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I don't think Nick Pope should be on there either, I find them both very interesting.
Originally posted by boredsilly
Stanton Friedman should not be on that list. I've always found him to be an excellent researcher.
Originally posted by zorgon
Originally posted by Aliensun
Carl Sagan would get the prize award for best con.
I agree
He also made that plaque on Pioneer sending a message to the stars showing that white blond people inhabited the Earth
Yup Public Enemy #1
Aliens are fake. Get over it.
Originally posted by zorgon
Originally posted by OrionHunterX
- "Dan Burisch", a hoaxster who pretends to have worked at Area 51.
Hmmm well Dan Burisch led me to Los Alamos documents on Project Looking Glass... the real deal...
Originally posted by Aliensun
reply to post by Turiddu
In Sagan's Cosmic Connection he relates how he labored very hard without success to get nightlights put on the Viking Landers to illuminate any nocturnal visitors that maybe would came by to inspect the crafts. The plan was turned down for space/weight considerations.
He DID serve an important role, and undoubtedly had help in that role he played, but he was not the near-god rationalist that some would make him out to be.
Foremost, he was a strong and adament UFO denier once he stepped across the fence into the governmental policy area. That is the way he will be remembered by those that know the reality of UFOs and his history. However, the general public, as you, will hold him up for high adoration.
Originally posted by PJAmerica
reply to post by Turiddu
I don't admire the man, I admire the achievements he made. From a scientific stance he showed the potential to research such things was okay. That was a step forward.
Originally posted by Exuberant1
Originally posted by PJAmerica
reply to post by Turiddu
I don't admire the man, I admire the achievements he made. From a scientific stance he showed the potential to research such things was okay. That was a step forward.
That makes no sense.
He wasn't a trailbalazer as you claim.
Originally posted by Romekje
So you are actually telling me that you just debunked Sitchin, his lifetime research, and his gala of books written about a history written by people over 6000 years ago in a language you can't even dream of starting to understand, a language only 200 people on this planet can read?
Could you give me even ONE SOLID reason why you would doubt his research?
Nobody even TRIED to debunk him because nobody CAN
The work of Zecharia Sitchin was brought to my attention in 2001, shortly after I completed my book, The Facade. As a trained scholar in ancient Semitic languages with a lifelong interest in UFOs and paranormal phenomena, I was naturally enthused about Mr. Sitchin's studies, particularly since I had also heard he was a Sumerian scholar. I thought I had found a kindred spirit. Unfortunately, I was wrong. Zecharia Sitchin is not a scholar of ancient languages. What he has written in his books could neither pass peer review nor is it informed by factual data from the primary sources. I have yet to find anyone with credentials or demonstrable expertise in Sumerian, Akkadian, or any of the other ancient Semitic languages who has positively assessed Mr. Sitchin's academic work.
Can you produce a single text that says the Anunnaki come from the planet Nibiru - or that Nibiru is a planet beyond Pluto? I assert that there are no such texts, and challenge you and readers to study the occurrences of "Anunnaki" right here on this website. Please show me any evidence from the Sumerian texts themselves that the Anunnaki have any connection to Nibiru or a 12th planet (or any planet).
Originally posted by Exuberant1
reply to post by PJAmerica
You're dancing around, pretending you are unable to understand my post's meaning, etc.
Oh well.
Whatever you think, Sagan did not from a scientific stance "show the potential to research such things was okay".
Maybe you believe that but it is not true. Sagan was not a trailblazer in that regard.
edit on 13-9-2010 by Exuberant1 because: (no reason given)