Luis Elizondo

You know, I used to give a briefing to some folks. I'm so glad you mentioned this because this goes back to the whole stigma and taboo issue. I used to have a slideshow, and I still have it somewhere, and I would discuss the word, the Latin word prefix of para, P-A-R-A, and it means above or beside.

And so what I would do is show up, I would say the word parachute, and I'd ask people, what do you think of when you hear the word parachute? And people would describe, obviously, something that deploys over your head, and hopefully you hit the ground with a thump and not a thud, right? But something that's normal, we use every day. And then I say, what about the word paramedic?

And so what I would do is show up, I would say the word parachute, and I'd ask people, what do you think of when you hear the word parachute? And people would describe, obviously, something that deploys over your head, and hopefully you hit the ground with a thump and not a thud, right? But something that's normal, we use every day. And then I say, what about the word paramedic?

And so what I would do is show up, I would say the word parachute, and I'd ask people, what do you think of when you hear the word parachute? And people would describe, obviously, something that deploys over your head, and hopefully you hit the ground with a thump and not a thud, right? But something that's normal, we use every day. And then I say, what about the word paramedic?

And then people would look at it and say, well, I think of a first responder, someone good, some sort of medical lifesaver that's going to be there for your benefit. And then I say the word, when I say the word paranormal, what do you think? And people stop for a second. Maybe they kind of give you a little sly smile and say, what do you mean? I said, what do you mean? I mean that, paranormal.

And then people would look at it and say, well, I think of a first responder, someone good, some sort of medical lifesaver that's going to be there for your benefit. And then I say the word, when I say the word paranormal, what do you think? And people stop for a second. Maybe they kind of give you a little sly smile and say, what do you mean? I said, what do you mean? I mean that, paranormal.

And then people would look at it and say, well, I think of a first responder, someone good, some sort of medical lifesaver that's going to be there for your benefit. And then I say the word, when I say the word paranormal, what do you think? And people stop for a second. Maybe they kind of give you a little sly smile and say, what do you mean? I said, what do you mean? I mean that, paranormal.

The only reason why you're reacting the way you are, because you've been conditioned that the word paranormal is cookie stuff. When in reality, in science, by definition, everything is paranormal until it becomes normal. The cell phone that I use every day 50 years ago, absolutely paranormal. And so I would go through this exercise of things that were once considered paranormal.

The only reason why you're reacting the way you are, because you've been conditioned that the word paranormal is cookie stuff. When in reality, in science, by definition, everything is paranormal until it becomes normal. The cell phone that I use every day 50 years ago, absolutely paranormal. And so I would go through this exercise of things that were once considered paranormal.

The only reason why you're reacting the way you are, because you've been conditioned that the word paranormal is cookie stuff. When in reality, in science, by definition, everything is paranormal until it becomes normal. The cell phone that I use every day 50 years ago, absolutely paranormal. And so I would go through this exercise of things that were once considered paranormal.

For example, when the Inca first saw the Spaniards, the conquistadores coming from the reconquering, They saw them on the shores of the beach and they saw these humans in armor riding on a horse. And they assumed, because they'd never seen a horse before, they assumed it was a single entity. It was a single monster. And that for them was paranormal.

For example, when the Inca first saw the Spaniards, the conquistadores coming from the reconquering, They saw them on the shores of the beach and they saw these humans in armor riding on a horse. And they assumed, because they'd never seen a horse before, they assumed it was a single entity. It was a single monster. And that for them was paranormal.

For example, when the Inca first saw the Spaniards, the conquistadores coming from the reconquering, They saw them on the shores of the beach and they saw these humans in armor riding on a horse. And they assumed, because they'd never seen a horse before, they assumed it was a single entity. It was a single monster. And that for them was paranormal.

They didn't understand it was actually a human riding on a horse with metal skin. Same thing with acupuncture. I remember a time when I was growing up as a kid, people thought Eastern medicine acupuncture was nonsense. Well, now at the Veterans Administration, the VA, for some of my guys in combat, they actually prescribe acupuncture as therapy. It's not paranormal, right?

They didn't understand it was actually a human riding on a horse with metal skin. Same thing with acupuncture. I remember a time when I was growing up as a kid, people thought Eastern medicine acupuncture was nonsense. Well, now at the Veterans Administration, the VA, for some of my guys in combat, they actually prescribe acupuncture as therapy. It's not paranormal, right?

They didn't understand it was actually a human riding on a horse with metal skin. Same thing with acupuncture. I remember a time when I was growing up as a kid, people thought Eastern medicine acupuncture was nonsense. Well, now at the Veterans Administration, the VA, for some of my guys in combat, they actually prescribe acupuncture as therapy. It's not paranormal, right?

And so there's all these examples. in history where we think something is kooky and weird when in reality it's not. It's just we don't understand it yet and we have done such a good job of stigmatizing this conversation that the moment you even say the word paranormal or you say the word UFO or anything like that, people are conditioned without even thinking about it.

And so there's all these examples. in history where we think something is kooky and weird when in reality it's not. It's just we don't understand it yet and we have done such a good job of stigmatizing this conversation that the moment you even say the word paranormal or you say the word UFO or anything like that, people are conditioned without even thinking about it.

And so there's all these examples. in history where we think something is kooky and weird when in reality it's not. It's just we don't understand it yet and we have done such a good job of stigmatizing this conversation that the moment you even say the word paranormal or you say the word UFO or anything like that, people are conditioned without even thinking about it.

It's reflexive to react a certain way. And we have to first deprogram ourselves first a little bit Before we can start moving forward, how do we destigmatize this conversation? Well, first of all, what's kooky? What do you think is kooky about something that's in our airspace that's performing in ways that we can't replicate? People say, well, wait a minute.