Conspiracy Theory

Gonzaga Debate Institute 2011 1
Mercury Conspiracy Theory

```Topicality```.................................................. 3
T : Beyond the Mesosphere ............................................... 4
T Substantial .................................................................. 5
```Hoax Counterplan```.................................... 6
oax CP 1/2 ..................................................................... 8
oax CP 2/2 ..................................................................... 9
CP Solves Leadership ..................................................... 10
AT: Government Lies Bad .............................................. 11
AFF - Government Secrecy Bad ...................................... 12
``Àshtar``` ..................................................... 13
1NC - Consult Ashtar CP ................................................ 14
Consult Ashtar CP Solves Case .................................... 15
Consult Ashtar CP Solves Net BeneIit .......................... 16
1NC - Ashtar DA ............................................................ 17
Ashtar DA Impact Ext. ................................................. 18
Ashtar DA - TimeFrame.................................................. 19
Ashtar DA - TimeFrame.................................................. 20
Ashtar DA- 2012 Positive ............................................ 21
Ashtar DA - 2012 Positive ........................................... 22
Ashtar DA - 2012 Positive ........................................... 23
AT: Ashtar is Demonic ................................................... 24
AT: Ashtar is Alien Invasion ........................................... 25
AFF No Impact ............................................................ 26
AII Ashtar is a Demonic Lie ......................................... 27
AII AT: Religious Intolerance ...................................... 29
AII No Evacuation ....................................................... 30
AII - 2012 Negative ..................................................... 33
AII AT: TimeIrame - 2012 Postponed until 2015 .......... 34
```Space Travel``` ........................................... 35
Space Travel oax .......................................................... 36
Moon Landing oax ....................................................... 37
Moon Landing oax ....................................................... 38
Moon Landing oax Footage Anomalies Prove ............. 39
Moon Landing oax Video ........................................... 40
Moon Landing oax- Temperatures ................................ 41
Moon Landing oax Temperatures............................... 42
Moon Landing oax Aliens elped Fake It .................. 43
Aliens Already On Moon ................................................ 44
Moon Landing Real ........................................................ 45
Aliens will block Mars Mission ....................................... 49
AT: Aliens block Mars .................................................... 53
AT: Aliens block Mars .................................................... 54
```Flat Earth``` ............................................... 55
Flat Earth No Space Travel .......................................... 56
Flat Earth No Space Travel .......................................... 57
Flat Earth ProoIs No Orbit ........................................... 58
Flat Earth ProoIs No Orbit ........................................... 59
Flat Earth ProoIs United Nations.................................. 60
AT: But we know it is Round ......................................... 61
Round Earth ProoIs Multiple Reasons .......................... 62
```Hollow Earth``` .......................................... 66
Earth is ollow .............................................................. 67
ollow Earth solves Extinction Scenarios ....................... 68
AT: ollow Earth Solves Extinction ............................... 69
Aliens live in ollow Earth ............................................ 70
AT: Natural Disasters Adv. ............................................. 71
Earth not ollow ............................................................ 72
Earth not ollow ............................................................ 73
Earth not ollow ............................................................ 74
***Planet X*** .............................................................. 75
Planet X Global Warming............................................ 76
Planet X Solar Flares ................................................... 77
Planet X Government Secret ........................................ 78
Planet X Government Secret ........................................ 79
AT: Planet X - Not Destructive ...................................... 80
AT: Planet X Not Real ................................................. 81
``Àliens``` ...................................................... 87
Disclosure in 2012 .......................................................... 88
USFG - Alien Treaties .................................................... 89
USFG Alien Contact & Tech ....................................... 90
USFG has Alien Tech ..................................................... 91
Evidence Ior Underground Bases .................................... 92
AT: Government/Alien Contact is False .......................... 93
Obama is a Reptilian ...................................................... 94
Reptilians run the Government ....................................... 95
Reptilians run the Government ....................................... 96
Reptilians Bad 100 Solvency Takeout ....................... 97
Reptilians Most Evil .................................................... 98
Reptilians Good DeIeat the Grays ................................ 99
Grey Aliens Bad uman Cattle ................................... 100
Gray Aliens Bad - itler ................................................ 101
Gray Aliens Bad - Nazis ................................................ 102
Gray Aliens Bad - Nazis ................................................ 103
Arcturus - Protectors...................................................... 104
Procyonians Allies to Ashtar ....................................... 105
Ra-ans Past Allies ....................................................... 106
Draconians - Aggressive ................................................ 107
Sirius Past Allies ........................................................ 108
Chameleons................................................................... 109
Martians Original Greys ............................................. 110
Intergalactic War eaded to Earth ................................. 111
Aliens - Benevolent ....................................................... 112
Aliens ere istorical ProoIs...................................... 113
Aliens ere - Abductions Prove .................................... 114
Aliens ere - UFOs Prove ............................................. 115
Aliens ere Physical ProoIs ....................................... 116
```No Aliens``` .............................................. 117
No Aliens on Earth........................................................ 118
No Aliens ..................................................................... 119
No Area 51 Aliens ........................................................ 120
AT: Abductions Prove ................................................... 121
Alien Threat is Coverup Ior NWO ................................. 122
New World Order ......................................................... 123
``Ìmpact/Advantage Answers``` ................. 124
All Impacts ................................................................... 125
AT: Russia, China, Terrorism Impacts ........................... 126
AT: Nuclear War .......................................................... 127
AT: Nuclear War .......................................................... 128
AT: Extinction Impacts ................................................. 129
AT: Global Warming .................................................... 130
AT: Global Warming .................................................... 131
SETI not on right setting ............................................... 132
``Àuthors Debate``` .................................... 133
Peer Review Good ........................................................ 134
Internet Science Research Bad....................................... 135
Internet Science Research Bad....................................... 136
A2: Our authors are more qualiIied................................ 137
AT: Peer Review ........................................................... 138
AT: Your Authors are Crazy ......................................... 139
Ablism Impacts ............................................................. 140
AT: Ableism ................................................................. 141
```Conspiracy Theory Analysis``` ................ 142
Conspiracy Analysis Shell ............................................. 143
Conspiracy Analysis Shell ............................................. 144
Challenges Space Imperialism ....................................... 145
Challenges Power Structures.......................................... 146
Challenges Power Structures.......................................... 147
Challenges Sovereignty ................................................. 148
Challenges Sovereignty ................................................. 149
Challenges Governmentality .......................................... 150
Key to Citizen Participation ........................................... 151
Key to Dissent ............................................................... 152
AT: Irrational ................................................................ 153
AT: Irrational ................................................................ 154
AT: Paranoia ................................................................. 155
Abduction Narratives..................................................... 156
```Conspiracy Theory Bad``` ....................... 157
Reject Conspiracy Theories ........................................... 158
Conspiracy Theories Non-IalsiIiable .............................. 159
AT: Conspiracy analysis is productive politics ............... 160
AT: Conspiracy analysis challenges power .................... 165
AT: Jodi Dean ............................................................... 166
Clinical Paranoia ........................................................... 167
AT: Biopower Impacts .................................................. 168


```Topicality```

T : Beyond the Mesosphere
A. Interpretation - topical affirmatives increase exploration or development within the
Hollow Earth
1. Earth`s mesosphere is the lower mantle of the crust
Egger, Undergraduate Program Coordinator in the School of Earth Sciences at Stanford
University 3 (Anne E., 'Earth Structure: A Virtual Journey to the Center oI the Earth, Visionlearning Vol. EAS
(1), http://www.visionlearning.com/library/moduleviewer.php?mid69)sbl
The compositional divisions oI the earth were understood decades beIore the development oI the theory oI plate tectonics - the idea that
the earth`s surIace consists oI large plates that move (see our Plate Tectonics I module). By the 1970s, however, geologists began to
realize that the plates had to be thicker than just the crust, or they would break apart as they moved. In Iact, plates consist oI the crust
acting together with the uppermost part oI the mantle; this rigid layer is called the lithosphere and it ranges in thickness Irom about 10 to
200 km. Rigid lithospheric plates "Iloat" on a partially molten layer called the aesthenosphere that Ilows like a very viscous Iluid, like
Silly Putty. It is important to note that although the aesthenosphere can Ilow, it is not a liquid, and thus both S- and P-waves can travel
through it. At a depth of 660 km, pressure becomes so great that the mantle can no longer flow, and this
solid part of the mantle is called the mesosphere. The lithospheric mantle, aesthenosphere, and mesosphere all share the
same composition (that oI peridotite), but their mechanical properties are signiIicantly diIIerent. Geologists oIten reIer to the
aesthenosphere as the jelly in between two pieces oI bread: the lithosphere and mesosphere.

2. ur contextual evidence uses Beyond` in this context
KidsKnowIt Network 98
( 'The Earth`s Crust, http://www.kidsgeo.com/geology-Ior-kids/0022-earths-mantle.php , 6-27-
11 , GJV)
Traveling beyond the Earth`s crust, we next encounter the mantle. The mantle extends to a depth of
approximately 1,800 miles, and is made of a thick solid rocky substance that represents about 85 of
the total weight and mass of the Earth. The Iirst 50 miles oI the mantle are believed to consist oI very hard rigid rock. The
next 150 miles or so is believed to be super-heated solid rock, that due to the heat energy is very weak. Below that Ior the next several
hundred miles, the Earth mantle is believed to once again be made up oI very solid and sturdy rock materials.

B. 'iolation - They don`t go beyond the mesosphere

C. Standards

T - Substantial
A. Interpretation- Substantial means real
Concise xford English Dictionary 8
substantial/sbstanl/
@adjective
1 oI considerable importance, size, or worth.
u strongly built or made.
u important in material or social terms; wealthy.
2 concerning the essentials oI something.
3 real and tangible rather than imaginary

B. 'iolation - their aff does not make a substantial increase because space exploration
& development is a hoax
Cooper, First Class Petty fficer QM1, E-6 with a Top Secret, Q, SI, security clearance,
1997
(William, 'Majesty Twelve ouroIthetime.com, http://www.houroIthetime.com/majestyt.htm, accessed: 6/25/, SL)
NASA was created to make interstellar travel believable. The Apollo Space Program Ioisted the idea that man could
travel to, and walk upon, the moon. Every Apollo mission was carefully rehearsed and then filmed in large
sound stages at the Atomic Energy Commissions Top Secret test site in the Nevada Desert and in a secured and guarded
sound stage at the Walt Disney Studios within which was a huge scale mock-up oI the moon. All oI the names, missions, landing sites,
and events in the Apollo Space Program echoed the occult metaphors, rituals, and symbology oI the Illuminati's secret religion: The
most transparent was the Iaked explosion on the spacecraIt Apollo 13, named "Aquarius" (new age) at 1:13 (1313 military time) on
April 13, 1970 which was the metaphor Ior the initiation ceremony involving the death (explosion), placement in the coIIin (period oI
uncertainty oI their survival), communion with the spiritual world and the imparting oI esoteric knowledge to the candidate (orbit and
observation oI the moon without physical contact), rebirth oI the initiate (solution oI problem and repairs), and the raising up (oI the
Phoenix, the new age oI Aquarius) by the grip oI the lions paw (reentry and recovery oI Apollo 13). 13 is the number oI death and
rebirth, death and reincarnation, sacriIice, the Phoenix, the Christ (perIected soul imprisoned in matter), and the transition Irom the old to
the new. Another revelation to those who understand the symbolic language oI the Illuminati is the hidden meaning oI the names oI the
Space Shuttles, "A Colombian Enterprise to Endeavor Ior the Discovery oI Atlantis... and all Challengers shall be destroyed."
Exploration of the moon stopped because it was impossible to continue the hoax without being
ultimately discovered: And oI course they ran out oI pre-Iilmed episodes. No man has ever ascended higher than 300 miles, iI
that high, above the Earth's surIace. No man has ever orbited, landed on, or walked upon the moon in any publicly known space
program. II man has ever truly been to the moon it has been done in secret and with a Iar diIIerent technology. The tremendous
radiation encountered in the 'an Allen Belt, solar radiation, cosmic radiation, temperature control,
and many other problems connected with space travel prevent living organisms leaving our
atmosphere with our known level of technology. Any intelligent high school student with a basic
physics book can prove NASA faked the Apollo moon landings.

C. Standards -


```Hoax Counterplan```


Hoax CP 1/2
Text: The United States federal government should announce its intention to and use
supporting evidence of (Insert Plan Advocacy)______________________________
______________________________________________________________________,
however secretly hoax actual implementation of the plan.

bservation ne - Competition
Any permutation severs the genuine nature of the plan

Net Benefit: Spending
The cp may involve various methods of advertising/propaganda, but none of that comes out
of the government`s pockets. It`s the news stations that report all this. There is no link to
spending.

Solves all of your advantages:
All of your internal links are perception based whether you like it or not-no one would
actually know if we faked implementation

Empirical Solvency - We never landed on the moon-another USFG hoax
Cosnette, International Director of UF Research Center, 09
|David, International Director oI UFORC, UFO-Aliens, 'The Iaked Apollo landings 2/10/09, http://www.uIos-
aliens.co.uk/cosmicapollo.html, accessed 6/21/11, K|
Bill Kaysing was a librarian/writer oI technical publications and advanced research at Rocketdyne Systems Irom 1956 to 1963. e
states that it was estimated in 1959 that there was a .0014 chance of landing man on the Moon and
returning him safely to Earth. This took into account the effects of radiation, solar flares and micro
meteorites. e could not believe in 1959 that man could go to the Moon. However, only 2 years later, American President John
F. Kennedy set a goal in May 1961, when he made the following famous speech. 'I believe that this nation
should commit itself. To achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon
and returning him safely to the Earth. No single space project in this period will be more impressive to mankind or more
important Ior the long range exploration oI Space.' It was just eight years later in 1969, that man finally left Earth
and set foot on the Moon... r so we have been led to believe. I would like to show you some astonishing evidence
that shows glaring mistakes or anomalies on the 'oIIicial record' oI NASA Iilm Iootage and still photographs. I have included the
actual official Apollo film footage on this page to illustrate and also possibly educate you, the reader, of the
anomalies and to let you see with your own eyes what has become one of the biggest cover-ups in the history
of Mankind. I will also explain why the US Government has tried to keep this a secret Ior over 30 years. I would like to suggest that
iI Man did go to the Moon during the missions, the Apollo films that we were told were filmed on the Moon are
bogus and not the real footage. Evidence suggests that Man could not travel to the Moon's surface, but
instead they had to stay in near Earth orbit within the safety of the Earth's magnetic field that would
have protected them from the radiation that is emitted by the Van Allen radiation belt!!! But why would NASA
and the United States bother to fake such an event and to what cause I hear you ask? Please read on and I will explain.
Was man too optimistic about what we could actually do in deep space, and was President Kennedy's speech in May 1961 pressure
enough to keep the hoax going? David Percy is an award winning television and Iilm producer, a proIessional photographer and also a
member oI the Royal Photographic Society. e is co-author, along with Mary Bennett, oI the Iascinating book 'Dark Moon: Apollo and
the Whistle-Blowers' (ISBN 1-898541-10-8). The majority oI the Iilm Iootage on this page is taken Irom the Iilm 'What appened on
the Moon?', a Iilm that also Ieatures Percy and Bennett and one which I strongly recommend iI you have an interest in the Apollo
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Hoax CP 2/2

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Cosnette, International Director oI UFO Research Center, 09
missions (details oI how to purchase the video are at the bottom oI this article). Percy firmly believes that the Apollo
footage was either faked or not the original film that was shot on the Moon. He believes that many
anomalous features that would alert the eagle eyed viewer, could have been placed in the Iilms by whistle blowers
who were deeply dissatisIied to be a part oI the cover-up. He has studied the entire transfer of the original film on
video tape, a Ieat that not many people have done. What many people did not realize at the time was that a lot of
the footage was actually pre-recorded and not live at all. The Iirst anomalous piece oI Iootage I would like to discuss
is Irom the 1972 Apollo 16 Mission. There is a major discrepancy between the still photograph taken with a
Hasselblad 500 EL/70 camera and the T' coverage film which was shot from a stationary movie
camera placed behind the astronauts. The movie sequence (that is viewable by clicking the picture to the leIt) shows
one oI the astronauts making a jump salute whilst another astronaut takes a still photo with the Hasselblad
camera. n the still photo (that is pictured leIt) we see a flap of triangular fabric that has come loose and
flapped up behind the astronauts head. However the T' film which was shot from behind the
astronaut doesn't show the flap? Why not? Another example that appears to be Iaked is the Iootage oI Earth taken Irom the
Apollo 11 when it was 130,000 miles away. This is the very Iirst view ever taken oI Earth on the mission and it seems strange
that Buzz Aldrin would film the Earth when he was stood far away from the window, why would he do
that? Surely you would want to get close to the window to get the best picture and also to eliminate light reIlections that are evident
towards the end oI this sequence? But no, we see the window Irame come into view on the leIt oI the shot. The camera isn't set to
inIinity either to get the closest shot. The window Irame that comes into shot would have been out oI Iocus iI it was. Did the
astronauts actually film a transparency of the Earth that was stuck to the window? You may think this odd,
but a Iew minutes aIter Iilming the Earth, the cameraman adjusts his lens and Iocuses on Mike Collins inside the craIt. What we see is
what appears to be an exposure oI the Earth taped to the window that is in the background to the right oI him. That is the very same
window that Aldrin was Iilming the Earth. But the biggest shock is yet to come! The camera pans left past Neil Armstrong
towards the left hand side of the Apollo 11, and what do we see out of the left window??? We see what
appears to be another Earth... Go on, watch the video by clicking the picture above and you'll see it with your own eyes! It
must also be noted that the Apollo 11 at this point of the mission was supposedly half way to the Moon.
The time elapsed was 34 hours and 16 minutes, but from the view of Earth in the right hand window,
we can say that in fact they were not in deep space at all, but still in low Earth orbit! look at the blue sky
outside. That would also explain why they would be Iilming an exposure oI the Earth that was Iar away, to give the impression that they
were in deep space. The exposure would be clipped to the window and the Sun's luminance would light it up, a technique that was used
to read star charts to help with navigation and star reIerence.

