Mapping 'UFO/ET' Research Across a Multidisciplinary Metatheory Framework

The above Metatheory Framework is based on Integral Theory.

Each of the four quadrants shows different ways of researching based on fundamentally different data and ways of knowing within objective (right hand quadrants) and subjective realities (left hand quadrants). 

In UFO/ET research there are very different sources of valid data within each quadrant of this Metatheory Framework. 

The following graphic attempts to position each of 7 UFO/ET books within this Metatheory Framework according to their dominant sources of data and research methodologies.

While all these books don't necessarily exactly fit the position allocated to them within the Metatheory Framework they do illustrate how UFO/ET research across multiple disciplines can help to present a bigger and fuller picture of the phenomenon. 

Metatheory frameworks help to recognise that focussing on only one or two quadrants is likely to give rise to only a partial view of the phenomenon - which may also give rise to misconceptions. Anomalies found within a quadrant can sometimes be resolved by considering research in other quadrants. 

By comparing assertions made across different quadrants we may increase or decrease our confidence in those assertions. 

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Hidden Megatrends and Probable Futures

Reading the July 2022 Australian CSIRO megatrends report reminds me of other trends that are rarely considered when predicting probable futures. For example, the following trends are likely to have a surprising impact on our lives over the next decade or two.

Outer Space Exploration - Planned exploration, commercialisation and militarisation of space for the next decade is significantly more than most people probably realise. Through initiatives such as the Artemis Accords many more nations than in the past are involved in missions to Cislunar space, the Moon, Mars and other bodies within the solar system. 

The Hubble and Webb telescopes have increased public interest in exo-planets and acceptance of the high probability of extraterrestrial life. Perceptions of our place in space are changing. 

Inner Space Exploration - Interest in consciousness studies, quantum realities and new cosmologies has been growing steadily in recent years. The validity of decades of research into Life After Death and the Paranormal is being reinforced by personal experience. The notion that humans are multidimensional beings with capacities far beyond those which have been generally accepted in the past is gaining momentum. 

Prevailing scientific assumptions about the relationship between consciousness and the body are being questioned in many disciplines. And there’s an increasing recognition that our inner world impacts our outer world in accordance with contemporary understandings of quantum reality and consciousness studies.

Disclosure and Transparency - Since 2001 the disclosure of institutional and organisational knowledge of hidden UFO and extraterrestrial activity has been steadily increasing. The extent of government, whistle-blower, experiencer and research revelations over the last five years have surprised many who have followed these issues for decades. 

It’s becoming clear that much more is likely to be revealed over the next decade. Public interest in exo-politics and exo-diplomacy is also likely to increase. UFO disclosure has profound implications for issues such as energy use, militarisation and climate change to name just a few.

Worldview Expansion - In these times of fake news, disinformation and sensationalism many are questioning fundamental beliefs and assumptions. This questioning is also partly driven by the increasing realisation that past thinking and behaviour will not address current global challenges. 

A shift from national to planetary to galactic perspectives and cosmologies is evident - as is a retreat to the apparent safety of “the good old days” for some. There’s a call to move beyond disciplines and research methods that are grounded in positivistic materialistic worldviews and cosmologies. 

Exo Studies is an example of a multidisciplinary post-positivist scientific approach.