From: Dennis Stacy <dstacy@texas.net> Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 18:17:16 -0500 Fwd Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 17:56:20 -0400 Subject: Re: Voyager Newsletter, Mogul Parchment Parachutes >Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 12:48:06 -0400 >From: Bruce Maccabee <brumac@compuserve.com> >Subject: Re: Voyager Newsletter, Mogul Parchment Parachutes >To: UFO UpDates - Toronto <updates@globalserve.net> <snip> >Logic such as this leads to throwing out everything which >doesn;t agree with the proposed explanation. > No, logic such as this simply means that when you're dealing with an anecdotal account the only fact you have is the anecdote itself. Which anecdote may or may not be true in particular, or may reflect varying degrees of subjectivity and misperception in general. The only evidence we have for Arnold's sighting is Arnold's account of same. Less than five weeks after his first sighting, he was reporting a second encounter with an even larger flock (no pun intended) of flying saucers. A few years later he claimed to have filmed two flying saucers over Mt. Lassen, one of which was transparent. I'm not sure how many sightings he claimed in all, but it would appear to be another three or four. My point was that either he was extremely fortunate to have had so many sightings -- or that one should tread with caution, which would include his original sighting account. And I'm glad to see that you agree that you weren't there, either. For a minute there, I thought you and Rudiak were in the back seat. I raised the point about the film because I ran across Arnold's _claim_ of same while rereading some of his writings. My questions re same were ones of simple curiousity. Has it ever surfaced? Has anyone else ever seen or heard of it? In short, what happened to it? Some confirmation of its existence would at least go a ways toward establishing Arnold's overall credibility and reliability. I thought Arnold advocates might be interested in nosing around for it, for its historical value, if nothing else. If memory serves, Arnold has at least one surviving daughter. Perhaps it's in her father's files. Perhaps not, possibly pilfered by the MIB. (Remember that publicity photo of Arnold posed beside his airplane, movie camera in hand?) And please note that in discussing Arnold I haven't mentioned Maury Island once. <snip> >Sure. Get us the film. >Bruce Maccabee Not my job, I'm afraid. But I did bring it to your attention. If you aren't interested, we can leave it at that. Or maybe Rudiak will be moved to look for it. After all, it's you two who are backing up Arnold's claims to the hilt, not me. If I looked for it and didn't find it you'd just complain that I hadn't looked hard enough. And we'd be right back where we started. You saying that's Arnold's original observation can be separated from his many other sightings and claims, and me saying, maybe, but maybe not, too. I'd still like to see that film when you find it. Dennis
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