| A legendary science fiction series is ending. Star | | | | their own kind to obtain it. The message: Good |
| Gate SG-1 will begin the last season of its long run | | | | cop bad cop, but the end result is basically the |
| in April 2007 on the Sci-Fi Channel. This is very | | | | same. |
| bad news for SG-1 Fans who have invested ten | | | | - Dr. Frank E. Stranges is Founder and President |
| years and over 200 episodes in the long-running | | | | of the National Investigations Committee on UFOs. |
| saga. But is there more here than meets the | | | | I have been honored to share a stage with him |
| eye? | | | | on several occasions for speaking engagements |
| SG-1 has a loyal fan following. That is best | | | | and join him for a press conference. His book, |
| explained by the fact that it blends old style | | | | Stranger at the Pentagon, tells the story of his |
| science fiction with new. The scripts give you | | | | meeting during the 1950s with an extra-terrestrial |
| time to get to know the characters without | | | | named Commander Thor (that's Supreme |
| slowing down the action. More importantly, the | | | | Command Thor for SG-1 Fans) at the Pentagon. |
| emphasis has always been on the storylines, not | | | | Although Dr Stranges tells us that his Thor is |
| the personal lives of the cast members. | | | | more humanlike and not physically akin to the |
| NBC owns the sci-fi channel and that | | | | Ascard on SG-1, there are many similarities |
| conglomerate has a reputation for ruining popular | | | | between the real Thor and the Ascard fictional |
| shows and storylines with endless morality lessons | | | | civilization. The Message: Educate the public on |
| that teach feel good values and anti-establishment | | | | what's really going on through a fictional series and |
| messages. SG-1 remained strangely untouched in | | | | they are likely to accept the truth when the U.S. |
| that area. In fact, the Air Force has been a | | | | Government decides to tell all. |
| supporter of the show for some time. | | | | - The Ascard are portrayed as a group of small, |
| It wasn't long ago that SG-1 Executive Producer | | | | gray aliens with large eyes that help the humans, |
| Richard Dean Anderson (who plays Brig. Gen. Jack | | | | but only after years of abducting them. The |
| O'Neill on the series) was honored by U.S. Air | | | | Abductions are to solve a DNA problem the |
| Force Chief of Staff, General John P. Jumper. The | | | | Ascard are having and allow them to better |
| series was given kudos for continuous positive | | | | understand humans. The payoff is that they |
| depiction of the U.S. Air Force and Anderson was | | | | protect us from bad aliens and help us to |
| made an honorary brigadier general. Given the | | | | technologically advance. The message: Despite the |
| series storyline, this all seems a bit odd. | | | | fact that people have become lab rats for Aliens, |
| While it can easily be argued that SG-1 does | | | | it's all-good. |
| present the U.S. Air Force in a positive and | | | | - Aliens have been visiting the Earth for thousands |
| respectful way, can the same be said of | | | | of years. While some are good, some bad, they |
| Anderson's alter ego? Jack O'Neill is hardly the | | | | come regardless of our military readiness to |
| poster boy for the behavioral standards of a U.S. | | | | resist. We cannot remain a solitary planet in a sea |
| Military Officer. He often disrespects superior | | | | of populated worlds and expect to be ignored or |
| officers, seems to do his duty in a semi-conscious | | | | left alone. The Message: The Aliens are going to |
| state, ignores or disobeys orders and disregards | | | | do what they want anyway, so we had better |
| military protocol. | | | | make treaties with the good aliens. If that means |
| I'm sure that the Air Force understands the need | | | | losing some personal freedoms and getting |
| for some comic relief supplied by Anderson's | | | | abducted for study, it's a small price to pay for |
| O'Neill character. However, I find it hard to believe | | | | being at peace with our galactic neighbors. |
| that Anderson would receive such an honor just | | | | - The use of the names of real places like Area |
| for producing a good sci-fi show and making the | | | | 51 and the complex at Cheyenne Mountain. The |
| Air Force look good. I believe something else | | | | Message: The government has places where |
| might be happening here, whether on purpose or | | | | secret technology and alien artifacts may be |
| by proxy. | | | | securely kept. |
| Everything I have read about SG-1 and its | | | | - The never-ending secret of the Star Gate |
| production tells me there is probably no conscious | | | | program. Despite battles in the skies over Earth, |
| effort to allow the show to be used as some | | | | tattletale characters and near misses, the gate |
| sort of U.S. Government Propaganda tool. | | | | manages to remain secret. The Message: The |
| However, the series is a natural for it. Consider | | | | Government can keep a secret for an unlimited |
| these observations: | | | | period of time and against all odds. |
| - SG-1 continuously presents the idea that the U.S. | | | | Considering the fact that many of the themes |
| Government is keeping the existence of alien life | | | | and storylines used in SG-1 come right out of the |
| and contact with them secret for all the right | | | | real UFO and Alien Playbook, it's little wonder that |
| reasons. The message: Secrecy is for your own | | | | the Air Force loves this show and has supported |
| good. | | | | it for so long. But are they also setting things in |
| - There are rogue elements within the | | | | motion behind the scenes? It's no secret that the |
| Government that exploit the connection between | | | | U.S. Military has invested heavily in remote viewing |
| Aliens and the Government. They do that to | | | | and psychic intervention programs. |
| obtain secret technology and are willing to sell out | | | | |