1 00:00:39,430 --> 00:00:16,100 [Music] 2 00:00:44,630 --> 00:00:41,430 ufos over indonesia 3 00:00:46,950 --> 00:00:44,640 by charles lear wherever there are ufos 4 00:00:48,630 --> 00:00:46,960 there are ufo enthusiasts and since 5 00:00:51,110 --> 00:00:48,640 there are ufos everywhere 6 00:00:51,910 --> 00:00:51,120 ufo enthusiasts can be found everywhere 7 00:00:53,990 --> 00:00:51,920 as well 8 00:00:56,150 --> 00:00:54,000 this week we'll look at indonesia where 9 00:00:58,310 --> 00:00:56,160 members of that region's largest ufo 10 00:01:00,150 --> 00:00:58,320 organization have recently offered their 11 00:01:03,110 --> 00:01:00,160 opinion to the local press 12 00:01:04,710 --> 00:01:03,120 on the upcoming pentagon uap task force 13 00:01:06,950 --> 00:01:04,720 unclassified report 14 00:01:10,070 --> 00:01:06,960 due to come out later this month an 15 00:01:12,070 --> 00:01:10,080 article written by wulan kusuma wardari 16 00:01:14,070 --> 00:01:12,080 and published online for the jakarta 17 00:01:17,350 --> 00:01:14,080 post a monday june 7 18 00:01:20,230 --> 00:01:17,360 2021 is headlined not a cult 19 00:01:21,030 --> 00:01:20,240 indonesia's largest ufo community beta 20 00:01:23,749 --> 00:01:21,040 ufo 21 00:01:26,149 --> 00:01:23,759 weighs in on u.s government report the 22 00:01:29,190 --> 00:01:26,159 two people speaking for the organization 23 00:01:32,789 --> 00:01:29,200 are 55 year old nur agustinas 24 00:01:35,749 --> 00:01:32,799 and 48 year old and aguero centatsudono 25 00:01:37,510 --> 00:01:35,759 agustinas was a co-founder of beta ufo 26 00:01:40,230 --> 00:01:37,520 in 1997 27 00:01:41,350 --> 00:01:40,240 along with bayou junantius amus and 28 00:01:43,749 --> 00:01:41,360 several others 29 00:01:45,270 --> 00:01:43,759 and sedona was described as a senior 30 00:01:47,990 --> 00:01:45,280 member in the article 31 00:01:49,830 --> 00:01:48,000 beta is an acronym for benda tubbang 32 00:01:52,550 --> 00:01:49,840 anna which is indonesian for 33 00:01:54,630 --> 00:01:52,560 unidentified flying object the term was 34 00:01:56,950 --> 00:01:54,640 introduced in the 1960s 35 00:01:58,709 --> 00:01:56,960 by jacob salatin founder of the 36 00:02:00,230 --> 00:01:58,719 indonesian national institute of 37 00:02:02,069 --> 00:02:00,240 aeronautics and space 38 00:02:03,429 --> 00:02:02,079 salatin was a vice marshal in the 39 00:02:06,469 --> 00:02:03,439 indonesian air force 40 00:02:10,790 --> 00:02:06,479 and started study ufo indonesia 41 00:02:13,830 --> 00:02:10,800 indonesia ufo studies or s-u-f-o-i 42 00:02:14,710 --> 00:02:13,840 he wrote two books on ufos ufo one of 43 00:02:17,190 --> 00:02:14,720 the current world 44 00:02:18,229 --> 00:02:17,200 problems and unveiling the secrets of 45 00:02:20,630 --> 00:02:18,239 ufos 46 00:02:22,790 --> 00:02:20,640 as of this writing indonesian ufo 47 00:02:24,949 --> 00:02:22,800 studies appears to be inactive 48 00:02:27,430 --> 00:02:24,959 according to the article beta ufo has 49 00:02:27,990 --> 00:02:27,440 over 19 000 members in its facebook 50 00:02:30,470 --> 00:02:28,000 group 51 00:02:31,030 --> 00:02:30,480 the organization takes reports follows 52 00:02:33,509 --> 00:02:31,040 up on them 53 00:02:34,790 --> 00:02:33,519 and publishes the best reports according 54 00:02:37,350 --> 00:02:34,800 to agustinas 55 00:02:39,190 --> 00:02:37,360 beta ufo keeps thinking critically 56 00:02:40,390 --> 00:02:39,200 meaning we aren't believers who ignored 57 00:02:42,630 --> 00:02:40,400 data in facts 58 00:02:44,390 --> 00:02:42,640 agostinus added we have members from 59 00:02:47,030 --> 00:02:44,400 various government agencies 60 00:02:49,670 --> 00:02:47,040 so it's easy to check facts offering his 61 00:02:52,630 --> 00:02:49,680 opinion on the uap task force report 62 00:02:53,270 --> 00:02:52,640 agostinus said if ufos are considered a 63 00:02:55,350 --> 00:02:53,280 threat 64 00:02:57,589 --> 00:02:55,360 they