by SMiles Lewis

“My Dream is a Code Waiting to Be Broken. Break the Code, Solve the Crime.” - FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper

In the small idyllic border town of Twin Peaks, Washington, tucked away in the forested mountains, a murder mystery unfolds involving the killing of the local high school prom queen, Laura Palmer. When a second high schooler, and potential victim of the same killer, crosses the State’s border, the FBI sends Special Agent Dale Cooper to investigate what we later find out, in the prequel, is one of FBI Bureau Chief Gordon Cole’s (played by David Lynch) “Blue Rose Cases.” And so begins the strange tale of mysterious communications and fantastic encounters that engulfs the town of Twin Peaks and the lives of all its quirky inhabitants, including its newest arrival, Special Agent Cooper.

The initial storyline would seem to be far removed from the world of UFOlogical secrets, but for the occasional paranormal manifestations, mysterious visions, and precognitive dreams of Cooper and certain townsfolk. In fact the acronym U.F.O. is only uttered once in the series and not at all in its subsequent prequel, Fire Walk With Me. It’s only in the second season, upon the return of Major Garland Briggs (after his abduction by a mysterious anomalous light accompanied by owls and a cloaked figure) and his mentioning of the Air Force’s Project Blue Book, that Dale Cooper says the words, “Unidentified Flying Objects.” (And also when Sheriff Truman asks in a subsequent episode, “What was Wyndham Earle doing investigating UFOs?”) But besides these two overt references to UFOs there are many subtle, covert themes threaded into the fabric of the Twin Peaks story that can be used to inform the more casual viewer about the truly strange nature of UFOs and related paranormal (and even parapolitical) phenomena. It is these covert references and allusions upon which we will focus our explication of the series and its prequel in upcoming installments of this column. While an average TV watcher viewing Twin Peaks might be aware of the classic modern UFO myths of military retrieval of crashed flying saucers, governmental cover-up of recovered aliens and supposed underground bases, bedroom visitation abductions, and the human / alien hybridization stories, they are not likely to be aware of the deeper connections in the Twin Peaks milieu which speak to the nature of the UFO’s darker CryptoUfological reality; the secret coded side of UFOs and the paranormal.

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“We shall pick up an existence by its frogs. Wise men have tried other ways. They have tried to understand our state of being, by grasping at its stars, or its arts, or its economics. But, if there is an underlying oneness of all things, it does not matter where we begin, whether with stars, or laws of supply and demand, or frogs, or Napoleon Bonaparte. One measures a circle, beginning anywhere.” ~Charles Fort, Lo!

UFOlogists don’t like to talk about bigfoot. Cryptozoologists looking for sasquatch don’t like talking about ghosts. Ghost hunters won’t talk about UFOs. And conspiracy researchers are constantly lamenting, and rightfully so, being linked to all of the above by the media as a discrediting tactic. It’s a fair criticism (for those not wishing to taint there own activist chocolate with those other fringers’ peanut butter.)

A corollary criticism often follows that television shows and movies with wacky paranormal conspiracy subjects generally condition the public to associate those topics and issues with so much silly entertainment. And again, I generally agree with that sentiment.

But some TV shows and movies can make excellent touchstones for educating that same neophyte public about both the paranormal and parapolitical. And while our myth-making media do condition the public to pigeon-hole conspiracy claims and UFO sightings research into the molds sculpted in the image of X-Files “True Believers,” some examples from these pop-culture continuums can be turned back on themselves as vast repositories of referential material and launchpads for further exploration. These exemplary cult-classics can serve to educate instead of obfuscate. For there are many True Believers and they each have their own cliques, but there are also those watching all the various cliques - and those watchers aren’t all working for the NSA.

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ANOMALY magazine covers many anomalous subject areas ranging from local, state and national politics to global issues affecting everyone; with a focus on exploring life’s paranormal mysteries and exposing parapolitical corruption.

• UFOs & The Black Lodge - A Blue Rose Report Primer by SMiles Lewis

• A year for Fortean anniversaries by Jeremy Wells

• Mack White Comments: THE CRAP by Mack White

• Gold Heist at Austin Gun Shop by Thom White

• Liberty Dollars Seized by FBI Agents by Thom White

• Local Businesses Band Together to Stop Domain Subsidies by Thom White

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Explore the fascinating world of UFOs, Close Encounters and Strange Entities through a dazzling array of historic imagery; from ancient cave art, to classical paintings on to the modern era of digital photography and fakery. How do scientific groups like Austin’s Mutual UFO Network and Anomaly Archives investigate these mysterious ecounter events? Come join the exploration and discussion of these fascinating topics being presented by Austin MUFON and the Anomaly Archives lending library. This IONS-SAI lecture will be at 6:30 PM in the Austin Public Library, 9th and Guadelupe Strs., Austin, Texas. Admission is free. For more information call 512-258-9878.

