[escepticos] El desafío de Randi tumbado??? NOOOOO

["Pau Garcia i Quiles" <paugq@...>]

Hola!

Leo con alarma esto:
http://www.figu.org/us/figu/bulletin/s10_skeptics.htm

¿Es cierto, me pregunto?

El observador silencioso se pone en marcha. Primera parada: la web de la
JREF y... ¡bingo! veo que hay un hilo en los foros de la JREF: 
http://www.randi.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=bc40f6941f75adbf7b18a842fc
58f4ea&threadid=32040

Ante lo cual veo que el Billy Meier éste ya es un viejo conocido de la
JREF (para mí es alguien nuevo) y que no ha pasado el reto ¡porque ni
siquiera se sometió a él! (además de que lo de Randi no tiene nada
que ver con extraterrestres).

Por si quereis leerlo sin tener que ir a la web, aquí os pego el texto:

Professional Skeptics Group Proves UFOs Real!
Organization expected to retract defamatory claims, facilitate $1,000,000
award to Swiss man

LOS ANGELES
- It was only a matter of time before a breakthrough in authenticating the
existence of non-terrestrial UFOs would take place but, surely, nobody
thought it would come about this way. Despite mounting evidence over the
past half-century the arbiters and manipulators of public opinion in media,
governmental and scientific circles, along with professional skeptics and
debunkers, have marginalized serious discussion of UFOs and dismissed all
evidence as inconclusive and flawed.
Defamatory Claims?

A special target, at the top of the hit list for skeptics and debunkers for
more than 25 years, are the claimed contacts of a Swiss man, Billy Meier.
Meier, who claimed that his contacts with extraterrestrial humans began in
1942, when he was five years old, also says that they continue to this day,
more than 60 years later. But the skeptics, in labeling Meier and his
evidence as fraudulent, claim that he hoaxed his 35mm photos and 8mm film
segments of the UFOs during the mid-1970s using models or some unidentified
form of special effects wizardry to accomplish the alleged deception.
Professional skeptics, such as the international organization CFI,
magician/skeptic The "Amazing" Randi and science writer/skeptic Michael
Shermer, have long been in the forefront of those accusing Meier of hoaxing
his physical evidence, which also includes video and sound recordings, as
well as metal alloy samples.

Meier's supporters state that these claims run counter to the results of
scientific examination of Meier's evidence by experts from JPL, IBM, USGS
and Nippon TV, as well as special effects expert Wally Gentleman, known for
his work on Stanley Kubrick's "2001", among many films. They also claim
that all of Meier's physical evidence remains irreproducible even with
today's technology.
The Challenge

In order to definitively resolve the matter, in early February 2001, a
number of Meier's more than 1200 photos and eight film segments were
presented for examination to case investigator Vaughn Rees of CFI West, the
Los Angeles branch of CFI. Mr. Rees concluded that, in his expert opinion,
they were all "easily duplicated hoaxes" and that the two lights seen
flashing alternately from two different parts of the UFO in the film
(Hasenbol, March 18, 1976 at: www.figu.org/us/ufology/videos.htm) were
accomplished simply by Meier's scratching the film with a pin.

Mr. Rees agreed to back up his claims by duplicating one of Meier's UFO
photos along with the film segment, which should be the easiest to
duplicate because it was the only one of Meier's that had no other objects
in it to compare to the UFO. Mr. Rees stated that he already had a 35mm
photo camera and knew where to acquire an 8mm movie camera. His work wasn't
required to be exact to the last detail, just convincingly comparable in
quality to Meier's.

Over the next two months Mr. Rees failed to submit anything to back up his
claims and, in May of 2001, it was suggested that he could try using any
high-tech equipment available to him, i.e. computers, special effects,
Photoshop, etc., to fulfill his commitment. It was also suggested that, if
he wished to be sporting about it, he should use only one hand since Meier
is a one-armed man.
The Results

Two years later, at a UFO conference in February of 2003, Mr. Rees was
confronted about his failure to meet the challenge. He responded that he
still didn't have access to a photo-processing lab, which Meier himself
never had access to, having sent all of his films off to a local shop for
developing. Mr. Rees was reminded that he could, and perhaps had already
tried to, use any high-tech means at his disposal instead. In a comparable
two-year period Mr. Meier had, with one hand, produced hundreds of photos,
while the able-bodied, technology-savvy Mr. Rees had produced none.

Now, about three years have passed and Mr. Rees has still failed to provide
even one photo or film to back up his claims. In a three-year period of
time Meier had taken nearly 1,000 photographs and, in about one year's
time, he took at least one-half dozen of his 8mm films, and he did all of
this using only one hand! A comparable number and quality of such types of
films for an individual special effects person during the mid-1970s (and
maybe any other time period) would be quite respectable, though an Internet
search will reveal that no such cinematic accomplishments, professional or
otherwise, exist.

This may be the first, and most important, time in history that skeptics
have set out to disprove a presumed hoax and ended up proving its
authenticity. And, in this case, what they proved is undoubtedly the
factuality of the most important event in human history, the existence of,
and contact with, extraterrestrials.
What Integrity Demands

The professional skeptics of the Meier case have concocted all sorts of
fanciful notions and theories as to how he hoaxed the evidence. But when
challenged to prove their claims they repeatedly replied that it was not
their job to attempt to duplicate the evidence, although conducting
themselves according to the scientific method would require it. Their time
for freely, and irresponsibly, attacking Meier ran out when Mr. Rees and
CFI West utterly and completely failed to meet the challenge they had
finally accepted. In so doing, they effectively proved Meier's UFOs real
and their own claims unsubstantiated and defamatory.

