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Skeptics: “We were wrong, the Billy Meier UFO case is 
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 - 24 June 2014 - 15 comments 

…or

Stirring the Hornet’s

 Nest Part 2 

In the real world, and occasionally in the online virtual world, people have to substantiate 
what they say about others, especially if they make claims that attack another person’s 
honesty, character, etc. There can be consequences for not doing so and for unjustly 
characterizing or accusing them. 

For quite some time it’s been acceptable in the wild and wonderful world of UFOs, to 
accuse Billy Meier, the man with the most abundant, amazing, credible, 

authenticated UFO 

evidence

, of somehow hoaxing and faking it all. People who have absolutely no expertise 

themselves, absent any qualifications, having conducted no credible testing and analysis, 
branded a man as a fraud, cheater, profiteer, etc., without so much as a second thought as 
to the rightness of their actions. 

Completely neglected by these parties is the question, “What is the criteria that reasonable 
people use to determine the truth?” 

Among the unreasonable ones are scientists, members of the UFO community/industry 
(UFOCI) and skeptics. Skeptics, in case you may be unclear about it, are people for whom 
applying the respected standards of science and the scientific method to assess the validity 
of 

all

 claims simply isn’t enough. Apparently threatened by claims of the so-called but non-

existent “paranormal”, they resort to pseudoscientific behaviors to try to make sure that 
something so evidence rich, monumentally important (and threatening to their religious 
belief systems) as the Meier case is discredited and ridiculed. They are perhaps 
unintentionally given support in their marginalization of the UFO topic by the behavior of 
the UFOCI, which has the lowest possible standards, is painfully unscientific, relies on 
mainly anecdotal reports for evidence, welcomes all sorts of charlatans, liars and poseurs 
and provides a home for the fringe element…as well as a very effective environment from 
which to spread disinformation by the intelligence communities. Apart from that, the 
UFOCI has become a 

very 

lucrative field for speakers, TV shows, etc., which skirt the real 

truth about the cover-up, i.e. that it’s actually all about the Meier case, and contribute to 
the entertainment/distraction agenda. 

Most (but not all) of the parties listed below have previously gone on record as stating that 
the Billy Meier UFO contact case is a hoax and that Billy Meier is everything from a fraud, 
hoaxer, profiteer, to a cult leader, etc. They are now listed as admitting they were…

wrong

The Process 

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Since each of these parties had previously accused Meier of hoaxing, I invited them to view 
and test Meier’s newest evidence, the independent, professional analyses, conducted using 
state-of-the-art technology of Meier’s controversial 35mm 

WCUFO

 photos and video and 

the 8mm “

Pendulum UFO

” film. They were informed that failure to substantiate their 

original opinions, as well as failure to rebut the new analyses with credible documentation, 
would be an admission that their previous assessments were wrong. Therefore, such 
failures would result in their effectively endorsing the case and evidence they once 
condemned. Things are real, genuine, authentic and true, or they’re not. And since none of 
the parties were ambiguous or undecided on the matter they would either substantiate 
their position or effectively change it. Should anyone notify me that they are now 
undecided it will be noted but also require explanation on their part. 

One of Meier’s defamers, astronomer Stuart Robbins, responded to my challenge not by 
substantiating his defamatory statements about Meier but by…threatening to take legal 
action against me. So Robbins of course remains high up on the list unless and until he can 
substantiate 

his

 claims 

and

 rebut the new photographic analyses. 

Susan Swiatek, a MUFON* spokesperson (and apparent giant lizard slayer) also warned 
me that she’d “invoke and thrust” if I included her among those who wrongly assessed the 
evidence in the Meier case and now effectively endorse it. So Sue may want to sue me for 
slander or, in her case…salamander. 

