So far I've read/seen comments regarding Lazar, Meier (Horn), Cooper, etc. What is the general feeling, who is considered 'fairly' truthful,
or at least not completely a fraud?
All we can do is pretty much give you our opinions based on what we ourselves have looked at, and concluded. Members will agree and disagree with
each other on many of these...
Lazar - I'm still on the fence with Lazar...there's evidence on both sides of this. Even the evidence is two-sided.... For example,
there's a "high confidence" (as per the majesticdocuments.com team) Air Incident Report in July, 1947 from General Twining (apparently regarding
the Roswell disc), and the description of the interior of the disc is very similar to what Lazar described. However, this same report mentions
"Mogul" as in connection with some kind of propeller-less turbine instead of the stated Mogul purpose of detecting Soviet nuke blasts. So, either
the report is bogus, or we've hit upon yet another facet of Mogul, and it not being what the Air Force claimed it is.
So what gives? Is it just bad show editing, or is there still a continuing campaign to discredit Lazar? Even though networks like Discovery,
TLC, and the History Channel run UFO programs, could they really be running disinformation at the same time? Personally, I believe the guy.
Stan doesn't believe Lazar. The Goode book was prior to many of the other later things coming out about Lazar. You can go to Stan's site, and I
believe he still even has a little commentary section on Lazar. As I said though, I'm not so quick to dismiss him out of hand. There's something
to his story. Not a lot maybe, but definitely something....
Meier - Even most of his former believers now admit he's a fraud. There is a pretty long thread here on ATS, mostly myself and Indigo Child
going back and forth, and with some great contributions by other members as well, with most concluding in the end, that he's a fraud. (Likely,
you'll conclude this as well after reading the thread).
Cooper - I personally think Cooper has dug up, and been sent, some fascinating and solid info, but unfortunately, that's the minority of what
he's dug up and been sent. One has to go through Cooper info very carefully to separate the wheat from the chaff...
Though an avid believer, ever since my one and only sighting as a child, there are very few cases I'd use to make the case for UFOs to others...
Among these are...
Roswell - obviously... I believe this remains as the first recovery for the US military, and there is so much to go on, because the protocals were
not yet in place.
Rendlesham - another excellent case.
The "Battle of LA" - predates Roswell and the UFO craze in general, but an extremely fascinating case, and supported by the media of the time.
The Hill Abduction case - truly incredible stuff, but for me, the starmap is really the most impressibe part.
Mexican AF UFO footage - gun camera footage of military planes.
In general, I like to focus on the following:
1. Reliable eye-witnesses whom are used to dealing with aerial phenomenon (such as military or civilian pilots, military officers, etc.)
2. Documentation, you'd be amazed how much documentation there is showing the government's continued interest in the UFO phenomenon.
3. Little things that corraborate with other sources. (I don't really use these to make the case for UFOs, but I find them fascinating. One such
example is eye membranes. In Corso's book "The Day After Roswell", he describes how the aliens didn't really have black eyes. He said that they
actually had thin artificially implanted membranes that worked as nightvision. In the much criticized "Alien Autopsy" video, there is a scene
showing just that, the removal of an eye membrane, with a more normal eye below...) Again, they don't prove anything, but sure make you go
hmm....???
[edit on 28-2-2005 by Gazrok]