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It is not speculation or hearsay. There is a reason Cooper was shunned by the majority of the UFO research community. He was paranoid even for someone in the game, and belligerant to match.
belligerant to match
You are using the same excuse Cooper did when someone disagreed with him. He would accuse them of being a disinformation agent or worse; it shielded him from having to answer his critics. You are employing the same tactic. Cooper is right, everyone else is wrong, because they are disinformation agents.
You do understand it is you and Cooper vs almost the entirity of the UFO research community, right?
Having known W.C. personally, I can tell you that I do not believe he was the first to shoot. NO.
First, Cooper was widely known in the UFO research community to be a plagiarist. He would even claim known hoaxes and jokes, admittedly created by UFO researchers themselves, were real.
Originally posted by Malevolent_Aliens
do you have any evidence whatsoever of this? Do you even have a shred of evidence, you make a statement but can you back it up? you don’t know really know what your talking about, do you have any evidence?
Originally posted by Gazrok
This goes back to an old tv appearance where apparently Bill and John Lear got into it, after John was going to come clean on the Krill Papers being a hoax. After this incident, a lot of the UFO community like paranet, etc. pretty much dismissed Cooper. I can't recall the exact details, but I (or anyone) could likely research them...and if Lear is/was still posting, he could likely clear it up...
Originally posted by SaviorComplex
Actually, I did post links supporting my argument. I cannot help it if you have chosen to ignore them. Please read what people in the UFO community had to say about Cooper, such as Hopkins, Lear, Friedman, Keel, Vallee, or Ecker. Read about what lead to him being banned on the Conspiracy Theory Research List (CTRL) in the 1990s.
Originally posted by Shawn B.
So, he gets banned yet someone (Lear) who admits he's hoaxing doesn't, and his views on Cooper are credible...
The long and short of it is that Lear and John Grace created the OH KRILL papers as a hoax, basing the name on (I believe) the name of an extra-dimensional being named CRYLL channeled by a medium. They added the letters O.H. on a whim. Later, Lear and Cooper were doing a joint interview; Cooper mentioned the KRILL papers, saying he read them in 1970 and the letters O.H. stood for "Original Hostage." Lear pulled him aside and told him that wasn't possible, because he and Grace had made it up in the 80s. This is what lead to the falling out between the two, and Cooper's allegations that Lear was a CIA disinformation agent.
The long and short of it is that Lear and John Grace created the OH KRILL papers as a hoax, basing the name on (I believe) the name of an extra-dimensional being named CRYLL channeled by a medium. They added the letters O.H. on a whim. Later, Lear and Cooper were doing a joint interview; Cooper mentioned the KRILL papers, saying he read them in 1970 and the letters O.H. stood for "Original Hostage." Lear pulled him aside and told him that wasn't possible, because he and Grace had made it up in the 80s. This is what lead to the falling out between the two, and Cooper's allegations that Lear was a CIA disinformation agent.
There was also the time when Lazar gave Cooper some papers relating to a Project Excaliber in the early 1990s; then Cooper turned around and would read the papers at conferences, claiming he found them in the 1990s.
It's unclear if they intended for the whole of the KRILL Papers to be a hoax, or if it just applied to the name of the alien in the paper. Admittedly, Lear is not (in my view) a credible actor, due to shenanigans such as KRILL and his attitude towards critics, among other things. However, the incident between him and Cooper is indicative of what other people experienced with Cooper.
Please read what people in the UFO community had to say about Cooper, such as Hopkins, Lear, Friedman, Keel, Vallee, or Ecker
From your behavior, I can't help but to think Cooper isn't dead; he's alive and well, posting on ATS as malevolent_aliens.
Cooper had the same problems as Schneider, basically how does one person, seemingly not in a position to know, have knowledge of so many different compartmentalized conspiracy issues? It simply doesn't fit…
Originally posted by Malevolent_Aliens
2ndly Ok Mr. Tinman, Mr. follow the yellow brick road do you have any evidence?
Originally posted by VitriolAndAngst
I really have a hard time with justifying deadly force with ANY citizen that doesn't have a history of being aggressive...
Originally posted by sir_chancealot
Say what you want about Cooper, but I'll say this: In his book "Behold A Pale Horse", he stated very clearly who killed Kennedy, and that you could see it with your own eyes. He then told you what to look for. And I'll be danged, he was right. I've shown many people in the last couple of years, and they all go "WHOAH! I can't believe I've never seen that before!"
Originally posted by SaviorComplex
Originally posted by VitriolAndAngst
I really have a hard time with justifying deadly force with ANY citizen that doesn't have a history of being aggressive...
I would suggest you go back and re-read Cooper's own words, the experience of those around him, and the reasons the sheriff's department was serving a warrant. Then come back and tell us if he had a history of aggression.
By the way, judging by your previous insults, I'm guessing by calling me Mr. Tinman you're implying I don't have a brain. Which is great and all, but the Tinman didn't have a heart; it was Scarecrow that didn't have a brain.