Unequivocal public retractions and apologies are now due Meier from CFI
West, Vaughn Rees, Randi, Michael Shermer, etc. They have indulged in
character assassination, slander and libel, and the sloppiest, least
scientific thinking imaginable. It is now absolutely incumbent upon any and
all of the skeptics who have offered money for proof of "paranormal"
phenomenon, to offer it to Meier and his non-profit organization in
Switzerland, FIGU. Specifically, the offer by Randi of $1,000,000 for proof
of a paranormal ability has been more than satisfied and must be paid.

Integrity demands that they now live up to their word. There can be
absolutely no argument, dispute or doubt now, especially considering the
abysmal, failed attempts by the skeptical accusers themselves, with any
tools at their disposal, to debunk, let alone duplicate, Meier's stunning
proof. Now it's time to recognize that the most important event in human
history has occurred and to discover what meaning it holds for us.
Addendum

While the skeptics have offered an unexpected contribution to
authenticating what have come to be known as the Meier Contacts, it's
really only the tip of a very deep and solid iceberg of irrefutable proof
far beyond a reasonable doubt.
Noted Astronomer Corroborates Additional Evidence

In April of 2003, Dr. Joseph Veverka, Chairman of the Astronomy Department
at Cornell University, was presented with documentation of specific
information on Jupiter, its rings and its moons, published by Meier in
October, 1978, five months before the Voyager probe photographed and
relayed the information back to Earth. When shown the evidence that Meier
described the moon Io as being the most volcanically active body in the
solar system, prior to the first official knowledge of it in March of 1979,
Dr. Veverka was direct and candid, "If he said that 3-5 months before, then
all that I can say is that he's right."

Meier also documented the fact that Jupiter has rings; described the
chemical composition of the planet's surface, the coloration of it's moons,
Io's smooth surface and Europa being encrusted in ice. But far more
amazingly, Meier accurately described both the composition and the source
of Jupiter's rings 20 years before scientists from Cornell announced their
findings, in 1998!
Prophetically Accurate Information

In February of 1995, Meier published a lengthy document of enormous
complexity in which he foretold the likelihood of certain specific future
events. In September 2001, portions of that information were included in
the book "And Yet They Fly!" written by Guido Moosbrugger, an Austrian
former schoolteacher and principle acquainted with Meier for about 25
years.

The following seven items, foretold on pages 347 and 348 of "And Yet They
Fly!" have recently occurred and virtually in the sequence Meier foretold:

   1. The strike or attack by the US and its president (Iraq). Meier even
used the word "stun" when he said the strike would "...stun the entire
world..." "Stun" is a synonym for the term "shock" used by the US as in
"shock and awe".
   2. Meier correctly predicted the following upsurge in unrest and
violence from Islamic fundamentalists.
   3. Meier foretold the spread of AIDS, which has indeed become very
widespread.
   4. Mad Cow Disease has since spread to other animals and humans as Meier
also predicted.
   5. Meier said that a new disease and epidemic would then appear and SARS
did just that.
   6. His warning regarding a renewed threat of chemical warfare is more in
the news than ever.
   7. Meier specifically warned of the possibility of an accident, one that
he said could be avoided, however, at the nuclear power plant near Lyon,
France. The emergency scenario, and the timely shut down of that exact
plant, occurred on August 12, 2003. 

Now, in case the astronomically high odds against any kind of coincidences
or lucky guesses aren't apparent, consider that Meier identified the
following eight years in advance:

   1. The exact country and leader (out of hundreds) that would launch a
stunning attack and a synonym for the term actually used by that country's
leader (impossible to calculate).
   2. The exact religious group (out of thousands) that would respond with
their own attacks.
   3. The exact disease (out of thousands) that would spread widely among
humans.
   4. The exact animal disease (out of thousands) that would spread to
other animals and humans.
   5. The sudden appearance of a new disease and epidemic.
   6. The exact kind of weapons and warfare that would cause renewed
threats.
   7. The exact location (out of 436) and type of facility (out of several)
that would have a near-accident. 

If this doesn't qualify as a genuine demonstration of psychic or paranormal
abilities nothing does.

And it far exceeds any reasonable requirements to garner the financial
award promised for such a demonstration, though that never has been the
purpose of Meier's mission. It is only fitting, however, that those who
have long accused him of being a hoaxer out for non-existent, and unproven,
financial gain, should now have the opportunity to reward him, not only for
his abilities, but also for suffering the fools and their defamation for so
long.

For those who may be unaware, in addition to character assassination, Meier
has survived 19 ([note by Billy: 21] documented) actual assassination
attempts.
The Sound Recordings

Finally, the skeptics (and others who've actually tried) have also been
unable to reproduce the sound recordings Meier made of a UFO, using only a
cassette tape recorder, in an open field in front of 15 witnesses. There
are 32 simultaneous frequencies occurring, 24 in the audible and eight in
the inaudible range. To date, they remain irreproducible even with
state-of-the-art synthesizers, let alone with cassette machines outdoors.
You can hear, and download, a three-minute sample of the sounds at:

www.figu.org/us/ufology/beamship_sound.htm and experiment with them
yourself. You will also find more documentation on the Meier Contacts at
this website: www.andyettheyfly.com.
The Most Important Event In Human History

Now that the authenticity of the Meier Contacts have been firmly
established, we can begin to examine the information, and the real purpose,
behind the most important event in human history. Hint: It has to do with
our future survival.

by Michael Horn, USA

--
Pau Garcia i Quiles
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