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“Honestly,” Gray Man continued, “why would these people engage in these ritual activities if those activities didn’t work? They were doing stuff that other people don’t do and in fact wouldn’t dare do. They engaged in these activities because they most likely worked for them. What’s the alternative? That somehow they were irrational, delusional people, while at the same time being some of the best problem solvers on the planet, requiring a high degree of critical thinking, an excellent understanding of math, and a very good working knowledge of other various fields of science to solve the problems they were working on?”
― D.W. Pasulka, Encounters: Experiences with Nonhuman Intelligences

“Witnesses and researchers often report the strange feeling that once you become aware that there is a phenomenon, it becomes aware of you. They report that the first sighting is just that—a first—and then others follow. The uncanny feeling that the objects are aware, or watching those who are watching them, is common.”
― D.W. Pasulka, American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, Technology

“The theory of space and time is a cultural artifact made possible by the invention of graph paper. If we had invented the digital computer before graph paper, we might have a very different theory of information today.”
― D.W. Pasulka, American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, Technology

“People often report empirical evidence—things seen and heard—to authorities and academics, and then report what they experienced subjectively to their families. They”
― D.W. Pasulka, Encounters: Experiences with Nonhuman Intelligences

“Dr. Brenda Denzler, whose own book, The Lure of the Edge, informed my study. The library included her own research, as well as the research of ufologists and organizations like MUFON (the Mutual UFO Network) and CUFOS (Center for UFO Studies) and the works of other academics and researchers studying the phenomenon. I read the works of Allen Hynek, Jacques Vallee, John Keel, Budd Hopkins, and John Mack, as well as those of people who theorize the phenomenon academically, such as Jeffrey Kripal, Whitley Strieber, Debbora Battaglia, Greg Eghigian, Carole Cusack, Susan Lepsetter, and David Halperin.”
― D.W. Pasulka, American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, Technology