[HOAX]GFL spaceship DID NOT APPEAR on Oct.14th, 2008[HOAX]

now that blossom is world famous/infamous and her gig is pretty much up - you'd assume no-one would ever give her a smidgen of credibility again ... and rightly so.

unfortunately it seems it doesn't work like that and this charlatan probably "will" still have followers and believers. australia has another famous/infamous self proclaimed psychic who says she can communicate with the dead. (Deb Webber) deb was filmed "communicating" with dead people who didn't exist and this was aired on national tv, yet still thousands believe in her. it's mind boggling.

i'm usually willing to keep a reasonably open mind and give people the benefit of the doubt or at least a chance to prove outlandish claims ... but once they've blown it (as these two have) ... that's it. my problem with these types is they prey on others sensibilities, trust and vulnerabilities and that is so wrong. they make excuses for themselves when they get it wrong and others make excuses for them too, but that's all they are ... excuses.

the only way these people could even begin to redeem themselves is to own up and not pull anymore stunts. but they never do.

Originally posted by YouAreDreaming
I am sorry to anyone who got conned by this woman and lost hard-earned cash to her little book of lies. There was ample people warning that this was a hoax, and how it parallels things such as Heaven's Gate and other UFO predictions which in the end, epic fail.

The true tragedy is to those hopefulls who truly believed this was real and going to happen. All the people they told, all the friends they made aware of this event, all the co-workers who they will have to face tomorrow and say it didn't happen.

What she did was a crime, a blatant scam, and a fraud. It totally lessens true UFO research, and further makes efforts of real legitimate research to folly in the wake of these types of scams.

If you are really hard up for seeing an Alien, look in the mirror and remember on some distant planet out there, you are the true Alien.

Viva la human aliens! May we conquer the universe one day

I'm glad that she made money from her own hyped creation and convinced as many people as she did. She was able to convert gullible, naive, wishful thinkers into money.

More people should make a business out of exploiting suckers and be commended for it.

[edit on 14-10-2008 by Sroek]

Originally posted by Reddupo

Originally posted by stringfellow
Does anyone feel this would make a great movie?
1) What would the title be?
2) What actress would play Blossom?
3) Who would direct this movie?
4) Would this be a CGI fun movie?
5) what would it be rated?

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1) Suckers
2) A malevolent Britney Spears
3) Stan Romanek

They are not sure on the other two yet.

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

I absolutely can't wait. You got a release date? October 14th, 2012?
I think Danny DeVito would make a good Commander Abama.

Originally posted by Xcalibur254
reply to post by Sovaka

 

Didn't someone say earlier that Abama had BG's seal of approval? Although this thread has enough false information being purported as fact it could have been entirely made up.

I believe that was false information.
I don't remember ever reading on her blog that she endorsed Adama.

has anything cool happened yet?? I havent heard anything on the news but if yall get a link and could tell me where i can see the gfl spaceship i would greatly appreciate it

Hmm, it appears the mods close any Oct. 14th thread now regardless of context, so I'll just post what I wanted to say here and have it drown out with everything else.

No matter how you look at it, whether it was Blossom Goodchild's original intent or not, the hype for this event was orchestrated. I have talked to many people in anonymous chat rooms (I won't say where; take it with a grain of salt if you must) where they were discussing how to get the maximum enjoyment out of this prediction. Some people were saying they would upload random hoax UFO videos, others were saying they would post on as many forums as they could, and others still were doing as much name-calling to both sides as possible.

The message of this event was basically "peace, happiness, and love," yet if you look at what has transpired, the exact opposite has occurred.

Users everywhere of all ages have been warring with one another about whether it would happen or not. If you believed it would happen, you'd be called a "gullible fool," and if you didn't believe it would happen, you'd be called a "nonbeliever" -- all of these usually followed by one or more emoticons. What I have noticed is that a lot of this is completely intentional, meaning that people are knowingly calling other people names with the soul purpose of getting a reaction out of the person. How is this promoting peace?

