-Caveat Lector-
At 09:57 PM 4/22/99 -0700, Steve Wingate wrote:
>> Inasmuch as Mr. Strieber and his wife Anne have refused to
>> respond to my request for the polygraph test -and lacking any
>> evidence whatsoever to support his numerous claims of encounters
>> with visitors, it is my opinion that Mr. Whitley Strieber has
>> perpetrated a massive hoax on not only the UFO community, but
>> against the American people.
>
>This is silly. And do you believe that everyone who does not agree to take
>your test is a liar and a hoax?
Now, _here_ is really silly -
"I would like everyone to pay very close attention to this next
statement: Whitley Strieber charged that the host of the show
was bound to misrepresent his experience by saying they were
�alien visitors,� which he never -at that time- claimed to know
if these visitors were extraterrestrial. Whitley Strieber went
on to say: {�Those people who claim alien encounters are just as
crazy as CSICOP.�} (bracketed emphasis mine - Don)
Strieber can't make up his mind. He's vague, then blows off ufology
in a huff several years back, leaves his abduction support groups
hanging and splits. He shows back up, with new books in hand, changes
his mind about his experiences, says they're real. I believe Jerry Black makes
good points in his post. Strieber is entirely free to ignore Black, but why
not take up his challenge if he doesn't have anything to hide? Travis
Walton took up the challenge with Black and passed, so obviously he
didn't have any reason to hide anything.
Because of his writing, Strieber has put himself very much into the public eye,
including his UFO production on TV just recently. Does this mean that no one
can ask for proof of his claims without being considered "silly"? 200 cases?!
Strieber has a history of throwing hissy fits when asked to provide proof of
his abduction claims. Self-administered polygraph tests don't prove the
veracity
of his claims. If these abduction events happenned to *me*, you can darn sure
bet I would ask for independent tests, even invite people in with equipment to
monitor my living environment to get some sort of proof. Beyond proving it to
others, first I'd want to prove it to myself.
Asking for proof is not a bad thing, Steve. Travis Walton didn't back down from
Phil Klass one bit. He wrote a substantial list of questions for Klass to
respond
to and Klass couldn't make his claim(s) that Travis had made up the whole thing
to get out of the logging contract BS, stick.
Don
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