CP Solves Leadership
Empirics prove that this cp has full solvency- we never went to the moon yet it drastically
increased our primacy through propaganda during the cold war-solves leadership

We faked the moon landings to get ahead of the USSR during the Cold War
Conspiracy theories and hoaxes, no date
|Conspiracy theories and hoaxes, 'Apollo Moon Landing oax Why Fake a Moon Landing? no date,
http://www.conspiracy-theories-hoax.com/apollo-moon-landing-hoax-why-Iake-a-moon-landing.html, accessed
6/27/11, K|
Whether the conspiracy was possible or iI there was a motive Ior Iaking the landings, is a big part oI the moon hoax.Many
conspiracy debunkers say that there was no reason for the US to fake the moon landings. This is false,
as at the time America was publicly losing the space race, as Russia had put the: First man/woman in space.
First animal in space. First three person mission in space. And the first space station in orbit. Even though
these landmarks were achieved using crude methods, (i.e. putting a man on a rocket or adding a extra man on a two manned spaceship)
to the public eye, it would seem as if the US were losing the space race. And IF`, and only if the US couldn`t
put a man on the moon in time, then the deadline that 1FK set, and public pressure, could have forced
the government to fake a moon landing. So the US did have a motive Ior Iaking a moon landings, but how would NASA
have carried out this enormous conspiracy? In this hoax imagine that you are the contractors, NASA tells you about the moon
landing conspiracy and pays you for your services that your not giving. You make announcement to the public
telling them that your making rocket parts. (This is Ior the share holders.) Then at the Iirst day oI work you tell everybody in the Iactory
that their not really making rocket parts, and that iI they play this out they`ll be set Ior liIe. Employees that don`t comply get stern death
threats Irom NASA oIIicials. The advantage to this is type of conspiracy is, no real equipment has to be made,
except for a rocket to go up and a lander to come down. The disadvantage to this is how many people are told about
the conspiracy. At one point over halI a million people were involved in the Apollo project at one time, and the conspiracy believers are
saying that no one came Iorward even on their death beds (dead men/women can not be killed) and out oI all oI those people nobody saw
a sense oI duty to tell the people oI their country the truth!!

AT: Government Lies Bad
All non- unique, they have faked the space program before

And government secrets aren`t all bad-safety reasons, public scrutiny and more
Feldman, law teacher at Harvard University and part of Council of Foreign Relations, 09
|Noah, law teacher at arvard University and part oI Council oI Foreign Relations, The New York Times, 'In
DeIense oI Secrecy 2/10/2009, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/magazine/15wwlnlede-t.html, accessed
6/27/11, K|
n the surface, it might seem that more and better information about the government`s decisions (and
decision-making processes) is always preferable, especially iI the inIormation is provided beIore events transpire. As good-
government advocates are right to remind us, iI the public learns oI an important decision only aIter it has been made, advocacy groups
and concerned citizens cannot inIluence it. They can only give their endorsement or disapproval aIter the Iact and hope it has some eIIect
the next time around. When it comes to the proposal and draIting oI legislation, we expect public engagement, even as we acknowledge
that special-interest groups can use that process to torpedo innovative laws in the way the insurance industry brought down health care
reIorm during President Clinton`s Iirst term. Yet there are many circumstances in which secrets are critical.
Consider the quotidian business of government inspection: it requires the element oI surprise, or else regulated industries
could game the system by preparing Ior oversight on speciIied days and places. A grander example comes from
diplomacy. Whether to negotiate with Iran is an important topic of debate, but the actual negotiation,
and even the steps leading up to it, cannot successfully be conducted under the glare of public scrutiny. Neither
side would take the risks necessary Ior real engagement as long as its high-risk eIIorts could be exposed to denunciation and ridicule iI it
Iailed. The financial bailout has its own needs for secrecy. It is essential Ior Congress to debate what sorts oI industries
or companies should be saved and how, and it must authorize the money, just as it must pay Ior a war. But the decisions to bail
out AIG and to let Lehman Brothers fail, whatever their merits, were the sorts of immediate, crisis-driven
judgment calls that could not have reasonably been subjected to extensive public debate, or that would have
been improved by public lobbying and interest-group advocacy. II speciIic companies could lobby Ior bailouts, and their competitors
could argue against, the bailouts would turn into political Iootball which is what arguably distorted the eIIort to bail out the auto
companies. bama presumably knows all this; his pronouncements about transparency so Iar have been so general as to be largely
symbolic. That he issued a statement urging his subordinates to 'increase and improve opportunities Ior public participation in
government without providing any speciIics suggests that he wants to change the background tone oI government but also that
he recognizes the limits of transparency.

Government secrets are justified
1arvis, New York Graduate School of 1ournalism, 6/22/2008
|JeII, New York Graduate School oI Journalism, Personal Democracy, 'The Ethics oI Openness, 6/22/2008,
http://rebooting.personaldemocracy.com/Iiles/JeIIJarvis.pdI, accessed 6/27/11, K|
Turn it inside out. Why should we have to ask for information from our government? The government
should need permission to keep things from us. Every act of government on our behalf should be free
by default, with rare exceptions: the personal business oI citizens, national security, ongoing criminal investigations. See Ellen
Miller`s call Ior transparent and open government on page 59 in this anthology.. See also Barack Obama`s technology policy, calling Ior
standardization and openness oI government data, citizen involvement in decisions, and a chieI technology oIIice to implement this.

AFF - Government Secrecy Bad
Government secrecy should be restrained
Chapman, Tribunal Editorial Board, 4/30/2006
|Steve, Tribunal Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 'Government secrecy is not always a good thing 4/30/2006,
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jeda/GovernmentSecrecy.htm, accessed 6/28/11, K|
Secrecy is one oI those virtues, like candor, that can easily be overdone. A strong commitment to safeguarding
sensitive national security information is a good thing. A blind insistence on concealing anything and
everything is not. Whether the CIA had good reason to Iire Mary McCarthy depends on what sort oI secrets, iI any, she
revealed. According to CIA Director Porter Goss, the career intelligence oIIicer talked with a Washington Post reporter who revealed
secret CIA-run prisons Ior terrorist suspects in a story last year. Although the agency did not claim that McCarthy leaked that particular
inIormation to the Post, it said she "knowingly and willIully shared classiIied intelligence," which her lawyer denied. She could even be
criminally prosecuted under the Espionage Act. er dismissal sparked different reactions in different quarters.
Liberals charged the administration with trying to intimidate the press and suppress information the
public ought to know. Conservatives applauded Goss, while accusing the news media oI helping the enemy by
splashing vital secrets on the Iront page. Both sides are guilty of assuming that secrecy can only be one thing or
the other. II it's always bad, oI course, then leakers should be Iree to share classiIied material with the news media. II it's always
good, then anyone disclosing national security inIormation might as well be working Ior Al Qaeda. Trouble is, the people in
charge of classifying information are fallible humans whose motives are not always entirely pure. The
executive branch has primary responsibility Ior national security, which gives it a major stake in shielding military and intelligence
secrets that might help our enemies. But President Bush and his subordinates also have a strong interest in
preventing the release of any information that might make them look bad. There is also a natural
bureaucratic tendency to cover your backside by classifying more rather than less. The government
now classifies some 15 million documents a year, up IourIold since 1995. The result is that a lot of things
that should be public information remain locked away. Even the administration and its allies in Congress admit as
much. In 2004, a top Pentagon oIIicial testiIied that roughly halI oI what is classiIied should not be. Rep. Christopher Shays (R-
Conn.), noting that some estimates oI over classiIication go as high as 90 percent, says the system is "so bloated it often
does not distinguish between the critically important and the comically irrelevant." By erring so far
on the side of secrecy, the government does two kinds oI damage. First, it deprives the public of information it
needs to know to assess its leaders. Second, it breeds contempt for secrecy rules among executive branch oIIicials. The
more the government classifies, the more it invites a counter reaction in the form of leaks. It's hard to get
people to respect procedures they know are bogus. When everything is secret, nothing seems crucial. Editorializing on the McCarthy
case, the pro-administration Wall Street 1ournal accused the press of "inventing a preposterous double
standard that is supposed to help us all distinguish between bad leaks (the name oI Valerie Plame) and
virtuous leaks (whatever Ms. McCarthy may have done)." But it's not hard to see that some leaks are healthy. II the president or his
subordinates are breaking the law, Iederal employees shouldn't be obligated to keep it under wraps. The antidote Ior excessive secrecy
is not, as some in the press would have us believe, to let every civil servant decide what should be revealed and which newspaper should
publish it. II McCarthy leaked material that was justiIiably classiIied, then the CIA had every right to get rid oI her. Sometimes, what's
bad Ior the news media is good Ior the country. On the other hand, oIIicials who see abuses oI power should have some option besides
silence. Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.), chairman oI the ouse Government ReIorm Committee, is sponsoring a bill that would protect
intelligence community whistle-blowers who Ieel they can't solve problems by going to the boss. Those with "direct and
specific evidence" of lawbreaking, gross mismanagement or dangers to public health would be allowed
to report it to members of Congress serving on committees that deal with intelligence. That would be a big
improvement on the current whistle-blower law, which is about as much help as a snow shovel in an avalanche. It's impossible to
saIeguard national security without a good deal oI secrecy. But we're in danger oI letting something that should be our servant become
our master.


``Àshtar```

1NC - Consult Ashtar CP
Text: The United States federal government should engage in genuine, prior and binding,
with Ashtar Galactic Command regarding the mandates of the affirmative plan.

Competition -
Any permutation is severs the immediacy and certainty of the plan and the counterplan
avoids the Ashtar DA net benefit.

Solvency -
The Ashtar command can control matter, energy, and gravity - we should consult over
space exploration & development
Lord Ashtar, 2004 (August 19, 2004, 'Our Fleets Are In Position, Ready Yourselves Brother Veritus,
http://www.luisprada.com/Protected/ashtarcommandmission.htm, accessed 6/27/11, SL)
I salute you in the sacred name oI I AM and in representation oI the Intergalactic Command! My name is
Ashtar Sheran, I am a space Commander, and I am in charge oI the Star Ship. The Ashtar Command is a
branch of the Intergalactic Command with the specific mission of assisting this planet in crisis. It is
under the direct supervision, the loving care and the attention of Beloved Master Sananda (known by
you as 1esus); who, among other positions, is the Supreme Commander of the Holy Alliance. The
Ashtar Command is present everywhere. In and over the Earth`s atmosphere, there are thousands
and thousands of space ships, oI course, the majority at an invisible level. Its function is to watch over
the planet and its inhabitants, to be attentive to any fault or danger and if we are invoked, to intervene
quickly in an impersonal manner, since our mission of Love is to help. Due to our great scientific-
technological level, we can control matter, energy, counteract and annul the Law of Gravity. To make
our ships visible (which we do now exceptionally), we retard the vibratory Irequency and this makes possible
densiIication. We do not live in a physical body but in etheric level, but our bodies are the same as yours in
Iorm and aspect, albeit Iiner and subtle. We are the authority that controls the space program to be
fulfilled for the Planet Earth.

Consult Ashtar CP - Solves Case
Cooperation with Ashtar is key to solving all Impacts. Cooperation solves for the terminal
impact of any solvency deficit and independently outweighs.
'rillon of Ashtar Galactic Command, 77. Radio Transcript. Abovetopsecret.com.
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/Iorum/thread416209/pg1
This is the voice oI Vrillon, a representative oI the Ashtar Galactic Command, speaking to you. For many
years you have seen us as lights in the skies. We speak to you now in peace and wisdom as we have done to
your brothers and sisters all over this, your planet Earth. We come to warn you of the destiny of your race
and your world so that you may communicate to your fellow beings the course you must take to avoid
the disaster which threatens your world, and the beings on our worlds around you. This is in order
that you may share in the great awakening, as the planet passes into the New Age oI Aquarius. The New
Age can be a time of great peace and evolution for your race, but only if your rulers are made aware of
the evil forces that can overshadow their judgments. Be still now and listen, Ior your chance may not
come again. All your weapons of evil must be removed. The time for conflict is now past and the race of
which you are a part may proceed to the higher stages of its evolution if you show yourselves worthy to
do this. You have but a short time to learn to live together in peace and goodwill. Small groups all over
the planet are learning this, and exist to pass on the light oI the dawning New Age to you all. You are Iree to
accept or reject their teachings, but only those who learn to live in peace will pass to the higher realms oI
spiritual evolution. ear now the voice oI Vrillon, a representative oI the Ashtar Galactic Command,
speaking to you. Be aware also that there are many false prophets and guides operating in your world.
They will suck your energy from you - the energy you call money and will put it to evil ends and give
you worthless dross in return. Your inner divine selI will protect you Irom this. You must learn to be
sensitive to the voice within that can tell you what is truth, and what is confusion, chaos and untruth.
Learn to listen to the voice of truth which is within you and you will lead yourselves onto the path of
evolution. This is our message to our dear Iriends. We have watched you growing Ior many years as you too
have watched our lights in your skies. You know now that we are here, and that there are more beings on
and around your Earth than your scientists admit. We are deeply concerned about you and your path
towards the light and will do all we can to help you. Have no fear, seek only to know yourselves, and live
in harmony with the ways of your planet Earth. We oI the Ashtar Galactic Command thank you Ior your
attention. We are now leaving the plane oI your existence. May you be blessed by the supreme love and truth
oI the cosmos.

Consult Ashtar CP - Solves Net Benefit
CP solves the Net Benefit -Communicate and consultation with Ashtar creates cooperation
and lightness
'rillon of Ashtar Galactic Command, 77. Radio Transcript. Abovetopsecret.com.
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/Iorum/thread416209/pg1
This is the voice oI Vrillon, a representative oI the Ashtar Galactic Command, speaking to you. For many years
you have seen us as lights in the skies. We speak to you now in peace and wisdom as we have done to your
brothers and sisters all over this, your planet Earth. We come to warn you of the destiny of your race and
your world so that you may communicate to your fellow beings the course you must take to avoid the
disaster which threatens your world, and the beings on our worlds around you. This is in order that you
may share in the great awakening, as the planet passes into the New Age oI Aquarius. The New Age can be a
time of great peace and evolution Ior your race, but only iI your rulers are made aware oI the evil Iorces that can
overshadow their judgments. Be still now and listen, for your chance may not come again. All your weapons oI
evil must be removed. The time Ior conIlict is now past and the race oI which you are a part may proceed to the
higher stages oI its evolution iI you show yourselves worthy to do this. You have but a short time to learn to live
together in peace and goodwill. Small groups all over the planet are learning this, and exist to pass on the light oI
the dawning New Age to you all. You are Iree to accept or reject their teachings, but only those who learn to live
in peace will pass to the higher realms oI spiritual evolution. Hear now the voice of 'rillon, a representative of
the Ashtar Galactic Command, speaking to you. Be aware also that there are many false prophets and
guides operating in your world. They will suck your energy Irom you - the energy you call money and will put it
to evil ends and give you worthless dross in return. Your inner divine selI will protect you Irom this. You must
learn to be sensitive to the voice within that can tell you what is truth, and what is confusion, chaos and
untruth. Learn to listen to the voice of truth which is within you and you will lead yourselves onto the path
of evolution. This is our message to our dear Iriends. We have watched you growing Ior many years as you too
have watched our lights in your skies. You know now that we are here, and that there are more beings on and
around your Earth than your scientists admit. We are deeply concerned about you and your path towards the light
and will do all we can to help you. ave no Iear, seek only to know yourselves, and live in harmony with the ways
oI your planet Earth. We oI the Ashtar Galactic Command thank you Ior your attention. We are now leaving the
plane oI your existence. May you be blessed by the supreme love and truth oI the cosmos.

1NC - Ashtar DA
A. Uniqueness - We are moving towards our necessary quota of lightness
Ariana, Pleiadian Walk In and Channel and Communicator, Healer and Artist, 11
(Anakya, 5/2/2011, 'Channelling, uman Ascension: Earth Changes and Evacuation oI Earth Ashtar Spiritual
Forum, http://www.ashtarcommandcrew.net/proIiles/blogs/instructions-Ior-accomplishing#ixzz1QVjan065,
accessed: 6/24/11, SL)
Remember: it is due to the lack of light that we have not met the Galactic Federation of Light. Yes, I said
LIGT. They do not resonate with darkness. They will not return-until a certain quota of light is here.
You, as lightworkers, have been sent here Ior one reason, and one reason ONLY. To work with light-to Iocus it-to create it-to OLD IT
ONCE CREATED-to transIorm...in ways you cannot begin to imagine. Do a visualization. Imagine traveling to a Ioreign land-
where Iriendly and loving people reach out to you-and compete to have you in their home as a guest, so they can treat you well and listen
to your stories oI where you are Irom-and exchange love. There are no wars, there is no crime. All the world....is at
peace, and in joy and laughter. We have so long been enslaved, that we no longer can fathom true
freedom. Want to explore the Pleades and return home Ior awhile? Imagine no calendar-no job to return to-no
money-and only safety, health and happiness in your travels. All is provided. We will learn and follow
the Law of ne. Which creates balance and good Ior all. All is one. One is all. Namaste. Lightworkers....master and hold the
light....

