Things You Might Find in a Vaudville Show

Every so often something comes along that really just makes my day. It's usually never as grand as this, but whether it's a poorly planned hoax or an alien wearing Bermuda shorts, a good laugh is always a nice change up from the usual  stream of garbage and drudgery. Such is the case of the freshly pickled Pickerings and their mysterious 'Source A' disclosure agent, now revealed as one Richard Theilmann. If you haven't read this beautifully executed exposé, do yourself a favor.

Let me throw a bit of the back-story at you (though I highly recommend reading the entire piece written by Stephen Broadbent):

Shawn and Clay Pickering have been milking a story about a secret inside-source who divulged information regarding alien contact with the US government, having been a liaison officer to these very extra terrestrials. Known only as 'Source A', this man was touted as having a very illustrious career in the Navy of which he still claims active-duty. Source A, a.k.a Richard Theilmann, a.k.a. Chaps McGee, confided in the Pickerings not just that extra terrestrials were in contact with the government, but that these beings were actually involved with the government. Nothing too shocking there - we've heard this story a bazillion times before. But on April 9th of this year, Clay Pickering attended an event that would, within a month's time, pull the rug out from under his feet (as well as his brother's), tearing off the shroud of secrecy covering their mysterious source in the process.

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Coast to Toast

I've never been much of a fan of Coast to Coast. I know that is considered blasphemy to some, but there it is. I found the show to be sometimes intriguing when I'd catch the odd episode, like the Titor one or the one where the guy calls from a payphone, claiming to have escaped from A51 saying that ETs are actually Inter-Dimensional beings. And lets not forget the guy who flew over A51 while Art repeatedly suggested he should maybe turn the fuck around.

But then came Snoory.

As interesting as any C2C episode might have been, it was mostly entertainment (to me, at least) and not so much a media in which I felt I'd receive quality info from. But I suppose that it was a staple for many before the onslaught of Podcasts, especially more of the high-brow shows like Paratopia, Paracast and Radio Misterioso (the latter of which is in dire need of an update).

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The Underside of Abduction Hypnotherapy I

More on this later, but for now:

You have to check out this episode of Paratopia. It is sort of a second part to Episode 55 where they begin to expose hypnotherapy when used in possible abduction cases.

The current episode, Episode 57, deals with the recorded phone conversation between David Jacobs and Emma Woods (both were aware the recordings were being made).

Here is the brief summary Jeremy wrote on the Paratopia Podcast page:

Alien hybrids making threats over instant messenger. Hypnosis sessions conducted over the telephone. Boisterous, arrogant men talking down to a victimized female. This story has it all and then some.

Jeff and Jeremy dissect Emma Woods’ phone conversations with Dr. David Jacobs regarding the termination of their relationship. This episode asks the important question: Who presents the bigger threat to us, aliens or the researchers looking into them? Then we examine the wrongheaded and cruel response to Emma by UFO Watchdog. For her, the hits just keep on coming.

Take a drink every time we repeat this is just our opinion or beg Jacobs to come on our show in this, our most controversial episode to date.

This is, as the hosts point out, void of David Jacobs side of the story, and because of that, they cannot confirm 100% accuracy. You'll have to judge for yourself. They have invited him to be on the show to give his version, but so far he hasn't bitten.

Warning, the recordings are pretty emotional and this could upset some people, so be mindful if you're easily triggered.

UFO Photo Manipulation 101

Oh, this is priceless:

What I thought was going to be the beginning of a long, well done analysis of a photo over at Black Horizon, ended almost as soon as it began -- without even having to adjust the first set of levels. The photo was purported to be of an extra-terrestrial coming through some sort of ... dimensional-wormholey-something-or-other during a recent annual event at Joshua Tree National Park in California. The 'contact event' was hosted by none other than CSETI (if you want to see the original images, go find their site).

Shocker.

Well, the analysis didn't get very far because the first step that was taken to study the photo's integrity was it's undoing. Leftover EXIF data from an image overlaid with the original image cracked this brief case. Yep, that's right: It had the dates to two separate images encoded in the file.

Hoax. Weeeeeeee!

What do you wanna bet there will be a forthcoming excuse that will contain the word disinfo?

The Ministry of Silly Voices

A post by David Andrew made on UFO Chronicles came through my Alerts this evening. Apparently he had also caught the episode of Open Minds that I mentioned briefly in The Cold, Hard Truth About French Fries.

Here is an excerpt from David Andrew's The Stan Romanek Saga:

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The Cold, Hard Truth About French Fries

What to talk about...

I could talk about the whole James Carrion incident, but I think the rest of the UFO websites have already bludgeoned that one to death.

I could talk about how Stan appeared on Open Minds Radio to discuss the vast amount of evidence he has for his abduction case. I could also talk about the laughable and (in my opinion) staged phone interruption with a 'mysterious' voice that said: "You need to learn to keep your mouth shut".

Yes. I shit you not.

