Hello, welcome to Barf Stew - an up and out mixture of steamy links and subjects. Today's post is a follow-up on a post a couple weeks ago (all links at bottom) in which I started a review of a post made by Mr. Webre about Exopolitics - indeed, it was a post about the top ten developments/stories of the year (in Exopolitics) in his opinion.
It also turned out that Mr. Webre recently commented on my UFO blog - and - almost at the same time - was put into (unto?) the UFO Hall Of Shame list. And, with the list of shame and fame so short - I wanted to determine if I thought Mr. Webre should be on the list or not.
And, as I ended my last post - it appreared that I had found something to me that might fit the criteria for the UFO-HOS. And, I will cover that - but first - how about a look at the UFO-HOS list?
The first year of the Hall of Shame list, 2007, had five inductees - Dr. Steven Greer, Billy Meier , Dr. Edward U. Condon ,Philip J. Klass - names known by watchers of the UFO saga. The other person named in 2007 was Marshall Applewhite. In 2008 - Kal K. Korff & Linda Moulton Howe were added to the listing. No one was added in 2009; and this year Mr. Webre and Silas Newton joined the UFO-HOS list.
Their Connections Of-To Shame
Dr. Steven Greer - (wiki) According to Greer he is a contactee who has coined the term "close encounter of the fifth kind" (a.k.a. CE5) to describe alleged human initiated contact with extraterrestrials.[5] CE5 encounters are "characterized by mutual, bilateral communication rather than unilateral contact."[6] In 1990 Greer founded the Center for the Study of Extraterrestrial Intelligence, and offers how-to training on initiating contact with extraterrestrial intelligence.[7] Greer also teaches the use of meditation techniques that he claims allow attendees to "remote view" locations and times (past and present), and develop "cosmic consciousness" and supernatural abilities such as precognition.
Billy Meier - (wiki) Beginning in 1975, Meier allegedly began his official contacts ("official" in that evidence was to be provided publicly, unlike earlier contacts), communicating both directly (face-to-face) and by telepathy with a core group of the Pleiadians/Plejaren, or Errans as he also refers to them (Erra being their home planet), who gave their names as Ptaah, Semjase[1] [10], Quetzal, and Pleja[2] [11], among numerous others. According to Meier himself in the video documentary 'Contact', he says that his first contact with extraterrestrials began on January 28, 1975.[12] These visitors reportedly hail from the Plejares star system which is beyond the Pleiades and in a dimension that is a fraction of a second in the future from our own (an alternate timeline).
Dr. Edward U. Condon - (wiki) From 1966 to 1968, Condon directed the University of Colorado UFO Project. Though plagued with infighting and controversy, the project's conclusion—that all unidentified flying objects had prosaic explanations—has been cited as a key factor in the generally low levels of interest in UFOs among most mainstream scientists and academics. See Condon Report. In his negative critique of the Condon Report, astronomer J. Allen Hynek hoped that Condon's reputation would not be soured by the Condon Report, writing, "It is unfortunate that, almost certainly, popular history will henceforth link Dr. Condon’s name with UFOs, and only the arcane history of physics will accord him his true place and record his brilliant career in contributing to the understanding ... of the nature of the physical world.
Philip J. Klass - (wiki) -Klass's plasma hypothesis was not well received by those on either side of the UFO debate, who noted that Klass was using one unverified phenomenon—his hypothetical plasmas—for to explain another unverified phenomenon—UFOs.[8] Criticism came from "pro"-UFO physicist McDonald, and from a more sceptical team of plasma experts assembled by the Condon Committee, who all rejected Klass's plasma theory as unscientific.[9] Since that time, theories evoking similar phenomena with widely differing modes of generation have proposed by commentators such as Michael Persinger, Terrance Meaden, Albert Budden [10] and Paul Devereux [11] In 1999 the MoD Project Condign report proposed that "UAPs" comparable to the plasmas originally advocated by Klass (but as amended by Devereux and Randles) may represent a viable explanation for some UFO events. Therefore, while his original concept was discredited, it has been adapted by others and in this regard Klass can be regarded as a pioneer of this approach. -- And, from about.com - In addition to his efforts to debunk UFO theories, Klass also is one of only two journalists to be named an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Fellow. He also has won the Aviation/Space Writer's Association award five times and had an asteroid named in his honor...devoted the better part of his working life as senior avionics editor for Aviation Weekly and Space Technology magazine, spending his free time debunking flying saucers and other claims about space aliens.