For a lot of people that believed this event, it provided a false sense of happiness, having people thinking that all their troubles would float away come Oct. 14th, whereas those who didn't believe would feel anger and sarcasm. Now that the date has just about finished, those who were originally happy are now sad and depressed, and those who were originally angry and sarcastic are now boastful and...sarcastic (I guess that one didn't change). Even worse, in my opinion, is those that felt glee the entire time, knowing they were "getting off" to everybody's turmoil.

Finally, much love was not had during this time. Sure, some people put signatures like "With much love, Commander so-and-so," but love is not supposed to be annoying if it is genuine. Before this event happened, there was much love from the believers and much hatred from the disbelievers; now, there is much confusion from the believers and 10x the hatred from the disbelievers.

In reality, this event has done the exact opposite of what it was supposed to do. Was it Blossom Goodchild's original intention? Maybe, maybe not, but whatever the case may be, if she wants to continue to promote the message she claims that she wants to spread, she would need to stop her channeling altogether and go into a different field lest she be seen as a hypocrite.

Looking back on this event, one has to consider all the possibilities:

· Blossom Goodchild really did believe a ship of light was coming today, and she is as shocked as the rest of the believers; the ship decided not to come today for some unforeseen reason
· Blossom Goodchild somewhat believed a ship of light was coming today, but as her prediction spiraled out of control, she lost control, and now she will spin it to benefit her somehow
· Blossom Goodchild was an intelligent hoaxer and was out to make a quick buck; if asked for reasoning, she would probably say "who was dumber, the false prophet or those who believed her?" (which is topsy-turvy logic to begin with)
· This event was actually a government/shadow/other project to test the public's reaction to such a bold prediction
· This event was actually a government/shadow/other project to have a solid point of reference with referring to other predictions in the future

Option 1 seems plausible. For all we know, Blossom Goodchild may have a mental condition and really believed what she was saying. If this is the case, she needs to get some help and sort out her problems while returning any money she made on any material related to Oct. 14th. Option 2 is somewhat plausible. I believe another Ufologist spun the truth around a bit, causing him to lose all credibility. Perhaps Blossom Goodchild believed her prediction, but due to pressure, decided to spice it up. This does not excuse her spinning it to her advantage, though. Option 3 seems to be highly evident to most people, but if it is true that she did this all just to make a quick buck, she used the most inefficient way of hoaxing that I have ever seen -- unless that was the intent. Option 4, although plausible, is highly unlikely. Organizations can use other methods of testing public reaction than a woman and an Internet hoax.

What I truly think it will ultimately come out to is closest to Option 5. Whether this was the main objective or not by the government, a shadow organization, Internet pranksters, etc., does not matter. The point is that few people are going to believe these types of predictions in the future when presented with this hoax. In most cases, this WILL be a good thing, since it should lessen irrational overreactions to predictions, but what bothers me is that it might get overused and be brought up for EVERY prediction in the UFO field -- and beyond. What if people start bringing this hoax up for stock market predictions, natural events, economic conditions, etc.? In the seldom chance an expert comes on ATS and gives a little inside information about what will happen in the next weeks or months in the U.S. with no proof other than his word, will the Blossom Goodchild hoax be brought up in his topic?

What I think should be learned from this are three main points: Overreacting is NEVER good and does nothing but cause headaches, people WILL take advantage of the situation if it provides them laughs, and, with these two activities being employed, peace, happiness, and love will most definitely NOT take place.

We need to move forward with caution, and deny ignorance.

Originally posted by YouAreDreaming
I am sorry to anyone who got conned by this woman and lost hard-earned cash to her little book of lies.

I somehow got to an Australian website for offically reporting a scam. Might be of interest to some?

Anyone else know how to advise any unsuspecting consumers?

This may be the closest we come to contact.


In all seriousness though... Try to keep an open mind.. as some of us have said.. it could be that this was a disinfo campaign from the start.
It is possible that this was the desired response. Fake a contact then when something real is supposed to happen no one will believe it.

but who knows.

reply to post by SonicInfinity





Bravo..... Thank You for Denying Ignorance.

