If you're a fan of UFOlogy and the TV series Ancient Aliens you are familiar with British contributor Nick Pope, 60. Today I read a Facebook post he shared on February 12 that really made me sad. This comes after the January passing of another researcher and contributor Erich von Daniken
A Message From Nick Pope, A while ago, following some digestive issues, I was diagnosed with esophageal cancer. Unfortunately, it's Stage 4 and has metastasized to my liver. While I know that it's kindness and hope that leads people to suggest healers and supposed miracle cures, and to say things like "fight it", and "you can beat it", I'm afraid my diagnosis and my situation leaves no doubt whatsoever: I can't beat it.
US and Israel Attack Iran
This reads like an announcement by a Herald or Town Crier in a novel.
My visual is the White Rabbit in Alice in Wonderland.
How and why Trump started a war with Iran at this time will create endless speculation and political chaos at home and abroad. Some will call it another diversion from the Epstein files. Others will compare him to a dictator. Trump only does things if there's something in it for him. Is it a Nobel Prize? Maybe. It's always about money and power for him. Are the major power players in the Middle East - those who want Iran off the game board - conspiring with Trump? To be determined ...
It's only a fantasy that dictatorships and monarchies - dating from ancient times and algorithms - will ever end. Hierarchies are part of the equation. You can overthrow a government, but if there's no blueprint for what follows, retaliation drives the gears of the machine.
Since the 1979 revolution reshaped the nation's political and religious structure, Iran's leadership has maintained a system rooted in clerical authority and centralized control. While supporters view it as a defense of sovereignty and cultural identity, critics contend that it has limited political freedoms, restricted dissent, and isolated the country economically and diplomatically.
Calls for reform have surfaced repeatedly over the years - from student protests to nationwide demonstrations sparked by economic hardship and social restrictions. Many younger Iranians, connected to the world through technology and social media, have voiced aspirations for greater personal freedom, expanded civil rights, and stronger integration with the global community.
As events unfold in this timeline, the world watches a region once again at a crossroads between conflict and change - confrontation and evolution. Time for the people of the Middle East to come out of the dark ages and into the light.
Women: Freedom - in education and career, from male control, and how they choose to dress
Gender: sexual orientation recognized for all
Religion: Most people across the world believe there is one god for all - one source of creation. If such an entity were to exist, he or she would not wish to be worshiped but to allow his or her human creation to be free. Some believe Gods protect humanity - not true. They will not return when the simulation ends. Never, ever, worship a mythological god. Human programming dictates people spend much of their lifetime questing for answers about who they are and why there are here. Answer: We exist in an experiment set in linear within a simulation. It had a beginning - perhaps in the Middle East - that is now coming to its end.
Extraterrestrial influences: UFOs monitor Earth to ensure humans don't destroy the planet before the algorithm ends. How do UFOs fit into today's scenario - especially as they are frequently seen near military bases and nuclear power plants? Time will tell. After Russia invaded Ukraine - many UFOs were seen remembering that Chernobyl is in northern Ukraine.
For many across the Middle East, this moment feels like a crossroads - a chance to move beyond decades of repression, conflict, and ideological rigidity, and toward a future defined by opportunity, human rights, innovation, and global partnership. The call is not for cultural erasure, but for evolution - for governments to reflect the will of their people, for societies to balance tradition with progress, and for individuals to step into a new era shaped by openness rather than fear.
The Middle East - often depicted as the Cradle of Civilization - is shifting as the Human Experiment in emotions evolves out of existence.
The quest for answers is eternal. Even when humans know they'll never find the answers - they feel guided to keep asking questions as if it all mattered - or else they wouldn't keep going at all in ...
Sunday March 8, many places return to Daylight Saving Time. This should lighten your mood if you suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder - a.k.a. SAD - part of the 'depression umbrella'.
We all know that reality and the 'human experiment in emotions' aligns with the concept of linear time - you can't have one without the other.
Feelings allow everything to seem real but also cause confusion. You are who you are - trying your best to make sense of reality and your place in it. If you understand the simulation - and that we are all DNA programmed to everything we do - then you'll never wonder - you'll just live it.
Your soul is forever influenced by the many aspects of itself experiencing in places you don't even know exist - along with your programming in this little speck of reality. Location: Physical Earth. Timeline: 21st Century - as humans are taught to mark events with their timepieces.
If you're feeling lost and confused about what to do next - never forget that your destiny "is" set in stone, therefore the next part of your journey will be shown to you no matter what.
The one thing we all have in common is that a final destiny in this - simulation, narrative, story of reality, illusion - is unfolding, and therefore all roads are going to lead you to that end. Tick Tock!
March 13, 1939 - February 27, 2026
Neil Sedaka, the singer-songwriter behind dozens of hits of the 1960s and '70s, dies at age 86
Neil Sedaka was four years older than me. We grew up in neighboring areas of Brighton Beach and Manhattan Beach in Brooklyn, New York. We both went to Lincoln High School though Neil graduated before I entered my freshman year so we never really knew each other.
In 1957, Neil Sedaka launched his professional solo music career as a singer-songwriter and pianist, marking the beginning of a prolific career that defined the early pop-rock era. Neil Sedaka was an original member of the group that became known as The Tokens. He formed the group in 1955 at Brooklyn's Abraham Lincoln High School, initially known as the Linc-Tones, before leaving in 1957 to pursue a solo career, prior to their 1961 hit "The Lion Sleeps Tonight". Following the success of his group he signed as a solo artist and released his debut recordings, including "Laura Lee" and "Snowtime" on Decca Records in 1957. Neil Sedaka was on his way to becoming a superstar.
The spring of 1957 brought major changes for me as I finished my freshman year and destiny began to unfold on many levels. That spring Lincoln High had a dance - possibly a freshman dance. Neil returned to play piano and judge the dance contest, which I entered. To this day I can still see him sitting at the piano playing and singing.
When the music stopped, there was that suspended moment before the winning couple was announced. You got it! My dance partner and I had won.
But what stayed with me far longer than the applause were Neil's words. In front of everyone, he looked at me and said, "You're beautiful. You're destined to fame." Of course I was faltered but it was a moment that catalyzed my destiny - one of many that would follow - and the beginning of my journey as told to me on the UFO three years earlier.
With Neil's passing today, I find myself returning to that spring night in Brooklyn - to the music, the applause, and the quiet knowing that sometimes destiny announces itself in the most extraordinary ways.
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