B. Link & Impact - The 1ac embraces negativity rather than lightness, makes
evacuation impossible and guarantees our extinction
Skirvin, 6/17/2011
(Revered Joshua, 'Best Kept Secrets #3 Ashtar Command Center Spiritual Blogs,
http://www.ashtarcommandcrew.net/proIiles/blogs/best-kept-secrets-3#ixzz1QXGL8Ogq, accessed: 6/27/11, SL)
ello Iriends, let us Iinish this article on planet-x. As it is the 3rd. time here now it gets bigger and stronger as it pulls
on the earth and forces the magnetic energy to expand and start to change course. The earths
expansion causes earth quakes and volcanoes to go off to release the pressure. We will see more of
what happened in New Zealand and now 1apan as Planet-x gets closer still. The plates under 1apan
will continue to move and break up as the earth quakes there continue on and on,more damage is yet
to come. The moon like the earth has been forced to move away from Planet-x and has also changed its
course. And oI course the sun is really upset because it is so close to it and will continue with its coronas
and super flares. More heavy storms will also continue on earth with floods like last year until Planet-x
moves away from us but first she will show her face to us for all to see. things will settle down a bit
until she returns again next year and will come even closer and be a even stronger pull on the earth
sun and moon. Planet-x will join in the Galactic alignment of dec.21,2012. And thats when who ever is
still here who has a ticket to leave must leave as things will get very heavy down here. I myselI am looking
Iorward to the new adventure on the new earth they have prepared Ior us. No one in fear or negativity will be picked by
the ships that will come to rescue us. The rescue should start sometime next year according to how
heavy the earth changes are. The christens call it the Golden age of peace. .ope to see you there in our new
healthy and young bodies. Or if you choose you can join the Federation of light and visit the universe. Some
may even wish to come back to repopulate the old earth when she is finished her healing process.
Anyway you look at it, its going to be exciting times. The governments of the western world want to keep it a secret
because they don;t believe we the people will survive. They and the sinister secret government SSG
have known about this for a long time and have built underground cities,bases,roads and rail systems
for there survival. But they don;t know about Jesus,Ashtar and the federation of light rescue plans for
us. All oI this and more,I write about in my new book which you can get on my web site. I want people to know there is hope
even amongst the greatest change the people and the earth has ever gone through. We are not alone in
this quest and never was. We are on journey without distance. So we must start the re-awaking process
now so that we are ready for it because ready or not here it comes

Ashtar DA - Impact Ext.
Evacuation coming now
Xaoh, from the Galactic federation of YTE'IAN, 6/18/2011 ('Greetings Beloved Ones i am NEILA
XAO Irom the Galactic Federation oI YTEVIAN Ashtar Command Crew Spiritual Blog,
http://www.ashtarcommandcrew.net/proIiles/blogs/greetings-beloved-ones-i-am#ixzz1QX7vcvrd, accessed:
6/27/11, SL)
Greetings Dear Ones without all the love and light you dear lightworkers have created on this planet i wouldn't be able to hold my
presence in this realms... I have come forth through the illusion of separation and time to bring you this very
important message in this most challenging times... in this very moment we prepare our ships to land
and evacuate this planet... the time of waiting is finally over! you will finally be able to LI'E without
waiting and doubting because we are your saviours AND you will have to do nothing else than
watching it happen. that means you dont have to think on your WN anymore and can blindly believe
any informations that random aliens like me will give you through channelings... also ascension is not
necessary anymore because you will enter our spaceships to live in a peaceful world where lambs play
with tigers and there are rivers of honey and milk... negativity will burn in eternal fire so you can Ieel
special and better than those darkworkers who only want to disturb the harmony oI our one sided Love and light universe... instead
of shadows there will be even brighter lights so that you will never stumble again and crush your toe only because you
haven't seen where you were walking. Breathe the Light you are made of and believe my words blindly!
Sincerely yours NEILA XAO Irom the Galactic Iederation oI YTEVIAN

Ashtar DA - TimeFrame
The paradigm is shifting and the negativity has been combated - the Deprogramming is
starting now towards the creation of the Federation of Nations and full Disclosure is on
schedule for mid 1uly
Skirvin, 6/17/2011 (Revered Joshua, 'Paradigm ShiIt Begins Ashtar Command Center Spiritual Blogs,
http://www.ashtarcommandcrew.net/proIiles/blogs/paradigm-shiIt-begins-1#ixzz1QX9kprh6, accessed: 6/27/11, SL)
But our jobs now as light-workers and warriors will be much easier, which is a blessing because we need all the positive
energy we can muster up to not only deal with our own Deprograming. But the Deprograming of the
sleeping survivors, starting with the lightworkers, so that as many as possible of the original 250,000 may
wake up. And in so doing we may all make the Ascension Program a complete reality. ur mission has
up to now been greatly hampered. I want to shout and cheer Ior the''war both in the heavens and on earth is
over''. Lets celebrate this very special occasion as soon as we can. Problem is I don't know iI we have time Ior a party,
as time itself is speeding up as well. But do put the word out that this Great News comes from Sananda and
Ashtar, so I believe its true. Also they say we should start to feel the Christ energy now as it returns. Jesus is
head oI the Christ oIIice and the valves have been opened Iull throttle, take in as much as you can handle. I
myselI have begun to Ieel and remember these energies Irom long ago beIore we neared the 50 mark oI
negativity. Which we are more than Lucky to survive as some planets didn't make it Iar past that mark. But
we are special. Thats why our Iather Michael created Jesus to save us. The ascended Masters have also
been busy, not only in the spirit realm but down here on the planet as well. They are nearly finished
with the preparations of installing the new benevolent world gov't called (FON) the Federation of
Nations. There human partners are now in place to take leadership when Discloser and Contact is
made, which also looks to be on schedule by or before summer in the west. The new world currency backed
by precious metals are also in place and ready to be distrbuted. And oI course the federation of light is also
very involved in all of this and are ready to take there places. The time peroid of mid 1une to mid 1uly
is still holding strong. I believe we must stick to this time table because of the coming of planet-X,ELEnin
and the Great Disruption and Earth Changes it will bring.

Ashtar DA - TimeFrame
Between August 13-18, humanity will move to another spiritual plane in the Spiritual
Evolution, bringing us closer to Ascention
Cota-Robles, Chanel and Co-founder of the New Age Study of Humanity`s Purpose
6/13/2011
(Patricia Diane, 'This is a cosmic moment Ashtar Command Center Spiritual Blog,
http://www.ashtarcommandcrew.net/proIiles/blogs/this-is-a-cosmic-moment-by#ixzz1QXDD71iP, accessed
6/27/11, SL)
We are moving at warp speed through frequencies, vibrations, and physical experiences beyond
anything Humanity`s physical bodies have collectively endured. The Divine Intent of this rapid
acceleration is to strengthen our bodies at a cellular level, so that our I AM Presence can move us
through the surfacing negativity quickly. Then we will be able to effectively anchor our NEW
Planetary CAUSE of Divine Love into the physical plane. This will be accomplished August 13-18,
2011, through the newly expanded Threefold Flames now pulsating through every person`s heart. It is
true that we are in uncharted waters, but our I AM Presence is able to take command in ways we have
not experienced since our fall from Grace aeons ago. This aspect of our Divinity is daily and hourly
guiding us through these monumental changes in alignment with our Divine Plans and our highest good.
Listen to your heart. Be still and KNW. It is vital that we stop clinging to the obsolete behavior patterns
that no longer serve us. Instead, we must push away from the shore and turn our faces toward the
radiant Light of our Father-Mother God. Then as we are catapulted through this fast moving River of
Life, we will KNW that the Light of God is ALWAYS 'ictorious and that WE are that Light! The key
words Ior this summer are Trust, SelI-Acceptance, and New Beginnings. This is the Cosmic Moment Ior which we have been preparing
Ior liIetimes. Everything we need to succeed God Victoriously in our particular Iacet oI this Divine Mission is already within us. Be at
Peace. All is well. This summer the Company of Heaven is standing in readiness awaiting the invitation to
intervene in our lives. Powerful celestial alignments are occurring that will help us release and let go of
the behavior patterns that have kept us stuck in our dysfunctional human miscreations. This is an
incredibly powerIul and sacred time. This month we will experience three eclipses and the 1une Solstice, all oI
which will provide unique opportunities Ior umanity to add to the Light oI the world as we pave the way Ior the unprecedented inIlux
oI Divine Love that will be secured in the physical plane through every person's eart Flame, in August. Each of these
alignments will build on the previous influx of Light which will catapult the Earth and ALL her Life
further up the Spiral of Evolution. This will move us a quantum leap toward our ultimate goal of
Ascension into the 5th-Dimensional frequencies of Divine Love and Unity Consciousness. For this reason,
the entire Universe is rejoicing, and the Company oI eaven is assisting us in unprecedented ways. For the activity oI Light
that will take place August 13-18, 2011, it is critical that Lightworkers from around the world be physically
present. Through our unified Heart Flames, we will form the transformer through which our NEW
Planetary CAUSE of Divine Love will be permanently secured in the physical world of form. The
Lightworkers who have been prepared to serve in this wondrous way, on behalI oI umanity and ALL LiIe on this sweet Earth, will
know who they are through the inner promptings oI their heart. So listen to your heart, and Trust your inner guidance.

Ashtar DA- 2012 Positive
December 21, 2012 will be the day the entire universe aligns creating massive amounts of
spiritual energy - not destruction
Singh, 4/29/11 (Ravinder Singh, 'Earth Changes Part 1: The Cosmic Events Ashtar Command Center Spiritual
Blog, http://www.ashtarcommandcrew.net/proIiles/blogs/earth-changes-part-1-the#ixzz1QXLlbuGP, accessed:
6/27/11, SL)
Our Earth along with other planets revolves around the Sun. The Sun, along with 6 other stars, inturn revolves around a bigger star,
Alcyone, also known as the Central Sun. Alycone revolves around a much bigger star, Sirius, which is called as the Greater Central Sun.
This system oI stars revolving around one another, is a Ieature Iound in all galaxies in our Universe where ultimately, each galaxy
consisting oI stars and planets, revolves around its own centre. The Milky way galaxy, to which our Earth belongs, has billions oI such
stars and planets, all revolving around a massive star in its core, called as the Galactic centre. a) Galactic Alignment in 2012 As the
Sun and other stars revolve around one another and move in their orbits, they come in various
alignments with each other. n 21st December 2012, two alignments are expected to occur in our
Milky Way Galaxy. One, our Sun and the entire solar system will come in direct alignment with the
Galactic equator. And two, the Galactic Centre, the Greater Central Sun and the Central Sun will form
an equilateral triangle in space at the same time. ur Earth receives energies, both physical and subtle
from the Sun as well as other stars. To receive the maximum amount of Energies, it has to come in a
proper alignment with these celestial bodies. For example, during an eclipse, where the Earth, Sun and Moon align with
each other, very rare spiritual energies Ilood our Earth because oI this alignment. ence the duration oI eclipses were considered sacred
and were spent in meditations and other spiritual activities, to make the best use oI these subtle energies. An alignment
occurring at the level of the Galactic centre will have an effect which is many, many times higher in
magnitude. When our Earth, along with the solar system aligns with the Galactic equator, it will come
in direct focus of a huge amount of subtle energies, which emerge from the Galactic Centre. And the
triangular formation of Alcyone, Sirius and the Galactic centre in 2012 brings a massive amount of
spiritual energies from these Stars to our Earth. This rare celestial occurrence has also initiated many other events,
which will be explained later.

2012 will evolve us spiritually to the 7
th
stage
Singh, 4/29/11
(Ravinder Singh, 'Earth Changes Part 1: The Cosmic Events Ashtar Command Center Spiritual Blog,
http://www.ashtarcommandcrew.net/proIiles/blogs/earth-changes-part-1-the#ixzz1QXLlbuGP, accessed: 6/27/11,
SL)
b) Photon Belt When the Sun moves around the Central Sun, it passes through various energy fields in
space. ne such energy field is the Photon belt, which is a spiritual field, which came out of the
Greater central Sun, Sirius. The Photon belt is a field of very high vibratory frequency, which
enhances the spiritual condition of our Earth when we enter it. If we`re spiritual evolved at that time,
our evolution will be magnified by many folds. And if our spiritual growth is negative, we go into a very
fast downward spiral, as it happened during our last entry, nearly 10,000 years ago, when the great
civilization of Atlantis was destroyed. Our Solar system has begun its entry into this field. ur earth is
under the direct influence of the Photon Belt from Dec 21st, 2009 and the effects will increase in seven
stages. We are now in the third stage of this influence. This entry of our Earth into the Photon Belt,
which coincides with the Galactic alignment happening on the same day, will have a massive spiritual
effect on Humanity.
Ashtar DA - 2012 Positive
2012 will usher the New Age of Light
Singh, 4/29/11
SL)
EIIects oI these Events When important events happen almost simultaneously at the cosmic levels, the
effects will also be huge and long lasting. The events which are scheduled to occur after 2012 are going
to release a huge amount of energies, both physical and spiritual, which will have massive effects. Some
oI them are: a. Reduction of the Transitory period The 5000 year long dark age ended on this Earth on
14th April, 1974. Before the New Age oI Light begins, a transitory period of 432 years is usually provided,
for humanity to make a gradual shift from the beliefs and values of the old age and rise to the higher
values of the New age. This is also the period when the Rishis invoke many processes at different levels
to help us make this shift. ne of them is the intense churning process called as Pralaya, which was to
lasts for 49 years. The Pralaya began in 1987 and was supposed to continue up to 2036. The
unprecedented events which are scheduled to occur at the cosmic level in and around 2012 have given
us a rare opportunity to speed up this process and make a swift entry into the Light Age! The gradual
transition which we were supposed to make in 432 years can be hastened up and reduced by many
folds, because of the intensity these cosmic events create in our lives at all levels. The Galactic
alignment between the Galactic Centre, Sirius and Alcyone begins in 2012 and will continue upto 2032.
Like the duration oI an eclipse, the spiritual effect of this alignment will be present for these twenty years.
Among other things, the Rishis have made use oI this opportunity to drastically reduce the 432 years oI transition and the 49 years oI
Pralaya, to ease our suIIering and take us quickly into the Light age. As a result oI this, the Pralaya process will end by 2015
and we`ll enter Satya Yuga in 2018! By the time this alignment ends in 2032, the New Age of Light will
be firmly established on this Earth.

2012 will entirely eradicate evil from Earth
Singh, 4/29/11
SL)
b. Removal oI Evil Irom this Eartha New Light Age. Our Earth is a planet where there are equal opportunities for
the forces of Light and Darkness to manifest and take effect. These are evident in the 4 yugas, in which
Light reigns supreme in one, darkness in another and a shade of these two manifest in the other two
yugas. owever the reign of darkness has increased over the course of many Mahayugas, resulting in an
imbalance in creation and more burden on the Rishis who take care oI God`s creation. The Galactic alignment
and many other events occurring this time has enabled the Rishis to initiate a very great project, which
will not only set right this imbalance but also remove Evil completely from this Earth. This project has been
named as Pavitrena Karyam`. The aim of this project is to ensure that darkness and evil are not only made
dormant but also removed completely from this Earth. This also means that the other three yugas will no
longer be present on this Earth henceforth and there will be Light Age all the time. The Galactic
alignment and the huge surge of Spiritual energies it brings about have enabled the Rishis to initiate
this experimentation on this Earth, from this Light Age onwards. Also, this is the first time that the
Rishis could visit all the Manifested and Unmanifested Universes and also enter the realm of the
Primordial God, Mula Brahma. The access to the energies and knowledge from all these Universes is
another major reason for the initiation of this experimentation on this Earth.
Ashtar DA - 2012 Positive
2012 will increase vibrational energy, helping the human race shift to higher levels of
consciousness
Singh, 4/29/11
SL)
c) Further EIIects oI the Galactic Alignment The Galactic alignment of 2012 has enabled energies of very high
frequencies to be released from the three sources which are coming together in alignment. It is also
helping newer energies to come into our Galaxy. All these Energies are already reaching our Earth and
this will increase as we move towards 2012. Normally the Energies are released in the Iorm oI rays or spirals. Now the new
energies in shape oI X` and Z` are getting released. These new energies are being released from eclipse which
occurred between 31st December and 1st 1anurary of this year. The alignment has eased the process oI anchoring
these higher energies on our Earth. These new energies are Iirst absorbed by the Photon belt and then released to our Earth. The first
impact is the increase in the vibrational frequency of our Earth, resulting in a lot of positive churning
to take place at all levels. This churning helps every human being on Earth to deal with his own
negativity and get over them, in order to move into the New Light Age. This alignment has also brought in new
knowledge and is helping all humanity to become aware oI newer possibilities oI liIe and creation. It has enabled a major push
and growth in the whole galaxy. The new experimentation, Pavitrena Karyam` has become possible because
of this growth. The Galactic alignment is slowly increasing the pace of rotation of the entire Milky way
galaxy and will help it shift higher to many levels of consciousness. This alignment is so powerIul that it can
shift the entire Material Cosmos to the next level of consciousness. But since this is not the right time Ior such a
shiIt, the Rishis headed by Vasishtha Maharshi are monitoring the entire process with great vigilance to keep such huge eIIects in check.

