
James D. Madden | Unidentified Flying Hyperobject, The Uber-Umwelt, & The Cave
Cultural Filters and the Hudson Valley UFO
James Madden explains that humans use available cultural categories to interpret encounters with the Uber-Umwelt. He notes that in the 1950s, witnesses saw militarized aircraft because of the recent world war, whereas medieval witnesses saw different forms. He uses the Hudson Valley UFO incident to illustrate how two people can witness the same event but perceive entirely different objects based on their subconscious filters.