the u.s government will make 65 00:02:59,270 --> 00:02:57,599 efforts to overcome and prepare for them 66 00:03:01,110 --> 00:02:59,280 they would need a budget and any 67 00:03:02,630 --> 00:03:01,120 disbursement of funds would need to get 68 00:03:05,350 --> 00:03:02,640 approval from the senate 69 00:03:06,790 --> 00:03:05,360 sedona added if a ufo is not deemed to 70 00:03:08,710 --> 00:03:06,800 be a foreign aircraft 71 00:03:11,750 --> 00:03:08,720 and videos of it are not considered to 72 00:03:13,750 --> 00:03:11,760 be hoaxes then aliens could be behind it 73 00:03:15,830 --> 00:03:13,760 the origin and whereabouts of aliens 74 00:03:18,070 --> 00:03:15,840 probably would not be touched on 75 00:03:20,710 --> 00:03:18,080 in the end if aliens are classified as a 76 00:03:23,270 --> 00:03:20,720 threat the dod would end up requesting a 77 00:03:25,030 --> 00:03:23,280 budget increase for the u.s space force 78 00:03:27,430 --> 00:03:25,040 a search for other ufo groups in 79 00:03:28,149 --> 00:03:27,440 indonesia turned up a listing of several 80 00:03:30,949 --> 00:03:28,159 groups 81 00:03:33,110 --> 00:03:30,959 included is a group called omega society 82 00:03:36,470 --> 00:03:33,120 for exploration of space symptoms 83 00:03:37,589 --> 00:03:36,480 founded in 1979 by agustinas when he was 84 00:03:40,789 --> 00:03:37,599 in junior high school 85 00:03:42,789 --> 00:03:40,799 which ceased being active in 1983. other 86 00:03:45,830 --> 00:03:42,799 groups include ufo siana 87 00:03:48,630 --> 00:03:45,840 founded by bayou yunantius amos the grey 88 00:03:49,670 --> 00:03:48,640 race foundation founded in 2004 by 89 00:03:53,910 --> 00:03:49,680 bandung-based 90 00:03:57,270 --> 00:03:53,920 fan fan f dharmawan iufoh 91 00:03:58,070 --> 00:03:57,280 indonesian ufo hunter founded in 2006 by 92 00:04:02,470 --> 00:03:58,080 lawyer has 93 00:04:05,509 --> 00:04:02,480 raldi ufo ic ufo indonesian community 94 00:04:08,390 --> 00:04:05,519 founded in 2007 by michael gumilar 95 00:04:09,910 --> 00:04:08,400 and euphonisia founded in 2008 by 96 00:04:12,149 --> 00:04:09,920 mohamed irfan 97 00:04:14,229 --> 00:04:12,159 doing a search using the names of some 98 00:04:17,110 --> 00:04:14,239 of the above-mentioned enthusiast 99 00:04:18,789 --> 00:04:17,120 investigators combined with ufo turned 100 00:04:21,030 --> 00:04:18,799 up some dramatic cases 101 00:04:23,430 --> 00:04:21,040 the text was all in indonesian so the 102 00:04:26,469 --> 00:04:23,440 use of google translate was necessary 103 00:04:27,990 --> 00:04:26,479 one incident from 1959 was reportedly 104 00:04:30,710 --> 00:04:28,000 described by salatin 105 00:04:32,629 --> 00:04:30,720 in ufo one of the current world problems 106 00:04:33,189 --> 00:04:32,639 in july of that year on the island of 107 00:04:35,430 --> 00:04:33,199 alor 108 00:04:37,430 --> 00:04:35,440 a creature that was described as 1.8 109 00:04:38,629 --> 00:04:37,440 meters tall with long arms white hair 110 00:04:40,469 --> 00:04:38,639 and reddish skin 111 00:04:42,870 --> 00:04:40,479 abducted a boy and returned him in a 112 00:04:43,670 --> 00:04:42,880 field an hour later two to three hours 113 00:04:45,909 --> 00:04:43,680 after that 114 00:04:46,790 --> 00:04:45,919 villagers reportedly shot arrows at a 115 00:04:49,270 --> 00:04:46,800 glossy white 116 00:04:49,909 --> 00:04:49,280 egg-shaped craft police also got 117 00:04:52,310 --> 00:04:49,919 involved 118 00:04:53,430 --> 00:04:52,320 and shot at it with a machine gun police 119 00:04:55,909 --> 00:04:53,440 commander aoi 120 00:04:57,030 --> 00:04:55,919 anadad is mentioned as being involved 121 00:04:59,749 --> 00:04:57,040 another incident 122 00:05:00,710 --> 00:04:59,759 involved the 1998 abduction of a man 123 00:05:03,110 --> 00:05:00,720 named hermann 124 00:05:04,790 --> 00:05:03,120 sewerman sireman had just performed the 125 00:05:06,870 --> 00:05:04,800 night prayer at around midnight 