Ep 11: Nazis & UFOs [Pt 1]: The Emergence Of UFO Lore

The UFO Rabbit Hole Podcast

In part one of this 3-part series on the UFO lore connected to WWII and Nazi Germany, we begin by doing a deep dive into the emergence of UFO lore itself. While there is a ton of UFO lore connected to WWII, what is largely considered to be the first modern UFO sighting didn’t happen until 1947—2 years after the war ended. So to understand exactly what was going on during WWII, we need to first understand, not just how UFO lore first emerged, but how belief systems in general emerge and evolve over time. We’ll talk about the ontological complexity of the 20th century, the sequence of events in 1947 that shaped our modern understanding of the phenomenon, and dive deeper into the mystery surrounding the lore to ask some of the bigger questions. This includes one question that I never thought I’d ask, which is—could the emergence of UFO mythology be the seeds of a modern religion? A massive shout out to Diana Walsh Pasulka for her incredible book, American Cosmic, which helped me look at the phenomenon in a whole new light and played a big role in shaping this episode. MENTIONED IN EPISODE: American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, Technology by D.W. Pasulka In Plain Sight: An Investigation Into UFOs and Impossible Science by Ross Coulthart Luis Elizondo on EarthFiles with Linda Moutlon Howe EPISODE BRIEF Get the full episode brief. MUSIC: Winter by ANBR

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TIMESTAMPS 00:30 Introduction 02:12 Acknowledgement: D.W. Pasulka, American Cosmic 03:33 New Paradigms Of The 20th Century 05:26 Ontological Chaos Leading Up To WWII 08:59 Positivism 12:40 Materialism & Physicalism 14:24 A Cultural Divide 19:03 UFOs: A New Paradigm Emerges 20:26 Music Break (Winter by ANBR) 23:33 Understanding The Emergence Of UFO Lore 24:27 Kenneth Arnold & The “First” “Flying Saucer” 26:56 The Roswell Incident 29:16 A New Paradigm Emerges 30:42 UFOs & Aliens 32:39 UFOs & Alien Abductions 35:19 UFO Lore: Sorting Out Fact From Fiction 43:27 Are UFOs A New Religion? 44:49 American Cosmic by D.W. Pasulka 45:16 UFOs & Hierophanies 47:40 Shaping Hierophanies Into Belief Structures 52:30 Revelation & Biological Effects (The 6th Observable) 56:12 Conclusion

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