Vancouver UFO Group Videos

 

See here for essential background: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2026/04/ben-emlyn-jones-at-vancouver-ufo.html.
The video recording of my presentation for the Vancouver UFO and Preparing for Contact group is now available:
Part 1: https://www.brighteon.com/625d0fbb-fe87-4bf6-8f3e-e38ddf73cddc.
Part 2: https://www.brighteon.com/b8a0bd85-0de8-4152-bbe6-8a7354e20384.
It is also available on Bitchute, except for those in countries where the platform is banned. Many thanks to Brian for organizing the event and thanks to everybody who watched, especially those who asked some really good questions and made some well thought out comments.
See here for more background: https://hpanwo.blogspot.com/2020/02/ufo-disclosure-portal.html.

"I've Always Believed in Aliens... Haven't I?"

 

Prof. Neil deGrasse Tyson is one of the world's top "pop scientists". He's a science communicator in the media and has even been described as the natural successor to Carl Sagan. This could be why he was selected to present the new Cosmos TV series, a follow up to Sagan's famous epic 1980 documentary. I have always respected Tyson's professional attitude which is rare among media boffins. I recently had the chance to compare him to Prof Brian Cox who is far less mature and considerate, see: https://hpanwo-tv.blogspot.com/2017/03/cern-disproves-ghosts.html and: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2017/02/cern-disproves-ghosts.html. Nevertheless, Neil deGrasse Tyson, in terms of his opinions, remained a true-blue skeptic. He has commented several times on UAP since 2017 and his position has been totally mainstream skeppist, similar to Mick West and Michael Shermer. For this reason I was very surprised to hear the news about his new book. It's called Take Me to Your Leader- Perspectives on Your First Alien Encounter. Source: https://neildegrassetyson.com/books/2026-05-take-me-to-your-leader/. He has produced a short promotional video and blurb. Now, I have to make it perfectly clear I have not read the book, so I am speculating; but the blurb narrative seems very different to the author's previous pronouncements about UFO's. I can't help wondering if he's trying to pull off the same trick Prof. Simon Holland did. I don't think it's pleasant for anybody to admit we were wrong, especially if our delusion caused a lot of distress to others; and its end causes us a lot of humiliation. Readers of Roswell Rising- a Novel of Disclosure will know that in the fictional scenario I invented for the story, the skeptics all commit mass suicide when Disclosure happens, see: http://hpanwo-bb.blogspot.com/2016/08/roswell-rising-is-here.html. I actually think that would not happen in real life and I included it in the plot as a rather dark comedic jibe. The way the skeps will really cope will vary on the individual and community. The most arrogant ones with the most fragile egos will simply disappear from public life. Cox is one of those. His stomach capacity for humble pie is way too small. Other skeptics will do the noble thing, admit they were wrong and apologize to all the people they poked fun at and ridiculed, like Sam Harris, see: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2023/02/sam-harris-on-ufos.html. A few will do something very strange and rather risky; they will attempt to rewrite their own history. They will pretend they have always been believers and count on the short memories and laziness of their audience not to fact-check that. One who has tried this is Simon Holland, see: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2022/02/skeptic-copium.html. For him it seems to have worked. I always assumed Tyson was one of the big boys, but is he? Is he instead making plans for the same solution as Simon Holland? Obviously only reading the actual book will answer that. I suppose it's a good sign that the skeppers are being put into a position where they need any kind of solution; because whichever one they choose, it demonstrates that they were wrong and they know it.
See here for background: https://hpanwo.blogspot.com/2021/08/skeptics-portal.html.

Chasing Aliens

 

