Metabunk.org - Fortean phenomena http://metabunk.org/ Pyramid Power, Crop Circles, Ghosts, Cryptozoology. Things that are a little bit more towards the fringe. en Mon, 20 May 2013 21:25:29 GMT vBulletin 60 http://metabunk.org/images/misc/rss.png Metabunk.org - Fortean phenomena http://metabunk.org/ Debunked: Ancient Aliens http://metabunk.org/threads/1493-Debunked-Ancient-Aliens?goto=newpost Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:14:07 GMT

In the spirit of the UFO "congressional hearing" taking place in Washington this week, I thought I would post this. I'm sure most of us here have heard of or watched the show, Ancient Aliens, or people like Erich Von Daniken who make frequent appearances on the show. I, personally, am baffled by the fact that this show can be so horribly inaccurate and downright bad yet be running on its 5th season on the History channel. The video posted above covers the topic better than I can and is a great example of good debunking. It is also an example of how these fringe conspiracies often work by stretching facts, hypothesizing without evidence or testing, omitting information, and even plain old making stuff up.

http://ancientaliensdebunked.com/

http://www.sitchiniswrong.com/ ]]> Fortean phenomena Dan Wilson http://metabunk.org/threads/1493-Debunked-Ancient-Aliens UFO Congressional Hearing http://metabunk.org/threads/1443-UFO-Congressional-Hearing?goto=newpost Wed, 24 Apr 2013 05:41:13 GMT Have people been following this? The Huffington Post did a big puff-piece write-up ... ---Quote--- The former federal legislators will convene... Have people been following this? The Huffington Post did a big puff-piece write-up ...

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The former federal legislators will convene in Washington, D.C. later this month and hold a serious meeting on the subject, called the Citizen Hearing on Disclosure. They'll hear some 30 hours of testimony from researchers, military personnel and witnesses, all claiming to have proof of alien life.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/0...n_3037699.html
Seemed legit, until I read the bios on the "former federal legislators" elsewhere ...

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The hearing panel will be headlined by former congressman Merrill Cook (R – Utah) who was once banned from his own party’s offices after a profanity-laced tirade and was famously plagued during his few years in Congress by reports of erratic behavior leveled by his own staff. “Merrill has taken up permanent residence in whacko land,” Cook’s chief of staff Janet Jenson wrote in an intra-office e-mail in 2000. ”If he asks you to fax his underwear to the speaker’s office, please just do it.”

Joining Cook will be former congressman Roscoe Bartlett (R – Maryland). The 86 year-old raised eyebrows in 2004 when he attended a Unification Church event to receive the “Ambassador of Peace medal” from cult leader Sun Myung Moon who, afterwards, declared himself the Messiah and his wife the Assistant Messiah as Bartlett watched in delight (enjoy this video of Bartlett groveling in front of Moon).

Rounding out this happy band of lunatics is former senator Mike Gravel (D- Alaska). Since his most recent bankruptcy, Gravel has pathetically taken to making public appearances for anyone who will buy him lunch – his previous engagements have included a conference sponsored by the holocaust denial website Barnes Review. (UFO conspiracies aren’t Gravel’s only angle. He’s also been working the 9/11 Truth circuit and several truther websites have accused him of absconding with donor funds.)
it gets even worse ... http://www.parapolitical.com/2013/04...al-press-club/

And yet, HuffPo, MSNBC, etc., are giving this major cred. :( ]]> Fortean phenomena walliswallis http://metabunk.org/threads/1443-UFO-Congressional-Hearing