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is dependent on the observer, which slightly complicates matters assuming that UFOs are, as we will see, ships with the ability to switch between the microscopic (quantum mechanics) and the macro- scopic (classical mechanics). We can play with detailed ufological information to our heart’s con- tent and quote every comment apropos of testimonies, but that will not get us any closer to the commonly accepted reality. Many only and still have a one-sided vision of the UFO phenomenon, whereas we need a more comprehensive vision! This vision is both scientific and spiritual (as in the nature of spirit). Both cases have to do with awareness. We will see how extraordinary phenomena, called “paranormal,” are discredited and misjudged, whereas they deserve our attention. This will definitely be the price to pay for changing our everyday life, not only from a technological point of view, but in the true sense of life. The awareness we have of ourselves is the sum of our education, our beliefs and the picture others send back to us. We are both an indi- vidual and a collective being. We exist in our own thoughts and in the thoughts of others. Depending on how much we are influenced, we think a little less freely, except when we regularly and frequently retreat in our “‘private space” to reflect and meditate. Our information civilization plunges us in what is probably the worst test of influence ever known to man, slowly but surely distancing us from our ability to apply these introspections. To the point that it becomes suspect to pro- mote such mental efforts towards more freedom. Media information is an absolute necessity, or at least, that is what they want us to believe. If information is an opportunity to move forward in the knowledge that we have of ourselves and of the world that surrounds us, it still needs to be relevant. We compartmentalize the essence of the peda- gogic function into school education, increasingly considering it as something it was never originally intended for. This effect is even rein- forced by the fact that it is rarely state of the art. We thus create our future handicaps. Knowledge becomes a matter of specialists, who should not be glorified based on the priorities and the value scale instilled into our minds by the consumption and drama society. This specialization of knowledge, together with the collective indif- ference that has replaced knowledge, favored the appearance of castes of hierarchized science drawing its power from controlling the budg- ets rather than from actual understanding. It is clear that the costs of science are soaring due to the increasingly elaborate experiments. These costs inevitably urge us to choose our discoveries. Often what 64 The Science of Extraterrestrials: UFOs Explained at Last * Eric Julien