It’s a plain fact of life that, from time to time, 

all

 of us are wrong and all of us make 

mistakes and misjudgments about various things. There’s really no shame in making 
mistakes unless we stubbornly refuse to admit, correct and not repeat those mistakes. 
Should I have mistakenly listed anyone who has in fact not erroneously labeled the case 
and/or Meier as fraudulent, I’ll certainly apologize and remove them from this list. 
However, I may ask them to state their position now that sufficient evidence has been made 
available that allows them to test some of it themselves. Now before we meet those who, in 
my opinion, have effectively endorsed the Meier case by failing to rebut the evidence, think 
how different this discussion would have been if all those listed below had simply said those 
three wise little words, “I don’t know.” 

The List 

Dr. Steven Novella

 is a professional skeptic who previously made a rapid, negative 

assessment of Meier’s evidence and hastily concluded it was a hoax, defaming him in the 
process. Ironically, in our correspondence he tried to sound like a thoughtful man of 
science who required that “real science” should be used to substantiate evidence and 
represented himself as someone who conducted himself in the same manner. His lack of 
response to the evidence I presented to him, other than to avoid and complain about being 
required to address it and be accountable for his inept and defamatory comments revealed 
that his position was a pretentious façade intended to conceal his complete lack of 
knowledge, qualifications and expertise. What it didn’t conceal was his lack of personal 
integrity and character and his willingness to hastily misjudge and defame someone based 
on his own preconceptions, prejudices and beliefs. 

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James Randi

 is the poster boy for professional skepticism. He felt no need to honor his own 

bogus “$100,000 award for proof of the paranormal, etc.”, since he 

retracted his claim

 that 

the Meier case was a hoax. Again, if it’s not a hoax it’s…real. He pulled the ultimate magic 
act and…disappeared. 

Stuart Robbins

 is the aforementioned astronomer, in reality another pseudoscientist who 

seems to be more focused on celebrity seeking and building his reputation as a skeptical 
gunslinger by taking on the easy, looney targets in the paranormal and UFO fields. 
Another one fast on the draw and quick to shoot, Robbins also tried his hand at dismissing 
the evidence in the Meier case, resorting to censoring it as well as misrepresenting it on his 
blog. He likes to bake cookies. 

Philip Plait

 is right up there with (actually a good bit higher up the food chain than) Stuart 

Robbins. Another one of the celebrity-seeking, “I wanna be Mr. Science” types, he was 
alsocharacteristically dismissive in true know-it-all fashion of the Meier case and simply 
headed for the hills when confronted and challenged with Meier’s evidence, although he 
seemed to take to echoing some it a bit later, when perhaps because he’d forgotten about 
Meier he’d also assumed that everyone else had. 

Prof. Paul Davies

 is a scientist and professor at ASU who’s actually written 

five books

 on 

extraterrestrial life, etc. Strangely enough, when I sent him our film “as the time fulfills” 
and other information about Billy Meier, the only response I was finally able to coax out of 
his assistant, after numerous calls and emails to his office, was that, “His interests and 
expertise do not extend into this area.” Hey, who said you have to know anything about the 
topics you write books about? Of course I did inform him that it was 

my

 area of interest 

and expertise but perhaps he was busy writing another book about extraterrestrials and 
didn’t have the time (interest or expertise) to answer. 

Prof. Lawrence Krauss

 is also a scientist at ASU who makes TV appearances to discuss 

various topics. He’s the author of “The Physics of Star Trek” and 

seemed

 a likely enough 

candidate to send the Meier information to. Despite three emails from me and one from 
NASA aerospace engineer 

Matthew Wieczkiewicz

 there was no response..until I notified 

him of my intention to give him some free publicity here. Then he didn’t want me to 
mention his name. 

Prof. Michio Kaku

 is an outspoken scientist who seems to be a champion of many right 

causes, lending his expertise and credibility to espousing them. However, like too many 
other celebrity-scientists, his tarsals and metatarsals assume sub-zero temperatures when it 
comes to publicly commenting on the Meier case, the existence and authenticity of which he 
is 

well

 aware, since I’ve not only sent him “And Did They Listen?” but also quite a few 

emails, including about Meier’s information on 

Fukushima

. He has a Facebook page where 

people can also contact him and let him know the world’s a friendly place and that it’s 
actually safe to 

take a stand

 on something this important. 

