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In reply to the discussion: CIA admits to being responsible for at least half of UFO sightings in the 50s and 60s [View all]zappaman
(20,627 posts)343. Actually that's why I posted it!
        Sorry it went over your head.
So stop stalling already and tell us why we should bow down to these guys like you are.
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                        CIA admits to being responsible for at least half of UFO sightings in the 50s and 60s [View all]
							zappaman
							Dec 2014
							OP
                        
        
        That's what they said to Heflin and about everyone else brave enough to step forward.
        Octafish
        Dec 2014
        #19
      
        
        I had something like that happen years ago. A friend and I were walking into a
        RKP5637
        Dec 2014
        #158
      
        
        So, why the big need to denigrate me for expressing an interest in the subject, zappaman?
        Octafish
        Dec 2014
        #55
      
        
        Sorry Brad but I'm not angry and you're not answering simple yes or no questions.
        zappaman
        Dec 2014
        #114
      
        
        No it's called a discussion. I even answered first to show you how it's gone.
        zappaman
        Dec 2014
        #122
      
        
        But this ignores the undoubted fact that space aliens are not visiting Earth.
        longship
        Jan 2015
        #375
      
        
        So your error smearing me is the only thing worth putting into your DU Journal?
        Octafish
        Jan 2015
        #377
      
        
        I have never seen someone online as misguided as you are on so many topics......
        Logical
        Dec 2014
        #37
      
        
        Why the need to smear, zappaman? I wrote what the science and witnesses reported.
        Octafish
        Jan 2015
        #379
      
        
        So you can disavow religious kooks but I must believe UFO kooks? Done with you! Pathetic. nt
        Logical
        Dec 2014
        #100
      
        
        So I did some research and found evidence that there was no General Bruno Lemoine in the Air Force
        Bjorn Against
        Jan 2015
        #240
      
        
        I'll see your 10 guys and raise you the 1000s who don't think we are being visited by aliens. n/t
        zappaman
        Dec 2014
        #48
      
        
        you would think guys who think the BFEE controls everything would be thrilled to know the CIA
        zappaman
        Dec 2014
        #78
      
        
        You do realize that Sagan focused much of his research on the search for extra-terrestrial life?
        Bjorn Against
        Dec 2014
        #103
      
        
        Please explain to me how the people on your list are more reputable than Sagan
        Bjorn Against
        Dec 2014
        #139
      
        
        The point is you are claiming the book lacks data when you don't even know what is in it
        Bjorn Against
        Dec 2014
        #177
      
        
        Yeah, I am pretty convinced he does not know anything about the people on his list
        Bjorn Against
        Dec 2014
        #227
      
        
        I found a Wikipedia page that is supposed to list all the Generals who served in the US Air Force
        Bjorn Against
        Jan 2015
        #238
      
        
        It appears that not only Wikipedia forgot to mention him, the Air Force did as well
        Bjorn Against
        Jan 2015
        #241
      
        
        If you don't want to read his book then you can read his Wikipedia entry
        Bjorn Against
        Jan 2015
        #260
      
        
        The link actually says more than just that and the book says even more yet
        Bjorn Against
        Jan 2015
        #273
      
        
        I think that pointing out there is no background info on any of your sources...
        Bjorn Against
        Jan 2015
        #303
      
        
        Because a whole bunch of seemingly fake people with fake credentials signed it.
        zappaman
        Jan 2015
        #295
      
        
        There were many people with impressive credentials telling us Saddam had WMDs as well
        Bjorn Against
        Dec 2014
        #51
      
        
        well then perhaps you can tell me the expertise of the guys who signed off on the Cometa Report?
        zappaman
        Dec 2014
        #194
      
        
        Obviously, the aliens use their cloaking device to hide from the ubiquitous cameras.
        arcane1
        Dec 2014
        #3
      
        
        Believe me, there are many scientists who would love to write a peer reviewed article
        Bjorn Against
        Dec 2014
        #31
      