I have been to a second event at Conway Hall, London in the space of a month; see here for the first: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2026/04/strange-central.html. This new event was on a Friday evening. Despite being billed as just ninety minutes it was far more expensive than Strange Central which was an all-day one. It was called "Chasing Aliens" and was set up to launch a new book of the same name by Daniel Lavelle. The proceedings consisted of a dialogue between him and somebody I'm very familiar with, Jon Ronson. I used to watch Ronson's documentaries in the late '90's when I was first getting into the Conspirasphere. For several years I was a very active member of his forum and I made a few friends there whom I'm still in touch with. This is all despite disliking Ronson's early works. Them and Secret Rulers of the World was distorted and misleading, especially the one about David Icke. I was far more enthusiastic about his later book The Men Who Stare at Goats and its accompanying documentary Crazy Rulers of the World. However, I was deeply frustrated that at the very moment Jon broke into something truly revealing and extraordinary, he failed to grasp the significance of his own discovery and pulled back. The project was reduced to the level of a joke and even ended up being adapted into a comedy movie with George Clooney. Now Daniel Lavelle has written a book about his own attempt at gonzo journalism, probably inspired by Ronson. A few years ago he was going through a difficult time in his life, suffering from a mental breakdown and eventually he spent some time homeless and sleeping rough. He found solace and healing in a strange place, but one not entirely unique. He is a 2017er with no previous interest in UFO's, but he developed one after reading the famous New York Times article in December 2017. His life story reminded me of Steven Cambian who also went through a period of terrible mental health and addiction. He also managed to cling on to the dregs of his sanity by watching X-Con videos, see: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2023/06/david-grusch-reply-to-steven-cambian.html. Lavelle's path down the rabbit hole of UFOlogy did not last long. He was pulled back from complete belief by a disappointingly unoriginal process. He discovered that the "gimbal" footage merely showed jet engines and that the "go fast" was a seagull. He also came across and accepted the theory that alien abduction is just a form of sleep paralysis. All these propositions are extremely formulaic. They came off the skeptic production line many years ago from people like Mick West. I am convinced that they are also completely false.

The evidence of the Nimitz footage, including detailed interviews with the witnesses, discredits the mundane explanation. The idea that alien abduction is sleep paralysis was comprehensively debunked by many experts, including the research psychologist Andrew Hodrien, brother of David, see: https://hpanwo-radio.blogspot.com/2024/03/hpanwo-show-541-podcast-dave-hodrien.html. As somebody affected by SP myself, I can vouch for that, see: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2015/03/sleep-paralysis-and-shadow-people.html. Daniel is also convinced that the missing scientists mystery is just coincidence and a misunderstanding of statistics. Again, this is another off-the-shelf skepper cope, see: https://hpanwo-tv.blogspot.com/2026/05/ufo-disclosure-2026-may-surprise.html. I had no doubt by the end of the dialogue that the audience question-and-answer session would be the most interesting part of the evening. I'm pleased to say that one of the attendees took Lavelle and Ronson to task for embracing the Nimitz cop-out. I gave him a long and hearty clap, which felt strange because nobody else did. Everybody turned to look at me, but I'm glad I did it. The other questioners were a bit more Ronsonian, but they did bring up a few interesting points. Why are UFO's primarily an American phenomenon? The answer is that they are not. It appears that way because the US publicized and popularized UFO's long before any other country did. The politics of the Cold War emphasized this apparent American exceptionalism. Jon Ronson unhappily raised the issue of why UFO culture seems to consist of "mostly white men". I cringed! I have addressed this idiocy myself before, see: https://hpanwo-tv.blogspot.com/2021/08/women-in-ufology.html. There was a long discussion over whether belief in aliens was harmful. They raised the Heaven's Gate cult, the Q-Shaman and mental healthcare for people reporting alien contact. Miles Johnston was also there and has published his own brief coverage, see: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1354555423243623. I got to ask the panel a question myself and I simply asked Jon if he'd heard that Marcus Allen had died. Jon said he knew the name, but hadn't heard. He said he was sorry to hear it. Marcus took part in Ronson's documentary For The Love Of... in 1997, see: https://hpanwo-radio.blogspot.com/2026/02/hpanwo-show-618-marcus-allen-in-memoriam.html. Miles was also in another episode. After the event I went to the pub with Miles and Colin Woolford.

Ironically this was the same day that the big UAP file release happened, see: https://hpanwo-tv.blogspot.com/2026/05/uap-files-release-livestream.html. I wish I had stayed at home instead to report on it. The "Chasing Aliens" event was unfortunately very boring and hackneyed. It was so repetitive that I could almost have written the script myself. I don't object to it being very skeptical in theme; what bothers me is that its skepticism was not more original. It just echoed the mistakes so many others have made. I'm glad Mr Lavelle has recovered from his malaise though. Even if he found a cure in falsehood, I'm happy for him. Colin, Miles and I had far more fun going through the fresh US Department of War data drops over a pint or three. I left early, long before the others, because I had to get all the way back to Oxford and I had work the following day. It was a good job I did because for some reason the coach left the motorway somewhere just beyond High Wycombe and went on a random jaunt through the darkest countryside before rejoining the A40 just before Oxford. I had no idea where it went or why; the driver never announced it. I didn't get home until almost one AM.