Alejandro Rojas and John Rao

 of (get a load of this) OpenMinds represent a unique blend 

of cynicism, disinformation and naked profiteering. This is the organization that purchased 

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a large part of Wendelle Stevens research collection, including his work on the Meier 
investigation, Meier’s photos, etc., and that then attacks the case as a “hoax”…

while selling 

Meier’s photos!

 I consider that to be the behavior of the epitome of two-faced, parasitical, 

bottom feeders…and willing disinformation agents in the UFOCI. 

John Greenwald

 is a young UFO enthusiast, whatever that means, who’s kinda dedicated 

to UFO related matters, chasing lights in the sky and various government conspiracies, etc. 
John had a complete meltdown when we got into it about the Billy Meier case. Like most 
everyone in this category, he did his version of “Hi, I’m whatshisname, and I’m a Billy 
Meier denier.” When pressed even mildly he was unable to say 

anything

 of significance or 

credibility to support his confused position on the Meier case. So since he couldn’t refute 
the clear and credible evidence, he simply got mad at me, took his marbles and went home. 
Presumably he’ll work even harder on uncovering the UFO cover-up, while continuing to 
avoid recognizing that it’s solely about the Billy Meier case at this point. 

Derek Bartholomaus

 deserves a special place on this list and in our hearts. Bartholomaus, 

like James Randi, is also a professional skeptic, bungler and bumbler. He too retracted his 
claim that the Meier case was a hoax using models and miniature trees, etc. But he couldn’t 
resist trying to attract people to his 

debunking website

 by being deliberately misleading in 

naming it. He aligned himself with: 

Phil Langdon

, the British skeptic who made some excellent models of the WCUFO and 

whose photos are the best efforts of duplicating the 

effect

 of Meier’s. Of course the devil’s 

in the details and details such as those seen 

here

 were never attempted by Langdon, whose 

inner awareness of Meier’s authenticity must be getting the better of him. Early on he was 
quite vocal in claiming that his efforts proved that Meier had hoaxed all his evidence using 
the same methods that Langdon employed. While I had actually encouraged his efforts to 
take his best shots (no pun intended) beginning in 2009, Langdon’s earlier, over reaching 
confidence virtually evaporated in the face of Prof. Zahi’s expert analyses. Langdon 
uttered a few incoherent words and, like a few others, basically disappeared. 

Stephen Bassett

 has been hounding the UFO scene for some time, with his daffy 

“Exopolitics” organization, dog and pony show “UFO hearings” and time wasting “fax 
Washington to force UFO disclosure” deliberate disinformation and distraction agenda. I 
say that it’s deliberate because no sincere, sane and honest individual would run around 
claiming that there’s an “extraterrestrial presence” with “millions of contactees” and all 
those darn crying, bug-eating, “alien-human hybrid babies”. A few years ago, Bassett not 
only admitted to me in person that he knows the Meier case is authentic but he explained 
that – in his words – “It wasn’t 

time 

for it yet.” He added that it was more important for 

people to get behind his insane program to send faxes to Washington, to try to force the 
government to disclose things it doesn’t know about evidence that it no longer possesses. 
You don’t get more points as a hack disinformation operative than that. Of course when 
you actually 

finance

 poseurs and profiteers like this, you earn a complimentary placement 

on this list, such as… 

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Tom Clearwater

 is a Canadian philanthropist from what I can learn about him from 

limited information online. Apparently he was the sole, or main, financial supporter for 
Bassett’s latest congressional caper, coughing up $600,000 for the fiasco, which included 

paying 

six US Congressmen, our elected officials, $20,000 each to bark along with Bassett 

about all this UFO stuff. That money 

could

 have been used to publicly inform the citizens 

of planet Earth that a race of extraterrestrial human beings have been in contact with a 
Swiss man for over 72 years and they and he are trying very hard to assist us to 

not

 commit 

planetary suicide. Of course the Plejaren didn’t reckon with the power of the almighty 
dollar and the irrepressible, egomaniacal ambitions of third-rate exopolitical hacks and 
their deluded (or is it willing?) supporters. 

