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UFO sightings: New Yorkers are ‘blasé people’ and the rest of us are gullible

by on Oct. 18, 2010, under Extraterrestrials, UFOs

It has been a strange few days in Ufology, for sure.

Rumors, speculation and stories that just won’t die.

First, New Yorkers saw “UFOs” in the sky on October 13th. This was the very day that retired NORAD officer Stan Fulham predicted that UFOs would appear over major cities in a massive display. The official explanation was that the UFOs were actually escaped balloons. Somehow, the explanation hasn’t circulated widely enough across the internet.

El Paso was next, with their UFO, which they claim matches the New York event.

CREDIT: YouTube
CAPTION: El Paso UFO

Notice how the reporter places doubt on the official explanation of that one? Of course, he also used the phrase “little green men” in the same breath. Love the X-Files music, by the way…

So, because of this El Paso news story, the official explanation for New York’s incident is in doubt by a growing number of people.

Members of the mainstream media, take note that when you report like that, you add tons of fuel to the fire.

To top things off, on October 15th, Stan Fulham appeared on Coast to Coast AM to clarify things related to New York. He said that “the transcendors” (the beings who gave him the information to pass along to the rest of us) changed their minds about the massive display. The transcendors, according to Fulham, are: “very old souls who have lived on many different planets and spiritual realms.”  He said that they decided to only appear over New York City to avoid causing panic. After all, New Yorkers are “a blasé people”, according to Fulham.

Although the balloon explanation was already released by the time he went on Coast to Coast, Fulham stuck with the UFO version of the story. Fulham assures us that the altered plan includes gradually increasing UFO appearances until 2014 when the “entities” address the United Nations.

I’ve got something to say to Fulham: What about El Paso, Fulham? If El Paso’s incident WAS related to New York’s, the transcendors forgot to tell you. Just like they forgot to tell you that they changed their mind about a massive display until after the fact. Are you going to include El Paso now, after the fact?

We are still supposed to believe this?

On the same note, I’ve got a message that Fulham can relay to the transcendors: You blew it!

Advanced beings? I’m not so sure about that in this case.

Then, there is the “disappearing village” in the Qinling Mountains in China. The story that began with a single sentence in a blogger’s signature and spread like a game of telephone until the story became too bizarre to be true throughout the world.  Even after the official explanation in China, assuring that the story is false, some folks still believe it. It’s a cover up, they say.

I am on a quest for truth. For me to believe it, I need evidence. There are some incidents that do make me wonder. The incidents I referenced today, on the other hand, are completely bogus.

To make myself clear, this is what I believe: Balloons over New York, Sky show over El Paso, Village never disappeared, Transcendors prove that some earthlings are gullible.

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UPDATE 5:15 PM, PT:: El Paso TV station offers rational “down to earth” explanation. There’s the X-Files theme again. Is that music from Halloween in the background? Why? Oh, and even Rockwell’s “Somebody’s Watching Me”? Complete with “little green men” in the report…again…Phoning home?

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  • palabra

    I think the disappearing Chinese village IS a coverup. Govt. leaders in Beijing are working feverishly around the clock to ensure the cloning of exact duplicates of the missing village citizens and architecture so that no one can point to any missing village in China! : – )

    • Cherlyn Gardner Strong

      You forgot to add an ‘LOL’ to the end of that statement. ;-)

      • palabra

        What?  My    : – )    wasn’t good enough?  lol

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  • Robert G Boulay

    Would it be so hard to put an accent on “blasé”? Because it’s French and it’s pronounced “blah-zay”, not “blaze”. Much obliged.

    • Cherlyn Gardner Strong

      Your wish has been granted. Thank you for pointing that out! It is now “blasé”.

  • Philippe

    I was impressed by the sudden disappearance of the lights over El Paso. I don’t think lights from jet airplanes would go out as suddenly as described.
    .
    From what I’ve read about the New York lights, they eventually “went away”. How did this happen? Was it gradual? Sudden? This is important.
    .
    Regarding the authenticity of genuine UFOs - the ones, which, after being investigated, cannot be explained in conventional earthly terms - they do exist beyond all reasonable doubt, as Leslie Kean convincingly shows in her just-published book.
    .
    Hence it is the UFO debunker (who is different from the UFO skeptic) who is the “flake”.

    • Cherlyn Gardner Strong

      Did you see the lights go out suddenly in El Paso, or is that something that you read? You also refer to reading about how New York lights eventually went away. Unfortunately, people put slants on things without having proof.

      I have much respect for Leslie Kean sticking only with the facts in her book, which does raise a ton of speculation that something is going on, but how is that proving the existence of UFOs beyond a reasonable doubt?

      There are stories that have credibility, others that don’t. These that I mention today, just don’t. You can refer to me to whatever articles you have read, but I need more proof than that.

      • Philippe

        Did you see the lights go out suddenly in El Paso, or is that something that you read?
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        The video commentary said the lights “all disappeared”, which I took to mean  “suddenly disappeared”.
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        Here’s the thing. I shouldn’t have to make assumptions about how quickly the lights disappeared. That I have to, bespeaks sloppy reporting.
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        “…..how is that proving the existence of UFOs beyond a reasonable doubt……?”
        .
        The evidence presented in Leslie Kean’s book is of the sort that if presented in a criminal trial, would have high believability because of the credibility of the witnesses, and the quality of other physical evidence (photos, radar) to support it.
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        It is the sort of accumulated circumstantial evidence on which criminal convictions have been rendered in courts of law.
        .
        Leslie Kean says in her book: “…..we know that unidentified objects exist, officially documented and defined as such  by the US Air Force and other government agencies around the world. For fifty years, the reality of unidentified flying objects  has not been a question of belief or a matter of faith, opinion, or choice…….it is a matter of fact……”.
        .
        You can’t get much clearer than that, n’est ce pas?