See here for background: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2017/01/is-david-icke-dangerous.html.

Area 51 Earthquakes

 

Something very strange and worrying has been going on in the western United States. Geologists have detected a series of earthquakes emanating from the Nevada National Security Site. They took place during the last two days of last month. The epicentres of these earthquakes are quite close to Area 51, but because of the secrecy surrounding the location, no official announcement has been made from the facility. The quakes are unusual in that they appeared in a place thought to be seismically stable and they are strangely shallow; just a couple of miles down. Most natural earthquakes are much deeper, twelve miles of so. The tremours measured from 2.5 to 4.4 on the Richter scale, not powerful enough to cause damage, but enough to be physically felt by sensitive people in some places close by. Avi Loeb calculated that an average tactical device has a big enough yield to create those shockwaves. Source: https://www.msn.com/en-my/news/other/unusual-earthquake-swarm-strikes-near-area-51-sparking-fears-of-secret-testing/ar-AA226LV3. The cause of the earthquakes is unknown, but there has been some understandable speculation considering the Nevada test site nearby was used for over nine hundred detonations of test nuclear bombs from 1949 until the test ban in 1992. The public health impact is still being calculated to this day. When I visited the Atomic Museum, see: https://hpanwo-tv.blogspot.com/2023/11/meadows.html, I saw photos taken in Las Vegas in the 1950's showing mushroom clouds in the distance. How many people got ill? How many died? The 1996 nuclear test ban expired last year so technically the US could begin them again in accordance with its international legal obligations; but nothing has been announced, there has been no debate in Congress and the local population has not been consulted. Are secret detonations being carried out like the original one at the Trinity site in 1945? Alternatively do the earthquakes have another cause, some other technology is being tested at the secret base? Some commentators have suggested there's a connection to the missing scientists, see: https://hpanwo-tv.blogspot.com/2026/05/ufo-disclosure-2026-may-surprise.html. I see no reason to suppose that. I don't know what it is, but obviously something strange is going on and I'm willing to bet that whatever it is, it's bad news for the people, especially if you are a local resident.
See here for background: https://hpanwo.blogspot.com/2022/12/area-51-portal.html.

Why I Voted Reform

 

See here for essential background: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2026/05/meeting-reform-candidate.html.
The results of last Thursday's election are in. The votes in all 136 councils, mayorals and the Welsh and Scottish legislatures have been counted and it has been, as predicted, a massive grand slam for Reform UK. Their victory dwarfs even last years coup, see: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2025/05/why-i-did-not-vote-reform.html. Reform gained 1,453 seats, mostly at the gross expense of Labour and the Tories. Labour barely cleared a thousand, reducing them virtually to a second tier party. The Green Party and independents did well. Many leftwing and Muslim voters have abandoned Labour for the Greens. "Great Yarmouth First" which is a local front for Rupert Lowe's Restore Britain, has scooped up all the area's seats, I'm pleased to say. West of the border, Reform have wiped out Labour in the Senedd. They couldn't quite beat Plaid Cymru to the leadership, but they are a close opposition, making it hard for Plaid to win future votes. Eluned Morgan has had the negative honour of being the first head of government in British history to be ousted in an election. She only got about 6000 votes while Plaid beat her with 31,000. As soon as a successor is chosen she will step down as First Minister of Wales and leader of the Welsh Labour Party. Unlike Boris Johnson, there were no contingency plans to parachute her into another seat via a by-election; I don't think you can do that in the Welsh government. The immovable mountain that it the Scottish National Party has held onto power, but it has lost a few seats. The Conservatives lost nine seats (I didn't know there was such a thing as a Scottish Tory anymore!) and only Reform and the Greens have gained. Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/cr45k7vqw1pt.

I voted for Reform UK. Yes, I know I promised I never would, and I am still not sure if I did the right thing. The problem is when I got to the polling station I was dismayed to find there was no IOA candidate at all. I was shocked; I had not researched beforehand because I assumed there would be one just like last year. The Alliance only have five people on the polls this time round and none of them were in my ward. I was left with the choice of the uniparty or nothing... or Reform. I was tempted to abstain, but then I remembered my conversation with the Reform candidate last Wednesday, see the link above. I know she is just a sample of one, but could it really be that she is not unusual? Are the ranks of Reform really packed with closet Loweists? If so then a genuinely dissident party lies in the form of great potential in Reform, just under the surface; and that Farage and his cronies are a very vocal and brash, but ultimately very thin and weak cage door trying to hold it back. If I am right then I predict we may see the long knives come out at some point and a revolution from below will oust Nigel with all his dithering and deception. Maybe the new Reform could form a coalition with Restore. What will I do next election? I'm not sure, but this is one of the most remarkable elections I've ever seen in this country. Our latest democratic exercise has really made me reconsider a lot of things.
See here for more background: https://hpanwo.blogspot.com/2019/10/brexit-portal.html.