More than just the voice, the rather ho-hum reaction by everyone on that episode was a little less than convincing. If you're interested, it's the show from 1.22.10 and the voice comes in at about 29:26, but you will probably want to go a minute or two before that to get the context. Although, I'm not sure that matters.

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Stan Romanek: Time Lord

MUFON's International Director, James Carrion, has a new post on his blog "Follow the Magic Thread" (or was it"Fallow" ? *snort*) regarding the threat of legal action by Stan Romanek towards MUFON.

Apparently Stan (or rather Stan's vocal chords, Lisa Romanek) are now claiming that James is lying - and that Stan never called and never mentioned legal action. Later on, she mentions that Stan did call the MUFON office (having previously said he didn't) and did ask for the legal department.

The new claim by Lisa is that Stan made the call after having read what James posted. The problem here is that the message was left at MUFON's office on December 28th, while James' article was published on the 29th. So, as Mr. Carrion points out, that would only be possible if Stan had travelled forward in time to December 29th, read James' article, then traveled back in time to December 28th, where he left the message asking for the legal department and where papers could be served.

Excerpt:
So let’s examine some recent events that demonstrate how off kilter you are about the Romaneks. On December 28, 2009 Stan Romanek called the MUFON office asking for MUFON’s legal department. On the same day a “recorded voice” called the MUFON office asking for MUFON’s legal address so that MUFON could be served papers. On the same day, Leslie Varnicle, MUFON Colorado State Director received a voice mail from Stan Romanek also asking for MUFON’s legal department...

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Oldies by the Moldies

By The Interstellar Housewife

I've been sitting here sifting through my daily does of Google Alerts, which are significantly fewer than the last couple of days, in which a number of them piled up while I was busy working more than I generally care to. Most of them were crap of course, and the rest -- well, they either weren't worth mentioning or I had no real opinion of them.

After finishing up with my Alerts, I then got the crazy idea of going through all of the pages I have bookmarked in the last few months, pertaining to U-know-whats. See, when I find a certain article that I think make be interesting, but don't have the time or wordage to write about it, I bookmark it with the misguided assumption that I'll come back to them again, shortly, or on a slow news day -- and the last couple of weeks have been a long chain of slow news days. Sure, there are a lot of articles out there that come through each and every mother-lovin' day, but most are crap, the same old-same old, or just UFO reports. I could post the UFO reports, but there are bazillion other sites that do just that (though I reserve the right to post reports that are interesting to me, on occasion).

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Layover in Denver: An Alien Lovestory

By The Interstellar Housewife

If you haven't read about it yet, on November 30th, Jeff Peckman received a letter telling him that the Extraterrestrial Affairs Commission ballot initiative had enough signatures to be officially placed on the ballot. If you're wondering how I really feel about the Extra Campaign, read this.

Oh, and while you're at it, you might as well read this, too.

I simply cannot wait to see the "education" that Jeff and his entourage will provide for the residents of Denver. I can just imagine the 30 second spots on Colorado television: Overly dramatic, shadowy propaganda, a la Anti-Gary Hart campaign ads.

Hrm. I wonder if Donna Rice digs UFOs...

Just think about it -- this time next year, Peckman could be fist-bumping with the Nordics at City Hall!

And people thought I was crazy when I proposed The Portland Oregon Ballroom Dance and Charm School for Hyper-Dimensional Beings.

Project Spamalot

Here's a shocker! The people over at Project Camelot are saying they do not have high-hopes for a disclosure today.

From the November 26, 2009 Project Camelot Blog post:

"We're not holding our breath: there's no immediate sign of this, and we doubt that this will happen."

Ya think?

"And as a note of interest, we were told recently by an insider source that a speech had been written for Bill Clinton - in his first term - as a Disclosure announcement."

Oh goodie, we can look forward to this sort of bullshit-hype whenever we elect a new President.

"Recent events, however, suggest a steady build-up to an announcement of something, sometime."

I bow to the accuracy of your predictions.

"Two weeks ago the Vatican held a conference on extraterrestrial life (we enjoyed the 'ET phone Rome' headline). NASA has now stated that there's water on the moon. And there have been more interviews by Larry King on UFOs this year then ever before."

Well, sure! I mean, if it's on Larry King, it has to be important!

"Like everyone else, we're watching and waiting for the announcement to be made: whether it's this year, next year, or in 2012, it has to come sometime."

Genius! Way to help keep 2012 speculation alive and well!

One Denver Omelet, Hold the Ham and Cheese

By The Interstellar Housewife

A couple of weeks ago, I received a comment from the Rocky Mountain Paranormal Research Society, an investigative organization, taking a scientific approach to the paranormal research. The comment was in response to an article I wrote a month earlier, “The Um, Extraterrestrial Affairs Commission”, which poked fun at the ridiculousness of this spacey ballot initiative.

At first, I wasn't sure if the comment, which at least sounded positive, was actually meant to be positive. After checking out the link they provided in their comment, I quickly discovered that my opinion of Peckman's ET campaign was indeed shared by them.

In fact, they've done a helluva job of presenting the big picture of this whole sketchy affair.

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