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Originally posted by micpsi
Originally posted by Shino
He could have decoded it himself whilst in the Air Force and come out with it as soon as he came out with the Rendlesham story. You don't need a specialist or a computer to encode or decode binary into text.
Yes, he could had he known what kind of code it was. But he didn't.
Yes, he could had he wanted to destroy his military career. But he didn't.
Originally posted by AceWombat04
I'm am both fascinated by and skeptical of the Rendlesham incident. On the one hand, you have air force officers attesting to having seen an exotic and unexplained craft, and you further have one person supporting those claims in a sworn affidavit (although that person did not witness the details claimed by the other two.) Evidence was allegedly examined at the site of the incident.
Unfortunately, on the other hand, the reasons for my skepticism in this case are:
1) Jim Penniston and John Burroughs were the only two to have investigated the alleged sighting at the time it initially allegedly. They are the only ones who claim to have seen the alleged craft directly, and their accounts do not corroborate one another’s. In fact, they contradict each other. Penniston says he touched the craft, and extensively examined it for a lengthy period of time. Source: www.youtube.com... Burroughs, meanwhile, stated that as soon as they saw the craft, "we all hit the ground, and it went up into the trees." Source: www.youtube.com...
2) Penniston, who the binary message is attributed to, initially reported that he encountered the craft at the location that Col. Halt says he investigated (the site of the original landing/sighting report.) He (Penniston) however subsequently stated that he examined it at a different location.
3) Penniston’s notebook, which he claims contain detailed notes and sketches from his encounter, is dated December 27th, the day after the event was actually documented to have taken place.
4) Col. Halt’s initial report claiming to have examined the landing site and found depressions and evidence of radiation as well as burn makes, also attributes the same inconsistent date to the events. Furthermore, again, the site of this alleged physical investigation differs from that of Penniston’s alleged encounter with the craft.
5) Col. Halt’s affidavit testifies that he believes what was seen to be of extraterrestrial origin. However, he did not witness Penniston’s alleged encounter with the craft, or see it up close as they claim to have done.
6) New wrinkles seem to keep evolving from the original story, such as - now - this binary message. As others have mentioned, never once prior to this have I heard this element of the tale (that does not mean that it has never come up before, mind you.)
en.wikipedia.org...
So, at best, there is a large degree of inconsistency in the accounts, and the person to whom this binary message is attributed is the most inconsistent of the bunch as far as I can tell, at least.
I make it a rule not to make assertions I cannot prove, so I cannot say that this event did not take place as reported. Maybe it did. Maybe their memories were altered by the event or other forces of which they are unaware, somehow. I can only say that there are inconsistencies giving cause for me to be highly skeptical, personally.edit on 1/1/2011 by AceWombat04 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by BRITWARRIOR
I have watched countless documentary's about this well know case i was aware of someone touching the craft but never was it said binary code was put up on the crafts surface why has this not been mentioned till now?
Originally posted by BRITWARRIOR
I have watched countless documentary's about this well know case i was aware of someone touching the craft but never was it said binary code was put up on the crafts surface why has this not been mentioned till now?