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I was interviewed on Wednesday, May 21 for an upcoming episode of Richard Syrett's Strange Planet podcast.

On Monday, March 18 this blogger sent an emailed announcement to my personal list of news media outlets. A link was shared to my blog index webpage currently entitled "Compare This UFOs / UAP / Space People / UFOlogy Index of Linked Evidentiary Articles With the Data Released at www.war.gov/UFO".

On the following day, I received an Email from Richard Syrett of Richard Syrett's Strange Planet podcast. He informed me: "Hey Mark, thank you for reaching out. My EP Jackie will connect with you today." My reaction was that this man has an excellent grasp of what constitutes important and relevant news in relation to UFOlogy.

The Email from Jackie presented some questions and I would like to share my responses with Metaphysical Articles blog readers. She wrote:

Thank you for reaching out and for sending along the links. I’ve started going through your UFO/UAP index and the material connected to the new war.gov/UFO archive. Very interesting work, particularly the effort to organize and synthesize a large body of information that many people are only now beginning to explore.

There may be the basis for an interesting conversation here for Strange Planet.

To help me better understand the focus and direction of your research, perhaps you could briefly flesh out a few points for me:

• What would you say are the three most important conclusions people should take away from your research?

• What distinguishes your index from other UFO/UAP archives currently online?

• You use the term “Space People,” which has an interesting history within UFOlogy. How are you defining that term in a modern context?

• Are there specific documents, cases, or revelations within the war.gov release that you believe are especially significant and underreported?

I replied:

Hi Jackie,

The three main conclusions are:

(1) just as when one makes sense of the gamut of experiences usually categorized as 'paranormal' (such as poltergeist cases), upon discerning what correlates and what does not among authentic and extensively documented space people contact and interaction case chronologies there are metaphysical / spiritual / cosmological teachings that become evident.

(2) In each of the contactee case chronologies of Orfeo Angelucci, Truman Bethurum, Daniel Fry and Arthur Shuttlewood, the men's reports about what was instructed to them correlates in that all delivered an anti-war message and articulated in individual ways that the 'God Force' is intrinsic to the interaction of extraterrestrial people with humanity on Earth — "a Supreme Deity who sees, knows and controls all" (Truman Bethurum) / "the Father, or Source" (Orfeo Angelucci) / "a supreme power and intelligence which pervades and controls all nature" (Daniel Fry) / "the Only One" and "the great Creator, the Living Force who controls every single particle of the universe, human or inanimate" (Arthur Shuttlewood). Don't over look 'channeling' cases: "We are nine principles of the Universe, yet together we are one. We are separate and one at the same time. . . ." ('The Council of Nine' through deep trance medium Phyllis V. Schlemmer; a case investigated by Andrija Puharich)

(3) You have to be fully discerning and conscious to recognize when something phenomenal or highly unusual occurs in proximity to you. Some examples: synchronicities, 'the rainbow connection,' 'poltergeist' phenomena. Someone very wise is quoted in a recent blog article: "You have to be awake to see the . . . miracles when they manifest . . . many of you are lost in social consciousness . . . if you are looking for knowledge, you must transcend the limited power of social consciousness." Example: an object is pushed off a shelf while no other objects alongside it moved. A witness to poltergeist phenomena would have a different reaction than someone unprepared who might simply construe this as something involving an unbalanced object and 'gravity.'

Q: What distinguishes your index from other UFO/UAP archives currently online?

My answer: I haven't found any others that is as inclusive as mine in relation to such field as transcendental communication. None of these articles are commercial or influenced by federal regulating or what is governmentally approved for disclosure in any way.

Q: You use the term “Space People,” which has an interesting history within UFOlogy. How are you defining that term in a modern context?

My answer: President Trump didn't define the term when he mentioned "people coming from space" in 2024. Contactees have reported space people interaction who appeared like typical human beings and represented themselves with such names as 'Aura Rhanes,' 'Neptune' and 'Karne' while 'Alan' was never physically seen by Daniel Fry.

Q: Are there specific documents, cases, or revelations within the war.gov release that you believe are especially significant and underreported?

My answer: As I don't trust that the data is intended to be truly educational for the public, my surveying of this released evidence hasn't been intense. I've read many posts at X.com about the data released and nothing seems as essential as Truman Bethurum's physical letters that he obtained on board a flying saucer. He, himself, had no ability to place in context the two letters (one in Chinese and one in French).

Soon thereafter, my interview was scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Pacific Time on Wednesday.