Marshall Applewhite - (wiki) known among his followers as Do, was the leader of the Heaven's Gate religious group. A self-proclaimed prophet and messiah, he died in the group's mass suicide of 1997....After Nettles told him that he possessed special astrological attributes, Applewhite declared himself the individual in whose mind was held that of Christ, the reincarnation of Jesus Christ. By 1975 they had begun Total Overcomers Anonymous together, which was eventually to become Heaven's Gate. In 1975, Applewhite and Nettles convinced 20 people from Waldport, Oregon to join their group. Applewhite told them there would be an alien appearance by means of a UFO, but when the encounter never happened they left the group. However, more people joined and soon the group had 93 members. The cult meetings were held in various locations initially in the Waldport area, but soon spread to multiple meetups at churches, halls, lecture theatres, and new age awareness centres
So, my sum up of the first class designated as UFO-HOS - would be:
Greer; contactee, guru of sorts, disingenuous far out ideas about meditation including time travel, claims ability to help others be contactees - sells new age positioning. HOS material - IMO; 90%
Meier; face to face contactee, promotes timeline/timecone fantasy, guru of sorts, questionable photographic `proof'. HOS material - IMO; 90%
Condon: faced with writing the conclusion to the most important UFO study ever done by USA said "all unidentified flying objects had prosaic explanations" (still the majority view of Americans BTW) - HOS material - IMO; 40%
Klass; promoted plasma explanation for UFO's, debunker who wrote 6 books about Roswell; HOS material- IMO; 40%
Applewhite; deranged, voice hearer, visions of being Jesus, inside knowledge of UFO's/aliens - HOS material - IMO; 100%
UFO-HOS Class of 2008
Kal K. Korff - Wrote - Spaceships of the Pleiades: The Billy Meier Story, by Kal K. Korff , - The product description on Amazon says this about the book - "Korff conducted the most thorough examination ever into the case of Billy Meier and all its alleged evidence, and reveals here how a one-armed, handicapped Swiss farmer hatched and continues to maintain the most elaborate UFO hoax in history."
Linda Moulton Howe - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Moulton_Howe Frankly, when I saw the UFO-HOS list I was surprised by this listing of LMH - as I was aware of her work in a few areas including animal mutilations and of her subscription based website with tons of content. AFTER reading her bio on Wiki - I'm even more perplexed. Then again, her four books are about tying the animal multilations to aliens, other realities, and mysterious lights associated with crop circles. And, she is a popular CTC person and speaker at these new age conferences too.
2008 UFO-HOS - sum up - IMO - with Korff, even if the book was poorly written and poorly researched - it is very strange - to me - that BOTH Meier - and the debunker of Meier - can be on the same list. Does it seem that way to you? Am I missing something (most likely)?
UFO-HOS -- CLASS OF 2010
Now, in my previous post - I covered the subject of this post and that Mr. Webre. But, briefly from the first post:
"futurist, peace activist, environmental activist, and a space activist who promotes the ban of space weapons.[2][3][4][5] He was a co-architect of the Space Preservation Treaty and the Space Preservation Act that was introduced to the U.S. Congress by Congressman Dennis Kucinich and is endorsed by more than 270 NGO's worldwide.[6][7][8][5] He helped draft the Citizen Hearing in 2000 with Stephen Bassett and serves as a member of the Board of Advisors. Webre is also on the Board of Advisers at the Exopolitics Institute [7], is the congressional coordinator for The Disclosure Project [9], is a judge on the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal [3], and is the International Director of the Institute for Cooperation in Space
The other inductee for 2010 was Silas Newton who has this UFO reference in Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Scully - Silas is generally considered to be a oilman con-man who spread lies about aliens involved with a UFO crash in New Mexico - possibly even with government approval.
But, back to Mr. Webre - and the link in my last post that Mr. Webre pointed to as the 10 biggest stories in Exopolitics in 2009 - and if you remember, we got to Number Two. This was the story that Mr. Webre said it involved "Time travel and teleportation are confirmed by independent whistleblowers" - and, as you might remember I then stated that we may have found reason to be on the UFO-HOS list.
"I have endless thoughts and ideas, action plans and solutions and can link our ancient history, wisdom, divine blueprints and evolution into present time – knowing that a golden future is a result of us being able to harness our creative power and our highest potential through a deeper and more intimate knowledge of our roots and the hidden aspects of truth that are out there.
“I am aware of what it takes to reach our ultimate goals and protect the integrity of consciousness, and what is required of us to truly have freedom and justice in this world. I have access to technologies, plans and truths that can restore our planet and am connected to many who are already actively working on preventing Global Crisis and who are manifesting all the necessary change.
“I wish to draw attention to the things that are most important for our world right now and hope to steer our creative power into the causes, projects and understandings – that create the greatest shift both internally and externally.
“I have both practical, logical wisdom and a deep understanding of the esoteric, paranormal and mystical. With a wide range of interests and a vast education that was mostly self-taught, I am capable of uniting us and our missions and truly taking us on an adventure that captivates the soul, our deepest hopes and quest for answers. And I can help reunite us with what is most familiar and important for our awareness to grasp – as we transition into an age of Awakening...
Ok, I'll say it - did you make it thru that Goobledegook? I assure you - it's MUCH worse if you read the whole link.
(To Be Continued in UFO-HOS Reason - Part 3)
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Of course, as of yet - there is no part three but it was my pleasure to bring Part Two to UDCC readers. And, while the opinions you read above, written by myself in 2010, are old - I'd still maintain and hold most of the positions, as regular readers can attest to.
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