The Billy Meier case has long since been consider to be a UFO hoax by a great many people. While "debunking the debunkers" serves no valid purpose
for this long-proven fraud, this thread remains as an example of absurdity.
I posted this debunking of IIG in an earlier thread by Ziggy. I think the thread was closed because it was similar to other Meier threads. I don't
think we've had a thread on debunking IIG's investigation before, so I want to start one. I believe we(including myself) have been a bit dismissive
of Meier and Meier's case needs reexamning.
I was convinced he was a hoax a few years ago on the basis that the ray-gun and the wedding cake looked too fake to be real, but in retrospect I
realised that this was an argument from increduility. How I could possibly know what a 600 year old Pleadian ray gun would look like, or what a 100
million year old dinosaur would look like. I also figured, that even if they are fake, perhaps not all of his material is fake. It is possible that
Meier or his organization fabricated some evidence to create interest, but genuine contacts were going on.
Why do I find Meier absolutely fascinating? Meier has some 200+ witnesses. One of them includes an ex UN diplomat. He is supported by the Disclosure
project and by ex CIA whistle blower George Green. As well as by many scientific experts. He has produced hundreds of high resolution and very clear
photographs of UFO's, as well as some terrific videos, all of which remain irreproducable to date(See the UFO duplication section)
IIG has set out to debunk him and then concludes on its web site it has. I am afraid IIG's investigation is a prime example of what is called
pseudoskepticism. They were challenged by Michael Horn to submit their duplications of Meier's evidence for scientific scrutiny, just as Meiers
material was, but they refused to. It will now become very apparent why they refused to as I systematically debunk their claims.
The Dinosaur picture
The claimed original and alleged source:
IIG claims that Meier faked this image because they resemble one another, but if one looks closely one will find:
1) The original lacks any of the texturing and the detail in the alleged source
2) The background and the strokes visible in the alleged source are not visible in the original
3) The limbs of the alleged dinosaur are very thin on the original, but not in the alleged source.
IIG claims this is because of the low quality and resolution of Meiers camera. In which case why hasn't it demonstrated that it can using a similar
low quality and resolution replicate Meiers picture exactly? Until that is not forthcoming this cannot be accepted as proof. I don't have any
photo-ediing software to see if I can take the alleged source and view in low resolution to see if I can get Meiers image. Anybody want to give it a
go?
I do personally believe though that it possible that this a hoaxed image and taken from the alleged source, but possibly taken to support his real
dinosaur trip. At this moment I cannot accept IIG's supposed alleged source as conclusive because it is possible that they have taken something that
resembles the original Meier pic.
Asket and Nara pictures
Originals:
Alleged source of original:
There is something fishy going on here with the IIG's representation. The first image is from the 1983 book, "Contact from Pleadies: Vol 2" by Lee
Elders. Then there is a reprint of this image in a different book, "And yet they fly" by Guido Moosbruggerin 1991, in which the second image appears
that IIG has deconstructed which was not in Elders book.
It says in the end of the report:
I asked one of the original investigators, Lee Elders, about the publication of UFO…Contact From The Pleiades Volume II. Here is what he had
to say:
"[Billy] supplied the material that was analyzed. I have letters from him stating that he was thrilled with the presentation. We gave him a couple
hundred books at his request. I still have the letters saying he and the Pleiadians were happy the book had been done. In fact, the publication was
mentioned in the original contact notes."
So, for at least 18 years, from 1983 to 2001, these photographs of "Asket" and "Nera" were promoted and published, multiple times, as being his
Plejaran extra-terrestrial contacts, but then in 2001 these same photos were now described as "malicious hoaxes" and the only thing that changed was
that the apparently original source material, The Dean Martin Variety Show, was released on home video.
Did you spot the misrepresentation? Lee elders was talkng about his book published in 1983, which Meier and his Pleaidians supposedly verified, in
which the second photograph which IIG has deconstructed was not in it. Lee elders said nothing to verify the 1991 book, which was by another author.
Thus IIG have misrepresented his quote.
I still think it is possibly that Meier did not take a picture of Asket, and this photo was hoaxed to support his contacts. It seems odd that the
Pleaidians do not allow themselves to be photographed at other times, and then would allow Meier to have a face-shot of Asket.
UFO Photo duplication
IIG accepted Michael Horn's challenge to duplicate Meier photos using models but refused to submit them for scientific testing. It will become clear
why after we compare Meiers best pictures and IIG's side by side:
IIG:
Meier:
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More Meier:
www.steelmarkonline.com...
It does not take a photo expert to see that the IIG fail on all technical counts: In their replicas it is obvious the UFO is a small model suspended
above the ground by a 6-7 feet pole close to the camera. In others the model is right in front of the camera suspended by a fishing pole. And in some
they have used frisbees, which
actually look like frisebees. A very basic test of these photo by calculating focal points and distances of
these objects will expose them in an instant. These are the kind of tests Meiers photos had to undergo and on a far more vigorous level. Thus it is
only fair that the IIG's ones go through similar tests.
IIG does claim that they have run their photos through tests - by ahem applying photoshop filters to them. Meier's photos were tested far more
vigorously than they have admitted. IIG tells similar lies for all of Meier's evidence(as we have seen already with the Asket and Nara pictures) for
example it claims Marcel Vogel knew of the chemical composition of the metal sample through an electron microscope and demonstrates it is impossible
to do that. This is another lie. He knew of the composition through chemical spectroscopy tests done on the metal and not through an electron
microcope. Thus it should become clear IIG is repeatedly lying about Meiers evidence.
In Meiers photo you can clearly see these UFO's are suspended very high in the air and would require huge cranes to put them there(Somehow I think if
Meier had a portable crane it would be noticed ) His UFO's are rather large and are a significant distance away from the camera so as to make a
possible pole or a crane visible in the camera frame. If subjected to a test calculating focal points and distances etc the size of the UFO would be
shown to be significantly large(ruling out small models) which is what test results have indeed shown.
There has been no attempt by IIG to duplicate his videos, but there are some pseudoskeptics who have tried. Let us compare
Here a Meiers original video
The deph perception is very clear and to give us perspective somebody even walks underneath. It is obviously not a small object dangled in front of a
camera. If I can see replications of this footage then I will believe it could be a hoax, until then the skeptics need to work VERY hard to reproduce
this stuff. It would seem if professional organizations like IIG are failing miserably, then this strongly supports the validity of these actually
being genuine beamships who are in contact with Meier.
[edit on 22-4-2009 by SkepticOverlord]