1963 Pole shift book declassified in 2016

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JGeropoulas, in case we somehow lose the internet sometime soon (), I just wanted to thank you for this thread and all the valuable information contained here.

 

[MikaelYosef]

To be continued.....

It is a short book but I particularly found fascinating the re-interpreted Genesis chapters towards the end.

While it's an interesting theory, I'm not convinced it's entirely the whole truth. It was written several decades ago, and I still consider the astronomical rather than geological (even though they can be intertwined) hypothesis as more probable. That said though, there is an agreeable perspective of our history.

The main thought that comes from reading this book personally is that the Earth is a special place, and the idea that it periodically suffers cataclysmic events reinforces the idea that it is an important place of learning. While we have no concrete proof that other similar planets conducive to life exist, we can suppose that they do. There is no guarantee however that they undergo the same frequency of periodic cataclysmic events, if at all. Other solar systems may not have to worry about the asteroid fields or Oort clouds. It could be that Earth is unique in that it is conducive to life, but also undergoes regular and periodic struggles. Other planets may evolve without any astronomical issues, but in doing so miss out of the struggles and experiences that people here have to endure.

 

[Joe]

According to Joe, Chan Thomas and Charles Hapgood are the same person, with the former being a Pseudonym of the latter:

It seems Chan Thomas was a real person, full name Chauncey Powers Thomas. It does seem though that he took a lot of his ideas from Hapgood (and others, like Velikovsky).

Also, while the document/book was classified by the CIA in 1966, it was likely because he was at that time, working for McDonald-Douglas on anti-gravity tech and "UFOs" and at Bell Labs on missile guidance systems, and it was quickly declassified with copies available around that time. Thomas released an updated version in 1973 and there was no suppression of it.

 

[Joe]

There's a pretty good video summary on this topic here.