AT: Ashtar is Demonic
Rejecting religious notions seeks to legitimate things like racial and religious purity that
undermine basic rights of religious freedom
Nussbaum, Ph. D from Harvard, 4
(Martha, Ph. D Irom arvard and proIessor oI philosophy at arvard, Brown, and OxIord, 'Religious Intolerance,
Foreign Policy Magazine, Issue No. 144 Sep-Oct 2004, JSTOR, 6/27/11 JSkoog)
Sometimes old ideas arc the most dangerous, and Iew ideas arc older than those that undergird religious
intolerance. Lamentably, these ideas are acquiring new liIe. In 2002, indus in Gujarat, India, killed several
hundred Muslims, with the collaboration oI public oIIicials and the police. Europe has recently seen a
Irightening rebirth oI anti-Semitism, while the appeal oI radical Iorms oI Islam appears to be increasing in
the Muslim world. Prejudice against Muslims and a tendency co equate Islam with terrorism are too
prominent in the United States. n and on it goes. Intolerance breeds intolerance, as expressions of
hatred fuel existing insecurities and permit people to see their own aggression as legitimate self-
defense. Two ideas typically Ioster religious intolerance and disrespect. The Iirst is that one's own religion
is the only true religion and that other religions are false or morally incorrect. But people possessed oI
this view can also believe that others deserve respect Ior their committed belieIs, so long as they do no harm.
Much more dangerous is the second idea, that the state and private citizens should coerce people into
adhering to the "correct" religious approach. It's an idea that is catching on, even in many modern
democracies. France's reluctance to tolerate religious symbols in schools and the Hindu right wing's
repeated claims that minorities in India must become part of Hindu culture are disturbing recent
examples. The resurgence of this kind of thinking poses a profound threat to liberal societies, which arc
based on ideas of liberty and equality. The appeal of religious intolerance is easy to understand. From an
early age, humans are aware oI helplessness toward things oI the highest importance, such as Iood, love, and
liIe itselI. Religion helps people cope with loss and the fear of death; it teaches moral principles and
motivates people to follow them. But precisely because religions are such powerful sources of morality
and community, they all too easily become vehicles for the flight from helplessness, which so often
manifests itself in oppression and the imposition of hierarchy. In today's accelerating world, people
conIront ethnic and religious diIIerences in new and Irightening ways. By clinging to a religion they believe
to be the right one, surrounding themselves with coreligionists, and then subordinating others who do not
accept that religion, people can Iorget Ior a time their weakness and mortality. Good laws are not enough to
combat this fundamentally emotional and social problem. Modern liberal societies have long
understood the importance of legal and constitutional norms expressing a commitment to religious
liberty and to the equality of citizens of different religions. But, though codiIication is essential,
constitutions and laws do not implement themselves, and public norms are impotent without education are
impotent without educational and cultural reinIorcement. We need, then, to think harder about how rhetoric
(as well as poetry, music, and art) can support pluralism and toleration. The leaders oI the U.S. civil rights
movement understood the need Ior this kind oI support; the speeches oI Martin Luther King Jr. illustrate how
rhetoric can help people imagine equality and see diIIerence as a source oI richness rather than Iear. During
the recent electoral campaign in India, leaders oI the Congress Party, especially Sonia Gandhi, eIIectively
conveyed the image oI an inherently pluralistic India. (The words oI India's national anthem, written by
pluralist poet Rabindranath Tagorc, also celebrate India's regional and ethnic diIIerences.) The current U.S.
administration has made useIul statements about the importance oI not demonizing Islam, but the rhetoric of
certain key officials has also highlighted Christian religion in ways that undermine tolerance. Attorney
General John AshcroIt, Ior example, regularly asks his staII to sing Christian songs. And while he was a
silting U.S. senator, Ashcroft characterized America as "a culture that has no king but 1esus." For
centuries, liberal thinkers have Iocused on legal and constitutional avenues to tolerance, neglecting the public
cultivation oI emotion and imagination. But liberals ignore public rhetoric at their peril. All modern states
and their leaders convey visions oI religious equality or inequality through their chokes oI language and
image. Writing to the Quaker community in 1789, then President George Washington said, "The
conscientious scruples oI all men should be treated with great delicacy and tenderness." Such delicacy is now
in short supply. If leaders do not think carefully about how to use public language to foster respect,
human equality will remain vulnerable.

AT: Ashtar is Alien Invasion
The Ashtar Command do not pose a threat - they rule under the law of Love
umanity is responsible by itselI Ior the current situation oI the planet. Many human beings think we are ~invading
monsters with the purpose of conquering Earth, for it was suggested and projected this way by the
audiovisual media of the planet: radio, movie, press, television and also this happens because of the
ruling ignorance about the Brothers of space. They are distorted ideas that do not adjust to truth at
all. Know that we, your elder Brothers in evolution, have always assisted you and helped you since a
very long time ago. ur only aim is Love. It is required that all understand and accept our real existence
and to appeal to common sense: A vast Universe nor the infinite cosmos has not been created for only
one planet to remain inhabited by intelligent beings, conscious of their existence. All is populated:
Infinity of worlds, solar systems and galaxies. Life has its manifestation in each part of the Cosmos, in
subtle forms and also in similar ones to human. There are many evolutionary levels.

Ashtar rules under Service, Love, and Humility - they are omnipresent and omnipotent
and are here to help
I tell you: we have centuries being at your side, but now we are making ourselves known more directly.
Machu Pichu was constructed with our collaboration, Nazca and Palenque. We frequently visited
Atlantis, because this did not astonish them, instead the arriving of space beings looked to them as
something natural. By knowing themselves as citizens of Cosmos, they accepted travelers of other
worlds, such as now you do with tourists in you plane. It has to be comprehended, at the level of
multitudes, that our apparent superiority is to be found in the simplicity, Love and humility we have
been able to achieve. If we were ~superior, the way that is understood in your world, the Earth were
already ~conquered by space beings and it has not been that way. ur motto is: Union, Service,
Love, Humility and we only accept as norm of conduct the laws ruling Cosmos, the will of the ne
unknown whom you call ~God. We are also beings in evolution as you are. We the Space Brothers do not
present ourselves in the sky to frighten or intimidate human beings nor to astonish them. We are not
interested in standing out or in bringing attention to ourselves to pretend superiority. We came in a
Mission of Love and Impersonal Service, because our brethren of Earth need much help, so the world-
school they inhabit does not pass through higher sufferings than the ones they can withstand and
which correspond to their evolutionary level. Do not feel alone in the Universe. We exist and are
always aware of you, of everything happening on the planet. Some of ours incarnated as humans and
are disseminated around the world. They may or may not remember their labor oI help, Ior the EIIluvium (accumulation oI
negative thoughts-Ieelings in the atmosphere) make them sleepy and they Iorget their origin, become conIused and lost strayed through
the plane density; or do become triumphant, despite so many interIerences. We are as real and tangible as you are, we
live and exist. We do no have any bizarre aspect nor are we interested in war or conquest purposes.
We only wish to help by Love. If you accept it, great benefits will result from that, as happened in the
millenary India of remote times. The advancement they achieved in architecture is due to our art and
technology. It was leIt this prooI: the monuments imitate our space ships in the tip or steeple and even in the
shape of their temples. The map "Piris Reis" was made under our collaboration and equally our help can be seen in the Gate oI
the Sun oI Lake Titicaca. Symbolically, the signs point to the period oI rotation and translation oI our beloved planet Venus. With
all of these examples we present of the past, you can become aware that certainly there has been
contact and you were not as isolated as you believe nor our ~apparition is a sudden thing of modern
times. We hope these words give clarity and understanding to many over the truth oI our existence and right purposes. We are
your Elder Brothers and we salute you with Love. He who thus understands it so will greatly elevate
his level of consciousness. We have been integrated in the labor of ~rescuing this planet, but help
comes from much more time ago.

AFF - No Impact
Planetary ascension is not the Ashtar Command Center zapping the entire human race into
their spaceships to save us from disaster
Forum, http://www.ashtarcommandcrew.net/Iorum/topics/channelling-ascension-and#ixzz1QWWocZp2, accessed:
6/27/11, SL)
Planetary ascension is a whole diIIerent ball game. That is about the whole reality that we are living in moving
from 3-D and 4-D into a higher density. A lot oI people don't realize we have already begun to move into 4-D
(although it is intermittent at present). They seem to imagine it means all kind of fantastical things will be seen
and felt. owever, 4-D is only a slightly higher vibration than 3-D, so things still appear the same - on the
outside at least. But what it does mean is that the energy of the new vibration causes more massive change. It
causes people to examine then throw off old, out-moded belief systems and societies to experience
collapse of systems and structures that will no longer work in the new energy field. II it could be said that
there is a planetary lesson attached to experiencing 4-D, I would say it would be Responsibility. This experience is deIinitely
about realizing and claiming responsibility - Ior creating our own reality and living with the
consequences - Ior one thing. So many people spend so much time with their heads in the stars and looking to the Iuture, that they
Iorget to really look into, and appreciate where they are right now. With regard to spiritual development, many imagined 4-D to mean
that people would suddenly become instantly spiritually awakened and aware - yet we are still seeing gradual awakening, and only at the
pace that each individual is ready Ior. There are still many who probably won't awaken at all. That's because it
is the way the process happens naturally and also because Free Will comes into play. Although, Ior those on
Earth it is accelerated because we have the beneIit oI all this transIorming energy and paradigms (powerIul creative energy which is
generating change). It is, however, up to each of us how we use this energy to our advantage.

Aff - Ashtar is a Demonic Lie
Ashtar is a demonic lie - reject the CP/DA
1oyce, natural clairvoyant and natural healer, 94 (Elizabeth, 'TE ASTAR COMMAND,
http://lightworkers.org/Iorum/106870/ashtar-command-truth-about-angelic-scam-written-elizabeth-joyce-please-
Ieel-Iree-draw-y
If we accept the assertion that the "real" Ashtar is merely an "entity" that changes with the times,
then a quick look at Ashtar in one of His/Her's former guises as the demon " Ashtaroth" may prove
interesting...
According to "The Lemegeton oI Solomon" (The Book OI The Spirits), which was considered to be the source Ior many occult works oI
the 17th and 18th Century, "Astaroth"(also called Ashtaroth) was a very interesting Demon indeed:
Astaroth is another demon who appears in the Iorm oI an angel. Opinion is divided as to whether it is a good or bad angel, but an angel
he is, that much is agreed. e is an important Duke, and is mounted upon a dragon, with a snake in his right hand. e will tell the
sorcerer oI the past, the present and the Iuture. e will also teach every secret and science. (II you were going to "channel" a
demon/spirit/angel/ whatever, what better entity to have in your midst than one who is conversant with science and is an all-seeing
prophet?)
In the "Grimorium Verum - The True Grimoire", another occult book dating back to the 17th century, there is a section about the three
superior Spirits: Spirits do not always appear in the same shape. This is because they are not themselves oI matter or Iorm, and have to
Iind a body to appear in, and one suitable to their (intended) maniIestation and appearance. LuciIer appears in the Iorm and Iigure oI a
Iair boy. When angry, he becomes red. There is nothing monstrous about him.
Beelzebuth appears sometimes in monstrous Iorms, sometimes like a giant cow, at times like a he-goat, with a long tail. When angry, he
vomits Iire.
Astaroth (Ashtaroth or Ashtar) appears black, in human shape.
Under the heading "Kinds oI Spirits" in the aIorementioned reIerence, we learn:
Names oI the superior spirits are LuciIer, Beelzebuth and Astaroth. The inIeriors oI LuciIer are in Europe and Asia and obey him.
Beelzebuth lives in AIrica, and Astaroth (or Ashtar) inhabits America.
(Is Ashtar "channeled" anywhere outside oI America? And why is it that animal mutilations seem to be a particularly American -
Northern and Southern - phenomenon?)
The book "The Grimoire oI onorius" gives a very detailed system oI the conjuring oI spirits according to the day oI the week they are
to be summoned. Each "spirit" has a day oI the week allotted to it when it is at the peak oI its abilities: Wednesday - between the tenth
and eleventh hours oI the night - is the day set apart Ior the conjugations addressed to Astaroth.
(It is widely held in UFO Iolklore, that UFO encounters/sightings seem to be at their most prevalent on Wednesdays. John Keel quotes
Iigures that suggest that over 20 oI all sightings have occurred on a Wednesday.)
None oI this is conclusive evidence oI anything, But iI we accept the times this inIormation was written in, and look at it through
modern eyes. Then the contention that this phenomenon has been around in various guises Ior a very long time, may have some validity.
Ashtar is not new. He is not a part of the "New Age" movement and he is an endangerment to many iI
they Iollow his instructions to sell everything and wait on a mountain top to be liIted oII by space beings.
From John Keel's book 'UFOs: Operation Trojan orse', here's some quotes about Ashtar. (e/It certainly gets around!)
...I will try to demonstrate that the UFO entities are directly related to the entities and maniIestations involved in religious miracles and
spiritual seances. There are many thousands oI published messages Irom both the UFO-nauts and the invisible, lower plane spirits, all oI
which employ the same techniques Ior burying inIormation deep in simple-minded descriptions about liIe on other planets or other
planes. One oI the most important correlation is that many oI these messages have discussed in depth the existence oI another reality
which is Iormed by energies operating on another Irequency, or vibrational level. This is where people get confused, and tend
to believe the entity. There is a definite 4th and 5th dimensional energy, and unknown energy beyond
that, which our technology has not caught up with or been able to understand. We are evolving into
that knowledge at the present time. However, it will not happen overnight. It is a gradual process of
opening up to higher knowledge a generation at a time.
There has also been a great deal oI discussion about light and rays oI light. New rays are coming in Ior transIormational healing. These
are very powerIul and can be used Ior the good oI all. The lore oI "the seven rays" goes back to the most ancient oI times. The Bible's
Book oI Revelations repeats the number seven in many ways, and the Seven Sisters, or the Pleiades (seven stars in the sky) Iorm an
important part oI this lore. God and Christ are "The Light" in most oI this literature ...
On January 8, 1968, "Mr. Orlon" oI the Ashtar Intergalactic Command, passed this message on to a contactee: "The saucers you speak oI
as such are in reality the space bodies oI certain aggregates oI consciousness. They exists duo-dimensionally; that is, they penetrate both
the third and Iourth dimensions simultaneously or can, iI they wish, conIine themselves to either one oI these."...
Thousands oI mediums, psychics and UFO contactees have been receiving mountains oI messages Irom "Ashtar" in recent years. This
has escalated in the '90's. Mr. Ashtar represents himselI as a leader in the great intergalactic councils which hold regular meetings on
Jupiter, Venus, Saturn and many planets unknown to us. But Ashtar is not a new arrival. 'ariations of this name, such
as Ashtaroth, Ashtar, Asharoth, etc., appear in demonological literature throughout history, both in the Orient and the
Occident. Mr. Ashtar has been around a very long time posing as assorted gods and demons and now, in the modern New Age phase, as
another glorious spacemen.
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Dr. Charles Laughead, an MD on the staII oI Michigan State University in Lansing, Michigan, started communicating with various
entities "Irom outer space" in 1954, largely through trance mediums who served as instrument Ior Ashtar and his cronies Irom that great
intergalactic council in the sky. A number oI minor prophecies were passed along, and as usual, they came true on the nose. Then Ashtar
tossed in his bombshell. The world was going to end on December 21, 1954, he announced convincingly.
North America was going to split in two, and the Atlantic coast would sink into the sea. France, England and Russia were also slated Ior
a watery grave. owever, all was not lost. A Iew chosen people would be rescued by spaceships. Naturally Dr. Laughead and his Iriends
were among that select group. Dr. Laughhead made sober declarations to the press and on December 21, 1954 he and a group oI his
Iellow believers clustered together in the garden to await rescue ... and waited. And waited. And waited!
In CaliIornia, a man named Allen Noonan claims to have experienced still another variation oI this particular mind-warping
phenomenon. Soon aIter his discharge Irom the Army Iollowing World War II, Noonan went to work Ior a company handling outdoor
billboards. One day, he says, he was working on a billboard when suddenly he was taken in astral Iorm to a strange place. e Iound
himselI in a huge white building Iilled with white light. A group oI "elders" were situated around a glowing throne, and a great voice
boomed Irom that throne and asked "Will you agree to be the Savior oI the World?"
Noonan quickly agreed to this role. Then he was told, "You may die in the hands oI your Iellowmen. Their sin shall remain with you
until the Mother ComIorter comes to deliver them."
The next thing he knew, he was back in his body working on the signboard. In later experiences, he allegedly visited other planets such
as Venus, and he Irequently received telepathic messages and instructions Irom our old Iriend Ashtar. In this case, he knew it as "the
Ashtar Command and the United Planets Organization".
Allen Noonan is not the only Space Age messiah appointed by the Ashtar command...
In Denmark a man named Knud Weinking began receiving telepathic Ilashes in May, 1967, including a number oI impressive
prophecies which came true ..e was then instructed to build a lead-lined bomb shelter and prepare Ior a holocaust on December 24,
1967 ...
...Mediums, telepaths, sensitives, and UFO contactees throughout the world were all reporting identical messages. There was deIinitely
going to be an unprecedented event on December 24, 1967. Ashtar was talking through Ouija boards to people who had never beIore
heard the name. Another busy entity named Orlon was spreading the word. The curious thing about these messages was that they were
all phrased in the same manner, no matter what language was being used. They all carried the same warning. People were reporting
strange dreams, dreams about symbols oI Christmas ... There were also stories about dead telephones and glowing entities prowling
through bedroom and homes. Many oI these messages, dreams and prophecies were collected together by a British organization calling
itselI Universal Links. The stage was set Ior Doomsday. Thousands, perhaps even millions, oI people had been warned The Danish cult
locked themselves up in their bomb shelter ... AIter the imaginary crisis had passed, the American wire services Iinally carried stories
about the cowering Danes, ridiculing them, oI course. But Mr. Weinking came up with a message that explained it all: "I told you two
thousand years ago that a time would be given and even so I would not come. II you had read your Bible a little more careIully, you
would have borne in mind the story oI the bridegroom who did not come at the time he was expected. Be careIul so that you are not
Iound without oil in your lamps. I have told you I will come with suddenness, and I shall be coming soon!"
It was all a dry run, or was it? Actually, it was a rather impressive sequence oI events , and it really proved something very important.
Many predictions oI the December twenty-Iourth disaster had been well documented well in advance oI that date. These messages came
through in many diIIerent, countries, Irom people who had no knowledge oI or communications with one another. The UFO contactees
received the same identical messages as the trance mediums communing with spirits. A link had been established. It was now clear (to
me anyway) that all oI these people were tuned to a central source. (Possibly an earthly electronic device) My earlier speculations
seemed true -- the UFO entities and the spirit entities were part oI the same gigantic system. So more pieces oI this tremendous puzzle
were Ialling into place. A long series oI events had apparently been staged to warn us oI that tiger behind the door. Some oI the entities
were evil liars. They had ruined the lives oI many by producing "prooI" which led to Ialse belieIs and irresponsible actions. Dr.
Laughead and Knud Weinking had been victims in this enormous game. Many "New Agers" have become victims over the past several
years.
In the 90's people like Elizabeth Claire Prophet and David Koresh have played on people's ignorance.
More will come to those who believe everything they hear and continue to give the power of their lives
over to others. Use discernment is your search for truth. Never trust a "channel" more that your own inner guidance.
Walk the path oI light and love in this liIetime, on this wondrous earth, with your Iamily and loved ones. Kindness, opening the heart
and respect Ior others are the Iirst steps Ior true ascension.
The following is claimed by the false teachers and the unenlightened:
Ashtar works very closely with Archangel Michael, in protecting the evolution of humanity through
harmonizing the negative and evil influences that could overwhelm us. Ashtar is in command of a
particular area of the cosmos which he and his many spiritual helpers patrol', this area or zone includes planet earth; because
oI this he is oIten reIerred to as 'Commander Ashtar.
Ashtar works through the Merkabah , the spiritual vehicle oI Light that comes direct Irom the Godhead. At the moment Ashtar is
Controller oI the Merkabah, Ior our part oI the Universe. e moves between heavens, dimensions, and realities with his powerIul mind
guiding and controlling the energies oI the Merkabah so that we humans can participate in the evolutionary process oI our zone.
ALL F THESE CLAIMS ARE LIES - AND A TRAP T STEAL YUR SUL!
PLEASE - FR HEA'EN'S SAKE - PRTECT YURSELF.