$600,000

…it’s staggering to think about the 

awareness that investment 

could

 have brought to the world through providing translations 

of Meier’s 26,000+ pages of information into different languages, etc. Perhaps though 
Clearwater explained the underlying reason for the disparity in our priorities when in 
response to my asking him, “Why focus on imaginary entities, baby aliens and 
disinformation instead of the only authentic UFO contacts of Billy Meier?” Clearwater 
said, “I suppose because we live in different universes. Mine is seemingly much more 
populated than yours.” There you have it, much more populated with 

imaginary 

things 

which, when you think about this already overly entertained world, is what people like to 
waste their money on anyway. I guess Clearwater is a – proud – example of just what Billy 
Meier was warning about in number 127 

here

. 

Susan Swiatek

 is a MUFON representative of some sort to whom I had sent information on 

the Meier case. Her professional, genteel response is now a matter of record, as is her role 
as Susie the Serpent Slayer. Some eccentric people with too much time on their hands dress 
up in little costumes and entertain tourists on Hollywood Boulevard, others get involved in 
being “UFO researchers”. 

Stanton Friedman

 has made a career out of yacking about…Roswell. A frequent presence 

on the rubber chicken circuit, Friedman is the Uncle Stan of UFO experts, rehashing 
whatever information about the 

67 year old

 event he can possibly dredge up. It wasn’t 

always like that. At one point in the early stages of the investigation into the Billy Meier 
UFO case, Friedman approached lead investigator, Lt. Colonel Wendelle Stevens, begging 
to be involved in the investigation and especially the analysis of Meier’s photographic 
evidence. Stevens declined the request, noting (wisely) that he didn’t want the investigation 
contaminated by any members of the UFOCI, but only wanted reputable, high level 
analysts and facilities involved in the process. Apparently Friedman took umbrage at being 
treated dismissively and thereafter called the case a hoax, etc. However, he has assured his 
place in UFOlogical history as having remarkable digestive abilities (even for a public 
speaker) and the capacity to suppress his boredom, as well as his frustration about being 
excluded from the Meier case investigation. 

Stephen Greer

 of the Disclosure Project probably started out on that famous road paved 

with very good intentions, forgetting that it unfailingly led to some particular hell or 
another. In Greer’s case, it’s led him to morph into a money-seeking huckster, who sells 
expensive, totally inane “Ambassador to the Universe” trainings and “Shine Your 
Flashlight in the Desert Sky for Aliens-on-Demand” performances. As I did with Bassett, I 

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personally and publicly offered the Meier case to Greer as not only the world’s best 
evidence but as a means to relieve us form the parade of people who’ve courageously come 
forward to tell us they’ve seen stuff in the sky…though they really don’t know what it was. 
Like Bassett, Greer continues to milk the cow of promises never delivered and of course 
has no shortage of customers who are willing to pay for such consciousness clogging, stuff. 

Prof. Bernard Haisch

 is a scientist who’s avoided saying too much about the Meier case 

although I’ve sent him tons of information about it. He also has been in contact with 

Prof. 

James Deardorff

who’s made a truly huge contribution to the research in the Meier case. 

So while Haisch appears to be content to not raise his head and take a firm stand, 

because

 

he is a scientist and well aware of the Meier case I’m saying that he effectively endorses the 
authenticity of the case. Should he disagree, he has all the opportunity he needs to clearly, 
credibly – and courageously – come forward and refute the evidence. 

James Underdown

, of CFI-West/IIG is an associate of Derek Bartholomaus’ whose 

agreement to look into the evidence in the Meier case some time ago apparently fell by the 
wayside, as he tilts at the paranormal windmills that constitute the weighty challenges 
facing CRI-West/IIG in its never-ending battle to rid the world of phony psychics, seers 
and other menaces to society, which also serves to keep 

their 

$50,000 award safely 

untouched and probably non-existent. The fact that they should hand over the award to 
Meier may also account for his keeping a very low profile. Despite his personally telling me 
that he’d delve into the Meier information and evidence that easily rebuts all claims of any 
hoax, nothing ever came of it. Perhaps he actually read what happened when the skeptics 
tried to debunk 

Meier’s Jupiter related information

…and ended up corroborating it 

instead. 

