Science Fiction can be “eye-opening” when it sounds the Alarm about THREATS to our Safety or our Freedom — especially when we do not even know they exist.
For over seventy years, Hollywood has stoked our fears of ALIEN INVASION with films like The War of Worlds (1953), Independence Day (1996) and Arrival (2016). Fans of SCI-FI are well acquainted with terror-filled scenarios … where Aliens invade Earth and make themselves known to mankind.
But once in a while, intuitive filmmakers take a different approach and come much closer to the mark — closer to reality, that is — when they tell a story in which the Aliens are not “coming”… because THEY ARE ALREADY HERE.
Invasion has already happened — without any war — in a quiet, secret sort of way.
This is exactly the way “invasive species” operate in the natural world — infiltrating a particular habitat, multiplying in number, competing for resources like food and water — until the original inhabitants find themselves struggling to survive … in danger of being completely wiped out.
In this kind of story, often only a small minority know the Truth about the Alien presence on Earth and try desperately to warn others — who do not even realize that anything has happened at all.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers — (1956)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers is an American SCI-FI horror film.
The storyline concerns an Alien Invasion that begins in the fictional town of Santa Mira, California. A local doctor (Kevin McCarthy) receives reports from the townspeople of “strange behavior” in friends and family members — who look the same, but seem to be “imposters” somehow. No one believes them at first.
Extraterrestrial plant spores have fallen from space and grown into large seed pods, each one capable of producing a visually identical copy of a human. As each pod reaches full development, it assimilates the physical traits, memories, and personalities of a sleeping person placed near it — until only the replacement is left. These duplicates, however, are devoid of all human emotion.
Little by little, the doctor uncovers this “quiet” invasion — and tries to stop it.
The Invaders — (1967)
The Invaders is an American SCI-FI TV series that aired on ABC for two seasons.
In the story, architect David Vincent (Roy Thinnes) accidentally learns of a secret invasion of Aliens from outer space already underway– disguising themselves as humans and gradually infiltrating our world. He travels from place to place, trying to thwart the invasion despite the disbelief of officials and the general public. Vincent’s grim and lonely determination to find “tangible proof of the invaders’ existence” is undermined by the Aliens — who kill anyone who discovers them in ways disguised as a natural death.
Over time, Vincent is able to convince a small number of people to help him in his never ending fight.
They Live — (1988)
They Live is an American SCI-FI action horror film written and directed by John Carpenter.
In the story, a homeless drifter, Nada (Roddy Piper) comes to Los Angeles in search of a job, where he sees a preacher warning that “they” have recruited the rich and powerful to control humanity. He finds employment at a construction site and befriends a coworker Frank (Keith David), who invites him to live in a shantytown near a church. A hacker takes over TV broadcasts, warning that humanity is “their cattle” and that the only way to see is to shut off the signal at its source.
Through special sunglasses Nada discovers that the ruling class are Aliens concealing their appearance and manipulating people to consume, breed, and conform to the status quo via subliminal messages in mass media. He joins a group of rebels who fight to expose the Aliens and free humanity from their control — by shutting down the signal that prevents us from seeing them and their hidden messages.
In the end, humans all over the world discover the Aliens hiding among them.
The X-Files — (1993-2018)
“Deep Throat” is the second episode of the first season of the American SCI-FI TV series The X-Files. FBI agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) investigate cases linked to the paranormal. Mulder is a believer, while Scully, a skeptic, tries to discredit him.
Mulder and Scully investigate a possible conspiracy in the United States Air Force — to hide the truth about erratic behavior from test pilots and eyewitness reports of mysterious aircraft performing seemingly impossible maneuvers in the sky. Mulder meets a mysterious informant, Deep Throat, (Jerry Hardin) who warns him to stay away from the case.
Undeterred, Mulder sneaks onto the base at night, sees a triangular craft fly overhead and is then captured by soldiers who tamper with his memory. He comes closer to the truth about Extraterrestrial life than ever before, only to have his progress stalled and findings taken from him, yet again. Having been denied the truth about the base, Mulder and Scully return to Washington.
Days later, Mulder encounters Deep Throat while jogging at a local track. Mulder asks if “they” really are present on Earth; Deep Throat responds: “They have been here for a long, long time”.
WALKING AMONG US
David M. Jacobs, an American historian and retired professor from Temple University, is well known in the field of UFOlogy for his research (more than 50 years) and books on the subject of Alien abduction, including:
Secret Life (1993) — Based on interviews with sixty individuals and more than 300 independently corroborated accounts, takes the reader on a minute-by-minute journey through a typical abduction experience and describes in detail the bizarre physical, mental and reproductive procedures that abductees claim have been administered by small Alien beings.
The Threat (1998) — Based on more than 700 hypnotic-regression interviews with Alien abductees, reveals why the Aliens are here and what they want, explains why their agenda has been kept secret, and exposes their frightening plans for Earth and its inhabitants.
Walking Among Us (2015) — Jacobs examines a disturbing phenomenon that he began noticing in 2003 : the incidents of Alien abductions have accelerated with Alien integration into human society. A silent and insidious invasion has begun. Alien hybrids have moved into your neighborhood and into your workplace. They have been trained by human abductees to “pass,” to blend in to society, to appear as normal as your next door neighbor.
Why are they here? The chilling answer:
“Abduction evidence points to a single goal:
global integration resulting in takeover.”
This is NOT Science Fiction. This is Reality. From a respected researcher who has investigated more than 1150 abduction events experienced by more than 150 abductees.
We will never see an Alien Invasion like The War of the Worlds or Independence Day — BECAUSE THEY ARE ALREADY HERE. Jacobs reports that a “change” is coming; a future when very human-like hybrids will intermingle with humans in everyday life. Their message: “Soon we will all be together. Soon everyone will be happy and everyone will know his place.”
This is a difficult Truth to accept. How can we?
Dr. Jacobs puts it this way: “I have struggled with this problem for many years. It is a close call, but my sense is that it is better to know than not to know. Without knowledge, we are completely at the Aliens’ mercy. With proper knowledge, we may think of options to delay or impede their program. I think this is worthwhile. And helping abductees struggle with what is happening to them is the human thing to do. If enough intelligent, knowledgable people put their minds to the problem, there may be a remote possibility that they can stop the Aliens, or at least slow them down.”
Let us hope it is not too late.
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