WEBVTT - Season 06 Episode 2 Extra: Wood for the Trees

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Unexplained Extra with me Richard McClain Smith, where

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<v Speaker 1>for the weeks in between episodes we look at stories

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<v Speaker 1>and ideas that, for one reason or other, didn't make

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<v Speaker 1>it into the previous show. In the last episode, Valleys

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<v Speaker 1>of the Uncanny, we followed the story of Alan Godfrey

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<v Speaker 1>from his involvement in the bizarre case of Sigmund Dadamski

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<v Speaker 1>to his later peculiar experiences around the town of Todmorden

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<v Speaker 1>in Yorkshire, England. At the time, Sigmund Dadamski's death raised

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<v Speaker 1>eyebrows in uthology circles, not so much because of the

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<v Speaker 1>strange circumstances of it, but because he also happened to

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<v Speaker 1>share a name with one of the most controversial figures

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<v Speaker 1>in the history of UFO culture. George Adamski, was born

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<v Speaker 1>in Germany eighteen ninety one, but moved with his parents

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<v Speaker 1>to the United Dates when he was two years old.

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<v Speaker 1>In nineteen fifty two, but then sixty year old Adamski,

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<v Speaker 1>who had long had a fascination with esoteric ideas, hit

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<v Speaker 1>the headlines when he claimed to have met and communicated

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<v Speaker 1>with an alien entity known as Orthon from the planet

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<v Speaker 1>Venus whilst walking in the Colorado Desert. Adamski later claimed

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<v Speaker 1>that the people of Venus merely wanted to send a

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<v Speaker 1>message of peace to the people of Earth, and that

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<v Speaker 1>many Venutians were already living here on Earth. Despite being

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<v Speaker 1>ridiculed by most of the UFO community, which at the

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<v Speaker 1>time very much prided itself on scientific rigor and a

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<v Speaker 1>strictly academic approach to the fledgling UFO phenomena, something in

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<v Speaker 1>Adamski's story resonated with people. Without realizing, Georgia Damski had

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<v Speaker 1>inadvertently created the contact team movement, an entirely new facet

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<v Speaker 1>in the culture of UFOs. Following on from Adamski's startling revelation,

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<v Speaker 1>numerous others began claiming that they too had been contacted

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<v Speaker 1>by alien entities, most with similar messages of peace and love,

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<v Speaker 1>with which they wanted to enlighten the ever fractious human race.

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<v Speaker 1>The story of two contactees in particular make for interesting listening,

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<v Speaker 1>with one even proving the inspiration for one of the

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<v Speaker 1>most widely discussed psychological phenomenons of recent times. It has

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<v Speaker 1>been suggested that those who become involved in the contact

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<v Speaker 1>hem movement are drawn to it as an alternative to

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<v Speaker 1>traditional religions. Like many people, despite being left unconvinced by

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<v Speaker 1>the message of such religions, they remain hungry for a

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<v Speaker 1>sense of spiritual purpose and meaning in life in many ways.

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<v Speaker 1>Gloria Lee was a prime candidate. Born in nineteen twenty six,

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<v Speaker 1>Lee worked for a while as an actor before becoming

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<v Speaker 1>a flight attendant. At some point, Lee turned away from

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<v Speaker 1>her Christian upbringing and became interested in the teachings of Owaspy,

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<v Speaker 1>a new religion centered around the book Oaspe, a new

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<v Speaker 1>Bible written in eighteen eighty two by John Balunubroh. According

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<v Speaker 1>to Lee, it all started in nineteen fifty three when

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<v Speaker 1>she heard a voice in her head while walking through

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<v Speaker 1>Los Angeles International Airport. As the voice persisted over the

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<v Speaker 1>next few months, Lee ignored it until one morning, while

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<v Speaker 1>hanging up washing outside her home in Westchester, New York,

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<v Speaker 1>the voice told her to look up. When she did,

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<v Speaker 1>she was startled to see a large UFO flying in

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<v Speaker 1>a northwesterly direction away from the house. After hearing that

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<v Speaker 1>people in nearby Redondo Beach had also apparently seen a

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<v Speaker 1>UFO that day, she decided to engage with the voice.

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<v Speaker 1>As Lee would later publish in her nineteen fifty nine

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<v Speaker 1>book titled JW. Why We Are Here? By JW A

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<v Speaker 1>being from Jupiter through the instrumentation of Gloria Lee. The

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<v Speaker 1>voice supposedly belonged to an alien entity from the planet Jupiter,

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<v Speaker 1>which she named simply JW, as the title suggests, After

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<v Speaker 1>years of apparent communication, in September nineteen sixty two, Lee

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<v Speaker 1>traveled to Washington, DC to deliver a stark message to

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<v Speaker 1>the United Nations from JW and his people, warning them

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<v Speaker 1>that if the people of Earth didn't do more to

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<v Speaker 1>bring about world peace, the Jupiterians would be forced to

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<v Speaker 1>invade and establish a peace program of their own. Armed

