The Billy Meier Case Switzerland

[Bob Watson]

I find his response strange. Pls answer me clearly
1 is the wedding cake ufo a model in your opinion?
2 did meier take the pic?
If the aswer to bolth is yes then...meier is a faud... the end.

 

[Goggs Mackay]

The real issue though is that Meier could have had help at any stage of the hoax process. The one-armed excuse isn't relevant.

And that.

 

[Burnt State]

Interacting too long with defenders of inanity can cause a serious loss of valuabe time, though I did enjoy getting a chuckle at the incomprehensible babble offered up to defend the hoaxer supreme. I think, if anything, there must be something to learned here, if not simply the recognition of that cold glance in the existential mirror.

U=U

Got it. Go tit. Ti tog.

Smile you're on candid camera.

 

[Stagger Lee]

The issue of the fallen pin in that photo must be addressed. Why dance around it? It's an obvious "over look" on the part of the photographer/creator of the object. If you're a supporter of BM's claims, why not address that particular photo? I know I'm a novice here, but am I missing something?

 

[pickles]

I think all you need to do is check out Meier's beard. Known any sane person with growth like that?

 

[Paspro]

I think all you need to do is check out Meier's beard. Known any sane person with growth like that?

Christian Orthodox priests and the Taliban have similar beards. But I guess this does not count because you qualify your question with the word "sane".

 

[lolwat]

I think all you need to do is check out Meier's beard. Known any sane person with growth like that?

Record producer Rick Rubin seems pretty sane, and he's got a great/full beard.

Having read Kinder's Light Years a few years ago, there is little to me that strikes me as particularly incredible in Meier's tale. As stated above, just because he had one arm does not mean he couldn't have asked one of his children or friends to help him out. The metal samples he handed out turned out to be largely made of aluminum after analysis. The pictures all seem to contain elements of fabrication to them. Nothing too definitive or shocking at this juncture.

 

[Goggs Mackay]

It's all about the wedding cake for me. To try and pass that off as real is beyond ridiculous.

 

[lolwat]

It's all about the wedding cake for me. To try and pass that off as real is beyond ridiculous.

I'm trying to find this one web page that debunked that particular angle, as well as more of his pictures. There was one shot of "aliens" that turned out to be a children's TV show or a movie, from what I can recollect.

 

[Randall]

What I like about the Meier case is it's cultural place in ufology history. It really quite colorful and fortunately it doesn't involve anybody getting hurt ( think Heaven's Gate ). None of this is to imply that I think Meier's claims are true, or that fabricating colorful tales of aliens from the Pleiades star cluster should be endorsed, but having followed the story for years, it has been both entertaining and educational, even more so IMO than the Ed Walters ( Gulf Breeze ) case.

 

[Grifynne]

Everytime I think of Billy Meier, I hear this sound in my head.

 

[Randall]

Everytime I think of Billy Meier, I hear this sound in my head.

Great ... now me too. Thanks for that !

 

[Grifynne]

Great ... now me too. Thanks for that !

Wait a minute... if you listen carefully...

 

[Goggs Mackay]

I think I know the sound but in this one instance, I'm not gonna 'watch the video' as in 'The Ring' as I know nothing good will come of hearing that damn sound again!

 

[Grifynne]

I think I know the sound but in this one instance, I'm not gonna 'watch the video' as in 'The Ring' as I know nothing good will come of hearing that damn sound again!

Afraid Meier will crawl out of your monitor with his beard all crazy, Goggs?

 

[lolwat]

Afraid Meier will crawl out of your monitor with his beard all crazy, Goggs?

I'd be more afraid of Billy leaving beard hairs all over my apartment, honestly.

 

[Grifynne]

I'd be more afraid of Billy leaving beard hairs all over my apartment, honestly.

Just keep this by your PC:

 

[Burnt State]

What I like about the Meier case is it's cultural place in ufology history. It really quite colorful and fortunately it doesn't involve anybody getting hurt ( think Heaven's Gate ). None of this is to imply that I think Meier's claims are true, or that fabricating colorful tales of aliens from the Pleiades star cluster should be endorsed, but having followed the story for years, it has been both entertaining and educational, even more so IMO than the Ed Walters ( Gulf Breeze ) case.

I was wondering why his popularity lives on. Is it the savior/messenger paradigm that attracts all the attention, like a modern day John the Babtist? His one armed, multi-faceted and well bearded history is as fantastical as any self-proclaimed contactee. His, perhaps, is the most elaborate of the stories and has produced the largest volume of lore and mythos. In many ways he is one of the most successful of the outsider UFO artists in the inventive annals of Ufology. He stands head and shoulders above Charles Dellschau and his secret organization, NYMZA, supposedly responsible for the late 1800's airship infamy. Will Meier occupy similar infamy 100 years from now, or will he just be seen as a wingnut conartist who likes to believe his own extraterrestrial theology? Personally, I like Dellschau's wild paintings over Meier's wedding cakes in the sky.

 

[Goggs Mackay]

Afraid Meier will crawl out of your monitor with his beard all crazy, Goggs?

Oh it's infinitely worse - I may be posessed and forced, automaton style, to go around telling people I believe Billy Lier, sorry, Meier. Eeeek

 

[Grifynne]

Oh it's infinitely worse - I may be posessed and forced, automaton style, to go around telling people I believe Billy Lier, sorry, Meier. Eeeek

Well, you know there are always other bandwagons you can jump on.



(this one is a little behind schedule, but then again aren't they always?)