Exopolitics

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Exopolitics is the theoretical study of hypothetical political relations between humanity and extraterrestrial civilizations.

Human involvement towards exopolitics focuses on "establishing friendly contact between Humanity and Extraterrestrials". Exopolitics first emerged into the public arena in 2000 with the publishing of the book "Exopolitics: Politics, Government and Law in the Universe" by Alfred L. Webre. The term exopolitics may have been started by enthusiasts of ufotology^{[citation needed]}.

Contents 1 Human Exopolitics 2 Overview 3 See also 4 References 5 Further reading 6 External links

[edit] Human Exopolitics

Human Exopolitics is a theoretical branch of political science and political relations which adresses all sociopolitical aspects of contact - past, present and future - between humanity and Extraterrestrials. Although a new discipline, it draws upon 60 years of research into the UFO phenomenon as well as hundreds of witness and experiencer accounts^{[citation needed]}. A key tenet of exopolitical theory is that some world governments are suppressing knowledge of an "extraterrestrial presence."^{[citation needed]} Leading proponents are former American University (Washington DC) political scientist Michael Salla PhD, legal activist Alfred Webre JD, political activist Stephen Bassett, Canadian activists Victor Viggiani and Mike Bird, and former Canadian Defence Minister Paul Hellyer.

Professor Wayne Glowka of Georgia College and State University nominated the word "exopolitics"^[1] as a possible candidate for the 2005 American Dialect Society word of the year. As of 2007, the term does not appear in any professionally edited dictionaries.

[edit] Overview

In a broader context exopolitics deals with the political implications of purported extraterrestrial-related phenomena. Critical questions include what, if any, political framework might be established between human beings and extraterrestrials. Further studies discuss how aliens might think and how off-world populations may approach humankind. While the political aspects and implications of extraterrestrial-related phenomena have been discussed in print and other media since reports of UFO sightings in the 1940s, the matter had not been given serious consideration until quite recently.

Exopolitics looks at the larger astronomical and astrophysical neighborhood in which we live, then tries to extrapolate the nature of interacting alien populations. In some analyses, the study of expolitics need not consider human conventions. Instead, it tries to sort out and predict pre-existing alien norms and conventions.

Conferences centered on exopolitical issues have been held under the title the X-Conference.^[2] The first X-Conference was held in 2004.^[3] In September 25, 2005 at an exopolitics symposium in Toronto, former Canadian Minister of National Defense and Deputy Prime Minister, the Hon. Paul Hellyer, publicly disclosed his belief in an extraterrestrial presence stating that, "UFOs are as real as the airplanes that fly over your head."^[4][5][6]

In 2005, Rebecca Hardcastle taught a non-credit exopolitical class at Scottsdale Community College called Extraterrestrial Reality. ^[7][8]

Exopolitical analyses often disagree about an ostensible alien agenda regarding humankind. Jim Marrs' book Alien Agenda is the most widely known book on the subject. Other researchers, including (deceased) Harvard professor of psychiatry Dr. John Mack, David Jacobs PhD, and Budd Hopkins have looked at cases of reported abductions. Since many abductees independently agree on medical procedures done on them by aliens (removal of foetuses, implanting, and more), abduction researchers discuss possible motives for such. Some analysts argue that a large, abducting alignment of aliens featuring so-called "gray" aliens is intent on gaining influence over humankind. Other analysts prefer to regard alien interactions with humans with less negativity, while some dismiss all accounts about aliens as fiction.

Another controversial theme examines whether humans should defend against alien incursions or welcome them. One faction argues that aliens who look almost exactly like humans exist in various places in our galaxy, while another faction argues that such a similarity is nearly impossible. The second faction posits that all aliens who look like humans are probably the result of alien attempts to devise minor client populations for use in manipulating human perception of aliens.

[edit] See also

• Ashtar Galactic Command
• Diplomacy
• Exopolitics Institute
• First contact (anthropology)
• International relations
• Prime Directive
• World Peace

[edit] References

[edit] Further reading

[edit] External links

• Exopolitics website.
• Galactic Diplomacy Website

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