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<v Speaker 1>with a series of notes apparently dictated to her by

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<v Speaker 1>j W, which included the blueprints for a space station

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<v Speaker 1>to help open up relations with the people from Jupiter,

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<v Speaker 1>leaded her best to convince the when to listen. When

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<v Speaker 1>Lee's efforts proved unsuccessful, she and her associate checked into

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<v Speaker 1>a nearby hotel to plot their next move, with Lee's

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<v Speaker 1>husband and two young children at home waiting for her

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<v Speaker 1>to return. While in the hotel, on September twenty third,

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<v Speaker 1>Lee received the order from JW that she should go

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<v Speaker 1>on hunger strike until the officials at the u N

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<v Speaker 1>took her seriously. If they didn't, they would continue with

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<v Speaker 1>their plans to invade Earth in due course, while also

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<v Speaker 1>promising to take Lee back to Jupiter with them in

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<v Speaker 1>a device that she called a light elevator. Lee fasted

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<v Speaker 1>from September twenty third until November twenty eighth, when she

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<v Speaker 1>became so weak and frail that her husband was forced

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<v Speaker 1>to have her admitted into hospital. Unfortunately, the light elevator

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<v Speaker 1>never arrived, and four days later, the thirty two year

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<v Speaker 1>In December nineteen fifty four, at the modest home of

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<v Speaker 1>fifty four year old Dorothee Martin on the outskirts of Chicago,

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<v Speaker 1>a small group of people are sat in the living room,

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<v Speaker 1>staring and wrapped as Dorothy takes another message from the

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<v Speaker 1>beings of planet Clarion. It would begin with a tingling

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<v Speaker 1>in her arm, followed by a sudden flash of warmth

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<v Speaker 1>moving from her chest into her shoulder and down to

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<v Speaker 1>her hand. Before she knew it, the pen in her

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<v Speaker 1>hand would already be moving, scribbling words onto the paper,

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<v Speaker 1>the handwriting looking just like her own, but the words

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<v Speaker 1>coming from somewhere much further away. The group gasped at

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<v Speaker 1>what the words spelt out. A terrible disaster was coming,

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<v Speaker 1>said the Clarions, a mix of tidal waves and volcanoes

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<v Speaker 1>that would destroy much of the American continent, and that

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<v Speaker 1>would be only the beginning. Like Gloria Lee, Dorothee Martin

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<v Speaker 1>had also been brought up a Christian before finding a

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<v Speaker 1>purpose as one of the early figures of the Contact

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<v Speaker 1>He movement. At some point in her fifties, she began

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<v Speaker 1>claiming that she was in telepathic communication with an alien

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<v Speaker 1>species from a supposed planet named Clarion, who were committed

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<v Speaker 1>to bringing peace and enlightenment to the human race. Charles Lothhead,

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<v Speaker 1>who worked as a staff doctor at Michigan State University,

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<v Speaker 1>was so convinced by Dorothy's claims he invited her to

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<v Speaker 1>form a religious group with him to better spread the

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<v Speaker 1>wisdom of the alien beings. The group became known as

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<v Speaker 1>the Seekers. That December in nineteen fifty four, after being

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<v Speaker 1>informed of the impending destruction of the planet, the Seekers

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<v Speaker 1>were also told that they at least would not have

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<v Speaker 1>to worry because they would be rescued by a team

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<v Speaker 1>from the planet Clarion, who would send a spaceship to

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<v Speaker 1>pick them up in due course. And so it was

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<v Speaker 1>that on December seventeenth, the seekers gathered again at Dorothy's

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<v Speaker 1>home on South Coyler Avenue in Oak Park, in excited

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<v Speaker 1>anticipation of the cosmic rescue that was due to take

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<v Speaker 1>place at four pm that afternoon. According to Dorothy, at

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<v Speaker 1>ten to four, Dorothee instructed them all to follow her

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<v Speaker 1>into her garden, making sure to remove orbits of metal

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<v Speaker 1>from themselves before they did, since this would be essential

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<v Speaker 1>for the teleportation process. A short time later, the group

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<v Speaker 1>were gathered outside together, some holding hands while others sung soft,

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<v Speaker 1>uplifting songs, all smiling warmly and staring up at the

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<v Speaker 1>sky as they waited for their big moment to arrive.

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<v Speaker 1>Then four pm turned to one minute passed, then another

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<v Speaker 1>minute passed. At ten minutes passed four, Dorothee hung her

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<v Speaker 1>head in disappointment and traped back into the house. By

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<v Speaker 1>five thirty pm, the last of the group joined her

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<v Speaker 1>back in the living room, hurt and confused about what

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<v Speaker 1>had just taken place. At midnight, however, Dorothy finally received

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<v Speaker 1>word from the Clarions there had been some confusion they

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<v Speaker 1>would in fact be coming right that moment. Instead, once again,

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<v Speaker 1>the seekers flooded out into the garden in gleeful anticipation,

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<v Speaker 1>some too nervous to ask if having metal fillings would

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<v Speaker 1>be a problem for the transportation device. In the end,

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<v Speaker 1>it wouldn't matter, however, but once again the group would

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<v Speaker 1>be left disappointed. That night, the seekers waited in the

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<v Speaker 1>freezing dark until two a m. Before accepting defeat. Later,

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<v Speaker 1>they tried desperately to make sense of the situation. Had

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<v Speaker 1>it all just been some kind of test of their devotion?

