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So are you so certain he's telling the truth because you've looked at all the evidence carefully, because you like the guy and figure he needs a break, or is it because you just want to believe that UFOs were involved?
Frankly, I've never needed his assitance to contact Col. Figel -- I've managed to do so quite easily on my own. The fact that I have been reticent to discuss the matter in more detail has very little to do with cowardice. I have, in fact, contacted Col. Figel, but didn't feel that it would be very ethical to discuss in detail the event he recalls without securing first his complete cooperation, authority, and permission to do so. Having secured that this very evening, I am now prepared to discuss the matter in full.
That wasn't me asking why you "defer to official documents" it was me asking why you're selective in what you choose to discuss.
I find it a bit questionable that you're willing to defer to official records when it suits your position, but when the more anomalous aspects of the event come in to play (i.e. ex-Boeing engineers’ failing to identify a pathway for missile shutdowns) you relegate the subject-matter to the end of the book and address it in a rather superficial, non-technical way. (1)
It's an absolute joke that we have to look at an open and shut case of two guys screwing around this closely simply because Robert Hastings is not bright enough to tell the difference between an "oh, wow, I'm just kidding" incident and an invasive attack on the nation's most powerful means of waging war. (p.66)
Why does the military in ALL of your stories refuse to act in the way expected if a nuclear facility were attacked ... (2)
The CUFON website, however, has only published pages 32-34 and page 38 of only one quarter from the command history, and doesn't discuss most of the ongoing investigation at all. (4)
How can you possibly say that an event attested to by Lewis D. Chase from 1957 has any bearing at all on his trustworthiness?
The only relevant point is that Chase reported this incident, and that report is still on file. Whether or not something happened to his tapes is meaningless because it doesn't speak to his honesty and efforts -- only those who lost or his the tapes he submitted.
Since you believe so strongly in corroborating documentation as necessary evidence to confirm the authenticity of human testimony, by your logic we have this either-or scenario:
* Chase is a liar (since no magnetic-recording was reported to ever exist) XOR the USAF is lying. ...
[T]ake your pick.
Either Chase is a confirmed liar with the RB-47 incident and therefore no longer useful for your argument; or we've got something else going on here.
If there's something else going on then the remainder of your questions become somewhat rhetorical.
Now you don't have to believe that -- you don't have to believe anything I've said, and that's fine -- but when you find yourself with an extra few minutes, please ask yourself -- WHY do I believe what Salas is claiming?
Paracast Interview
May 24, 2009 — Robert Hastings and Don Ecker
UFO investigators Robert Hastings and Don Ecker discuss UFOs and disinformation. They will cover such issues as how the spread of false information has hindered efforts to get to the bottom of the mystery. One of the key topics dealt with during this discussion is whether or not some of the people who are perpetrating UFO hoaxes and spreading disinformation might be, in fact, government agents who are acting with official sanction.
Paracast Interview
March 29, 2009 — Robert Hastings, Bruce Fenstermacher, Patrick McDonough and Robert Salas
Longtime UFO/Nukes connection researcher Robert Hastings joins The Paracast as guest co-host to bring two new military witnesses forward to describe — for the very first time publicly — their experiences with UFOs sighted over sensitive nuclear missile launch sites. Our special guests include Bruce Fenstermacher and Patrick McDonough. Also joining the show will be former USAF Captain Robert Salas, who will be discussing his well-known encounter at Malmstrom AFB in 1967.
Originally posted by Robert Hastings
Kandinski: To Robert Hastings...I dispute the Valsequillo assertions in the May Paracast interview!
RH: This name doesn't ring a bell. Is this the proper spelling? Is this something I mentioned? If so, what's the context?
Thanks for your support, for the missileers who will be speaking in Washington later this year, as well as for myself.
[edit on 5-3-2010 by Robert Hastings]
Originally posted by Kandinsky
I'm looking forward to Robert Hastings' forthcoming Press Conference when a collection of former-US Airforce personnel will share their experiences. Having followed Hastings' research with interest...I know he'll be vetting the witnesses. No Greer-style fantasists undermining the evidence with demonstrable lies.
the only sane response I can offer to those who assert that the "witnesses" Robert Hastings and Robert Salas are collecting to publically campaign their high caliber nonsense to the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. are bound to be well vetted, as if they've done such a great job of that in the past, is the same one that you have determined to speak out against: you guys should be ashamed of yourselves.
By taking this stand, in this place, at this time, you are enabling a sad, easily disputed and insultingly illogical conclusion to be reached by a larger number of people who do not possess the skills to do so for themselves.
Originally posted by Kandinsky
Stephen Greer's Press Club witnesses have mostly been revealed as liars, fantasists and miscreants.
Originally posted by Kandinsky
Stephen Greer's Press Club witnesses have mostly been revealed as liars, fantasists and miscreants. Hi Kandinsky -can you provide some links or references for that?
Some of the witnesses sound very sincere to me.
The extraordinary object in the sky was not seen by the photographer nor by the people buying and selling wares on the mountain. Nevertheless, it appears on two photographs taken at different spots, higher and lower on the mountain.
Benjamin Creme’s Master has identified the strange object as a spaceship from the planet Jupiter, whose crew projected the image of the ship (which was in etheric matter) onto the film. It carried some 500 people. In the Andes there exists a much-used base for our Space Brother visitors.
This photograph was taken by a visitor to the Cuzco (ancient Inca city) area of Peru on 16 February 1989 between 9.30 and 10.30 am. The exact location is the Valle Sagrado Urubamba. The extraordinary object in the sky was not seen by the photographer nor by the people buying and selling wares on the mountain. Nevertheless, it appears on two photographs taken at different spots, higher and lower on the mountain.