Why did I make this?
I started this site for several reasons. One: I've been fascinated with understanding the reality of paranormal phenomenon and the seemingly ever-expanding universe of pseudoscience, UAP lore, and "conspiracy theories" that have arrived at such a prominent place in so many people's daily lives. Two: I've seen people close to me "sucked" into conspiracy rabbit holes and pseudoscientific beliefs which have impacted their lives, and not for the better. Three: I realized all the documents, research, and writing I've produced or collected over the years could now be better synthesized and organized thanks to advances in technology, Four: many don't seem to realize how much of what they're now "discovering" in these subjects on social media has actually been around for decades or many hundreds of years.
And last, but perhaps most importantly: I'm a curious person and this is fun. I have fun doing this. That's important. If it stops being fun, I'll stop doing it.
Who Am I?
I'm Scott Meade, a male, middle-aged, father of four (two boys, two girls), who works in cybersecurity at a large company. I am an engineer by training and disposition, with a background in mathematics and physics, and have been programming since the Atari 2600 BASIC cartridge (worth a google), which used a common tape recorder as a storage medium. Today it's Python 3 on Linux in the cloud.
I am a real person, a science fiction buff, who was as fascinated with Close Encounters of the Third Kind as everyone else in the world (and will watch Disclosure Day when it's released). I always wanted to understand more: was something like that really possible? I started reading about space and astronomy, and that kinda natrually gets you into rockets, physics, and chemistry. I was hooked.
At the same time, I loved Leonard Nimoy's "In Search Of." I knew him from Star Trek, and the fantastical stuff he was talking about was absolutely fasinating to me. I remember watching the "bigfoot" episode, several about U.F.O.s, the Loch Ness story, all the time fascinated by how much bigger the universe seemed if it was true.
Over time, I read more and more, and began to become frustrated. "If this is a U.F.O. from Zeta Reticuli, like this guy says it is so matter-of-factly, where's the picture? Where are the photos of someone talking with one of these aliens? Show me what Zeta Reticuli looks like! Where's the photo of the spaceship's inside? Why don't I see anything about how these craft work in my physics book?" But they always had illustrations instead of photos, or photos so blurry or far away it could be practically anything.
Even though I still haven't found those photos, I haven't stopped looking. They may not have been proven or true, but they were great stories. Stories that helped inspire a lifetime of learning.
There's nothing wrong with a great story: the problems start when you start treating them as the truth whether they're true or not.
Who pays for this?
I do. Just me.
How I Use A.I. Here
A.I. is just another tool, and like all tools, is good for some things and not others. I do use A.I. on this site in several ways:
- Image generation. A.I. is great for spot illustrations and can be fun.
- Analysis of source documents. Yes, A.I. can make mistakes, and hallucinate stuff. I've used Claude for coding and sometimes ended up writing it myself. However, with oversight, I think the benefits outweigh the negatives.
- Organization. I've found some A.I. models can be quite useful at helping to organize a lot of data, categorizing and suggesting navigation or designs. This makes sense to me, since many of these models were trained on web data, so synthesizing the best way to organize stuff is pretty fundamental.