From UFOs and the Limits of Science by Ronald D. Storey c.1981 
     
    Reproduced for educational purposes only 
     
    The Ultraterrestial Theory 
     
    In the late 1960s, a number of UFO authorities became disenchanted with 
    the  Extraterrestial Hypothesis,  which they now considered antiquated. 
    Impatient with the lack of "contact" over the years,  these individuals 
    have  moved  on  to accept a more  esoteric  concept,   that  involving 
    "ultraterrestials"   in a "parallel universe."  These  interdimensional 
    beings  are  thought  to  share our own  space,   but  at  a  different 
    "vibratory level"  of existence,  and that time may have no meaning for 
    them.  John A.  Keel, one of the major thinkers in this area,  believes 
    that   UFOs  are  "nothing  more  than  transmogrifications   tailoring 
    themselves   to   our  abilities  to  understand..."   and   that   the 
    ultraterrestials  "...are  somehow able to  manipulate  the  electrical 
    circuits of the human mind." 
     
    There are so many variations of this "theory,"  and each variation  has 
    such loose definitional parameters, that it is difficult to describe in 
    a systematic way.  Some authorities, like Dr.  Jacques Vall‚e,  talk of 
    long-term cultural control by such intelligences, involving the world's 
    leading  religious  movements,  miracles,  angels,   ghosts,   fairies, 
    poltergeists,   and the like,  and they interpret UFOs as another  (but 
    more modern) manifestation of the same phenomena.  Such beliefs are not 
    for all,  however. According to Vall‚e, they are only for "...those few 
    who  have...graduated to a higher,  clearer level of perception of  the 
    total  meaning of that tenuous dream that underlies the many nightmares 
    of  human  history."   Others,   like  Keel,   are  suspicious  of  the 
    ultraterrestials' motives and a few integrate the new theory into their 
    previously established religious beliefs. 
     
    As with some other areas of the "psychic sciences," the Ultraterrestial 
    Theory  lacks  a cohesive synthesis.  This is probably because  of  its 
    (proposed)   nature;   there is no way to go about obtaining  empiracal 
    evidence to support the hypothesis.  That is,  there is no "observation 
    window" one can look through to even evaluate the reasonableness of the 
    hypothesis.  The Extraterrestial Hypothesis,  on the other hand,   does 
    have  such  an "observational window."  To see it,  one need only  step 
    outside  at  night  and  look  up;  the  question  of  whether  or  not 
    extraterrestial visitation is possible can thus be evaluated,  based on 
    the data made available through the "window,"  and everyone can usually 
    agree   on  the  data  even  if  they  do  not  always  agree  on   the 
    interpretation of the data.  Even some of the more likely UFO theories, 
    such  as the Hollow Earth Theory,  have "observational windows,"   thus 
    enabling them to have an appropriate evaluation. 
     
    Although  the  Ultraterrestial Theory has become  fashionable  in  some 
    European  and  American  UFO  circles and has  gathered  a  substantial 
    following,   it  is  little known among the public and has  had  little 
    effect on public opinion.