Mike DeGroff is the current State Section Director for the Travis and Williamson County Chapters of MUFON.

SMiles Lewis is a past leader of Austin MUFON and the Austin UFO Experiencer Support and Study Group and founder of the Scientific Anomaly Institute’s lending library, the Anomaly Archives.

www.AustinMufon.org / www.AnomalyArchives.org

www.mackwhite.com/911re.html

Dave von Kleist, Co-Host, The Power Hour (carried on Genesis Communications Network), will screen his new documentary 9/11 Ripple Effect. Afterwards, he will perform his latest songs and also discuss the many issues surrounding 9/11. Joining him will be Rev. Davidson Loehr, Ph.D., Senior Minister at the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin, founding member of Scholars for 9/11 Truth, and author of American Fascism and God.

Also on hand will be cartoonist Mack White and researcher SMiles Lewis, co-hosts of PsiOp Radio (carried on the Anomaly and Revere Radio networks). White, editor of the comics anthology The Bush Junta, will sign copies of his works exposing 9/11, Operation Northwoods, the assassination of John Lennon, and television mind control. In addition, members of local activist groups, including Vote Rescue, will be present with information on how you can take action to preserve our freedoms in these troubling times.

Location:
Texas School for the Deaf
1102 South Congress Avenue, Austin, Texas
Kleberg Building

To Find the Building:

On the south side of campus, turn from South Congress onto Elizabeth Street. Enter campus through the Elizabeth Street gate. Take the first right. The Kleberg Building is the first building on the left. There will be signs to help you find the building and the meeting room.

For more information about this event, please call Evelyn at 512-799-6677
or Laura at 512-293-1948

9/11 Ripple Effect

WHAT REALLY HAPPENED?

NEW from producers William Lewis & Dave von Kleist.

Lewis and von Kleist take you behind the scenes on the morning of September 11, 2001, using photographs and live video feeds. Pilots, military personnel, and 9/11 researchers assist in frame-by-frame analyses of some of the most shocking footage ever uncovered.

FEATURING: Fred Fox, Glen Stanish, Russ Wittenberg, Gen. Albert Stubblebine, Col. George Nelson, Maj. Glen MacDonald, Maj. Doug Rokke, Kevin Barrett, Jim Fetzer, Phil Jayhan, Jim Marrs, William Rodriguez, and hosted by Dave von Kleist.

911 Ripple Effect Official Website

I actually shot some of the footage for this video. Over the years several close friends of mine repeatedly shot film and video footage of ED HALL - one of my all time favorite bands. They produced several albums (below) but disbanded, reforming later in a completely new guise as PONG. See links below to past Ed Hall Reunion shows and more!

 - SMiles

See also …

Ed Hall Reunion Show 2003

March 9th, 2007 by SMiles

Albert (1988) - Ed Hall

Love Poke Here (1990) - Ed Hall

Gloryhole (1991) - Ed Hall

Motherscratcher (1993) - Ed Hall

La La Land (1995) - Ed Hall

 www.PongSongs.com

vyzygoth.com/audio/smiles10-8-07.mp3

This 30 second TV spot for the ill-fated 38th National UFO Conference aired a few times on Time Warner cable before being pulled due to the cancellation of the conference because of the events of September 11th, 2001. 

This 30 second TV spot for the ill-fated 38th National UFO Conference aired a few times on Time Warner cable before being pulled due to the cancellation of the conference because of the events of September 11th, 2001.

The 30 second TV spot featured an animated version of the official poster (left) by Mack White. This rare television spot featured one of the first big hits by local Austin band PONG (formerly the infamous Ed Hall), Blues Underground - a song that had lyrics such as, “The Knights of Templar, They Run The Game, They’ve Got The Money, And All The Fame, Long Ago Across The Sea, The Invented Monopoly!”

www.MackWhite.com / www.PongSongs.com

For details on the “Best UFO Conference nEver” goto …

• www.NUFOC.com/nufoc38/

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• www.elfis.net
• www.smileslewis.com
• www.anomalytv.com
• www.anomalyradio.com

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• www.youtube.com/anomaly71
• www.youtube.com/elfisnet