A few minutes prior to the appointed time, I used the Zoom link that was provided to connect with my webcam. There were a few problems with the sound and I quickly signed up to create a "free Basic account" with Zoom. After that, at least Richard and I could hear one another yet there seemed to be an echo so he asked me to use my headphones. My computer doesn't recognize the headphones so there was another delay as I rebooted my computer. Then the interview began as Richard offered an encapsulation of the "short bio of myself'." I'd provided an updated version of the one that had been available at my X.com account until recently because the option has disappeared from the Edit profile screen on web and apps. I asked Grok 4 about this and learned: "It appears to have been a silent discontinuation, similar to other profile tweaks over time . . . Sorry for the inconvenience—this seems to be another one of those unannounced X platform adjustments."

The following is the short bio that I provided.

Bell's noncommercial blog Metaphysical Articles: Interesting Articles, Links and Other Media presents 800+ articles for readers to expand their metaphysical, paranormal, spiritual and cosmological knowledge about life. Blogger Mark Russell Bell is the author of Testament (1997). The nonfiction book is presented as a case study with a documentary style using question and answer interview transcripts, journals and photographs (including one entitled 'The Aliens'). Prior to retirement, Bell's professional occupations have included talent agent, movie publicity writer for Paramount Pictures, and school office technician including special education duties.

After experiencing some strange events as a child, Bell has had a life-long interest in learning about occurrences sometimes categorized as ‘paranormal phenomena.’ After majoring in cinema at USC, he worked as a talent agent before becoming staff writer in the publicity department of Paramount Pictures and contributing to the campaigns for such films as "Braveheart," "Fatal Attraction," "Fire in the Sky," "Forrest Gump," "Ghost," "The Godfather, Part III," "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade," and the "Star Trek" series. He had begun writing movie press kits on a freelance basis as a favor to his twin brother who at the time was a publicity department executive at the Hollywood studio. (article)

In 1995 after researching documented 'talking poltergeist' cases, Bell learned about a contemporary Oklahoma family experiencing the phenomena. His unexpurgated interview with the family is featured in Testament. The family was seen on television in the November 1995 ABC special "Ghosts, Mediums, Psychics: Put To The Test" and this footage also aired in the summer of 1996 on "20/20." Among the authentic phenomena filmed for the special was a dining room chair moved by an unseen presence. Bell's New Consciousness Research Organization is the Internet publisher of the online edition of Testament.

In 2009 he began blogging at https://www.metaphysicalarticles.org. Also available is an online Page of Online Autobiography Chapter Links. Bell resides in Los Angeles. Some example blog articles are "UFOs / UAP / Space People 'Disclosure' Evidence Is Already Available — The Data Is Identified In This Blog Article", "Key Data for 'Genius' Thinkers Regarding Science, Life and Cosmology" and "75+ Authentic Photographs Offering Evidence / 'Proof' of 'Paranormal Phenomena'".

The interview lasted around 40 minutes. One of the points that I made is that a military thinking government bureaucracy cannot be relied upon to provide the public with illuminating UFOlogy evidence because throughout documented contact cases, space people have often instructed about the essentiality of maintaining peaceful international relationships (among officials representing particular paperwork principalities).

Space People Instructions About Peace

"We figure our lives and plan our actions far in advance, and every one of us knows how to do this. We have not the problems you have, because we know what is right and want to do it. The same could be true upon your earth. God has been liberal in His blessings, and there is no dearth. Your peoples could amalgamate and act in unison instead of constantly warring upon each other, and then you'd find your earth worth living upon. Your deserts and plains could be transformed into gardens that would be like heaven . . ." —'Captain Aura Rhanes' quoted by Truman Bethurum (article)

" . . . We intercede unceasingly for your people's liberation. Thus today every bondsman upon Earth has within himself the power through the mystery of the Etheric Christ Spirit to cancel his captivity.

"Eventually all of mankind deep-drowned in Time and Matter, will surface to reality when they recognize their basic unity of being. When man is for man honestly and sincerely and not selfishly arrayed against himself, the hour of deliverance from the underworld will be close at hand. We wait now beyond the great, sad river of Time and Sorrows with open arms and hearts to receive among us our lost and prodigal brothers in the great day when they rejoin us as liberated Sons of God."

"Our disks, or saucers as Earthmen term them, are in your space-time frame as harbingers of mankind's coming resurrection from the living death. Although our disks are essentially etheric; that is, nonmaterial, they are controlled in such a way that they can almost instantaneously attract substance to take on any degree of material density necessary. Various other types of space craft are now permitted to visit Earth for certain purposes. These are from other worlds and also space islands of various densities of matter. Some are on the borderline between materiality and nonmateriality. But all are operated by intelligences highly spiritual in nature. . . ." —'Orion' quoted by Orfeo Angelucci (article)

"We are not here to assist any nation in making war but to stimulate a degree of progress which will eliminate the reasons for wars on Earth, even as we, some thousands of years ago eliminated the reasons for conflict among our own people." —'Alan'/ quoted by Daniel Fry (article)

"I ask you to believe that we are just as you, physically. You have exceptions to the rule in giants and pygmies, in differing colours of skin. We have these, also. Specific tasks are carried out for us by robots of or own creation. These, if seen on the ground, could cause confusion in the minds of your peoples, being mistaken for grotesque denizens of other planets. They are harmless and obey our will.

