I would have assumed that someone in this case would have taken the photos with the weird writing to Jesse Marcel Jr and ask him if they bear any resemblance to the "heiroglyphics" he saw on the i-beams. It's doubtful that they look alike, but I'm surprised that no one even attempted this, if people actually consider these craft to be genuine.
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Chad Drone Explained?
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67fortsmithufos
Paranormal Novice
I understand the Chad Drone hoax fully. What I don't understand is why so many otherwise intelligent folks are now being sucked in by photographs of a tiny model, obviously shot in a light box such as used for jewelry print ads, not to mention the attendant pages of a technical manual written in a style reminiscent of something else I recently read....oh yeah...that would be the Isaac "letter". If this is, as some suggest, a viral ad for a new game, I would expect it all to be a little more professionally polished. Then again, maybe its a viral ad for Comedy Central. Now that would make more sense!
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Tommy Allison
Guest
It's a viral campaign for HALO 3. It's been verified on a half a dozen sources.
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Tommy Allison
Guest
Do a google for some HALO 3 screen shots. There was a similar drone in one of them that was on the web.
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Tommy Allison
Guest
I had one a while back but some jackass dumped it. I'll see if I have it in my cache.
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Tommy Allison
Guest
C2C Drone = Halo 3, page 1
The last page was one of the big pics of the Chad Drone. I think I saved it to a folder, not sure which one. Anyway, it's all a big campaign for Halo 3, as I've seen some of the toys and merchandise coming soon for it. The writing is nearly the same.
The last page was one of the big pics of the Chad Drone. I think I saved it to a folder, not sure which one. Anyway, it's all a big campaign for Halo 3, as I've seen some of the toys and merchandise coming soon for it. The writing is nearly the same.
Brian Now
Paranormal Pimp
Tommy Allison said:
I know you mentioned this in another thread but still haven't shown us where this is verified. I know it's a hoax and would love for it to be a viral campaign...I can't wait to hear what C2C et al are going to say!! haha.
But I haven't seen anything resembling this in the screenshots I saw for Halo 3. And when I google the Halo 3 and Chad drone together I get some speculation on this idea, for example at ATS (which is not verification) but no official verification. So since you keep mentioning this I have to keep asking.
67fortsmithufos
Paranormal Novice
http://media.xbox360.ign.com/media/734/734817/imgs_1.html
This link will take you to 23 pages of Halo 3 shots. My question is:
How big of a bowl do you need to smoke to be able to see the Chadster
in all the clutter?
This link will take you to 23 pages of Halo 3 shots. My question is:
How big of a bowl do you need to smoke to be able to see the Chadster
in all the clutter?
Miah
Skilled Investigator
It made Digg.com front page:
http://digg.com/space/Strange_Craft_Sightings
Also here is some info on it being a Halo ARG:
http://www.nowpublic.com/ufo_unmasked_marketing_campaign_for_halo_3
http://digg.com/space/Strange_Craft_Sightings
Also here is some info on it being a Halo ARG:
http://www.nowpublic.com/ufo_unmasked_marketing_campaign_for_halo_3
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James
Guest
I prefer to consider separately the veracity of (a) the various "drone" images and witness testimonies and (b) the "Isaac" writings and documents. These may or may not be connected.
Not being a professional image analyst, I cannot discern any aspect of the craft photos that would prove to me that all of them are faked. So I focus on witness testimony, which I consider to be at least as important as any images we have seen. Audio interviews with at least two alleged witnesses were done by Earthfiles. Are these people skilled hoaxers or actors? I don't know, but they sound sincere to me.
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=210868855&s=143441
Regarding the "Isaac" material ... Facially, the author's story seems plausible. He gives the appearance of being an intelligent and thoughtful person. I'm on the fence but currently feel that at least some parts of his account are true. The so-called CARET Research Report has the general appearance of other 1980s technical documents that I've seen. For me, the weakest aspect of Isaac's story is that he would take such risk to smuggle pages of a highly classified document. This part of his story gives me pause.
Some people have suggested that the craft images and/or the Isaac documents are part of a marketing campaign for a Hollywood film or computer game. Perhaps so -- but I think given the relatively small audience for this "UFO stuff," any such effort would not be worth the reward. Also, what is the final payoff to be? In a couple weeks, is Microsoft to emerge from the shadows to say, "Fooled you! Now, buy our new Halo 3."?
Not being a professional image analyst, I cannot discern any aspect of the craft photos that would prove to me that all of them are faked. So I focus on witness testimony, which I consider to be at least as important as any images we have seen. Audio interviews with at least two alleged witnesses were done by Earthfiles. Are these people skilled hoaxers or actors? I don't know, but they sound sincere to me.
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=210868855&s=143441
Regarding the "Isaac" material ... Facially, the author's story seems plausible. He gives the appearance of being an intelligent and thoughtful person. I'm on the fence but currently feel that at least some parts of his account are true. The so-called CARET Research Report has the general appearance of other 1980s technical documents that I've seen. For me, the weakest aspect of Isaac's story is that he would take such risk to smuggle pages of a highly classified document. This part of his story gives me pause.