        
        Because making fun of those exposing America's fascist enemies is its own reward.
        Octafish
        Dec 2014
        #49
      
        
        I've never seen Sid or anyone else defending the Bushes. Don't you ever get tired of that smear?
        zappaman
        Dec 2014
        #53
      
        
        What's the word when you post things that have nothing to do with the question?
        zappaman
        Dec 2014
        #218
      
        
        No, the OP is about the CIA admitting to being responsible for many UFO sightings.
        zappaman
        Dec 2014
        #220
      
        
        A line from Shakespeare's "King Lear" comes to mind: "Like flies to wanton boys are
        KingCharlemagne
        Dec 2014
        #116
      
        
        Look, I believe that life is probably pretty abundant in the Universe.
        Warren DeMontague
        Dec 2014
        #83
      
        
        Oh, I didn't say that the quantum overmind doesn't communicate via the trans-psychedelic aethernet
        Warren DeMontague
        Dec 2014
        #94
      
        
        The rest, in a shocking twist, were the fault of the Agricultural Research Service. (nt)
        Posteritatis
        Dec 2014
        #191
      
        
        And they are responsible for 100% of the anal probing incidents during that time.
        Kaleva
        Dec 2014
        #23
      
        
        They waited to start on the anal probings until Bush was President. See the
        KingCharlemagne
        Dec 2014
        #120
      
        
        I find it incredulous that anyone could believe that humans are the only intelligent
        panader0
        Dec 2014
        #93
      
        
        "Human intelligence," like its close sibiling "military intelligence," is almost
        KingCharlemagne
        Dec 2014
        #127
      
        
        While you're at it, Flannery O'Connor would also repay your efforts. Also, the 19th-century
        KingCharlemagne
        Dec 2014
        #132
      
        
        If you can believe it, I just ordered Welty on Amazon (?) and they said "people who ordered
        panader0
        Dec 2014
        #137
      
        
        You will not be sorry. I'd also like to put in a pitch for one of my old
        KingCharlemagne
        Dec 2014
        #143
      
        
        Carl Sagan's name has been invoked here.   Carl was definitely a skeptic; but........
        LongTomH
        Dec 2014
        #99
      
        
        A few of the problems we have, regarding the chance in being visited by other beings.
        BlueJazz
        Dec 2014
        #125
      
        
        Awesome stuff. In return I'll leave you with a passage from Dickens' "Great Expectations," where
        KingCharlemagne
        Dec 2014
        #148
      
        
        Frankly, at this point, I don't believe a damn thing the CIA is saying about any subject.
        BeanMusical
        Dec 2014
        #175
      
        
        I think CIA agents should do their jobs and stop going on "UFO sightings"
        Jeffersons Ghost
        Jan 2015
        #270
      
        
        The Phoenix lights where everyone sees what is clearly flares, is not the part
        randys1
        Jan 2015
        #308
      
        
        Every eye witness described it as the size of a football field or bigger, as I recall
        randys1
        Jan 2015
        #322
      
        
        You would need to watch one of the specials about the night, before the 10PM mass sighting of
        randys1
        Jan 2015
        #332
      
        
        The same night of the PHoenix lights, I have seen no less than 3 different one hour shows on tv
        randys1
        Jan 2015
        #335
      
        
        Yeah, that year, sorry...So basically they didnt see what they said they saw, some of them very
        randys1
        Jan 2015
        #341
      
        
        When do they "admit to being responsible" for murder, torture, and other assorted crimes?
        Tierra_y_Libertad
        Jan 2015
        #320
      
        
        Damn--I was on the mandatory holiday leave for the agency I work for, and I miss this thread?
        msanthrope
        Jan 2015
        #378
      
        
        I've been found out.....you see, my pro-Democratic President stance on a pro-Democratic
        msanthrope
        Jan 2015
        #381
      
  