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UFO stupidities:
A story has been circulating on the Internet on various web sites, and is refreshed occasionally on various mailing list. It claims that "Vatican has confirmed that Extra-Terrestrial contacts have occurred." I do not debate here wether Extra-Terrestrial contacts have occurred or not, but I give the information reducing this claim to its real content: a theologian specialized in the field on "new age beliefs" and "demonology" with no relation to Vatican did speculate on TV about the theological implication in the hypothetic event that extra-terrestrial contact might occur.
THE FICTION:
Since year 1998 we are being told that "Monsignore Balducci, a theologist spokesman for Vatican, has said on Italian national TV channels repeatedly in the last months that extra-terrestrial contact is a fact and that the Pope knows about it" and that there is some kind of ET commission at Vatican.
THE FACTS:
* Corrado Balducci has never been a spokesman for Vatican. He never spoke in the name of Vatican. He has never been close to the Pope... www.ufologie.net...
However, it would stand to conjecture that the catholic church might have been allowed to leak some predisclosure type of information... appease the zealots before they revolt under the weight of the conflicting evidence to their religious dogma.
I didn't say it was, I said "Osservatore Romano", the official Vatican newspaper that is supposed to have published the text you posted.
Originally posted by Shadoww
The interview wasnt with the Vatican observatory.
And what are the dates of those appearances, "recent" is relative.
It has been recent multiple television appearances.
Can you show us where does it says, officialy, that that congregation is involved with the collection of data from UFO sightings?
The organization he is involved with at the Vatican (links already posted, one official Vatican Paper" is the collection of data from U.F.O. sightings and Abduction cases it collects from world embassies.
The official Vatican website only shows him as an ex-student from the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy.
Originally posted by Shadoww
Official Vatican website and paper must be the 2 best sources of his ties with the Vatican.
I am not going to waste my money on this, but I know that they try to answer all people. I even knew a woman who wrote to the Pope some times and she got answers to her letters.
Also if you call like i did, after taking my number a spokesperson called me back with some interesting details..
Originally posted by ArMaP
The official Vatican website only shows him as an ex-student from the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy.
Originally posted by Shadoww
Official Vatican website and paper must be the 2 best sources of his ties with the Vatican.
I haven't seen anything from the official Vatican newspaper with his name on it.
Originally posted by fooffstarr
Although we clashed in your Google Earth thread Shadoww, i think you have brought up a good point here.
As far as the people calling hoax, it isn't hard to research it yourself. His interviews on Italian TV can be found on Youtube and Google Video, search it.
Oh, and his credentials are rock solid.
Originally posted by yeti101
shadoww were you around in 1991 when stanton friedman insisted there would be major "disclosure" in 1992?
loads of people belived him lol!
[edit on 20-4-2007 by yeti101]
Originally posted by JackCash
This article states that he is speaking for himself, not speaking on behalf of the Vatican.
www.ufodisclosure.com...