Some people have suggested that the craft images and/or the Isaac documents are part of a marketing campaign for a Hollywood film or computer game. Perhaps so -- but I think given the relatively small audience for this "UFO stuff," any such effort would not be worth the reward. Also, what is the final payoff to be? In a couple weeks, is Microsoft to emerge from the shadows to say, "Fooled you! Now, buy our new Halo 3."?
David Biedny
Paranormal Adept
Someone is having a really good laugh at the expense of everyone who is buying into this absolute nonsense.
The "witnesses" interviewed by LMH sound like they're trying not to laugh, IMO. The Isaac documents are clever but somewhat silly, the images of the parts with the lettering are nice radiosity renderings, there is nothing mysterious about them AT ALL. I read the Isaac stuff, it's beyond ridiculous - typography that executes itself and creates reality? Someone is smoking the Jack Herer and having a blast.
It all goes to show why the UFO field will always face an uphill battle - it's easy to convince die-hard believers of just about anything. A few shiny trinkets and blinking lights, and they'll put their pets in the microwave in order to have salvation and enlightenment. Sad.
dB
The "witnesses" interviewed by LMH sound like they're trying not to laugh, IMO. The Isaac documents are clever but somewhat silly, the images of the parts with the lettering are nice radiosity renderings, there is nothing mysterious about them AT ALL. I read the Isaac stuff, it's beyond ridiculous - typography that executes itself and creates reality? Someone is smoking the Jack Herer and having a blast.
It all goes to show why the UFO field will always face an uphill battle - it's easy to convince die-hard believers of just about anything. A few shiny trinkets and blinking lights, and they'll put their pets in the microwave in order to have salvation and enlightenment. Sad.
dB
tommyball
Skilled Investigator
I'm all for free speech but can the "Chad Drone" and Apollo Moon Landing Hoax be put into the forbidden threads category along with topics pertaining to "he who shall not be named"?
The drones make for nice portfolio pieces for whoever created them and that's all.
Anyhow, I'm looking forward to the next few shows. Dr. Bruce Maccabee, Richard Dolan and Stanton Friedman is a great series for The Paracast. I hope to learn more about when Dolan's Volume 2 might be coming out and I'd really like to hear David & Gene debate Friedman about his adherence to the ETH.
-todd
The drones make for nice portfolio pieces for whoever created them and that's all.
Anyhow, I'm looking forward to the next few shows. Dr. Bruce Maccabee, Richard Dolan and Stanton Friedman is a great series for The Paracast. I hope to learn more about when Dolan's Volume 2 might be coming out and I'd really like to hear David & Gene debate Friedman about his adherence to the ETH.
-todd
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James
Guest
If the "Isaac" writings and documents are complete fabrications, let's focus on that aspect of the story. What motivated the author to do this? What is the ultimate payoff that makes their labor worthwhile? It's one thing for a person to write some prose and post it on the Internet, but to create the pages seen in the so-called Research Report requires good technical skills and a fair amount of time and effort. I couldn't accomplish this -- and I'm reasonably competent with computers, desktop publishing and printing. So, I feel as curious about the background and motivations of the "hoaxer" as I am about the contents of the documents.
Nothing in this writing is technical beyond say.. a 10th grade understanding of computers and physics. What he is, in effect, describing is that aliens have "magic symbols" that they can write on things and make them do things.
These aren't extraterrestrials, they're Runecasters! We may have some holes in our understanding of the governing dynamics of the physical universe, however, I do believe that we can rule out "magic runes".
Why would he invent such a hoax?
According to the author's own comments, these documents were created FOR Coast to Coast. Do the math. They weren't done for free
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These aren't extraterrestrials, they're Runecasters! We may have some holes in our understanding of the governing dynamics of the physical universe, however, I do believe that we can rule out "magic runes".
Why would he invent such a hoax?
According to the author's own comments, these documents were created FOR Coast to Coast. Do the math. They weren't done for free
.67fortsmithufos
Paranormal Novice
I agree with Tommyball's request that we put this thing to rest, but not before the mystery is solved. We know what its not and have a pretty good handle on how it was done. The mystery of motivation remains. It could be the viral thing but more likely it was conceived, as these things usually are, by someone with a huge ego vacuum. With that being said this character will most certainly come forward at some point, possibly delusional and probably still spouting nonsensical Isaacisms. I read technical papers daily. If anything written like that ever crossed my desk, I'd probably spew coffee all over the page in a burst of laughter. The broomstick analogy was especially comical. Where was this stuff assembled? Shop class at Hogwart School?
Brian Now
Paranormal Pimp
James said:
Well, good question. There are all kind of selfish motivations beyond money and/or fame. There are actually personality types out there that would revel in the idea of duping thousands of people! There are others out there who might see it as an artistic challenge to create something like this.