Following a near-death experience that prompted a personal awakening to the underlying, interdimensional nature of reality, Russell Brinegar discusses insights into the realm of the paranormal, ghosts, cryptids, flying saucers, and ufonauts. UFO lore and its societal impact are analyzed, along with the symbiotic relationship between science and science fiction. We examine the mission of the flying saucers regarding the impending technological Singularity, the advent of sentient artificial intelligence, and Transhumanism, all predicted by futurists to occur sometime between 2045-2080. We give you food for thought regarding Earth's UFO mystery, and the ultimate cosmic destiny of humankind.
Russ Brinegar was born in 1955 and spent his childhood in Titusville, Florida, on the "Space Coast." He was fortunate enough to watch all the Apollo launches to the Moon from a distance of about 5 miles across the Indian River. At the age of 17, he joined the 101st Airborne at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, for a period of 2 years. Following the Army, he returned to Bloomington, Indiana, where his family had moved back to when he was in the service. Russ went into sales, and yearned to interact with Humanity on a higher level than selling them things, so at age 37 he attended college to earn a Bachelors Degree in Occupational Therapy. Since graduation in 1997 at the age of 42, he has worked as an Occupational Therapist in Long Term Care settings until retirement in September of 2017 at age 62. For the first 54 years of his life, he was a "material reductionist," who believed that consciousness was an epiphenomenon of the brain, and that when the brain dies, every part of a person died with it, an eternity of unconsciousness. However, on August 18, 2009, while mowing his grass, he had a heart attack along with a near-death experience that revealed the underlying multidimensional nature of reality. Since that event, Russ has diligently pursued research into the so-called "paranormal" in an attempt to understand exactly what happened to him that day, and over the years came to some rather shocking conclusions that are elaborated in his 2016 book, "Overlords of the Singularity: The Manipulation of Humankind by Hidden UFO Intelligences and the Quest for Transcendence." Russ has since appeared as a radio guest on several formats radio programs.
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