1380 The Deeper Deep State: Why Are They Selling Us an Alien Threat?

**Richard Syrett** (0:00)
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**Alex Newman** (2:00)
You know, if I had to take a guess, I would say we're probably dealing with some sort of demonic entities that are going to become manifest in the not-too-distant future. And a lot of the very high-powered occultists have talked about this. People don't like to, especially secular people who kind of embrace the materialist view of the world, don't like to talk about this. But a lot of very powerful people are deeply involved in the occult. And so, you know, whatever you believe about all of that, it's important to understand that these very powerful people believe that there is power in the occult. They believe that they're talking to entities. You look at Alice Bailey, the founder of the Lucifer Publishing Company, who's been so instrumental in the emergence of this global system. She talked about the externalization of the hierarchy, where as humanity gets more and more ready for this, they're going to have these beings come out of the shadows and reveal to men that they are secretly governing the planet.

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**Richard Syrett** (3:17)
Hey there, welcome to Strange Planet. For decades, we've been told that the most dangerous conspiracy theories all have one thing in common. They're not true. The Deep State? A myth. Global governance? A fantasy. Elite networks quietly shaping world events? Pure paranoia. Or so we're told. Every age has its official story and every age has the story you're not supposed to ask about. For generations, we've been told the world's most powerful governments answer to the people. That elections determine the course of history. That the biggest decisions are made in the open by those we elect. But that's only the surface.
What if behind every administration, behind every intelligence agency, behind every global crisis, there exists another layer of power? Older, wealthier, more patient. A network that doesn't campaign for office because it doesn't have to.
Now consider what's happening right before our eyes. For 70 years, anyone who dared suggest the government knew more about UFOs than it was admitting, risked being ridiculed. Suddenly, the ridicule has vanished. Intelligence officials are talking. Congress is holding hearings. Hollywood can't make enough movies about alien contact. The media now treats the possibility of non-human intelligence as a legitimate topic of discussion.