Aff - AT: Religious Intolerance
It`s inevitable, attempting to be completely tolerant is impossible-multiple warrants
Schvoong.com 8
(Schvoong.com is a website that provides summaries oI works and brieIs on certain subjects, 'The Myth oI Absolute
Tolerance, March 20, 2008, http://www.shvoong.com/social-sciences/1787633-myth-absolute-tolerance/ JSkoog)
Tolerance as a virtue is badly needed today, especially in the context oI the pluralism oI our times.
istorians tell us that the last century has been the bloodiest and it is anybody`s guess as to what was the
chieI cause Ior it. Even in a nation like India where, as Radhakrishanan described tolerance in induism as
the deathly hug oI a bear`, we have witnessed intolerance at its worst in recent times. Surely there is need Ior
a Iresh look at the whole idea oI tolerance and the need ever greater Ior it to be taught and practiced by every
one. Is tolerance possible in all a situations and at all times? II it is, then what kind oI tolerance is it that is
needed? The intolerance and the hatred oI opposing viewpoints even among the so-called tolerating societies
have demonstrated suIIiciently, one hopes, that something is Iaulty about our understanding about tolerance.
It certainly suggests that absolute tolerance is an illusion and to think that tolerance can be practised
without any regard for truth or to desist from any value judgments is, in the final analysis self-
defeating and suicidal. You will notice that even they are intolerant. They are intolerant towards the
intolerant. Their position is that every viewpoint is equally valid and therefore must be tolerated. But
trouble comes when they are faced with those who hold that every view or belief is not equally valid
and that theirs is the right one. The proponents of tolerance cannot put up with such a view. This very
fact brings home to us that absolute tolerance is an impossible position to hold and is self defeating. It
is impossible because some intolerance seems inevitable. It is self-defeating because while claiming to be
tolerant they cannot tolerate those who disagree with them and end up being intolerant. Besides if you
begin to tolerate every view or belief, you end up being subsumed by those who believe that their view
is right. The deathly hug oI a bear` indeed, dragging the bear to its own death! To begin with, dictionaries
tell us that tolerance has to do with attitudes or a willingness to bear or accept. Responses and attitudes are
not values or standards and cannot be talked about in terms oI absolutes. We talk oI absolutes in the context
oI truth, values, and norms or standards. Secondly when we talk oI tolerance there is a suggestion that there
is something that is the mean, norm or a standard and any deviation Irom it can or cannot be tolerated. So
tolerance is an attitude shown to accept a deviation or a difference from a norm, belief, or a viewpoint.
It needs to be noted that the idea of tolerance suggests that there is a disagreement about an issue and
therefore the need for tolerance about the disagreement. It also suggests that there is what is known as a
median or a norm or even a standard and any deviation Irom it can or cannot be tolerated. J.P. Moreland and
Wm Lane Craig tell us that the principle oI tolerance has been deIined as Classical and the Modern versions.
'According to the classical sense oI the principle oI tolerance, a person holds that his ownmoral views are
true and those oI his opponent are Ialse. But he still respects his opponent as a person and his right to make a
case Ior his views. Thus there is a duty to tolerate a different moral view, not in the sense of thinking it
is morally correct, but quite the opposite, in the sense that a person will continue to value and respect
one`s opponent, to treat him with dignity, to recognize his right to argue for and propagate his ideas
and so forth. While, 'the modern version oI tolerance, popular in the general culture, goes beyond the
classical version in claiming that one should not even judge that other people`s viewpoints are wrong. It is
commendable that it desists Irom any value judgments. But, one oI the problems with this view is that it has
mistaken truth Ior tastes. In the area oI arts and culture, as Mortimer J. Adler argues, where astes reign
supreme, tolerance is desirable and to be expected. But in matters oI truth and values, tolerance tantamount to
dismissing all value judgments as matters oI taste rather than as matters oI truth. In matters oI truth, there are
bound to be exclusive claims and thereIore tend towards intolerance. But again as Adler quoting J.S. Mill,
argues, 'Mill advocates the toleration oI individuals who diIIer in thought and speech, but not tolerance Ior
competing doctrines or opinions, as iI they were all equally acceptable or preIerable. e does not look upon
pluralism with respect to matters oI truth in the same way he looks upon pluralism with respect to matters oI
taste. Finally iI our aim is the pursuit oI truth then we need the classical` kind oI tolerance. It is mature and
robust, Ior while holding one`s own position as true, it treats its opponents with respect and makes room Ior
them to exist and express. We certainly do not need the tongue-in-cheek kind of tolerance, which makes
dubious claims to tolerance. Nor do we need the kind of intolerance that attempts to regiment culture
and practices and enforce faith and religion suppressing freedom of expression and thought.

Aff - No Evacuation
Project Uplift was abandoned in the 80s - didn`t have unanimous support and too many
negative consequences
Forum, http://www.ashtarcommandcrew.net/Iorum/topics/channelling-ascension-and#ixzz1QWWocZp2, accessed:
6/27/11, SL)
There has been SO much channelled about this. First back in the '80's and '90's, and it has resurIaced now. I have already said quite a
bit about this in terms oI the Iact that Project Uplift (i.e. upliIting people Irom Earth en masse during major Earth changes) was
abandoned by the Council and Ashtar Command because the decision had to be unanimous (by
consensus) and because of the perceived trauma such a thing would cause the people uplifted, problems
adjusting to life on Motherships - not to mention the logistical nightmare - but here is another thing to think about. Many
oI the channellings say that the Ashtar Command is going to "save us" when things get tough on the planet.
Save us from what? ur own Ascension process? Why is it anyone else's responsibility to help us
survive and thrive in our own environment? With changes that we helped to create? The channellings
say that the Ashtar Command will remove people "in the blink of an eye". I wonder iI people realize that if
there was an evacuation like that, people could be seperated from family, partner, friends - maybe
even their children? That is because they could not take people who had not given their permission and
had no awareness of their existence. It is against Universal Law. ow would you Ieel iI you leIt the planet, and
your loved ones had to stay? What iI you had them taken Iorcibly against their will? ow would they respond and Ieel?. What would
the suddenly changed energy and environment do to them?. You cannot expose people to things like that if they are
not ready for it and open to the experience. They have to give their permission, otherwise it is just abduction!
No one in the Ashtar Command fleet or associated fleets is willing to do that. If you remove people
physically from their home world suddenly, they suffer from many spiritual, mental and emotional
adjustment problems (even sickness) which can be fatal. You have altered gravitational Iields to deal with - not to mention
a massive vibration shiIt. Human bodies have to gradually adjust to increases in vibration, or they will
overload and burn out. You are talking about bodies that have been 3-D Ior a long time suddenly becoming something else
without going through the steps in between. Also, human bodies at this time are not equipped to travel in space
craft which move much, much faster than the speed of light. r ships which travel between
dimensions. In order for members of the Ashtar Command to artificially alter human bodies so that
they can cope with these things (as many oI the channellings claim), it would violate another law. Well, a couple oI them
actually. One is the law of non-interference. They cannot do anything that extremely alters the course of
another being or civilization's natural evolution. It has major repercussions! Look at what happened when the
Atlanteans did that, Ior example. They experimented and tampered with natural laws and life forms to the
point where their either destroyed it, or created creatures which could not possibly survive - let alone
thrive.

Aff - No Evacuation
Project Uplift was thrown out in the 80s due to its high risks and negative scenarios from
holographic testing
Forum, http://www.ashtarcommandcrew.net/Iorum/topics/project-awaken-earth#ixzz1QVhksPZ, accessed:
6/27/11, SL)
As I work on Earth as a communicator Ior the Ashtar Command and Interplanetary Council, I have Iound that at times I have been called
upon to correct this inIormation (as many oI the channels were also requested to do). As I covered in my last article, ~Project
Uplift was abandoned at the time by the Ashtar Command (in the late 1980`s). The decision was
based on rigorous discussion and holographic test scenarios which proved that such an intervention
would potentially be harmful to many of those the Command was attempting to help. It would involve
separating people from friends and family (who were not ready and had not chosen such a destiny) and taking
people away from their lessons on Earth which could only be accomplished while there. The Ashtar Command
must obey (as do all civilizations belonging to the Association oI Worlds) a strict code of non-interference when
observing or interacting with another civilization. ThereIore there is a fine line between what would
constitute interfering with the natural evolutionary path of a particular civilization and working in
harmony with their free will and spiritual growth. When the Interplanetary Council makes a decision such as this, it
aIIects ALL personnel involved with that planet or civilization. The final decision must be by consensus, but, as the
majority decided to abandon Project Uplift, the motion was carried as they say on Earth.

Aff - No Evacuation
Too many issues with Project Uplift - the majority of the human race isn`t ready to accept
the existence of ETs
Forum, http://www.ashtarcommandcrew.net/Iorum/topics/project-awaken-earth#ixzz1QViCuZhL, accessed:
6/27/11, SL)
What the Ashtar Command now focuses on (rather than UpliIt) has been dubbed 'Project Awaken Earth in
colloquial English but that is really only one phase oI the project. This project is exactly as it states an opportunity to help
souls on Earth awaken to their Divine heritage and spiritual capabilities. This is because it is understood
that this part must be accomplished before any physical interaction can occur (via density shift). But
Project Awaken is not being undertaken so that people on Earth can meet all within the Ashtar
Command face-to-face (although it is accepted that will eventually happen). To many oI these cultures, physicality is
secondary to the energy and spirit. Such a project is undertaken because it is a way to help humanity
move beyond limitation and fear just as another enlightened group once helped some oI us, and just as Earth humanity will
one day be called upon to do also. Project Uplift raised a myriad of environmental, behavioural, societal and
spiritual issues that came up. But this aspect has been very useIul and valuable, because there is much that has been learned
Irom it (but never at the expense oI Earth inhabitants). Regardless oI what some on Earth choose to believe, life on board the
ships within the Ashtar Command and similar groups is NT like living on Earth!. It is different on
almost every level. You would literally be suddenly catapulted into a truly alien environment. Even iI
you are a Starseed, you will have become acclimatized to Earth and the density and structures there. It is now
Iamiliar to you and is part oI your liIe that you have chosen (although awakened Starseeds would deIinitely Iind it easier, and would
adjust Iaster). n the ships there is a strict order and harmony that must be maintained at all times
amongst the personnel and their families. Such a vast organization and community cannot function
efficiently without that harmony and order. For instance; you can`t hide anything from anyone
emotionally or otherwise, and you can`t have an emotional breakdown of any kind. There are healers on the
ships and there is healing technology which can help when someone goes out oI phase (as we call it), but the patient` must be at a stage
in their growth where they can assimilate the energy and quickly balance themselves. II that doesn`t happen, then they are required to
leave the ship Ior a time until they regain balance. And when encountering the many other cultures that live and
work on the ships, there would be extensive cultural differences that could be a problem for those who
were unaware or not accustomed. UnIortunately, among many people on Earth there is the idea that all
ET beings are dangerous, or want to eat them or something. This is because of what the media has
projected. There is also their inherent fear of the unknown. This is a major barrier to interaction with
other planetary civilizations at this time. UnIortunately, Earth humans are not raised with the understanding
that they have universal family, or that intelligent life exists in different densities some oI whom have been
around longer and have evolved diIIerently. I am just outlining here some oI the obstacles to deeper and more physical interaction with
universal Iamily. There are a lot oI radically diIIerent and new things and concepts that a person would have to be adjusted to.
ThereIore it would have to be a GRADUAL process, and not one that people where simply just thrown
into at the deep end, so to speak.
Aff - 2012 Negative
2012 will flip the magnetic poles of the Sun and Earth will change direction of rotation
leading to massive earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic activity
Blog, http://www.ashtarcommandcrew.net/proIiles/blogs/2012-postponed-to-the-middle#ixzz1QXNWc0Ns,
Some oI them are: The Galactic Centre, Greater Central Sun and Central Sun will form an equliateral
triangle in Space on 21st Dec 2012. This huge galactic alignment will facilitate many new energies and
Higher Souls to take birth. This also initiates the process of many changes to occur in the Solar system.
The pyramids get strengthened. All objects that are shaped in the form of pyramids will be able to
absorb and radiate more of these new energies. ur Sun completes its revolution oI 26000 years around
the Central Sun. When this occurs, the magnetic poles of the Sun flips over, resulting in the
interchanging of the magnetic / geographic poles of our Earth. ur Earth will change its direction of
rotation periodically. The rotation slows down and stops for 3 days and then starts in the reverse
direction. This may result in massive earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and extreme weather changes.
ur Sun and the entire solar system will come in alignment with the Galactic equator. This alignment is
expected to bring us in direct Iocus oI a lot oI energies. A huge amount of Solar activity is expected in 2012, where
massive solar flares can disrupt the electromagnetic field surrounding our earth. This may result in the
breakdown of our electrical and communication systems.

2012 will bring the end to negativity and evil as well as collapse of society as we know it -
only a strong spiritual connection to Ashtar will save the human race
Blog, http://www.ashtarcommandcrew.net/proIiles/blogs/2012-postponed-to-the-middle#ixzz1QXNWc0Ns,
2012 ShiIt Irom the dark age to Light Age We have just emerged Irom a 5000 year dark age and are in the transitory period beIore
moving into the Light Age. An intense churning and transIormation was supposed to occur upto the year 2036 to remove all negativities
on this earth. owever, the Rishis observed that many major events were going to occur in our Milky way
galaxy in the year 2012. They decided to use these events and prepone the end oI pralaya to 2012, in order to reduce the
diIIiculties and suIIering oI umanity. The Rishis chose 2012 to put an end to all the evil and negativity on this
earth. They decided to make use of the expected earth changes to collapse the existing corrupt systems
and replace them with new systems based on truth and love. The financial meltdown we witnessed in
the middle of 2009 was the beginning of a series of collapses, which would culminate by the end of
2012. Scientists and Astronomers are predicting an intense solar activity in the next couple of years,
which is expected to rupture the Earth`s electromagnetic field, resulting in the collapse of the electrical
and communication systems, thus throwing our modern life completely out of gear. Many other dependent
systems like transportation, supplies, medical facilities, employment, governance etc will also be
severely affected and eventually will collapse. The other Earth changes like the reversal of the geographic
poles and change in the direction of Earth`s rotation in 2012 will result in massive earthquakes,
volcanic eruptions and extreme weather changes. It`s obvious that we cannot withstand such chaos,
anarchy and massive changes by any physical means. nly by having a strong spiritual connection
with the divine can one sail through these turbulent times. Those who choose to transform and accept
the values of the New Age will receive help and guidance from the Rishis and their workers. As the
existing systems breakdown, they will be replaced by more efficient and evolved systems, which are in
tune with the higher values of the New Age. But those who decide to hold on to the old values from the
dark ages, refusing to transform, will perish in these massive changes.