Meeting a Reform Candidate

 

Today I met a candidate for tomorrow's local government election, none of the people depicted in the illustration. In fact I don't think I should name this candidate or reveal her seat because we were speaking privately and informally, and she said a few things to me I doubt she would raise at the hustings. She wasn't canvassing at the time, but was just sitting on a park bench trying to work out how to find her way around. She seems to be quite bad at map reading; in fact I had seen her a few days ago in the area doing the same so I guided her to her destination. She had a huge suitcase of flyers for her campaign and I helped her carry it because she is a small woman. She is running for Reform UK. Because of this, she engaged me in a discussion about politics. I told her that eighteen months ago I would probably have voted for her, but I wouldn't now because I don't trust Nigel Farage. I was honest and said I preferred Restore Britain. I dislike the way Nigel has treated Rupert Lowe, Ben Habib and many of his other former supporters. I consider them far more honest men than Nigel. I expected her to become scornful at that point, but she did not. She said "I completely agree with you" and then went on to explain that despite her agreement she thinks Reform UK are still the best hope for the country. This is not an uncommon position. Many people I know are voting Reform despite knowing full well that Farage's latest incarnation is something deceptive; possibly set up deliberately by the Deep State to be a controlled counterproposition. It's the usual dilemma of tactical voting: do we vote for the right thing and lose or the wrong thing and win? Reform may be false opposition, but it is the only opposition we have. It's our only chance of beating the uniparty. It currently has enormous momentum behind it; and no doubt tomorrow it will be the principle winner of the election. All the opinion polls are clear on this. Labour and the Tories are going to be eviscerated, justly so, and Reform is the weapon that will achieve it. Last year I also did not vote Reform for the same reasons, see: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2025/05/why-i-did-not-vote-reform.html. What happened to me today paints a very different picture that I didn't know existed because this lady is not just some average voter; she is an actual activist and official of the party who has been selected to contest a council seat. I wonder how many other people in Reform feel the same way as her; not just the voters, but the members, maybe even people quite senior and close to the centre. Is it possible that the only true blue Reformers could be Nigel himself and his inner circle, Richard Tice, Zia Yusuf etc. (I won't include their current influx of opportunistic ex-Tories.) Maybe this is what Landeur meant when he said "Reform's support is a hundred miles wide, but only an inch thick", see: https://www.youtube.com/@BritishLandeur. I'm tired of voting for deformed and watered down forgeries of what I really want. A Reform vote is just a vote for another proto-establishment centrist bureaucracy in waiting. Should Farage become prime minister he will backtrack, U-turn and shift his position very quickly on everything; in fact he has already started. There will be a "Nigel wave" and he will not save the House of Lords or repeal the Online Safety Act; in fact he will deliver none of the goodies we all hoped he would. I myself will probably back the IOA again. They won last time in my own ward, see: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2024/05/i-backed-winner.html.

The Tragedy & The Triumph Tour 2

 

There will be a second 2026 Oxford walking tour hosted by Mark Devlin and myself. It will be themed on Mark's allegorical novel trilogy. He has just published the third and concluding book, The Tragedy & The Triumph. We will be visiting many of the locations featured in the story. We will be giving alternative information about this fascinating city which is the world's primary Illuminati education centre. It will take place on Saturday 30th of May starting at 6.30 PM. To join the tour, come to the Oxo Bar, 48 George Street. Please book in advance if possible. Tickets coming soon. The whole event is outdoors so we will have to postpone if the weather is too bad. See here for details and tickets: https://www.trybooking.com/uk/events/landing/109869.
See here for a HPANWO TV film of the event: (coming soon).
See here for my accompanying HPANWO Radio interview with Mark: https://hpanwo-radio.blogspot.com/2026/03/hpanwo-show-623-mark-devlin.html.
See here for a HPANWO TV film of the previous tour: https://hpanwo-tv.blogspot.com/2026/04/mark-devlin-oxford-tour-3.html.