126 00:05:08,950 --> 00:05:06,880 when he noticed three lights that seemed 127 00:05:10,790 --> 00:05:08,960 close to him suddenly one of the lights 128 00:05:12,629 --> 00:05:10,800 shot towards him and he could see it was 129 00:05:14,790 --> 00:05:12,639 a disc when it got near enough 130 00:05:16,870 --> 00:05:14,800 he then found himself lying down on a 131 00:05:18,870 --> 00:05:16,880 bed in a room with a view of the earth 132 00:05:21,110 --> 00:05:18,880 which he described as being the size of 133 00:05:22,710 --> 00:05:21,120 a ball sermon described seeing a 134 00:05:24,870 --> 00:05:22,720 creature that was a little over one 135 00:05:25,350 --> 00:05:24,880 meter in height with brown skin a big 136 00:05:27,990 --> 00:05:25,360 head 137 00:05:29,029 --> 00:05:28,000 large eyes and a small mouth at first he 138 00:05:30,710 --> 00:05:29,039 thought it was naked 139 00:05:32,550 --> 00:05:30,720 but then he was able to make out that it 140 00:05:34,469 --> 00:05:32,560 was wearing a tight-fitting suit 141 00:05:36,390 --> 00:05:34,479 there were other creatures as well and 142 00:05:38,629 --> 00:05:36,400 sermons said that some had hair 143 00:05:39,909 --> 00:05:38,639 and some didn't according to sermon 144 00:05:42,830 --> 00:05:39,919 after the experience 145 00:05:44,150 --> 00:05:42,840 he developed cosmic consciousness in 146 00:05:46,070 --> 00:05:44,160 2011 147 00:05:48,070 --> 00:05:46,080 indonesia received international 148 00:05:48,629 --> 00:05:48,080 attention with the associated press 149 00:05:51,029 --> 00:05:48,639 report 150 00:05:53,590 --> 00:05:51,039 of its very first crop circle in january 151 00:05:56,790 --> 00:05:53,600 of that year in a rice field in sleiman 152 00:05:57,670 --> 00:05:56,800 yogyakarta citizens speculations as to 153 00:05:59,350 --> 00:05:57,680 its cause 154 00:06:02,230 --> 00:05:59,360 ranged from the landing of an alien 155 00:06:02,870 --> 00:06:02,240 spacecraft to hoaxers with one citizen 156 00:06:05,909 --> 00:06:02,880 stating 157 00:06:08,629 --> 00:06:05,919 that it was a sign of god's greatness 158 00:06:10,390 --> 00:06:08,639 freddie silva british author of the 2002 159 00:06:12,230 --> 00:06:10,400 book secrets in the fields 160 00:06:14,469 --> 00:06:12,240 offered his opinion that it would be 161 00:06:16,309 --> 00:06:14,479 very hard to hoax a formation in a rice 162 00:06:18,790 --> 00:06:16,319 field due to all the mud 163 00:06:20,070 --> 00:06:18,800 indonesia has its own ufo day which is 164 00:06:23,110 --> 00:06:20,080 celebrated on july 165 00:06:25,350 --> 00:06:23,120 21st that date marks the second meeting 166 00:06:27,909 --> 00:06:25,360 of an interdisciplinary organization 167 00:06:30,950 --> 00:06:27,919 called the indonesian ufo network 168 00:06:32,070 --> 00:06:30,960 the first meeting was in may 2019 and 169 00:06:34,870 --> 00:06:32,080 was attended by 170 00:06:36,550 --> 00:06:34,880 11 communities and institutions the 171 00:06:37,990 --> 00:06:36,560 second meeting that same year was 172 00:06:40,950 --> 00:06:38,000 reportedly attended by 173 00:06:41,749 --> 00:06:40,960 28 communities institutions and research 174 00:06:44,230 --> 00:06:41,759 centers 175 00:06:45,830 --> 00:06:44,240 those organizations included amateur 176 00:06:48,870 --> 00:06:45,840 astronomy institutions 177 00:06:51,909 --> 00:06:48,880 ufo researchers activists as well as 178 00:06:54,150 --> 00:06:51,919 astronomers and space science activists 179 00:06:56,150 --> 00:06:54,160 so more than indonesia being just a 180 00:06:58,309 --> 00:06:56,160 place where ufos have been reported 181 00:07:00,710 --> 00:06:58,319 it seems that its citizens have an above 182 00:07:03,189 --> 00:07:00,720 average enthusiasm for ufos 183 00:07:04,950 --> 00:07:03,199 hopefully for the sake of interplanetary 184 00:07:07,110 --> 00:07:04,960 interdimensional relations 185 00:07:20,300 --> 00:07:07,120 they've long since ceased shooting at