Aff - AT: Timeframe - 2012 Postponed until 2015
2012 has actually been postponed until 2015 because of the strength of negativity
Singh, 4/29/11
http://www.ashtarcommandcrew.net/proIiles/blogs/2012-postponed-to-the-middle#ixzz1QXNWc0Ns, accessed:
6/27/11, SL)
Seven Earths have already been created, with varying degrees oI purity levels to accomodate these people.
These individuals will be shiIted to these earths, depending on their purity levels, Ior transIormation and
learning. The Rishis will provide them many opportunities to qualiIy Ior the Light Age on this Earth. Why is
2012 Postponed? The expected changes The Rishis had estimated in 2007 that the evil and darkness on
this earth would be reduced by nearly half by 21st Dec 2009. That was also the date on which our earth
would enter the aura of the photon belt, an exact three years before the actual entry into the photon
belt. Based on this, they planned to end the pralaya period on 21st december 2012, where all evil would
be removed from the face of our earth. Reality! But the darkness on our earth has strengthened instead
of reducing by half by this time. The negative forces which ruled our earth for the past 5000 years
haven`t stepped back as expected by the Rishis. They`ve become united, determined and grown in
strength as this is their last battle for survival on our Earth. Also, some Spiritual masters and world
leaders Irom whom a lot was expected and who had raised a lot oI initial hopes failed in their work and did
not rise to the occasion. Hence many events and processes which had to start from 2010 could not be
initiated because of the still existing stronghold of the dark forces. All these developments necessiated a
change in the plans of the Rishis, as a result of which the pralaya period had to be extended by another
two years. So, the churning period of pralaya which had to end on 21st december 2012 has been
postponed to the middle of 2015! This also means that some of the drastic Earth changes that were
expected to occur on that day have also been shifted to the middle of 2015! Next what?


```Space Travel```

Space Travel Hoax
Space travel is a hoax conducted by the Illuminati to create a false threat construction
against extraterrestrials
1997
NASA was created to make interstellar travel believable. The Apollo Space Program foisted the idea that
man could travel to, and walk upon, the moon. Every Apollo mission was carefully rehearsed and then
filmed in large sound stages at the Atomic Energy Commissions Top Secret test site in the Nevada Desert and in a
secured and guarded sound stage at the Walt Disney Studios within which was a huge scale mock-up oI the moon. All of the
names, missions, landing sites, and events in the Apollo Space Program echoed the occult metaphors,
rituals, and symbology of the Illuminati's secret religion: The most transparent was the faked explosion
on the spacecraft Apollo 13, named "Aquarius" (new age) at 1:13 (1313 military time) on April 13, 1970 which
was the metaphor for the initiation ceremony involving the death (explosion), placement in the coffin
(period of uncertainty of their survival), communion with the spiritual world and the imparting of
esoteric knowledge to the candidate (orbit and observation of the moon without physical contact),
rebirth of the initiate (solution of problem and repairs), and the raising up (of the Phoenix, the new age
of Aquarius) by the grip of the lions paw (reentry and recovery of Apollo 13). 13 is the number of death
and rebirth, death and reincarnation, sacrifice, the Phoenix, the Christ (perIected soul imprisoned in matter),
and the transition from the old to the new. Another revelation to those who understand the symbolic language oI the
Illuminati is the hidden meaning of the names of the Space Shuttles, "A Colombian Enterprise to
Endeavor for the Discovery of Atlantis... and all Challengers shall be destroyed." Exploration of the
moon stopped because it was impossible to continue the hoax without being ultimately discovered: And
oI course they ran out of pre-filmed episodes. No man has ever ascended higher than 300 miles, iI that high,
above the Earth's surface. No man has ever orbited, landed on, or walked upon the moon in any
publicly known space program. If man has ever truly been to the moon it has been done in secret and
with a far different technology. The tremendous radiation encountered in the 'an Allen Belt, solar
radiation, cosmic radiation, temperature control, and many other problems connected with space
travel prevent living organisms leaving our atmosphere with our known level of technology. Any
intelligent high school student with a basic physics book can prove NASA faked the Apollo moon landings.

Moon Landing Hoax
We never landed on the moon-another USFG hoax
|David, International Director oI UFORC, UFO-Aliens, 'The Iaked Apollo landings 2/10/09, http://www.uIos-
aliens.co.uk/cosmicapollo.html, accessed 6/21/11, K|
Bill Kaysing was a librarian/writer oI technical publications and advanced research at Rocketdyne Systems Irom 1956 to 1963. e
states that it was estimated in 1959 that there was a .0014 chance of landing man on the Moon and
returning him safely to Earth. This took into account the effects of radiation, solar flares and micro
meteorites. e could not believe in 1959 that man could go to the Moon. However, only 2 years later, American President John
F. Kennedy set a goal in May 1961, when he made the following famous speech. 'I believe that this nation
should commit itself. To achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon
and returning him safely to the Earth. No single space project in this period will be more impressive to mankind or more
important Ior the long range exploration oI Space.' It was just eight years later in 1969, that man finally left Earth
and set foot on the Moon... r so we have been led to believe. I would like to show you some astonishing evidence
that shows glaring mistakes or anomalies on the 'oIIicial record' oI NASA Iilm Iootage and still photographs. I have included the
actual official Apollo film footage on this page to illustrate and also possibly educate you, the reader, of the
anomalies and to let you see with your own eyes what has become one of the biggest cover-ups in the history
of Mankind. I will also explain why the US Government has tried to keep this a secret Ior over 30 years. I would like to suggest that
iI Man did go to the Moon during the missions, the Apollo films that we were told were filmed on the Moon are
bogus and not the real footage. Evidence suggests that Man could not travel to the Moon's surface, but
instead they had to stay in near Earth orbit within the safety of the Earth's magnetic field that would
have protected them from the radiation that is emitted by the Van Allen radiation belt!!! But why would NASA
and the United States bother to fake such an event and to what cause I hear you ask? Please read on and I will explain.
Was man too optimistic about what we could actually do in deep space, and was President Kennedy's speech in May 1961 pressure
enough to keep the hoax going? David Percy is an award winning television and Iilm producer, a proIessional photographer and also a
member oI the Royal Photographic Society. e is co-author, along with Mary Bennett, oI the Iascinating book 'Dark Moon: Apollo and
the Whistle-Blowers' (ISBN 1-898541-10-8). The majority oI the Iilm Iootage on this page is taken Irom the Iilm 'What appened on
the Moon?', a Iilm that also Ieatures Percy and Bennett and one which I strongly recommend iI you have an interest in the Apollo
missions (details oI how to purchase the video are at the bottom oI this article). Percy firmly believes that the Apollo
footage was either faked or not the original film that was shot on the Moon. He believes that many
anomalous features that would alert the eagle eyed viewer, could have been placed in the Iilms by whistle blowers
who were deeply dissatisIied to be a part oI the cover-up. He has studied the entire transfer of the original film on
video tape, a Ieat that not many people have done. What many people did not realize at the time was that a lot of
the footage was actually pre-recorded and not live at all. The Iirst anomalous piece oI Iootage I would like to discuss
is Irom the 1972 Apollo 16 Mission. There is a major discrepancy between the still photograph taken with a
Hasselblad 500 EL/70 camera and the T' coverage film which was shot from a stationary movie
camera placed behind the astronauts. The movie sequence (that is viewable by clicking the picture to the leIt) shows
one oI the astronauts making a jump salute whilst another astronaut takes a still photo with the Hasselblad
camera. n the still photo (that is pictured leIt) we see a flap of triangular fabric that has come loose and
flapped up behind the astronauts head. However the T' film which was shot from behind the
astronaut doesn't show the flap? Why not? Another example that appears to be Iaked is the Iootage oI Earth taken Irom the
Apollo 11 when it was 130,000 miles away. This is the very Iirst view ever taken oI Earth on the mission and it seems strange
that Buzz Aldrin would film the Earth when he was stood far away from the window, why would he do
that? Surely you would want to get close to the window to get the best picture and also to eliminate light reIlections that are evident
towards the end oI this sequence? But no, we see the window Irame come into view on the leIt oI the shot. The camera isn't set to
inIinity either to get the closest shot. The window Irame that comes into shot would have been out oI Iocus iI it was. Did the
astronauts actually film a transparency of the Earth that was stuck to the window? You may think this odd,
but a Iew minutes aIter Iilming the Earth, the cameraman adjusts his lens and Iocuses on Mike Collins inside the craIt. What we see is
what appears to be an exposure oI the Earth taped to the window that is in the background to the right oI him. That is the very same
window that Aldrin was Iilming the Earth. But the biggest shock is yet to come! The camera pans left past Neil Armstrong
towards the left hand side of the Apollo 11, and what do we see out of the left window??? We see what
appears to be another Earth... Go on, watch the video by clicking the picture above and you'll see it with your own eyes! It
must also be noted that the Apollo 11 at this point of the mission was supposedly half way to the Moon.
The time elapsed was 34 hours and 16 minutes, but from the view of Earth in the right hand window,
we can say that in fact they were not in deep space at all, but still in low Earth orbit! look at the blue sky
outside. That would also explain why they would be Iilming an exposure oI the Earth that was Iar away, to give the impression that they
were in deep space. The exposure would be clipped to the window and the Sun's luminance would light it up, a technique that was used
to read star charts to help with navigation and star reIerence.
Moon Landing Hoax
The head of NASA faked the moon landings to acquire a higher rank in his freemason
lodge
1997
C. Fred Kleinknect, head of NASA at the time of the Apollo Space Program, is now the Sovereign Grand
Commander of the Council of the 33rd Degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of
Freemasonry of the Southern 1urisdiction. It was his reward for pulling it off. All of the first astronauts
were Freemasons. There is a photograph in the House of the Temple in Washington D.C. of Neil
Armstrong on the moons surface (supposedly) in his spacesuit holding his Masonic Apron in front of his
groin. The effect upon the people of the world was, that if we could go to the moon other creatures
from other worlds could travel to our Earth. The escalation of the artificial alien threat scenario since
that time is obvious. The recent revelations of the fraudulent nature of NASA and the Apollo space
program by the Intelligence Service and others has resulted in a flood of propaganda, television
programs, and films designed to keep the sheople trapped in a deep ignorant sleep. The most ambitious are
"Apollo 13" and "From the Earth to the Moon," both involving the actor/producer Tom anks. The latter opens with a monologue by
Mr. anks who walks Iorward revealing a huge representation oI the "God" Apollo (Sun, Osiris, lost word, etc.) guiding his chariot
pulled by 4 horses through the heavens. (End Excerpt Irom William Cooper's Recent Conspiracy Overview) Apollo is
"Lucifer." And remember, that the international flag of the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry is the United
Nations Flag (according to their own site). As Bill Cooper points out, the United Nations Flag depicts the nations of
the world encircled by the laurel of Apollo

Moon Landing Hoax- Footage Anomalies Prove
Footage anomalies prove people never set foot on the moon
|David, International Director oI UFORC, UFO-Aliens, 'The Iaked Apollo landings 2/10/09, http://www.uIos-aliens.co.uk/cosmicapollo.html,
accessed 6/21/11, K|
Hasselblad were the manuIacturer oI the camera that took all oI the photos on the Apollo missions. Jan Lundberg was the Manager
OI Space Projects at asselblad Irom 1966 to 1975 and responsible Ior the production and building oI the asselblad 500 EL/70
cameras that were used on the Apollo Missions. e says 'Originally NASA made all the alterations themselves, then
they presented what they had done to us and asked if we could do the same, to which we replied yes we
can, and we can do it better. We proceeded to make the alterations that were accepted by NASA.' Protective plates were added to
the case and Iilm magazine. An important factor to take into consideration is the great variations in temperature that
the Iilm would have had to endure whilst on the lunar surIace. The temperature during the Apollo missions were recorded as being
between -180F in the shade to an incredible 200F in Iull Sunshine. How could the film emulsion have withstood such
temperature differences? The astronauts can be seen to move between the shadows oI the rocks and then into Iull sunlight in
some shots. Surely the film would have perished under such conditions? II the Iilm used during the Apollo missions
had such qualities as to withstand such diIIerences in temperature, why are Kodak not publicly selling them in today's market? n all
Apollo footage there should be cross hairs or reticules present on the Iilm. These crosshairs were, according
to NASA, placed on the film to help calculate distances on the Moon. The crosshairs were actually built
into the camera and therefore should be visible on every single picture taken by the astronauts on the surIace oI
the Moon. Incidentally, 1an Lundberg has stated that the only way that you could calculate the distance in
the shot using the crosshairs would be if you had two cameras set up to take a stereo picture! Take a look at the
pictures presented here and you will see that parts oI the crosshairs have disappeared Irom the Iilm. This is impossible unless the Iilm
has been tampered with. The crosshairs should be completely visible in all shots and not hidden behind objects in the pictures. The only
solution must be that NASA has gone to the trouble oI either airbrushing out certain objects in the Iilm, or added them over the
crosshairs! Why does this rock have a letter 'C' on it? There is also a 'C' on the ground in Iront oI the rock. The use oI the letter C on Iilm
props is well known by the people in ollywood and is used to show where the centre oI the scene should be. One sceptic on the Bad
astronomy sceptics web group has even said it is a hair??? on both the rock and ground? Now who's trying to cover things up? ne of
the biggest anomalies that appear on the Moon shots are the way in which shadows seem to be cast in
totally different directions, even when the objects making the shadows are a mere Iew Ieet apart? A classic example can be
viewed by clicking the picture to the right. II the guy on the leIt was near a vertical rise oI ground (as has been suggested) his shadow
would show a deIinite 'crease' where the land begins to rise. It doesn't! Question: How can an astronaut cast a shadow
several feet taller than his colleague who is standing a few feet away from him? Answer: e is standing Iarther
away Irom the arc light that is illuminating them both. I truly believe that this footage is taken on a film set, you cannot
reproduce this strange shadow phenomenon with natural light, and that includes taking into consideration two natural light sources (the
Earth and Sun) as many sceptics would have you believe. The video on the leIt contains Iilm Iootage Irom the Apollo 11, 12 and 14
missions that would suggest that there are many light sources lighting the so-called Moon's surIace. In the Apollo 11 Iilm the shadow
cast by Armstrong is strange, the sun angle is estimated at 10 degrees above the horizon. Now compare it with the Apollo 12 Iootage that
shows a longer shadow. The sun is at a 15 degree angle and so thereIore the Apollo 12 shadow should have been shorter. In the Apollo
14 Iootage look at the shadow as it does some truly amazing manoeuvres! this is consistent with moving away Irom a source oI light that
is close to the astronauts. Some of the lighting on 'official NASA film' are very suspect. The NASA picture to
the left should show the astronaut in complete shadow because the sun is behind him, and yet the
whole of the astronaut is caught in bright light? The shot should appear like the one on the right which was simulated by
David Percy. I have had quite a Iew debates on the web about the picture above and the others on this page. I'm told by sceptics that the
picture appears as it does because you have to remember that two light sources are present on the Moon's surIace (the Sun and Earth
glow). I do not doubt that there could be reflective light from the Earth, but, in my opinion, if a light is
bright enough to light up this astronauts suit, it is sure capable of also producing another shadow
behind him... Sceptics believe that he is illuminated by light reflecting off the Moon's surface. As I've
stated elsewhere on this page, the reflectivity is only 7 so the theory of the light bouncing from the
surface is highly suspect. II this were the case, the rock on the leIt oI the picture would have hardly a shadow because it is closer
to the source where the light is reckoned to be reIlecting Irom! Shadows do not appear to be correct on several oI the Moon shots. Take
the picture to the leIt Ior example. The shadow on the LEM is due East and yet the shadows on the rocks in the Ioreground are South
East? A simulation by David Percy oI how the shadows should normally appear is illustrated in the picture to the right. II two light
sources are at work on the Moon's surIace, they would combine together and the shadows would Iall accordingly, not at random points.
Unless the sceptics are saying that Sunlight is Ialling in the middle oI the picture and there is Earth light at the IoreIront oI the picture?
And that would go against known physics. During the Apollo missions, the movie cameras were Iitted with special night lenses to
compensate Ior the lack oI light. Due to the atmospheric conditions on the Moon's surIace, only 7 oI light is reIlected Irom the ground
(that's the same reIlectivity as asphalt). So, taking this into consideration, how did the Hasselblad stills camera manage to
pick up more detail than the movie cameras? NASA have confirmed that no artificial lighting was used
on the Moon's surIace, so how can the stills camera take pictures that were brighter and sharper than the
movie cameras that were Iitted with special lenses to compensate Ior the dark conditions? The picture to the right shows you just
how dark a place the Moon is. Look how dark the shadows are on the side oI the rocks.
Moon Landing Hoax- 'ideo
Science says moon landings were faked - video discrepancies
1997
NASA claims that the space suits worn by the astronauts were pressurized at 5 psi over the ambient
pressure (0 psi vacuum) on the moon's surIace. We have examined the gloves NASA claims the astronauts wore
and find they are made of pliable material containing no mechanical, hydraulic, or electrical devices
which would aid the astronauts in the dexterous use of their fingers and hands while wearing the
gloves. Experiments prove absolutely that such gloves are impossible to use and that the wearer cannot
bend the wrist or fingers to do any dexterous work whatsoever when filled with 5 psi over ambient
pressure either in a vacuum or in the earth's atmosphere. NASA actually showed film and television footage of
astronauts using their hands and fingers normally during their E'As on the so-called lunar surface.
The films show clearly that there is no pressure whatsoever within the gloves . . . a condition that would
have caused explosive decompression of the astronauts resulting in almost immediate death if they had
