Hi Dean! I could not agree more. I ran across this site as well, in the beginning while I was doing my homework on NWA meteorites.
While we cannot force the site down legally, we can post a rebuttal webpage and make sure it gets ranked higher than Pelison's on Google. I will help do this. I am not as knowledgeable about the issue as some of you who have been doing this since the Saharan gold rush began, so if someone will help write the content, I will build and host the webpage. Pelison's webpage should be shown for what it is, and each of his bogus points should be rebutted logically in public. That way the public will have both sides of the story and then they can make up their own minds. Anyone willing to believe that nonsense after reading the truth is probably beyond saving anyway. Anyone who believes that stuff is ripe for chemtrails, black helicopters, Area-51 alien greys, and the Unabomber was from the Pleaides. It might be helpful if someone with artistic talent could draw up some nice cartoons (in the same visual style as Pelison's) that also rebuke his claims - just for effect. Best regards and clear skies, MikeG ......................................................... Michael Gilmer (Louisiana, USA) Member of the Meteoritical Society. Member of the Bayou Region Stargazers Network. Websites - http://www.galactic-stone.com and http://www.glassthrower.com .......................................................... ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:16:28 -0800 (PST) From: dean bessey <[email protected]> Subject: [meteorite-list] PELISSON SLIMEBALLS STRICKS METEORITE COMMUNITY AGAIN To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Here is a somewhat sad email that I received from a new ebay NWA customer last week. Like a majority of new collectors nowadays he started out on ebay and was doing research on meteorite to advance his meteorite knowledge and this website showed up telling him that terrorists were supporting NWA. After explaining to him how big of slimeballs these guys are and that they are outcasts in the meteorite community (Even banned from what I would consider the worlds most important meteorite auction - bloods tucson auction) he is OK with collecting again. I had somebody in my shop about two months ago who is a new meteorite customer and he also found this site doing research and he said (To Quote) "All NWA meteorites are found by terrorists - there are no legitimate finds". I realize that anybody can put up a website and spew out garbage (Look at all the anti sematic, pedophile and other sites out there) and the Pelisson website in my opinion falls into this catagory with the garbage. Anybody involved in meteorites is being damaged by new collectors reading this garbage and not knowing the difference. I dont have solutions because I cant force that website down but anything possible the meteorite community should do Few places in the world has benefited the poor locals more than NWA meteorites and new collectors should know that and not worry that they are supporting terrorists. Sincerely DEAN BESSEY )_______________________________________________________________ Dean: I've been doing some meteorite research in general, and one website I've come across in particular is disturbing to me and I wanted your thoughts about the imformation on it. Thanks. If my link does not work the website is as follows: www.saharamet.com/meteorite/data/Sahara/NWA.html Thanks. If you've shipped my purchase OK, if not yet, please wait until you have read this website and given me your thoughts. Thank you very much. (NAME WITHELD) - ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
