Government and the Greys. Some feel that it would have been used to prepare the public for an impending announcement by the government as to the reality of UFOs.

Interestingly, as part of the publicity launch for a proposed venture entitled ‘Alien Encounters’, Michael Eisner, former chairman of Disney appeared in documentary produced by Disney’s Andy Thomas that suggested that the US government had an alien craft in a secret research lab (care of Roswell, natch), that this had been covered up, and that soon we would all be meeting the aliens face-to-face. Is Michael Eisner an alien? It might explain much.

Even more strangely, at a private preview screening of ET in the White House, President Reagan is reputed to have turned to Stephen Spielberg and said: “Only three people in this entire room know how Goddamn true to life this film is.”

On the other hand, Dr. Seth Shostak of SETI, the group searching for evidence of alien civilisations in the universe, was so irritated by Disney’s unscientific and one-sided announcement of the ‘truth’ in the promo video for ‘Alien encounters’ that he personally complained to Michael Eisner about how the company was misleading children. The cynical observer might also point out that as long as the public flock to Sci-fi films and Alien exhibits, profit-based organisations are going to do their very best to exploit them.