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Originally posted by rai76
this document was already released in 2005 ?!?
Originally posted by IsaacKoi
Originally posted by rai76
this document was already released in 2005 ?!?
No, it was already released in the 1970s.
(It's been on the FBI website for over a decade, as I mentioned above).
All the best,
Isaac
Originally posted by Mercedes-Benz
Did you see it on FBI site previously?
Got a link?
Originally posted by IsaacKoi
Originally posted by Diplomat
I am curious how recently these particular files were actually released, because I am pretty sure I skimmed through these exact same files awhile ago...
Quite possibly Diplomat. The same 16 PDF files have been on that website for quite a few years (since at least 1998 or so).
A useful tool to check this sort of thing is the Web Archive website at web.archive.org.
See, for example, the link below:
web.archive.org...*/www.fbi.gov...
All the best,
Isaac
Originally posted by Mercedes-Benz
I mean, a lot of people , including press, think this is new
Originally posted by IsaacKoi
Originally posted by Mercedes-Benz
Did you see it on FBI site previously?
Yes.
Got a link?
Yes.
See the thread from 2007 in which I pointed out that the story of a new release of FBI files about UFOs was mistaken (in which I posted a link to the archive of the FBI website to prove my point):
Originally posted by IsaacKoi
Originally posted by Diplomat
I am curious how recently these particular files were actually released, because I am pretty sure I skimmed through these exact same files awhile ago...
Quite possibly Diplomat. The same 16 PDF files have been on that website for quite a few years (since at least 1998 or so).
A useful tool to check this sort of thing is the Web Archive website at web.archive.org.
See, for example, the link below:
web.archive.org...*/www.fbi.gov...
All the best,
Isaac
Originally posted by Mercedes-Benz
I mean, a lot of people , including press, think this is new
Yes, I know. They are wrong.
They could have found this out with a couple of minutes research - but, hey, this is ufology and it is just a joke, right?
All the best,
Isaacedit on 11-4-2011 by IsaacKoi because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Mercedes-Benz
Still, no one, including you, never posted that Guy Hottel memo, so i assume this is new indeed.
Originally posted by IsaacKoi
Originally posted by Mercedes-Benz
Still, no one, including you, never posted that Guy Hottel memo, so i assume this is new indeed.
If you (or anyone else) does a search of ATS for "Guy Hottel" you'll find that quite a few people have posted the memo over the years.
Heck, there's at least one thread on ATS that is actually entitled "Guy Hottel":
www.abovetopsecret.com...
Originally posted by Mercedes-Benz
Well, then why do you think FBI makes this 'vault', like this is something whole new?
Originally posted by IsaacKoi
Originally posted by Mercedes-Benz
Well, then why do you think FBI makes this 'vault', like this is something whole new?
I've been tracking the stories for the last few days and in short:
The original stories a few days ago were largely factual, in that it was clear that the FBI had simply made a new interface ("the vault") to make it easier and faster to view documents on its websites.
(Viewing the UFO documents on the FBI website used to be a slow process).
The UFO websites picked up the story and distorted it. The main stream media then picked up the distorted stories and reported them as fact.
Today, the main stream media is beginning to catch up with the true position.
Tomorrow or next week, the UFO websites will start catching up.
Then, in another few months the process will start all over again with few people remembering the current episode (in the same way that few - if any - people remembered the thread from 2007 in relation to a similar misleading item).
So, basically it's your standard messed up nonsense that abounds within ufology.
Sigh.
All the best,
Isaac
Originally posted by coolottie
reply to post by karl 12
I have worked for the government and I can assure you anyone putting a Hoax in Classified Files, would be fired, and could be prosecuted. They do not Classifie just everything they get in the mail, if it is not true or they do not think is important it is not Classified. I have asked anyone that thinks this is a fake, hoax, to email the FBI, has anyone tried that yet. I love how so many people on ATS say things are fake, or hoax but fail to present any type of proof on their part, but demand proof for the other part.
Originally posted by karl 12
Originally posted by coolottie
reply to post by karl 12
I have worked for the government and I can assure you anyone putting a Hoax in Classified Files, would be fired, and could be prosecuted. They do not Classifie just everything they get in the mail, if it is not true or they do not think is important it is not Classified. I have asked anyone that thinks this is a fake, hoax, to email the FBI, has anyone tried that yet. I love how so many people on ATS say things are fake, or hoax but fail to present any type of proof on their part, but demand proof for the other part.
FBI "Hottel Memo" Reveals UFO Hoax