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originally posted by: abe froman
Sorry to bust your bubble but Dolan is a sell-out shill as well.
originally posted by: Lumenari
a reply to: Woodcarver
I honestly don't care what you think about my experiences.
I have never detailed them online, I seek no fame or followers for them and much of the details will go to the grave with me, so it doesn't matter anyways.
I also understand why people are reluctant to even speak of their experiences because of the ridicule you recieve when you do say anything.
Not what I asked, however.
What I asked is if others such as yourself who have not had the experience would just write me off as delusional.
You answered the question, so thanks.
originally posted by: abe froman
Sorry to bust your bubble but Dolan is a sell-out shill as well.
When he put his name behind the fake-as-hell Roswell slide and partnered with Jaime Mussan the game was up.
George Knapp is an entertainer as well and his practice in journalism has given him the charisma and trustability to continue to sell non-sense and fairy tales to the gullible.
These guys aren't truthseekers out here for the public good they are professional speakers on the UFO/paranormal circuit that pull down 6 figures a year.
Also, this "leak" is fake as well.
The Admiral said 11 years ago he never even bothered to investigate UFOs at all.
11 years ago.
originally posted by: spiritualarchitect
a reply to: Jay-morris
You might call this rubbish too, but on the chance that you might like it, here it is, just for you:
A saucer crashes in the Black Forrest in the mid 1930’s. Apparently only ONE occupant survived and this crew member was taken in secret to Berlin.
What does Hitler think?
“What will the social order of the future be like? Comrade, I will tell you. THERE WILL BE A CLASS OF OVERLORDS, after them the rank and file of the party members in hierarchical order, and then the great mass of anonymous followers, servants and workers in perpetuity, and beneath them again all the conquered foreign races, the modern slaves.
AND OVER AND ABOVE ALL THESE WILL REIGN A NEW AND EXALTED NOBILITY OF WHOM I CANNOT SPEAK... BUT OF ALL THESE PLANS THE MILITANT MEMBERS WILL KNOW NOTHING.
THE NEW MAN IS LIVING AMONGST US NOW! HE IS HERE. ISN’T THAT ENOUGH FOR YOU?
I WILL TELL YOU A SECRET. I HAVE SEEN THE NEW MAN. HE IS INTREPID AND CRUEL. I WAS AFRAID OF HIM.”
— Adolf Hitler
from Herman Rauschning's 1939 book, "Hitler Speaks"
originally posted by: Woodcarver
I think there are very good reasons to ignore a vast amount of eye witness accounts on this subject. Considering that this has been in the forefront of pop culture since the 40’s.
originally posted by: Lumenari
originally posted by: Woodcarver
a reply to: 727Sky
CASH GRABBB!!! As soon as he mentioned Greer, and EdMItchell, and TTSA he lost all credibility.
I watched a video once of Greer taking a group of people who paid for a tour of UFOs into the woods and up to a large clearing, where he claimed there was an invisible UFO parked.
These people are selling stories. Made up stories. The fact that there are gov personel involved, and still not one shred of evidence for anything they have said, should be an eye opener.
Why do you follow these people? What reason do you have to believe in what they are saying? Name one single thing that could count as convincing material. (Anectodal witness stories don’t count as convincing)
So witnesses don't count.
A rather good way to keep from acknowledging that something is indeed out there and an explanation would be nice...
Let me ask this another way.
I've personally had 5 different UFO encounters in my life, all of them with multiple witnesses besides myself.
Not "a blinking light in the sky" or "it could be a comet or weather balloon" encounters, but multi-minute "I can describe every detail" ones.
As a child I touched one.
Now, I would really like to know the actual explanation of these things... our stuff, their stuff, if so who is "they"?
So to you is my search into the "what are they?" question just pointless and I'm dreaming it all up?
Honestly curious.
Or should we never accept any extraordinary claim without significant means to back it up? I’m not keen on that and i’m sure you aren’t either.
As far as your claims. They are not credible in the slightest bit to me. I call shenanigans and i insist you prove them, or i will simply dismiss you as someone who can’t distinguish fantasy from reality. There are plenty of those people floating around making absurd claims without the means to back them up, or the education to convice me that you are credible.
originally posted by: 3n19m470
It exists in pop culture so that means millions of people suddenly started hallucinating about one specific aspect of pop culture? Why arent people telling stories that sound like HeMan or Lord of the Rings? Why is it always advanced beings in space ships? Where are all the "i swear to god this happened" stories about a sword swinging sorcery and sandals adventure akin to conan the barbarian or krull? Where are all the mermaids? Those have been in "pop culture" for quite a while now...
originally posted by: spiritualarchitect
originally posted by: abe froman
Sorry to bust your bubble but Dolan is a sell-out shill as well.
How can you not like Dolan? The guys got HUGE balls!
How do I know?
Because he’s got that honey wife, Tracy
(got to have huge balls for that)
and he stole Bright Insights wall art and had the balls to hang it up and put it in his own videos.
www.youtube.com...
www.youtube.com...
