Here is an interesting item posted recently to newsgroups by Golf
Sierra:

(quote)

After a four months period, bielek-debunked.com finally is online
again.  Read all the background information about one of the biggest
hoaxes of the last two decades and why self-proclaimed "eye-witness"
Alfred Bielek actually never participated in the Philadelphia
Experiment.  Finally, learn about why the Montauk Experiment as
claimed by Alfred Bielek and his amigos Preston Nichols, Duncan
Cameron and publisher Peter Moon aka Vince Barbarick happened only in
their imagination.
Indeed, the Philadelphia Experiment most likely happened, maybe also
the Montauk Project, but none of the above mentioned fellows
participated or know any reliable facts about it.

See the full story at 
http://www.bielek-debunked.com/index2.html
Golf Sierra

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Thank you for your informative post, Golf.
I had also posted elsewhere a recent item regarding an exposee of
another con artist of "ufoology" ("Dr. Dan Burisch", an alleged Area
51 microbiologist).

http://www.ufowatchdog.com/burischdirtbag.html

Con artists have peddled (and some still are peddling) disinformation,
misinformation as well as downright false rumors through the Internet
as well as through appearances on wacky talk shows such as Art Bell,
etc. and it is amazing how some gullible segment of the population
(including some so-called "UFO researchers") are taken in by these
hucksters.
It is no wonder that the mainstream seems to categorize UFO research
as part of "pseudo science".   I am ashamed to admit that I myself
wasted more than 45 years of my life in this wacky world of "ufoology"
and have nothing to show for it after all these years of fruitless
pursuit of this subject matter.   However, there are many in this
field who do not share my pessimistic view on ufology.  There are many
sincere and honest persons of integrity that I admire in "UFO
research" field.   .
I was at one time caught up in the frenzy of Area 51 conspiracies,
etc. and made many foolish mistakes which I regret very much.    I am
glad to get out of this field, although I did learn a lot about human
psychology during these past 45 years.

I highly recommend to everyone the following excellent (and humorous)
website that exposes some of the con artists of ufoology:
http://www.ufowatchdog.com/index2.html




-Norio Hayakawa

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