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From: TotlResrch <TotlResrch@aol.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 06:31:25 EST
Fwd Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 12:10:03 -0500
Subject: Korff Says He Won Art Bell/Meier Debate by


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Kal Korff Wins Landslide Victory in Jim Dilettoso/Meier Debate on Art Bell


March 19, 1998

Redmond, Washington - TotalResearch announced today, that its
critically-acclaimed author, President and CEO, Kal K. Korff,
was the overwhelming and unanimous winner in the historic debate
between he and Jim Dilettoso that was featured on the widely
popular Art Bell show last night.

Kal Korff, whose breakthrough investigation of the Billy Meier
case presented in his book 'Spaceships of the Pleiades: The Billy
Meier Story' (Prometheus Books, 1996), proves it is a monstrous
hoax, run by the Swiss cult leader Eduard 'Billy' Meier.

"I would like to first of all, thank Mr. Art Bell for sponsoring
the debate between Mr. Dilettoso and myself. Art did the American
people and in part a global audience a historic favor by putting
both Mr. Dilettoso and myself on the air, and as he promised, let
us both go at it." stated Kal Korff in a short speech to various
media.

"With Art agreeing to let us debate the issues, and ask the hard
questions, the results are definitive: out of 2,673 votes cast by
audience listeners, 2,178 people, or 81%, voted in favor of me
and my arguments that the Meier case is a hoax and that Jim
Dilettoso is a con artist, and has made numerous statements that
even Jim finally admitted on the show were simply not true. These
statements included everything from bogus pseudoscience to the
outright fabrication by Jim of NASA/government UFO documents that
are also bogus. Excerpts from these faked materials can now be
found on Art Bell's website at www.artbell.com."

These final statistics cited, were listed on Art Bell's website,
after the voting poll window had closed, after 3:00PM, PST, on
March 18, 1998.

"The audience survey results also showed that 285 people voted
for Jim Dilettoso, or 10% of the voting audience, rounding up the
numbers. The remaining 210 people, or 8%, rated us even,
according to Art Bell=EDs own web site." stated Korff

"By any reasonable criteria, the verdict was unanimous, and in the
words of Art Bell himself, as stated on his show that night after
the debate, Korff scored =ECa knockout." This is significant,
because in the past, the Meier case and its proponents have been
widely touted as being real, and now the truth is finally known.

Remarked Korff, "The debate with Jim Dilettoso was brutal, talk
radio. Unfortunately, it was also very necessary, and the UFO
field is better off now, thanks to Art Bell and what he did,
because as painful as it was, it has been demonstrated that the
numerous false claims made by both Jim Dilettoso and Meier=92s
proponents have been exposed for what they really are -- a
combination of myth and outright chicanery."

Korff stated in his closing remarks, "I want to make these two
points perfectly clear: 1) Jim Dilettoso has been exposed yet
again, for the second time now, in a major media forum in two
weeks. As long as Jim continues to make the kinds of false claims
that he has for many years now, he will continue to be exposed.
2) It is my intention, at this point in time, never to debate Jim
Dilettoso ever again, if I can possibly avoid it. Whether or not
I do so, is up to Jim Dilettoso.

It is my desire now, to put this matter behind me. Until Jim
establishes real credibility, backed by real science, there is no
point in debating him further.

Finally, I intend to focus my future efforts on trying to put
pressure on the U.S. government to release UFO data that it still
has classified. If we can discover what it is that our government
knows about UFOs, regardless of what that might be, I believe
that we will all be better off. This is a matter and issue that
affects us all, regardless of whether or not one is a believer or
skeptic.

I challenge the UFO community to put the Meier case behind it,
as I plan to, and either expose or boycott, those Meier fanatics
who refuse to focus on the truth and continue to mislead the
public. The case is a fraud, Meier is a cult leader. If  the UFO
field does not begin to police its=ED own ranks, then it cannot
profess to have either integrity or honesty. Moreover, it cannot
and has no right to complain, if the media does not take it
seriously. For until these frauds are routed out from the UFO
field, ufology will be forever tarred and featured and dismissed
as a pseudoscience at best, fraud at worse, and deservedly so."

Korff concluded his statement by saying "It is my intention to
deliver to the worldwide community, and especially the American
people, the world's largest repository of UFO-related documents
from various government agencies. I will be working with the
major media to try and put pressure on our government to release
still classified UFO data, and try to restore credibility back to
the UFO field.

I have been on the road as part of this media effort for weeks,
and now I plan to start heading home, and remain in seclusion
until further notice to focus fully on this effort. I estimate
that I will return in a month or so, maybe two, -- and hopefully
have new, exciting information to begin this effort in earnest.

No matter what UFOs ultimately turn out to be, we must have
these answers. We must also clense the UFO database of fraud, and
start bringing long overdue accountability into this field.
Hopefully, the recent exposes of Jim Dilettoso and the plethora
of individuals who have recently come forward, is a first,
significant step in this direction."

"Truth is sometimes painful, but it necessary and critical if we
are to ever achieve full understanding."