        • Cherlyn Gardner Strong

          The sad fact is that there is sloppy reporting…incorrect dates, inconsistent eyewitness accounts. Some regurgitate information that we don’t get to see for ourselves, some take the liberty to exaggerate. I wish that journalists would report like Kean, but they don’t. Kean investigates through several sources and digs for proof, rather than just relying on articles. Yes, unidentified objects do exist, with the current accepted rate of 5% of objects remaining unidentified. When I see true evidence of the three things I reported on today, I might change my mind. Based on the evidence presented thus far, I do not.

          • Philippe

            I agree absolutely that the sightings over New York and El Paso don’t constitute proof that there are no conventional explanations for the objects seen.
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            As for the Transcendors, I’m extremely skeptical about that.
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            Unfortunately, it’s the invocation of notions like the Transcendors which powders the ammunition of  UFO debunkers, who must lick their chops each time the Transcendors are spoken of seriously by  a UFO believer.

            • Cherlyn Gardner Strong

              Check out the El Paso video that provides a “down to earth explanation“. Note the background music. If Fulham delivers my message to the Transcendors, and they reply, I’ll let you know if I hear back from from them. Don’t get me wrong. I believe there is something to that 5%. It’s the majority of the mainstream media reporting (going after page views) and some bloggers (going after page views) that is irritating me. I don’t get paid here. Even if I did, I care about the subject to not sensationalize the subject. I want facts and I want answers.

              • Philippe

                Thank you for the video link . Two things I found of interest. First, the video appeared to show the lights disappearing.
                They disappeared in an instant. This would be consistent with the all the pilots turning off their craft’s lights at a prearranged moment.
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                If the pilots didn’t turn off the lights, then the sudden disappearence of the lights is inconsistent with these aircraft going off somewhere. One would expect the lights in the sky to recede somewhat slowly.
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                The other thing of interest is that the newcaster accepted unquestioningly the skyshow’s spokesperson’s explanation for the lights in the sky. Should he have?
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                Having watched this video, I simply say I don’t know the cause of the lights. I’m an agnostic on this.
                .
                Talking of video links, here’s one to a *nine-minute video* of Professor Michio Kako, a leading mainstream astrophysicist, who speculates about life on other planets, UFOs, and String Theory.
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                It’s well worth the nine minutes if Professor Kako is new to you, and you are interested in UFOs and the Unexplained.
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                Incidentally, he’s written approvingly about Leslie Kean’s new book. Quite something for a mainstream scientist.

              • plasmatic

                “I want facts and I want answers.”

                From media? Seriously? 

                Contrary to myth, journalism is not The Fourth Estate.  The millionaires and billionaires who pay the pipers call the tune. That isn’t conspiracy.  It’s a fact.

                Journalists have failed the public interest on the subject of UFOs – and many, many other subjects – for decades, and why wouldn’t they?  Journalism serves advertisers, not people, and the facts and answers presented to the public will always reflect the advertisers’ versions of reality.

                Advertisers are the customers of “news” media.  The public is the product. How thorough can a thirty or forty-five second “segment” on television be?

                • Cherlyn Gardner Strong

                  Yes, I want only the facts presented by the media. I don’t want hints at conspiracies or lame jokes. Not sure if you read my posts on a regular basis, but I am clear that I will not “believe” something just from reading it in an article or seeing a short segment. To find answers, I would have to do my own digging.

                  Yes, journalists have failed the public interest on many subjects. Just as bad is the political coverage, for obvious reasons. It obviously is not going to change, but I choose to be vocal about the media’s handling of the topic anyway.

                  What I am saying is that that 45 second segment should not be filled with X-Files music and references to “little green men”. Some of us don’t touch the subject of aliens. Aliens are not the first thing that comes to mind when an object is seen. I wish that they would simply report the story.

                  Due to that reporting, first El Paso report, especially, now there are folks out there who truly believe that the subsequent El Paso skydiving explanation is a “cover up”. Additionally, they now think the same thing about New York’s balloons. The media shouldn’t add fuel to the fire like that.

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  • http://technorati.com/technology/feature/ufos-pimp-my-reality/ Tim Brosnan

    At the other end of the conversational spectrum, Nick Pope just attended a two-day meeting of the Royal Society to work out a “scientific and social agenda” on extraterrestrial life. While I think the proceedings will be rather dry, and Pope himself is probably ufology’s most non-commital spokesperson, the fact that the meeting was convened is newsworthy.

    • Cherlyn Gardner Strong

      Nick Pope and other more credible experts also say that they are able to find conventional explanations for 95% of sightings, leaving 5% unidentified. So, my point is with this post, is that over the last week, the sightings were overblown and still believed despite conventional explanations. If the mainstream media keeps reporting like they are, and the believers continue to believe every incident, I don’t know if progress will be made on that 5%.

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  • bwilson

    Worth noting here that both Fort Bliss and White Sands Missile Range are near El Paso and both facilities work with missiles.
     
    The “lights in the night sky” reports are very susceptible to speculation.  The problem with this kind of sighting is that visual data is (naturally) constrained.  While the lights in this case are interesting, there is no unexplainable motion (motion seen can be explained by the effects of gravity or wind) or even a suggestion of high speed.
     
    Concur with Ms Gardner Strong, we seem to be in UFO reporting “silly season”.
     
    Cheers
     

    • palabra

      “silly season”.  I love that!!  Haha.  Thanks.

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