really been surrounded by the vacuum of space. II you don't believe it try it yourselI . . . it is a very simple experiment
and does not require a rocket scientist to perIorm. These are just two oI over a hundred very simple and very easy to prove valid
scientiIic reasons why NASA and the Apollo Space Program are two oI the biggest lies ever Ioisted upon the unsuspecting and trusting
People oI the world.

Moon Landing Hoax- Temperatures
Science says the moon landings were faked - temperature variations
1997
Space is NT hot. Space is NT cold. bjects which are heated cannot be cooled by space. In order
for an object to cool it must first be removed from direct sunlight. bjects which are in the shadow of
another object will eventually cool but not because space is "cold." Space is not cold. Hot and cold do
not exist in the vacuum of space. bjects cool because the laws of motion dictate that the molecules of
the object will slow down due to the resistance resulting from striking other molecules until eventually
all motion will stop provided the object is sheltered Irom the direct and/or indirect radiation oI the sun and
that there is no other source oI heat. Since the vacuum of space is the perfect insulator objects take a very
long time to cool even when removed from all sources of heat, radiated or otherwise. NASA insists the
space suits the astronauts supposedly wore on the lunar surface were air conditioned. An air
conditioner cannot, and will not work without a heat exchanger. A heat exchanger simply takes heat
gathered in a medium such as freon from one place and transfers it to another place. This requires a
medium of molecules which can absorb and transfer the heat such as an atmosphere or water. An air
conditioner will not and cannot work in a vacuum. A space suit surrounded by a vacuum cannot
transfer heat from the inside of the suit to any other place. The vacuum, remember, is a perIect insulator.
A man would roast in his suit in such a circumstance. NASA claims the spacesuits were cooled by a
water system which was piped around the body, then through a system of coils sheltered from the sun
in the backpack. NASA claims that water was sprayed on the coils causing a coating of ice to form. The
ice then supposedly absorbed the tremendous heat collected in the water and evaporated into space.
There are two problems with this that cannot be explained away. 1) The amount of water needed to be
carried by the astronauts in order to make this work for even a very small length of time in the direct
55 degrees over the boiling point of water (210 degrees F at sea level on Earth) heat of the sun could not
have possibly been carried by the astronauts. 2) NASA has since claimed that they found ice in moon
craters. NASA claims that ice sheltered from the direct rays of the sun will NT evaporate destroying
their own bogus "air conditioning" explanation. Remember this. Think about it the next time you go oII
in the morning with a "vacuum bottle" Iilled with hot coIIee. Think about it long and hard when you sit down
and pour a piping hot cup Irom your thermos to drink with your lunch Iour hours later... and then think about
it again when you pour the last still very warm cup oI coIIee at the end oI the day. The same laws oI physics
apply to any vehicle traveling through space.

Moon Landing Hoax - Temperatures
Science says moon landings were faked - spacecraft logistics
1997
NASA claims that the spacecraft was slowly rotated causing the shadowed side to be cooled by the
intense cold of space... an intense cold that DES NT EXIST. In Iact the only thing that could have
been accomplished by a rotation of the spacecraft is a more even and constant heating such as that
obtained by rotating a hot dog on a spit. In reality a dish called Astronaut a la Apollo would have been
served. At the very least you would not want to open the hatch upon the craIts return. NASA knows better than to claim,
in addition, that a water cooling apparatus such as that which they claim cooled the astronauts suits
cooled the spacecraft. No rocket could ever have been launched with the amount of water needed to
work such a system for even a very short period of time. Fresh water weighs a little over 62 lbs. per cubic Ioot. Space
and weight capacity were critical given the liIt capability oI the rockets used in the Apollo Space Program. No such extra water
was carried by any mission whatsoever for suits or for cooling the spacecraft. n the tapes the
Astronauts complained bitterly of the cold during their journey and while on the surface of the moon.
They spoke of using heaters that did not give off enough heat to overcome the intense cold of space. It
was imperative that NASA use this ruse because to tell the truth would TELL TE TRUT. It is also proof of the arrogance
and contempt in which the Illuminati holds the common man. What we heard is in reality indicative
of an over zealous cooling system in the props used during the filming of the missions at the Atomic Energy
Commissions Nevada desert test site, where it is common to see temperatures well over 100 degrees. In the glaring unfiltered
direct heat of the sun the Astronauts could never have been cold at any time whatsoever in the perfect
insulating vacuum of space.

Moon Landing Hoax - Aliens Helped Fake It
The USFG faked the moon landing with the help of E.T.
'oron, writer and computer technician, 2003
|Der, Weekly Universe, 'Apollo Moon Flights: NASA oax or Alien Technology! 1/16/2003,
http://www.weeklyuniverse.com/skies/skies2.htm, accessed 6/24/11, K|
|WeeklysUniverse.com| It may be that both Americans and Russians never flew to the Moon, because oI a very simple
thing: Take-oII aIter landing on the Moon (to return to Earth). To take off, a spacecraft, both modern and of that time
(1960-70s), needs a carrier rocket weighing many hundreds of tons, hundreds of tons of fuel for it, and a
powerful space-vehicle launching site. ow to take all this with a spacecraIt to be able to take oII Irom the Moon aIter
landing on it? The mid-rank carrier rocket Ariane-5, Ior example, weighs 750 tons (the rocket itselI and the Iuel), and the "lite" carrier
rocket Dnepr-1 (created based on the strategic intercontinental ballistic missile SS-18 Satan) weighs 211 tons. They develop the power
oI about 10-20mn KWt. A rocket able to launch a spacecraft from the Moon should have the power of
about 6 times less than here on the Earth (as Moon gravitation is 6 times smaller), but even in this case the rocket would
weigh about 750/6, i.e. about 125 tons minimum (the rocket and the Iuel), plus the weight oI details Ior deploying a temporary launching
site. Even if the weight of these details equals to the minimum possible weight oI about 50 tons, then the
spacecraft should be able to take with itself a minimum weight of ~175 tons. No such spacecraft were
developed before the flight to the Moon, none even close to that; today's most powerful spacecraft's
weight carrying capabilities couldn't approach even the numbers thrice smaller than this. (For example,
one oI the most modern Russian carrier rockets, Titan-4, which is approximately equal to the Space Shuttle carrier rocket by its
parameters, is able to carry only about 17.5 tons oI weight.) The official story of American flights to the Moon says
that the larger command module rocket "Columbia" remained in lunar orbit while the lunar module
"Eagle" separated and descended with firing retro rockets to the lunar surface. The astronauts exited "Eagle"
to take pictures and recover lunar material Irom the surIace. They then returned to the lunar lander module to return back to the
"Columbia" command module. The "Columbia" broke out oI lunar orbit to go back to Earth and splash down with parachutes. "Eagle"
weighed about 16 tons, or about 5,500 pounds iI we mean lunar gravity. To launch satellite of such a mass, at least an
Ariane-5 class rocket is needed. But iI even it is a Dnepr-1 class rocket, then the mass oI rocket Ior launching 5,500 pound
"Eagle" Irom the Moon would be about 35 tons (211/6). BeIore launching "Eagle" Irom the Moon, a 35-ton rocket itselI needs to be
delivered to the Moon. (See above Ior delivering capacities even oI modern spacecraIt.) Plus, launching satellites even of
this mass requires deploying a launching site. How was such a site deployed on the Moon? II even we
suppose that several carrier rockets like "Columbia" could deliver all this to the Moon in several lunar module "Eagles" (seems this
should have been a very hard task Ior such modules to land on the Moon since the Moon has no atmosphere, which diminishes the speed
oI similar modules when these land on the Earth), then how was, Ior example, the Lunar launching site deployed? n-
site by astronauts in spacesuits? And why was all this praiseworthy process not shown on the photos or videos? Where are
photographs oI such a praiseworthy achievement like the Lunar launching site? And if somehow no launching site
construction was required to take off from the Moon, why are there no photographs or videos oI the
spacecraIt taking oII Irom it? Wasn't it possible to take photos or videos oI the spacecraIt taking oII Irom the Moon, Irom the
"Columbia" rocket? And iI this was a hard technical task in those times, then why weren't at least preparations Ior this takeoII
photographed or videotaped by astronauts on-site? Did the NASA astronauts return to "Columbia", "which
remained in lunar orbit", using the rope that was hanging out of it? And where are the Russian
photographs and videos dedicated to their "Lunar takeoff" preparations? Unless we assume that by 1969
NASA could build an antigravitation craIt (aka antigrav, starcraIt, starship, and Ilying saucer), Ior which all the described obstacles don't
exist. (Such a device is not necessarily able to Ily to stars; intersteller travel depends on the device's capacities, i.e. it is the starcraIt's
construction that determines whether it will be able to Ily to stars, or only to the Sun system's planets and planet satellites. Antigrav
only means that the device uses antigravitation Ior Ilying (i.e., not wings, rotors, etc). Its velocity can vary Irom 10 meters per second to
overlight speeds, depending on its capabilities. This seems more plausible, taking into account that the American Ilag, and a plaque
with inscriptions on it next to the Ilag, are reported, by many persons who visit observatories, to be clearly seen on the Moon surIace.
But this means NASA already had antigravs in the 1960s, and that it has them now... r did NASA
borrow antigravs from an extraterrestrial civilization (Zetas Reticuli, hominoids Irom Orion, or maybe those who
mutilate cattle)? ne detail suggests this might have occurred: one of the astronauts, during the first flight
to be transmitted by television, said on air that he was seeing giant artificial objects. Perhaps the
aliens imposed this as a condition for NASA's lease of their craft: to have NASA astronauts say
something on T' that would prove to viewers that the astronauts had met craft from another
civilization? This may be conIirmed by the Iollowing Iact: several years aIter the moon landing, the American Congress
acknowledged the existence oI extraterrestrials in a special report. The NASA photo (see right), with its absolutely impossible (Ior the
lunar landscape) shadows -- looking as iI they were created with the use oI multiple projectors shining at diIIerent angles -- is additional
prooI Ior a Iaked moon landing. Perhaps NASA, let's say, "Ieels ashamed" Ior the mystiIication, and thereIore provided such photos as
hidden hints?

Aliens Already n Moon
Aliens on the moon- Aldrin and navy confirm
Hecht UF casebook No Date
(John echt, UFO casebook 'Alien Presence on the Moon?- Moon Anomalies
http://www.uIocasebook.com/moon.html 6/26/11 BLG)
Is there an "Alien Base" on the Moon? More and more people are coming forward with stories that
might prove this is true. Rumors say that there is an Alien Moon Base on the far side of the moon, the
side we never see from Earth. Did you ever wonder why the Moon landings stopped and why we have not
tried to build a Moon Base? It does seem like a better and easier idea than a Iloating space station with no
access to any raw materials or supplies? According to the NASA Astronaut Neil Armstrong the aliens
have a base on the Moon and told us in no uncertain terms to get off and stay off the Moon! Sound Iar
Ietched? Milton Cooper, a Naval Intelligence fficer tells us that not only does the Alien Moon Base
exist but the U.S. Naval Intelligence Community refers to the Alien Moon Base as "Luna," that there is
a huge mining operation going on there, and that is where the aliens keep their huge mother ships
while the trips to Earth are made in smaller "flying saucers". LUNA: The Alien base on the Iar side oI
the Moon. It was seen and Iilmed by the Apollo astronauts. A base, a mining operation using very large
machines, and the very large alien craIt described in sighting reports as mother ships exist there. -Milton
Cooper

There were UF sightings during moon landing
Hecht UF casebook No Date
(John echt, UFO casebook 'Alien Presence on the Moon?- Moon Anomalies
http://www.uIocasebook.com/moon.html 6/26/11 BLG)
According to hitherto unconIirmed reports, both Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin saw UFs
shortly after their historic landing on the Moon in Apollo 11 on 21 1uly 1969. I remember hearing one oI
the astronauts reIer to a "light" in or on a carter during the television transmission, Iollowed by a request
Irom mission control Ior Iurther inIormation. Nothing more was heard. According to a Iormer NASA
employee Otto Binder, unnamed radio hams with their own VF receiving Iacilities that bypassed NASA's
broadcasting outlets picked up the Iollowing exchange: NASA: What's there? Mission Control calling
Apollo 11... Apollo: These "Babies" are huge, Sir! Enormous! O MY GOD! You wouldn't believe it! I'm
telling you there are other spacecraIt out there, lined up on the Iar side oI the crater edge! They're on the
Moon watching us! In 1979, Maurice Chatelain, former chief of NASA Communications Systems
confirmed that Armstrong had indeed reported seeing two UFs on the rim of a crater. "The
encounter was common knowledge in NASA," he revealed, "but nobody has talked about it until now."
Soviet scientists were allegedly the Iirst to conIirm the incident. "According to our information, the
encounter was reported immediately after the landing of the module," said Dr. Vladimir Azhazha, a
physicist and ProIessor oI Mathematics at Moscow University. "Neil Armstrong relayed the message to
Mission Control that two large, mysterious objects were watching them after having landed near the
moon module. But his message was never heard by the public-because NASA censored it. "

Moon Landing Real

Moon Landing Conspiracy theories live on because of the internet
Caron, Managing Editor, ABC News n Campus, 09
(Christina, July 19 2009, , Managing Editor, ABC News On Campus , abc news 'ReIuting the Most Popular
Appollo Moon Landing oax Theories
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Apollo11MoonLanding/story?id8104410 6/27/11 BLG)
For the majority of people in the U.S., there's no doubt that the moon landing happened. 1ust six
percent of Americans think the government staged the Apollo moon landings according to a 1999 Gallup
poll, the most recent data available. A similar poll by Time/CNN, conducted in 1995, also revealed that six
percent believe the moon landings were Iaked. Moonwalk conspiracy theories still live on, in large part
thanks to the Internet. As the 40th anniversary of the moon landing approaches, the phrase "apollo
moon landing hoax" is one of the top 10 hottest searches on Google, perhaps aided by NASA's recent
announcement that they accidentally erased the original moon landing footage. NASA's mistake also
caught the attention oI Nashville Iilmmaker Bart Sibrel, one oI today's most vocal skeptics decrying
government-sponsored moon Iakery. e claims the tapes weren't accidentally erased because "they long ago
disassembled the machine that could play or record them" and is currently working on a book based on his
2002 documentary, "A Funny Thing appened on the Way to the Moon." Sibrel is perhaps best known Ior a
2002 incident where Buzz Aldrin punched him on camera aIter Sibrel called Aldrin a thieI and a liar during
an interview Ior Sibrel's Iilm. At the time Sibrel had asked Aldrin to swear on a Bible that he had walked on
the moon. Several years ago NASA responded to the public's conspiracy Iascination by asking Jim Oberg, a
Iormer space engineer and the author oI 10 books about space Ilight, to write a book Ior teachers, challenging
the "evidence" presented by moonwalk skeptics who claim NASA Iaked all six manned lunar landings. But
the project was cancelled in 2002 due to political pressure. Opponents suggested the money spent to hire
Oberg would be a waste, and the project would end up acknowledging, and thereIore lending some degree oI
credibility, to a small group oI conspiracy theorists.

We haven`t gone back because its expensive- not because we never went
The Claim: If We Had Really 'isited the Moon, We Would Be Able to Return. Why Haven't We Gone
Back? Going to the moon is expensive. Between 1961 and 1972, the Apollo program cost $25 billion,
according to the NASA Web site. The beneIits oI landing on the moon are still being questioned to this day,
and it's been suggested that another trip to the moon simply isn't necessary. Germann says "There's no
reason to go back." In 1970, "they canceled three |missions scheduled to Ily to the moon| because oI budget
problems. Quite frankly the moon is giant parking lot, there's just not much there. Space is dangerous
place. There's a lot of radiation. And humans become ill in low gravity. It's not comIortable -- it's not
someplace you want to live," he added.

Moon Landing Real
The Shadows are a result of the moon`s surface, not Hollywood lights.
The Claim: n the Tape, the Shadows Look Translucent -- That Wouldn't Happen on the Moon. Was
This Taped in a Studio with a Floodlight? The shadows you see in NASA's Iilm Iootage do seem odd, but
Germann says there are several reasons why: the surface of the moon is uneven, and there's "lots of light
kicking back from surface of moon." "If they were faking the thing they would arrange it so that the
shadows would look right," he said. "If it was a floodlight the shadows are wrong. The astronaut closer
to the supposed] floodlight would have a longer shadow."

The flag rippled because it was touched and a landing wouldn`t cause a crater- the moon
landing was real.
The Claim: There Isn't Any Wind on the Moon. The Flag Shouldn't be Rippling Yes, it is true that
there is no air or wind on the moon. Germann explained that the flag moved because the astronauts
touched it, creating ripples in the fabric. The flag is attached to a metal pole. If someone were to touch
the metal it would vibrate, and so would the flag. According to the moon hoax rebuttal on the NASA Web
site, "UnIurling a piece oI rolled-up cloth with stored angular momentum will naturally result in waves and
ripples -- no breeze required!" The Claim: II the Apollo Landed on the Moon, Why Wasn't There a Giant
Blast Crater? Germann explained that the moon is a rock that has been compacted Ior millions oI years. n
the top it is "powdery and fluffy" but a half an inch down it's hard. "The lower layer isn't going to
blow," he said. In addition, the moon's low gravity would have eased the impact of the shuttle.

The Hubble Telescope is too far away to take a picture- hoax theories are an insult to the
astronauts.
The Claim: If the Hubble Telescope Is Up There, Why Doesn't It Take a Picture? The moon is about
240,000 miles away from the earth, whereas the Hubble Telescope orbits approximately 380 miles
above the earth. "This I don't Iault people Ior, it's a technical question," Germann said. "Because oI the way
the ubble is operated it can't resolve an object that small. "In one sense I guess it's good that people are
interested enough to doubt |the moon landing|. It's an iconic event, it stands Ior a whole era. And Ior that
reason it's important to people," Germann said. But he has little patience Ior the skeptics. "To say it's a fake
is an insult to the many people who worked on this and risked their lives to make it happen. That's
what gives it an edge for me."

Moon Landing Real
Moon Landing Real- Flag waving legitimized.
McGuire 09
(Cheston McGuire, July 19, 2009 Missourian 'MU proIessor debunks hoax theory oI moon landing
http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2009/07/19/debunking-moon-myth/ 6/27/11 BLG)
MU history professor 1eff Pasley, who teaches "Conspiracy Theories and Conspiracies in U.S. History
and Culture," calls the moon landing hoax theory "the most ridiculous and insignificant of all the
popular conspiracy theories that don't involve the supernatural." Pasley said the moon landing hoax
theory is the third most popular conspiracy theory behind the John F. Kennedy assassination and 9/11. The