Originally posted by Sroek

I'm glad that she made money from her own hyped creation and convinced as many people as she did. She was able to convert gullible, naive, wishful thinkers into money.

More people should be making a business out of exploiting suckers and be commended for it.

[edit on 14-10-2008 by Sroek]

I have a friend who I know is going to be very broken hearted who truly believed this, and confided in me knowing I am very open to UFO related phenomenology, I do believe she bought books also.

In the end, I told her about Heaven's Gate and gave her a wiki page with a list of UFO cults telling her this is not new, and people make these claims. In the end, she was just hopeful, but open to it failing.

I don't think we need more lies and deceit for those wanting truth, love and honesty, but sadly we will never win because there will always be charlatans who exploit our good nature and ability to believe into their own twisted gains.

A fool and his money is soon parted.

Ok, for the last time I am going to say this.

She never once asked people to purchase her other books in regards to the FoL.
She never eluded that you needed to buy the books to understand the channelings.
She never once said it was a necessity to understand what was going on.
This prediction was never in anyway directly selling her other books.

It was COMPLETELY up to the person who chose to purchase the books.
NO ONE forced them to buy, NO ONE told them that they needed to buy the books.
They made that choice ON THEIR OWN!

Enough of this talk about how it was a purposeful con and how she intentionally ripped anyone off.

And for those who will say she had to books about the FoL...
Yes she did... But to the request of HER READERS during the start of the channelings, when hardly anyone knew what was going on.

For those who feel they have been ripped off by BGC, look at your situation and ask - 'How was I ripped off'

Here are some starters;
She wasted hours of my life - WRONG! You chose to sit here and follow this.
I bought her book/cd - So? She never asked you to...
I went out and bought 2 weeks of food believing what she was saying would lead to chaos - Good for you, you prepared yourself for the worse. Now you have 2 weeks of food and not have to worry.

reply to post by YouAreDreaming


Is anyone from minnesota here? Because there have been alot of strange lights in the sky across the MN/WI border. Now I know that there is an airport over there, but not this many planes fly in the sky at this time. I will try and get some pictures.

reply to post by NephraTari


That thought crossed my mind today as well.

What if this individual was 'hired' to create this type of hype and letdown, in essence to make a mockery of it all on a widespread scale, and in further essence to disuade the 'curious' from having any further interest in the subject due to a circus-like atmosphere surrounding this?

Hmm....

reply to post by fizliz


Keep in mind lots of hoaxers are going to release "UFO lanterns" or Sky Lanterns which people often mistake for UFO's because they are illuminated and floating in the sky. I expect to see lots of this activity during the night sky in lots of areas where hoaxers like to well, hoax.

Originally posted by elevatedone
reply to post by SonicInfinity

 

Bravo..... Thank You for Denying Ignorance.

Do you think this is the first time this has been said elevated? No....it's been said many times and many times over throughout this thread...yet no one listens. Of course, we can forget for now that, that was a one-liner and off-topic right?

AB1

I'm not sure if others will agree with me but I feel that this whole event was entirely done by the government in order to test us out for something larger (2012)? I don't believe for a second it got to this point due to some random Australian fortune teller, there is something more sinister in the works.

reply to post by DimensionalDetective

precisely! that is what I am thinking could be the case.
This was a setup from day one.

probably nothing as most of today is ... here in west texas calm cloudy and cold but.... My abc feed and nbc feed is very weird the audio speeds up and slows down any body else having this problem like interfearance ...again this is probably not anything just curious

Originally posted by NephraTari
In all seriousness though... Try to keep an open mind.. as some of us have said.. it could be that this was a disinfo campaign from the start.
It is possible that this was the desired response. Fake a contact then when something real is supposed to happen no one will believe it.

but who knows.

That's exactly what it is, a mass diversion from legitimate UFOlogy. It's meant to appease skeptics so that they can use this incident as future reference to support their reasoning for the non-existence of extraterrestrial phenomenon. As well as to cause people who are just beginning to look deeper into the subject to stray away from getting to the real sources of information.

[edit on 14-10-2008 by Sroek]