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<v Speaker 1>They wandered. Then the following day, Dorothee received another message

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<v Speaker 1>and a new date for the group's extraction from Earth.

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<v Speaker 1>It would now be taking place on December twenty first.

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<v Speaker 1>But that day too came and went, and still the

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<v Speaker 1>group remained very much earth bound. Then came a fourth

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<v Speaker 1>and final instruction for the rescue. The mission would now

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<v Speaker 1>take place at six pm on December twenty fourth. The

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<v Speaker 1>group was so convinced this time they even went as

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<v Speaker 1>far as to hold a press conference to alert the

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<v Speaker 1>rest of the world about what was about to happen.

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<v Speaker 1>By five thirty pm on the evening of December twenty fourth,

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<v Speaker 1>with the Seekers gathered once again at Dorothy's home, a

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<v Speaker 1>crowd of about two hundred others, keen to witness the

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<v Speaker 1>event for themselves, had joined them. Once again, the Seekers

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<v Speaker 1>joined hands and sung joyous carols as the moment drew near,

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<v Speaker 1>but yet again the moment passed without any sign of

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<v Speaker 1>their alien saviors. By six twenty pm, the group grew despondent,

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<v Speaker 1>realizing they'd been stood up once more, and together they

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<v Speaker 1>returned disappointed to Dorothy's living room. In the end, neither

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<v Speaker 1>the aliens or the predicted natural disasters arrived, which proved

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<v Speaker 1>a trying time for Dorothy and her followers, left unsure

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<v Speaker 1>how to balance their faith in the Clarion's promises and

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<v Speaker 1>their failure to come to fruition. Many of the seekers

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<v Speaker 1>had even left their jobs and in some cases even

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<v Speaker 1>families to follow Dorothee and the aliens. However, not all

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<v Speaker 1>of the seekers were quite so disappointed with the way

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<v Speaker 1>things turned out, since, as it transpired, not all of

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<v Speaker 1>the seekers were actually seekers at all. A handful of

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<v Speaker 1>them were, in fact psychologists from the University of Minnesota

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<v Speaker 1>who'd infiltrated the group in order to conduct research for

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<v Speaker 1>a study they were carrying out on religious groups and

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<v Speaker 1>how they respond when their beliefs failed to match up

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<v Speaker 1>with reality. In nineteen fifty six, three of the researchers,

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<v Speaker 1>Stanley Shacter, Henry Rieken, and Leon Festinger, published a book

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<v Speaker 1>about their findings titled When Prophecy Fails, A Social and

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<v Speaker 1>Psychological Study of a modern group that predicted the destruction

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<v Speaker 1>of the world. Though fascinating in its own right, the

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<v Speaker 1>book is perhaps best known for providing the foundation for

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<v Speaker 1>a much more famous work that was released the following

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<v Speaker 1>year by one of its authors, Leon Festinger. Published in

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen fifty seven, festingers a theory of cognitive dissonance gave

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<v Speaker 1>us one of the most influential ideas in psychology, as

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<v Speaker 1>well as one of the most widely used phrases in

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<v Speaker 1>public discourse today. In essence, festing A's theory of cognitive

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<v Speaker 1>dissonance attempts to understand how we respond when actual evidence

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<v Speaker 1>contradicts our firmly held beliefs. Astonishingly, what Festinger discovered was,

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<v Speaker 1>rather than face up to the reality, people will either

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<v Speaker 1>lean into their beliefs more or, as he says, actively

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<v Speaker 1>avoid situations and information which would likely increase the dissonance.

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<v Speaker 1>In other words, do absolutely anything other than admit to

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<v Speaker 1>themselves to what they believe is actually wrong. What is

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<v Speaker 1>perhaps most fascinating is the possibility that this is a

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<v Speaker 1>very natural process, potentially hard wired into us. As Festinger

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<v Speaker 1>also said, evidence that directly contradicts our beliefs makes us uncomfortable,

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<v Speaker 1>and it is a natural instinct to try and make

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<v Speaker 1>it go away. In a sense, therefore, people are predisposed

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<v Speaker 1>to comfort themselves by trying to rationalize the irrational in

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<v Speaker 1>order to sustain the erroneous belief, rather than face the

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<v Speaker 1>discomfort of accepting it as wrong. Rather than face up

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<v Speaker 1>to the truth that the Clarions and Martin's apparent powers

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<v Speaker 1>of telepathy most likely didn't actually exist, the Seekers needed

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<v Speaker 1>a better explanation for have failed prophecies. Much to their relief,

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<v Speaker 1>they soon got it. It came in another message from

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