The original post: /r/ufos by /u/wastespacer on 2024-12-28 02:34:15.
I’ve been revisiting Jacques Vallée’s Passport to Magonia lately, and honestly, I can’t stop thinking about how far ahead of his time he was. It’s almost eerie. In 1969, Vallée was already suggesting that UFOs – or “the phenomenon” weren’t just extraterrestrial crafts, but something more elusive. Something that shapeshifts, not just in form, but in meaning.
He drew connections between modern sightings and ancient folklore, suggesting that what people once called faeries or angels might just be the same entities showing up today as glowing orbs or drones.
He had this idea that the phenomenon adapts to fit our cultural lens; like it shows up in whatever form we’re capable of understanding at the time. In the 1800s, they were airships. In the 1950s, they were silver saucers. And now? Orbs, drones, and plasma anomalies caught on high-res cameras.
So… where is Jacques Vallée now?
I can’t help but wonder what he makes of all this, the declassified videos, the social media wave that has people dissecting every blurry clip from their backyard. There’s this collective knowing now, or at least a curiosity that’s louder than ever. The conversations are shifting, and governments are starting to talk without completely talking. Is this the “slow leak” disclosure some people have been predicting?
And if it is… is this part of the phenomenon’s trickster nature too? Is the drip-feed itself just another layer to keep us chasing shadows, thinking we’re getting closer?
Vallée often warned against viewing UFOs too literally. He thought it was more than nuts-and-bolts technology and that the phenomenon might be interacting with consciousness itself. Now that we’re in this weird space where people are filming orbs with their iPhones and posting them online like it’s a Tuesday, I can’t help but feel like Vallée saw this coming.
If anyone has insight into the why now of it all, it’s him.
So seriously… Jacques, if you’re out there, we need you to weigh in.