James Fox

 may be the James Randi of UFOlogy. He claims that he knows what he 

saw…but then offers a bogus $100,000 award for proof of an actual extraterrestrial UFO. 
Naturally, when presented with ample evidence of the authenticity of Meier’s claims he 
goes into airplane mode, disconnecting entirely from the conversation, probably not even 
vibrating…He could have contacted: 

D.J. Grothe

 and 

Michael Shermer

 are both professional skeptics – one really has to laugh 

at that notion and the endless obligations it must bestow upon these people to view 
everything that is outside of their religiously tinged belief systems and world view as 
suspicious and in need of “debunking”. Suffice it to say that they too accused Meier of a 
hoax but never substantiated their claims, busy as they must be tilting at windmills. 

Lee Speigel

 is a columnist for the Huffington Post who, as you can read, let me know that 

the price for his bringing the Meier case to public attention was nothing less than 

him

 

meeting with…the Plejaren. He wasn’t happy that I shared his egocentric demands 
publicly. Speigel’s claim to UFameO is rests on some work he did on the topic back in the 
1970s. I guess he figured that the Plejaren must have been too busy messing around with 
that “Swiss farmer” back then to have noticed him and, while he 

might 

forgive the 

oversight, he’s still willing to give them an audience…but not mention it to 

his

 audience 

unless the Plejaren cater to his demands. 

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Bill Birnes

 has been happy to do a hatchet job on the Meier case because, after all, Birnes is 

a “UFO researcher” who got his big break to do a TV show, wear sunglasses, get his 15 
minutes and…dutifully spread disinformation. One of his compatriots in disinformation is: 

George Wingfield

,who repeats and supports the defamatory, unsubstantiated and now 

proven completely wrong attacks on the Meier, the WCUFO etc. 

Seth Shostak

 of SETI has also stubbornly, deliberately and perhaps in obedience to any 

higher ups – but most certainly in fear of losing his paycheck for essentially doing nothing 
of significance – chosen to ignore both my in person and online conveyance to him of the 
Meier information. He waits by his radio in hopes of receiving “contact” form folks who 
are laughing at the ludicrousness of it, off world and on. 

Robert Shaeffer’s

 another UFO debunker who simply doesn’t care to get up to speed, 

despite my providing him with all of the Meier related evidence and information any 
serious researcher could want. Of course many people who think of themselves as “UFO 
researchers” are merely hobbyists, conspiracy theorists and dabblers with too much time 
on their hands and have fond the UFO topic to be sufficiently superficially exciting so as to 
help alleviate some of their boredom. 

Skeptic.com

 is an online hub for various skeptics like Shermer, etc., that has been 

approached numerous times to look into and challenge the Meier material. I’ve included 
another UFO skeptic only because he too couldn’t deal with the Meier’s evidence: 

Tim Printy

 said to feel free to contact him “with any information or feedback you desire 

via email” pertaining to his website that basically regards most UFOs as not plausible, 
figments of people’s imaginations, misperceptions, etc. But wouldn’t ya know it, he too 
can’t handle the evidence in the Meier case. 

http://www.ufoevidence.org

is a nice looking website on which I’ve yet to find any mention 

of the Meier case, despite sending information to it since 2010. I say it because this is one of 
those cases where I also haven’t succeeded in finding out who actually runs the site, gathers 
the information, determines what is and isn’t authentic, etc. So I’m including them as 
endorsing the Meier case until I receive notice that they don’t and provide credible, 
substantiated evidence, etc. 

