keithr@tekecs.TEK.COM (Keith Rowell) (03/17/88)
In Message-ID: <3197@drivax.UUCP>, MacLeod says: >The best material I have seen (heard) is the videotaped footage of the >Pleidian beamships bopping around Switzerland and clearly being buzzed >by >Swiss Mirage fighters. The tape also includes their intreguing sound, >as well as a >long< analysis of some metal samples left behind. The >analysis was done by a world-class scientist, Marcel Vogel, formerly >an expert for IBM in crystal physics. His conclusion was that they >were not manufactured by any process he knew of, nor were they made >in a gravitational field. > >Having seen all this, I'm still not convinced. And well you shouldn't be! No single case should convince anyone! But the massive amount of privately generated evidence convinces even me (a "believer" from the CSICOP point of view) only beyond a reasonable doubt. I could still certainly be wrong in my assessment of the real meaning of all those UFO cases investigated over 40 years time in the U.S., U.K., France, Germany, Japan, Brazil, etc. And I myself am certainly waiting for the the crashed saucers with little alien bodies on ice before I will be convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt. But, as I indicated in an earlier posting, we're working on that one! Why don't you help us? Your posting refers to the Eduard "Billy" Meier case. Meier is a Swiss village caretaker who has allegedly had over 100 sightings including many photographs and film. He also is receiving "communications" from the folks piloting the vehicles. The investigator most prominently associated with this case is Wendelle Stevens, who I believe is currently serving time; yes, you read me right. Most MUFON-style investigators are highly suspicious of the Meier case, and not just because of Stevens' current status behind bars. I am not sure what to make of this case myself since a retired university professor, whose investigative abilities I respect, is currently investigating this case and thinks, contrary to "mainstream" believer investigator opinion, that there may be something to this case. A current book about this case is Gary Kinder's Light Years (Atlantic Monthly Press, 1987). Kinder is an outsider to the field of ufology. He is not a MUFON or CUFOS affiliated investigator. He is an independent journalist. There have been some harsh words published about Kinder and his book in the UFO believer newsletters quite apart from whatever the Skeptical Inquirer may have published about him and his book. We are a mean bunch, us believers. :-) -- -Keith Rowell, Tektronix, Wilsonville, OR keithr@tekecs.TEK.COM {ucbvax,decvax,uw-beaver,hplabs,ihnp4,allegra}!tektronix!tekecs!keithr