Well go out and snag yourself an alien and parade it around on the tv or at least take some pictures. Until then, all you have are other people’s stories. If i’m so wrong, #ing prove it. Where is the evidence that is not stories? Why are you so sure if there is no #ing evidence?
originally posted by: 3n19m470
originally posted by: Woodcarver
I think there are very good reasons to ignore a vast amount of eye witness accounts on this subject. Considering that this has been in the forefront of pop culture since the 40’s.
originally posted by: Lumenari
originally posted by: Woodcarver
a reply to: 727Sky
CASH GRABBB!!! As soon as he mentioned Greer, and EdMItchell, and TTSA he lost all credibility.
I watched a video once of Greer taking a group of people who paid for a tour of UFOs into the woods and up to a large clearing, where he claimed there was an invisible UFO parked.
These people are selling stories. Made up stories. The fact that there are gov personel involved, and still not one shred of evidence for anything they have said, should be an eye opener.
Why do you follow these people? What reason do you have to believe in what they are saying? Name one single thing that could count as convincing material. (Anectodal witness stories don’t count as convincing)
So witnesses don't count.
A rather good way to keep from acknowledging that something is indeed out there and an explanation would be nice...
Let me ask this another way.
I've personally had 5 different UFO encounters in my life, all of them with multiple witnesses besides myself.
Not "a blinking light in the sky" or "it could be a comet or weather balloon" encounters, but multi-minute "I can describe every detail" ones.
As a child I touched one.
Now, I would really like to know the actual explanation of these things... our stuff, their stuff, if so who is "they"?
So to you is my search into the "what are they?" question just pointless and I'm dreaming it all up?
Honestly curious.
Or should we never accept any extraordinary claim without significant means to back it up? I’m not keen on that and i’m sure you aren’t either.
As far as your claims. They are not credible in the slightest bit to me. I call shenanigans and i insist you prove them, or i will simply dismiss you as someone who can’t distinguish fantasy from reality. There are plenty of those people floating around making absurd claims without the means to back them up, or the education to convice me that you are credible.
It exists in pop culture so that means millions of people suddenly started hallucinating about one specific aspect of pop culture? Why arent people telling stories that sound like HeMan or Lord of the Rings? Why is it always advanced beings in space ships? Where are all the "i swear to god this happened" stories about a sword swinging sorcery and sandals adventure akin to conan the barbarian or krull? Where are all the mermaids? Those have been in "pop culture" for quite a while now...
Your contribution is worth less than nothing to me, and your ignorance and lack of imagination is such that its actually painful for me to imagine being you. You probably scoffed at even hearing the word imagination because you are only capable of percieving it in that one nonsensical context.
Well go out and snag yourself an alien and parade it around on the tv or at least take some pictures. Until then, all you have are other people’s stories. If i’m so wrong, #ing prove it. Where is the evidence that is not stories? Why are you so sure if there is no #ing evidence?
originally posted by: abe froman
a reply to: Jay-morris
Can I re-fill that Kool-aid for you?
First off, i think a lot of people want to believe in things, not just in aliens and ufos, but in religion, in ghosts, in special powers, and plenty of other things. I tend to lump all of this unproven stuff into the same category. ( things that people claim that have never been proven) People tend to use their beliefs to identify themselves.
originally posted by: Jay-morris
a reply to: Woodcarver
Well go out and snag yourself an alien and parade it around on the tv or at least take some pictures. Until then, all you have are other people’s stories. If i’m so wrong, #ing prove it. Where is the evidence that is not stories? Why are you so sure if there is no #ing evidence?
So, what's your take on the ufo phenomenon?
originally posted by: Woodcarver
First off, i think a lot of people want to believe in things, not just in aliens and ufos, but in religion, in ghosts, in special powers, and plenty of other things. I tend to lump all of this unproven stuff into the same category. ( things that people claim that have never been proven) People tend to use their beliefs to identify themselves.
originally posted by: Jay-morris
a reply to: Woodcarver
Well go out and snag yourself an alien and parade it around on the tv or at least take some pictures. Until then, all you have are other people’s stories. If i’m so wrong, #ing prove it. Where is the evidence that is not stories? Why are you so sure if there is no #ing evidence?
So, what's your take on the ufo phenomenon?
Whether or not any of the stuff is real, we know that people make up stories and stick to them , even though we know they are lying. People lie. the fact that people do this is a phenomena that cannot be denied. Not only do they make stuff up, but they seem to need you to believe it too.
Second, UFOs are simply that. Unidentified objects. I don’t doubt that people see things. But what they see and how they come to think that it is aliens or jesus, or magic, or ghosts or some kind of alien craft can be very telling. They usually don’t come to that conclusion based on evidence. And the fact is that people make up stories to make themselves seem more interesting, or to be accepted by the “in” group. The more they want to belong to that group, the harder they will defend their claims. Especially on anonymous internet message boards.
Third, when confronted with unexplained phenomenon, the human mind is known to make up scenarios that explain what they are experiencing. I have no doubt that people have experiences, but I seriously doubt pretty much every story I’ve ever heard. Mostly because none of those stories have ever come with any evidence to support the claims. And people make all kinds of claims. If this place has taught me anything it is that people will make up any #ing claim that will Get them some kind of recognition or justify their beliefs. I like cold hard facts. I will believe in aliens when I can poke one with a stick. And no Internet story is going to change my mind.