The Multi-subreddit AMA
The live AMA will occured on Saturday, February 22nd, 2025, at 1pm PST / 4pm EST with journalist and author Leslie Kean, as well as scientists and researchers Dr. Peter Skafish and Karin Austin.
This AMA will focus on the nature of experiencer phenomena and the wider context for both individuals and society. Leslie Kean will be hosting this event and discussions around Karin Austin’s work with the late John Mack, becoming the Executive Director of the John Mack Institute after his death, and the upcoming inclusion of his work in Rice University’s Archives of the Impossible; and Dr. Skafish’s work as co-founder and current Executive Director of the Sol Foundation and upcoming projects related to Experiencers and UFO/UAP Witnesses. This is a great opportunity to ask about the historical and global context of experiencer reports and their possible connection with spirits, fae, and gods, and whether these experiences represent a continuum of contact throughout human history. Let’s tackle the challenges of legitimizing experiencer studies, how academia can engage with the topic without stigma, and the ethical considerations in working with individuals who have had life-altering encounters.
Important Resources for this AMA
From the Sol Conference 2024
Dr. Peter Skafish with Leslie Kean – “The Relational Communicative Problem of UAP Pathbreaking journalist Leslie Kean explores with Sol cofounder, anthropologist Dr. Peter Skafish, a range of problems that he addresses through his work for Sol and ongoing academic research, from the implications for democracy of UAP secrecy to the insight anthropology provides into researching UAP events to their unconsidered communicative dimensions. Fireside from the second Sol Foundation Symposium, November 22, 2024, in San Francisco.
Dr. Jeffrey Kripal & Karin Austin – “Introducing the Archives of the Impossible Rice University professor and Archives of the Impossible founder Dr. Jeffrey Kripal and John Mack Institute director Karin Austin discuss “experiencers” of UAP and related phenomena and the challenging enigma their stories present to human thought.
Eric Davis, Kirk McConnell, and Peter Skafish – The Politics of Executive Branch UAP Secrecy Physicist Dr. Eric Davis and retired Senate Armed Services Committee staff member Kirk McConnell in a fireside chat on US government UAP secrecy with Sol cofounder Dr. Peter Skafish.
Ryan Graves and Leslie Kean – “Update From the Front Lines: Aviation Safety and UAP” Americans for Safe Aerospace (ASA) founder Ryan Graves and journalist Leslie Kean engage in a conversation about the recent UAP encounters of civilian and military aviators, congressional legislation that was recently proposed by ASA, and past advocacy and research UAP efforts focused on aviation safety.
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