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originally posted by: Blue Shift
As for individuals, and not to slag the man personally, but I've always thought that Stan Friedman was possibly the most useful idiot ever. He seems like a smart guy, and he has credentials. He's a good public speaker. But for the bulk of his career, that man reiterated the most absolute nonsense about UFOs and aliens from other planets. Him waiving around blacked-out pages that somehow prove his point? And his heavy promotion of Roswell? These are things that seem like someone would promote if they had the very specific agenda of convincing people that all that paranormal and high strangeness stuff was nonsense, and that nuts-and-bolts was the only way to go.
I suspect that he had strong, concealed ties with the military, and they would share confidential information with him in exchange for him pointing at outer space aliens. And if that's part of the insider information they gave him, then they totally played him.
originally posted by: Cauliflower
a reply to: KellyPrettyBear
The Nazi red mercury is still in demand at over $100,000 a gram.
Part of a LLNL program looking for useful idiots back in the 80's.
Quite a few people had exposure to red mercury back in the 1960's many were disappeared.
Once a person "believes" in almost anything fantastical... even if there is SOME basis for them to believe.. they become very vulnerable to manipulation by any of the "priesthood"... the people who claim to "known" and who can convince others that they "know".
originally posted by: AtypicalJ
Probably many of the professional ufologists began their careers with good intentions. They believed they could quit their jobs and devote all their time and resources to finding the answers and evidence, for their own curiosity and to become loved and famous. But only to find there is no evidence. .
originally posted by: Blaine91555
originally posted by: AtypicalJ
Probably many of the professional ufologists began their careers with good intentions. They believed they could quit their jobs and devote all their time and resources to finding the answers and evidence, for their own curiosity and to become loved and famous. But only to find there is no evidence. .
I think that is often the case, but not always. We have examples of people like Zecharia Sitchin where it fairly obvious it was all about money from the get go. People like Billy Meier where the end game was hoaxing people to feel powerful and of course in a smaller way for money.