CE-5 - A New Paradigm in ET/Human Communication

After 60+ years of formal, scientific investigation, sadly, UFOlogists aren't any further along in a true understanding of the UFO phenomenon and ET/human contact than when we began.  Essentially, the nuts-and-bolts, standard scientific paradigm we have embraced all these years hasn't yielded the answers we seek.  Humans are conscious beings and it appears that ETs are too, so perhaps it's time to expand our investigations into the realm of consciousness - our own and theirs - with a new approach to ET/human communication.

A Reactive Approach

Since the 1960s, mainstream Ufologists have utilized a system of rating UFO sightings in categories ranging from AN1 (anomalous behavior of an object) to CE5 (a close encounter with an object), with sub-classifications in each category.  Called the Vallée  Classification System and credited to Jacques Vallée  and J. Allen Hynek, it is based on a paradigm of ET-initiated contact in which human beings are passive observers.  While it is the system most commonly used by UFO investigators today, it precludes a full understanding of the ET/human contact phenomenon in which humans are often more than passive observers.

A Proactive Approach
Three decades after Vallée and Hynek, Dr. Steven Greer introduced the CE-5 Initiative*, updating CE5 to CE-5 as a category of close encounters with extraterrestrial intelligence (ETI) characterized by mutual communication.  Based on the overwhelming evidence of ET/human contact, CE-5 posits that as the relationship between ETIs and humans matures, it will require greater research and proactive outreach by both humans and ETIs.  The CE-5 Initiative has emerged from a paradigm in which humans are proactive in initiating communication with beings from outside our world.

The Bridge
As intelligent beings, all our thoughts and actions are informed by our consciousness, and, thus, the consciousness aspect of ourselves cannot be separated from our thoughts and action.  This includes our experiences with ETs.  ET/human contact is not only a matter of physical action, but also a matter of consciousness.  If the ETs who seek communication with Earth humans at this time are conscious beings, then consciousness is the bridge by which communication can proactively be accomplished. 

A New Paradigm

The CE-5 Initiative asserts that humans don't have to passively wait to be contacted by ETs – we can actively reach out to communicate with other beings who desire communication with us, and it goes further by presenting specific protocols that can be utilized to accomplish that goal.  Since their introduction over 20 years ago, the protocols have been utilized by many individuals and expanded upon by researchers in the contact and consciousness field to initiate meaningful communication with ETs.  Are there certain ETs we might not want to communicate with?  Possibly.  Are there certain humans that ETs may not want to communicate with?  Most likely.  Communication requires a level of maturity and trust - and yes, a measure of risk.  But intelligent risk. 


The CE-5 Initiative isn't the only method of communicating with ETs, but it represents a significant change in thinking about ET/human contact and presents a paradigm in which humans and ETs are equally involved in communication.  For intelligent beings, consciousness is truly the bridge. 

*http://new.cseti.org/ce5initiative.html