There are a few people I’m including in this list who aren’t really openly involved in the 
UFO topic or debate but who despite their professed cutting edge, forward thinking 
attitudes were far from open-minded – or courageous – enough to even look through the 
proverbial telescope and say 

anything

 about it: 

Prof. Peter Boghossian

, a professional atheist who blusters a good bit about “converting” 

religious believers to atheism, a kinda…religious approach if one thinks about it. He makes 
good points about religious delusions and I approached him to be interviewed on some 
forthcoming should he was going to host. I briefly met him in person and, when I contacted 
him to follow up afterwards about the interview, used a silly excuse to cancel it. Atheists 

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often have their own 

very

 religious beliefs of which they’re unaware. Boghossian, turned 

out to be a paper tiger when it came to responding to information about the Meier case, 
maybe because it makes his atheist viewpoint seem like kindergarten in comparison with 
things like Meier’s information on 

God-delusion

, etc. Nice intelligent guys like this have 

also mapped out and defined reality and don’t want inconvenient little things like the most 
important true story in all of science and human history messing with their beliefs, comfort 
zone or…

popularity.

 

Beatriz Kravetz

 and 

TJ Slezak

 get honorable mentions as outsiders to the UFOCI who 

contributed to the debate if only by letting their religious beliefs, political correctness, etc., 
get in the way of true free speech, independence of thinking and healthy debate on campus. 
I include them as endorsing the case since they know about it and couldn’t, wouldn’t, 
certainly didn’t act with 

any

 courage or intellectual honesty in dealing with it. 

Unfortunately, colleges and universities have so lost direction and tend to think it’s more 
important to focus on politically correct, “daring” issues, such as what consenting adults do 
with their genitals. I really wouldn’t expect them to pay much attention to most of the UFO 
information, etc., but the Meier case 

isn’t

 to be equated at all to that tabloid worthy 

nonsense…as both Ms. Kravetz and Mr. Slezak are certainly intelligent enough to realize. 

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RIchard Dolan

 really is deserving of being added to the list. While certainly not one of the 

active defamers of the Meier case, Dolan has dug himself into a nice, comfortable, Mr. 
Milquetoast position, where he drones on, endlessly, about essentially…nothing. However, 
being a reasonably astute, intelligent, dedicated 

UFO researcher

 who, for the life of him, 

just couldn’t manage to notice the zillion pound elephant in the room, maybe he too needs 
to be reminded that the 

truth

 is far more important than pushing books about speculative 

UFO nonsense when the Meier case is here, present and starring in your sleepy face. Wake 
the heck up, RIchard Dolan! I’ve now appointed and anointed you as an enthusiastic 
endorser of the truth about the singular authenticity of the Billy Meier UFO contacts so 
hurry up and credibly object, dispute or, well…write another book about how you finally 
came to discover it, etc. 

Why 

One may wonder why I bothered to list these people. If this were just about “UFOs” it 
would be a huge waste of time. However, I view the Meier case as the key to our future 
survival and my personal mission is to help prove the prophecies…

wrong.

 So pointing out 

just 

some

 of the parties who’ve contributed up until now to withholding and suppressing 

the truth from the public is necessary. Certainly they’re not all mean-spirited, deliberate 
disinformers. But they are, each of them, people who could have and should have dug a 
little deeper into the evidence rich Meier case with its staggering implications for humanity 

before

 they dismissed, ridiculed and condemned it. 

Let’s consider what 

Quetzal

 said to Billy Meier, in 1987, regarding Meier’s indefatigable 

but possibly futile efforts to help the human beings of Earth: 

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“You apparently never give up hope. Your optimism is honourable and deserves to be 
heard by human beings, but the way things have developed throughout this century there is 
not too much hope that human beings of Earth will come to their senses and heed your 
words. This will then be the case only when the prophecies prove to be true or, even worse, 
have already come to pass. Probably only then will the time come when the defamations 
against you will end in regard to your contacts with us, although they will long continue to 
be vehemently disputed by your enemies as well as by pathological know-it-alls and critics 
who dismiss them as swindle, lies and fraud. The full truth about our contacts with you will 
be proven in the distant future, and then mankind will accept our help we offer through 
you—even when they erroneously assume we come from the seven-star system known to 
human beings of Earth as the Pleiades.” 

  

*Normally, MUFON would have been at the top of this list. However, since I am in 
communication with its executive director, Jan Harzen, I plan on making an announcement 
this week on the progress concerning their opening up the discussion about the Billy Meier 
UFO case to the public and to their membership.