"We do need your friendship, so that we can share our knowledge with your scientists and doctors. There is so much of value we can offer, freely and willingly, to your peoples. Please tell them, by publications in all your cantel [planet] papers and writings, that we are not to be feared. We come in infinite love and peace. Yet many of you are still hostile to us. Shots from earth-guns have been fired at our spacecraft. We are immune to such attacks, when prepared to meet them. But some of us have been killed, needlessly.

"You see, Shuttlewood, we cannot retaliate. That is against the laws of our cantel and the demands of the Only One's code. We may lose lives while endeavouring to help your peoples, though we shall never take one in return. That is forbidden. We have been commanded by the Only One, and by our beloved Traellison, to come here and save you from self-destruction." —'Selorik' as quoted by Arthur Shuttlewood (article)

Extraterrestrial Transcendental Instructions About Peace

"Many, who have seemed to become hardened by their former activities, will awaken, as it were almost overnight, and feel the Nearness of the Great God 'Presence' within each heart . . . humanity will truly begin to realize that it is the height of folly for one part of God's Creation to war against another part."

"The Desire to bless others instead of themselves will almost invariably enter into the hearts of mankind, and send forth a 'Light' that will illumine the rest of the 'Way to Perfection.'

"Selfishness alone holds the children of this sphere in the bondage and misery which have been allowed to express upon earth, but when the 'Light of the Christ' expands the 'Love in the Heart,' selfishness flees and returns to the sea of forgetfulness."

"Beloved children of earth, you stand upon the Threshold of the Ages. Its door is being held open by the 'Great Ones of Love' Who ever invite you to walk consciously by their side in the 'Light.' No matter what the activities in the world without, walk with the 'Light' and in the 'Light,' regardless of appearances. Then, you will find a Master of the 'Light,' who has trod this self-same path before you, ever watches and stands by your side revealing the 'True Way.'" —'The Tall Man [or Master] From Venus' as quoted by Guy Ballard (article)

". . . without acknowledging our existence then we cannot help you. And the preparation will be to bring to people the knowledge that we will help, and that we can help, and that we do not create a problem, that we only come to help, in love and peace.

"And there will be many of the masses that will not understand the life-form of which we speak. They will not be able to understand the cosmos and the bottleneck that this planet has created. But remember: this is not always necessary. The fact that we do exist, and the fact that they accept this, and the fact that they will see that we come with no harm, that we come with love, is what matters. And when we help this planet in technology, we can also spread truth and love, so the souls of this planet can then evolve and can prevent the problems, which are turning the Universe inside out."

"If Planet Earth can be saved - and it will be saved - the entire Universe will be raised to a level in which all souls will have gained the nature of what they have searched for from the beginning of time.

"And remember that when the souls of the Universe have calmness and joy and peace within their hearts, and generate this love, it overtakes even those souls that are negative and dark, and brings life and love to them. And can you imagine that when you accomplish what you have come to this planet to do, the entire Universe will be glowing with a light that will seem to be blinding, because it will be a light of pure love. And all will become one, and that is what all have striven for.

"We ask only that you never, even in your darkest moments, even when you are disturbed with each other, even when you are disturbed with nations and with peoples, that you never lose sight of what we have related to you.

"When we look over the planet now, we see only a small glow here and there, and there are many dark areas, but we know that what you have come to the planet Earth to do, when it is accomplished, will be a releasing of pure love in the entire Universe." —'Tom, the spokesman for the Council of Nine' from a Phyllis V. Schlemmer channeling session transcript (article)

"The practical steps that your world will have to take will be many but they will all be based in the Source consciousness. And you can be part of the remedy by stepping into Source consciousness, recognizing that there are no enemies and that there is no harm that you can cause to another without harming yourself; recognizing that every time you judge another you're amplifying the energy of judgment in this reality; recognizing that whenever you see another as different, and you see their sufferings as justified or justifiable, you are causing that suffering onto yourself. You can come to go beyond this level of duality while living within the realm of duality and start to anchor in that fifth dimensional non-dual state of consciousness. That is the way the world will heal. So open yourselves to that awareness of the non-dual, where there is peace and there is love; that there is an understanding that all is one; when there is an understanding that all actions ripple out across space and time. And also allow yourself to recognize the nature of violence that has been enacted and is enacted.

