| Subject: Re: New Area 51 "special": Katie and Peter |
| From: obviouslydelusional |
| Date: 29/06/2009, 17:05 |
| Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy.area51 |
On Jun 28, 11:16 pm, Desert Shadow <rch49...@cox.net> wrote:
For starters they filmed for 11 hours and showed about 20 minutes of
it. They obviously wanted an Alien/UFO show. It was totally edited
to show that. To start with, I talked for about 10 minutes explaining
what and who the "cammo dudes" are and drive, so obviously I didn't
know who was following us, but I absolutely knew that it wasn't the
"cammo dudes" when they were close enough to see. I was totally
surprised to see paparazzi, that is true. I spent quite a lot of time
telling them about Area 51's history and none of it was on the show.
The only thing that made it contained the alien/ufo aspect. That is
what they wanted. An example of the problems with this type of tour,
I was talking about the various types of sensors believed to be out
there and they played the audio of me talking about listening devices
and they showed the cameras at the warning signs. And no, they didn't
leave me at the Little A Le Inn, I took them down to the back gate,
but they wanted to focus on the "Rachel resident with a gun". I spent
about 15 minutes trying to convince them that what they were seeing
near the back gate was probably flares since it was during Red Flag.
The lights were mysterious, but I am sure it was from Red Flag.
Obviously, they didn't show that. I am not happy the way the episode
turned out, but I am not shocked. The more familiar you become with
Area 51, the more it will make sense to you that TV people (especially
from Europe) only want the Alien/UFO connection to Area 51. They got
what they wanted. Yes it did make me look like a dork at times, but I
knew that was pretty much how it was going to end. In the past two
years, I have probably been out to Area 51 thirty-five times. I am
not an expert or a so called Area 51 researcher (nor do I pretend to
be like so many others), but I know enough of the basics. It didn't
appear that way in the video, but they got what they wanted on film.
When I went to the Palms to pick them up, they thought we were going
to Roswell. They didn't really know the difference! Honestly, they
were really nice people and had a great time. I guess it was all
worth it. Your synopsis was basically right except for the
misinformation on my part. That was more the fault of the editing.
You shouldn't have been surprised with the outcome. That is what they
want in Europe. Do you honestly think the history of black projects
would have been entertaining for Katie, Peter, or the audience. I did
spend some time on that "stuff". Where do you think that footage
ended up? Oh well, just thought I would throw in a little background
to the episode.
This is a really good lesson in tabloid journalism (which is about the
only kind when Area 51 is involved). In almost all cases, the
producers of these shows have already decided just what's going to be
in the show and its slant. Trouble is, YOU don't know exactly what it
is. The producers won't tell you. You can speak with them for
hours, being totally factual and no nonsense and they will patiently
wait until you say the slightest thing speculative and use only that.
They are waiting for you to say things they can use. Also remember
they LOVE conflict and story twists and the gun waving at the Inn
played into this perfectly. The Brits relish examples of Americans
being gun toting loonies. So, sympathies to you for being edited to
look like a UFO nut, but consider it a lesson. While it's exciting to
get on the telly, these shows can make a legit, down to earth person
look like a raving UFO kook. That said, there was a lot of
misinformation:
The video didn't show Tikaboo while it was mentioend (not your fault).
Tikaboo isn't the only spot where you can see part of the base (but it
is the easiest).
The base is 26 miles from Tikaboo, not 24 as mentioned.
The white bus windows aren't really "blacked out", just very dark
tint. Passengers can see out. The bus with fully blacked out windows
is a legacy of the Lazar mythology.
"They can hear everything we're saying". That is not physically
possible over distances of more than a mile, depending upon
conditions. It would be a lot less in windy conditions. The Dudes DO
have some sort of listening device available to them at the end of
Groom Lake Road and maybe the back gate, but it doesn't have a lot of
range. It just gets the rabble hanging around the end of the road at
the sign. There most likely are optical/thermal imagers on Bald
Mountain which can keep track of activity in Tikaboo Valley (unless
the peak happened to be socked in....). Tikaboo Peak monitoring
remains an unanswered question.
The border cameras were referred to a "listening devices" and
described as being "disguised as cacti". While one could make an
argument that a yagi antenna could mimic the sensual lines of a Josuha
Tree, there's never been a case of any sensor being disguised.
Buried, maybe, but disguised, no.
Ammonia "people sensors". This is BS that goes back to the days of
Campbell. There have been several devices that have been incorrectly
labeled as ammonia sensors, including the buried road sensors and
cameras, but no one has ever, EVER seen an actual ammonia sensor.
This is the sort of nonsense the base loves to promote as it keeps
people off balance and afraid to test it. There used to be rumors of
antiaircraft installations at the base that would shoot down any
intruding aircraft. Yeah, right.
Miso: What, you didn't have the Xvid codec already on your machine?
Move into the new millennium! And you are correct on the Dudes
wanting your license plate number. They do it at both gates to keep
track of who shows up where and how often. If you want to have fun
with them, cover your plates. Just be sure and uncover before you hit
pavement in case they try and rat you out to Lincoln County's
"finest".