T. Peter Park
Tue, 16 Aug 2005 15:50:12 -0700
Friends, Forteans, Listmates, In reply to skeptical comments about sightings of UFO's over Woodstock and other rock festivals, _Alien Rock_ author Michael Luckman wrote me this afternoon:
Hi Peter, Folksinger Richie Havens told me that he saw UFOs at Woodstock. I believe him. I'm sure he wasn't hallucinating. That entire area and surrounding areas e.g. Pine Bush, N.Y. are rife with UFO activity. The UFO seen at the Rolling Stones Altamont concert in California was caught on film. There's the evidence. All the best, Michael Peace, T. Peter T. Peter Park wrote: > Dear Phyllis, > > Lots of things may have been seen at Woodstock and other rock > festivals that weren't really there--physically. There may well have > been no nuts-and-bolts metal-and-plastic spaceships from Alpha > Centauri or Zeta Reticuli hovering over Woodstock, Altamont, or the > Isle of Wight. However, how about energy fields normally invisible to > most people--or "psychic" presences? I'm not quite saying I definitely > believe there WERE--but we shouldn't just dogmatically rule it out, > either! > > And, in any case, even if NOTHING unusual or paranormal hung around > those rock festivals, even if it WAS nothing more than drug-induced > hallucinations, still, the mere fact that people thought or claimed > they saw such things there is itself an interesting datum for future > social or cultural historians. A century or two from now, historians > studying late 20th century popular culture will certainly be > interested in knowing that two major cultural phenomena of the last 4 > or 5 decades, rock/pop music and interest in UFO's & ET's, were so > tightly, intimately intertwined. > > This is also a principal service provided by Luckman's book as a > whole. Without necessarily accepting or endorsing any of the claimed > experiences or the beliefs of the rock/pop figures discussed by > Luckman, the very fact that so many such figures claimed paranormal > experiences or expressed paranormal beliefs and interests is again an > interesting, perhaps illuminating social and cultural phenomenon of > recent decades. Even a total UFO & paranormal skeptic, I think, should > find _Alien Rock_ interesting and informative as a document of recent > social and cultural history. > > Peace, > T. Peter > > Phyllis K Ray wrote: > >> Space guys at Woodstock? >> I know a few people who were there, including my cousin Johm Kenneth >> Delemarre. He was not one of those indulging in drugs other than >> beer, which makes him a rarity. >> This alien thing has come up before - he laughed - and he >> is not an automatic disbeliever. >> However, I do believe that lots of things were seen that weren't >> really there. >> Groooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooovy! >> >> PK >> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <font face=arial size=-1><a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12hrds6kl/M=362335.6886444.7839734.2575449/D=groups/S=1705020585:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1124239813/A=2894362/R=0/SIG=138c78jl6/*http://www.networkforgood.org/topics/arts_culture/?source=YAHOO&cmpgn=GRP&RTP=http://groups.yahoo.com/";>What would our lives be like without music, dance, and theater?Donate or volunteer in the arts today at Network for Good</a>.</font> --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mythfolk/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/