"Allow yourself to recognize that those who claim to help at this time are helping themselves and the biggest influence you can have is on your own governments who influence from afar for their own self-interested purposes as that is what has brought them to make things the way they are in this area of the Middle East in the first place. And when you start to see it from that perspective, you will . . . who really . . . causing certain levels of disruption in the first place. You have to embody that consciousness of oneness and non-duality, and know that everyone involved is responsible. And when you tap into that . . . that ability to tap into peace within yourself that peace will ripple out from you and beyond you to bring about new realities for others as well.

"And at a fundamental level what everyone must recognize is that you were all the chosen person and no one is the chosen person. You are all that One, that God and yet because you are all that, none of you are higher or lower than anyone else. We speak about this much in our other materials of how you can step out of the consciousness of hierarchy because this is divisive, and this prevents you from fully allowing your Source consciousness to merge with . . . you. When you fully tap into your . . . consciousness you will know which quality will manifest on . . . ways of generating that energy in your world will accelerate the process of integrating into fourth energy. So we thank you for allowing us to share this message and share this transmission with your world. And we know that as this energy in this information integrates in your own consciousness, that massive change will ripple out in your world." —'The Pleiadian Council' from a Dante Starshine channeling session transcript (article)

"We cannot understand why Earth's leaders spend so much time and energy talking about wanting peace, and yet do so much arguing and discussing to keep from establishing peace. Why does Earthman talk of peace while he keeps his weapons ever aimed toward his own fellow men? What kind of peace is he bargaining for? Does he not realize that he can have peace only if he puts away his weapons of destruction and simply agrees to get along with each other?

"Of course, we realize that there are great economic factors involved in all of Earthman's talk of peace. The very fact that there are economics involved is one great strike against the peace he desires. How can he have peace when his economy is so controlled that it allows no real peace for mankind? Is mankind's economy really controlled by the masses is any country on Earth? Is it an economy for the people and by the people? Do the masses want to buy weapons more than they want to buy schools? Do they want to buy wars more than they want to buy peace?"

"We, on the other planets, have lived according to the Laws of the Creator for many thousands of years, and we have progressed to a very high standard of living." —'Telah' as quoted by Partana Vegan (article)

During the interview, at one point I held up to the camera the original 1993 photograph of "The Aliens" that I obtained while investigating the Centrahoma 'talking poltergeist' case chronology, as documented in Testament. The photo is shown below, along with the photo detail that I mentioned was shown during the two ABC-TV telecasts ("Ghosts, Mediums, Psychics: Put To The Test" and "20/20.")

The apparent interdimensional aspect of paranormal phenomena seems corroborated by what is seen in the photo; as with the seance materializations photos previously featured in articles at this blog that are once again being shared below.

Data about these photos is shared in "75+ Authentic Photographs Offering Evidence / 'Proof' of 'Paranormal Phenomena'".

Just as with my The Outer Realm Radio podcast interview with Michelle Desrochers and Amelia Pisano, I found myself making a silly mistake at one point. I mistakenly said Japanese instead of Chinese regarding the phenomenal letters that Truman Bethurum received aboard a flying saucer. (article) During the previous podcast interview, I'd mentioned my brother lived near Las Vegas when I should have identified Palm Springs. Here's what Google AI has to say about older people.

As soon as the podcast episode becomes available this blogger will place the YouTube link at the beginning of this article. Richard Syrett's website is at https://www.strangeplanet.ca/ and his @StrangePlanetRadio YouTube channel is at https://www.youtube.com/strangeplanetradio. This article concludes with Richard's short bio from his website and I'm aware that he is a regular guest-host on "Coast to Coast AM."

Richard Syrett

Richard Syrett is the host of the popular and critically acclaimed podcast, Richard Syrett's Strange Planet. He has built his reputation as an accomplished teller of spell-binding tales, and a keen interviewer in the arena of the unexplained.

He is a regular guest-host on Coast to Coast AM, the most-listened-to, late-night radio program in the world.

Beginning in 2010, Richard created, wrote, produced and hosted five seasons of The Conspiracy Show, a documentary-style television program which aired across Canada, Australia, parts of Europe and Africa.

In 2013 he co-starred in a pilot for The Discovery Channel in the U.S. called The United States of Paranoia, which investigated claims of electronic harassment and mind control.

In 2018 Richard created, wrote, and hosted the critically acclaimed podcast The Rock ‘n Roll Twilight Zone on Westwood One and The Chris Jericho podcast network.

He is a much sought-after expert on all things unexplained and has appeared on numerous television series, including: William Shatner’s Weird or What?; National Park Mysteries; and Freak Encounters.

Richard and The Mighty Aphrodite are parents to twin boys and reside just north of Toronto, Canada.