How Can We Make Sense of the UAP Conspiracy? | Diana Pasulka

Hidden Forces

Demetri Kofinas

Government, Business

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

In Episode 343 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Diana Pasulka, a professor of religious studies who writes and teaches about the history of the Catholic tradition and new religious movements. Her work in this field has led her to study UFOs, or what we now call Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), about which she has written two books: American Cosmic and Encounters, both of which form the basis for much of this conversation.

In the first hour of their conversation, Pasulka and Kofinas discuss why so many people with reputable track records and prestigious positions in academia, government, and the private sector have devoted and continue to devote their lives to investigating this phenomenon. They also discuss what it is that is being alleged by people who claim to have knowledge of the UAP and UFO phenomenon and what sorts of explanations make sense in the context of what we know to be true today.

The second hour of their conversation is devoted to answering two fundamental questions. The first has to do with the nature and operational structure of government. Specifically, how is it that the United States Congress—the most powerful legislative body in the world—has been unable to get the answers to basic questions about secret UAP programs allegedly run out of government agencies and military contractors? Second, if some of what is discussed in the first hour is true, what else must be true, and what underlying assumptions about the world, our perception of it, and our place in it need to be re-evaluated or discarded altogether?

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Episode Recorded on 12/08/2023

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0:00.0	What's up everybody? My name is the major
0:03.0	kafinas and you're listening to Hidden Forces, a podcast that
0:06.8	inspires investors, entrepreneurs and everyday citizens to challenge consensus narratives and to learn how to think
0:15.0	critically about the systems of power shaping our world.
0:19.3	My guest in this episode of Hidden Forces is Diana Pasulka, a professor of religious studies who writes and teaches
0:26.2	about the history of the Catholic tradition and new religious movements.
0:30.4	Where work in this field has led her to the subject of UFOs or what we now call
0:34.8	UAPs, about which she has written two books, American Cosmic and encounters,
0:40.8	both of which form the basis for much of today's conversation.
0:45.0	Regardless of where you're coming from on this subject, I promise you that this conversation will surprise you,
0:51.0	because we don't just investigate the merits of the
0:53.6	UAP phenomenon or its influence as part of a new religious movement. We also
0:58.3	discuss what a conspiracy of the sort that is being alleged by people working at the highest levels of government
1:04.7	suggests about the existence of informal networks of power that graft onto the institutions
1:10.5	of government and the intelligence community in ways that are difficult to
1:14.4	comprehend using our existing frameworks. In the first hour of our conversation, Diana
1:20.5	and I discuss why so many people with reputable track records and prestigious positions in academia,
1:27.4	government and the private sector have devoted and continue to devote their lives
1:32.3	to investigating this phenomenon, what exactly
1:35.2	is being alleged here, and what sorts of explanations make sense in the context of what we
1:40.4	know to be true today. The second hour of our conversation is devoted to
1:45.2	answering two fundamental questions. The first has to do with the operational
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