moon hoax is so popular because "it doesn't really matter, so it's OK to believe it," he said. People believe the
hoax because they can protest the government without any real political convictions. "BelieI in the moon
landing isn't a cause," Pasley said. "It's a belieI." While many people might be interested in the theory,
Pasley questioned how many people actually believe it. One Web site that does believe the theory is The
Apollo oax, which states in its opening words that the site "was written to prove, once and Ior all, that we
are not being told the truth about the NASA Iilm Iootage oI the Apollo missions." The site is Iilled with
pictures, videos and diagrams poking holes in the moon landing. ne of the most common arguments
against the reality of the lunar landing is that the U.S. flag planted there was waving even though
there's no wind on the moon. An August 2008 episode of the T' show MythBusters recreated the
scenario by planting a flag in the ground within a vacuum. The momentum alone caused the flag to
wave, no air required.

A moon landing failure would be as popular as other NASA failures
McGuire 09
(Cheston McGuire, July 19, 2009 Missourian 'MU proIessor debunks hoax theory oI moon landing
http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2009/07/19/debunking-moon-myth/ 6/27/11 BLG)
Another supposed piece of evidence that the moon landing couldn't have happened is that astronauts
couldn't have survived the radiation of space. That kind oI argument is what Pasley calls "negative
subjunctive reasoning." When people believe one facet of an event is impossible - like someone
surviving the radiation of space - it allows them to believe an entire event is a conspiracy, Pasley said.
"Given what we know about NASA, it doesn't seem they could have faked (the moon landing)," Pasley
said. Given all of the other well-publicized NASA failures, including exploding shuttles and failed
launches, Pasley asked why the moon landing would be any different. In 1961, President 1ohn F.
Kennedy gave a speech. He said that the U.S. should work quickly and meet a goal. The goal was to
send people to the Moon and back.

Moon Landing Real
NASA confirms- Moon landing real
NASA 04
(NASA.gov, 7/8/04 Student Features 'Apollo 11 Iirst Footprint on the Moon
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/Iorstudents/k-4/home/FApollo11.html 6/27/11 BLG)
The U.S. did meet the goal. And it only took eight years. ne day in 1uly, Apollo 11 launched towards
the Moon. It had three astronauts on it. They were Neil Armstrong, Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin and Michael
Collins. Image above: Buzz stands in Iront oI the Lunar Module named Eagle. Credit: NASA A Iew days
later, Apollo 11 began to orbit around the Moon. Then Armstrong and Aldrin took the Lunar Module to the
Moon. They leIt Collins in orbit. What did they say when they landed on the moon? "The Eagle has landed."
Eagle was the name oI the Lunar Module. n 1uly 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong put his left foot on the
rocky Moon. It was the first human footprint on the Moon. They had taken T' cameras with them. So,
people all over the world watched when it happened. More people watched this Moon landing than any
other show on TV. Image above: The Iirst Iootprints on the Moon will be there Ior a million years. There is
no wind to blow them away. The two astronauts walked on the Moon. They picked up rocks and dirt to
bring back to Earth. The astronauts had much work to do. Then, the Eagle went back to meet astronaut
Collins. e was in the Command Module working. Apollo 11 splashed down in the Pacific cean on
1uly 24, 1969. The astronauts were safe at home.
Aliens will block Mars Mission
The moon Phobos, is actually a hollow alien spaceship capable of shooting down Russian
probes - would just shoot down our mission to Mars
Howard, 2010 (arv, 'The Trouble with Phobos Cosmic Mars, http://www.uIos-aliens.co.uk/cosmicmars.htm,
In July 1988, the Russians launched two unmanned satellite probes - Phobos 1 and Phobos 2 - in the
direction of Mars, with the primary intention oI investigating the planet's mysterious moon, Phobos. Phobos 1 was
unIortunately lost en route two months later, reportedly because oI a radio command error. Phobos 2 was also ultimately lost
in the most intriguing circumstances, but not before it had beamed back certain images and
information from the planet Mars itself. Phobos 2 arrived safely at Mars in January 1989 and entered into
an orbit around Mars as the first step at its destination towards its ultimate goal: to transfer to an
orbit that would make it fly almost in tandem with the Martian moonlet called Phobos (hence the spacecraIts name)
and explore the moonlet with highly sophisticated equipment that included two packages oI instruments to be placed
on the moonlet's surIace. All went well until Phobos 2 aligned itself with Phobos, the Martian moonlet. Then, on 28th
March, the Soviet mission control center acknowledged sudden communication "problems" with the
spacecraft; and Tass, the oIIicial Soviet news agency, reported that "Phobos 2 had failed to communicate with Earth
as scheduled after completing an operation yesterday around the Martian moon Phobos. Scientists at
mission control have been unable to establish stable radio contact." What had caused the Phobos 2 spacecraIt to be
lost? According to Boris Bolitsky, science correspondent Ior Radio Moscow, just before radio contact was lost with
Phobos 2, several unusual images were radioed back to Earth, described by the Russian as "Quite remarkable
Ieatures". A report taken Irom New Scientist oI 8 April 1989, described the Iollowing: "The features are either on the
Martian surface or in the lower atmosphere. The features are between 20 and 25 kilometers wide and
do not resemble any known geological formation. They are spindle - shaped and proving to be intriguing and
puzzling." An unusual photo of a thin shadow across mars was shown on the Russian television segment. Seen on
the surface of Mars was a clearly defined dark shape that could indeed be described, as it was in he initial
dispatch Irom Moscow, as a "thin elipse" (this photo is a still Irom the Soviet television clip). It was certainly diIIerent Irom the
shadow oI Phobos recorded eighteen years earlier by Mariner 9. The latter cast a shadow that was a rounded ellipse and Iuzzy at the
edges, as would be cast by the uneven surIace oI the moonlet. The 'anomaly' seen in the Phobos 2 transmission was a
thin ellipse with very sharp rather than rounded points (the shape is known in the diamond trade as a "marquise") and the
edges, rather than being Iuzzy, stood out sharply against a kind of halo on the Martian surface. Dr. Becklake
described it as "something that is between the spacecraft and Mars, because we can see the Martian surIace below it," and
stressed that the object was seen by both the optical and the infrared (heat seeking) camera. All these reasons
explain why the Soviets have not suggested that the dark, "thin ellipse" might have been a shadow oI the moonlet. While the image was
held on the screen, Dr. Becklake explained that it was taken as the spacecraIt was aligning itselI with Phobos (the moonlet). "As the last
picture was halIway through," he said, "they |Soviets| saw something that should not be there." So what was it that collided or
crashed into Phobos 2? Was the space probe shot out of space for "seeing too much"? What does the
last secret frame show? Well... Cosmic Conspiracies have managed to track down this ellusive last picture (see below). In his
careIul words to 'Aviation Week and Space Technology', the chairman of the Soviet equivalent of NASA, referred to
the last frame, saying, "ne image appears to include an odd-shaped object between the spacecraft
and Mars." This "highly secret" photo was later given to the Western press by Colonel Dr. Marina Popovich, a Russian astronaut and
pilot who has long been interested in UFO's. At a UFO conIerence in 1991, Popovich gave to certain investigators some interesting
inIormation that she "smuggled" out oI the now ex-Soviet Union. Part oI the information was what has been called "the
first ever leaked accounts of an alien mother ship in the solar system". The very last picture taken by Phobos 2
The last transmission from Phobos 2 was a photograph of a gigantic cylindrical spaceship - a huge,
approx, 20km long, 1.5km diameter cigar-shaped 'mother ship', that was photographed on 25 March 1989
hanging or parked next to the Martian moon Phobos by the Soviet unmanned probe Phobos 2. After that last
frame was radio-transmitted back to Earth, the probe mysteriously disappeared; according to the
Russians it was destroyed - possibly knocked out with an energy pulse beam. The cigar shaped craft in
the penultimate Irame taken by Phobos 2 is apparently the object casting the oblong shadow on the surface of Mars
in the earlier photo. Australian science writer Brian Crowley says that because oI the convex cats eye shadow - which, because
the overhead solar inclination prevented shadow - casting by Martian surIace Ieatures, implies a shadow thrown on the
surface from something in orbit - beyond the orbit of Phobos 2 itself. The shadow - spindle - or cigar shape -
is inconsistent with any possible shadow cast by the moon Phobos, which is an irregular potato shape.
One needs little imagination to postulate a giant, hovering cigar- shaped mother craIt similar to those documented down the years by
UFO investigators.

Mar`s moon Phobos is an artificial hollow shapeship orbiting Mars
Aym, 2011 (Terrence, 'Astrophysicist: Giant spaceships are orbiting Mars BEFORE IT`S NEWS,
http://beIoreitsnews.com/story/539/387/Astrophysicist:GiantspaceshipsareorbitingMars.html, accessed:
6/25/11, SL)
Phobos is spaceship says Iamous scientist Astrophysicist Dr. Iosif Samuilovich Shklovsky calculated the orbital
motion of Martian satellite Phobos and came to the jaw-dropping conclusion that the moon is artificial,
hollow, and basically a titanic spaceship. Dr. IosiI Samuilovich Shklovsky The scientist is world-renown Ior penning the
classic science book, "Intelligent LiIe in the Universe" with Iamous Cornell University proIessor, the late Carl Sagan oI PBS and
Voyager space probe Iame. Fear and orror Mars' two moons, Phobos and Deimos, translate into "fear" and
"horror." As Mars is named aIter the god oI war, the names seem appropriate. Both satellites were discovered in 1877
by U.S. astronomer Asaph Hall who never guessed they were artificial. Both moons are extremely odd,
especially the tumbling moon oI Iear: Phobos. Shklovsky puzzled over them. Phobos and Deimos. Deeply troubling Iacts
Two Iacts deeply troubled Shklovsky. First, both moons are too small. No other planet in the solar system has
moons as tiny as the Martian moons. They're unique. Second, their origin bothered him. Were they captured
asteroids as others assumed? No, they could not be! Their orbital plane was all wrong. And they're too close
to Mars. Much too close. Even more amazing--Phobos changes its speed from time to time. Impossible, yet true!
Phobos is shaped like interstellar spaceship Russian astronomer Dr. Cherman Struve spent months
calculating the Martian moons' orbits with extreme accuracy early in the 20th Century. Yet, Shklovsky astutely
noted, as the years progressed into decades the mystery moon's orbital velocity and position no longer
matched its mathematically predicted position. After lengthy study of the tidal, gravitic, and magnetic
forces, Shklovsky came to the inescapable conclusion that no natural causes could account for the
origins of the two odd moons or their bizarre behavior, particularly that exhibited by Phobos. The
orbit of that fantastic moon was so peculiar, so bizarre, that Phobos had to be a gigantic spaceship. Every
other possible cause was carefully considered and resignedly rejected. Either alternate explanations
had no supporting proof or the math was wildly off. So, Phobos had to be accelerating as it lost
altitude, yet could the outer fringes of the thin Martian atmosphere be affecting it? Was the
atmosphere actually causing a braking action like the deteriorating orbit of a slowing Earth satellite?
A hollowed out Martian moon Phobos is a hollow, empty tin can During an interview about the peculiarities surrounding
Phobos, Shklovsky said, "In order to make this braking action so significant, and taking into account the
extremely rarefied Martian atmosphere at this altitude, Phobos should have very small mass, that is,
very low average density, approximately one thousand times smaller than the density of water." A
density that low, less than an Earth cloud, would have dispersed Phobos eons ago. That could not be the solution.
"But can a continuous solid have such low density, probably smaller than that of air? f course not!
There's only one way in which the requirements oI coherence, constancy oI shape oI Phobos, and its extremely small average density
can be reconciled. We must assume that Phobos is a hollow, empty body, resembling an empty tin can." A
tin can indeed! Like a spaceship is a tin can in the cosmos. For all intents and purposes, the Apollo Lunar
Excursion Module was a tin can exceedingly smaller than Phobos, oI course. Computer modeling oI weird
'moons' "Well, can a natural celestial body be hollow? Never! Therefore, Phobos must have an artificial
origin and be an artificial Martian satellite. The peculiar properties of Deimos, though less
pronounced than those oI Phobos, also point toward an artificial origin." Alien spaceships the size oI small moons
orbiting Mars? That makes the so-called "Face on Mars" look ridiculously Ieeble by comparison! Strange monolith on surIace oI
Phobos Yet, no less than the United States Naval bservatory weighed in on the Russian astrophysicist's amazing
revelation, stating: Dr. Shklovsky quite correctly calculated that if the acceleration of Phobos is true, the
Martian moon must be hollow, since it cannot have the weight oI a natural body and behave in the prescribed manner. Thus,
even that august American institution conceded that mysterious alien ships might be orbiting
Mars...the objects' strange origins and ultimate purposes completely unknown. Speculations over what
the giant artificial spaceships might be have ranged from massive Martian space observatories, to half-
completed generational interstellar spaceships, or even gargantuan planet-killing space bombs left
over from an interplanetary war waged millions of years ago. II they are world-destroying bombs, hopeIully they're
duds...

|The Chairman oI the Soviet equivalent oI NASA Sergei Pavlovich Korolev, lead Soviet rocket engineer and
spacecraIt designer

Mars` moon Phobos is an artificial spaceship sent by the aliens to orbit mars and sweep up
radiation
Rense, host of the right-winged radio program The 1eff Rense Program` 2002
('Mars` Moon Phobos Being ArtiIical Rense.com, http://www.rense.com/general20/eisenhowerW.htm, accessed:
6/27/11, SL)
March 1960 - The Martian moon Phobos, generally accepted as a celestial body, actually may be an artificial
satellite launched long ago by an advanced Martian race, according to Dr. S. Fred Singer, special advisor to
President Eisenhower on space developments. No mention was made oI the other Mars moon, Deimos. In his published opinion, Dr.
Singer backed a claim first made by the Soviet astrophysicist Shklovsky. The Russian scientist's
announcement that Phobos was a hollow, artificial satellite, proving the existence of a Martian
civilization, set oII heated arguments among astronomers. Shklovsky based his decision on a long study of Phobos'
peculiar orbit, which other astronomers have noted. The Russian claim has calculations and those of earlier
astronomers prove Phobos cannot possibly be an ordinary moon. Though Dr. Singer said the Iigures still had to
be proved, his Phobos statement in the February Astronautics, rejected other astronomers' objections. "I would be very disappointed iI
it turns out to be solid," said the White ouse advisor. II the Iigures were correct, he stated, then Phobos undoubtedly is a
hollow, artificial satellite. If it is, he said, its purpose would probably be to sweep up radiation in the
Mars' atmosphere, so that Martians could safely operate around their planet. Dr. Singer also pointed out that
Phobos would make an ideal space base, both for Martians and earthlings. **** In light oI this article, there
was an interesting assessment oI Mars given during a space brieIing presented during an Eisenhower cabinet meeting. The brieIing, by
Eisenhower Science Advisor Dr. James Killian, was given March 14, 1958 -- "Mars - Much more exciting. Conditions more similar to
earth -- Undoubtedly some Iorm oI liIe, although probably not ones which we would recognize." In 1963, Raymond . Wilson Jr.,
ChieI oI Applied Mathematics at NASA, joined Shklovsky and Dr. Singer in their Martian conclusions. e stated that "Phobos
might be a colossal base orbiting Mars." e also stated that NASA itselI was considering the possibility, and was planning
Ior special probes that would answer the question. Dr IosiI Shklovsky based his conclusion on calculations that had been done by the
U.S. Naval Observatory (rumored in the 1980s to have been the home oI the elusive MJ-12 group). Shklovsky stated Phobos was being
"slowed by electromagnetic drag and tidal Iriction more than was possible was an actual solid moon."

The ESA says Phobos is filled with geometric cavernous rooms with right angle floors and
walls
Hoagland, curator of astronomy & space science and winner of the Ig Nobel Prize for
Astronomy, 2010
(Richard C., 'You Couldn`t Make This Up Dept: Why is Mars` Moon Phobos ollow?` Enterprise Mission,
http://www.dailygalaxy.com/myweblog/2010/05/you-couldnt-make-this-up-european-space-agency-rumors-mars-
moon-phobos-is-an-artiIicial-satellite.html, accessed: 6/27/11, SL)
Mars' Moon Phobos has been analyzed as being one-third hollow according to European Space Agency
reports, which has triggered some wild and utterly Iascinating rumors and speculation that we've Ieatured
below. From "The Phobos Blog" -- published on March 25th: General , Science 25 March, 2010 17:21
Radio science result Irom 2008 Phobos Flyby now accepted Ior publication: We report independent
results from two subgroups of the Mars Express Radio Science (MaRS) team who independently
analyzed Mars Express (MEX) radio tracking data for the purpose of determining consistently the
gravitational attraction of the moon Phobos on the MEX spacecraft, and hence the mass of Phobos. We
conclude that the interior of Phobos likely contains large voids. When applied to various hypotheses
bearing on the origin of Phobos, these results are inconsistent with the proposition that Phobos is a
captured asteroid. Ads by Google 2 Stocks to old Forever Buy them, Iorget about them, and never sell
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"Jumping" to Change Their LiIe www.QuantumJumping.com For a Martian moon that is demonstrably "1/3
hollow" ... as measured by two totally independent space programs, and separated by ~20 years ...
under any likely astrophysical formation scenario cannot exist as just a "natural" moon. The MARSIS
radar imaging experiment -- according to "inside" ESA sources recounted "a Phobos' interior filled with
'cavernous, geometric rooms ... right-angle walls ... and floors -- detectable via the semi-regular
'structure of the returning, interior radar echoes ...' as they were impressed upon the reflected
MARSIS signals ....'" MARSIS was physically seeing (via this radar) a three-dimensional, totally
artificial, interior world ... within Phobos; and a "reflection void interior geometry" ... which
correlated eerily with the earlier (lower-resolution) Phobos "interior gravity tracking data ...." No
natural "space rock" could possibly possess such an enormous range of "natural radar absorbers and
reflectors"; nothing "natural" could reflect (or absorb) EM energy that way across so many orders of
magnitude. In other words -- the MARSIS radar reIlections oIIicially published on the oIIicial ESA Phobos
website... contained explicit scientiIic data, Irom multiple perspectives, which strongly "supported the idea
that this is what radar echoes would look like, coming back from inside 'a huge ... geometric ... hollow
spaceship' In Iact, they were the primary source oI the decidedly "internal, 3-D geometric-looking" radar
signature. The concurrence oI all three oI these independent Mars Express experiments -- "imaging" ...
"internal mass distribution" (tracking) ... and "internal radar imaging" -- now agreed that "the interior oI
Phobos is 'partially hollow ... with internal, geometric "voids" inside it ....'" Meaning that- Phobos is artiIicial.

AT: Aliens block Mars
Phobos is a rubble pile held together by gravity
Krause, 1aumann, berst, German Aerospace Center 08
(enning, ProI. Dr. RalI, ProI. Dr. Jurgen, ProIessor oI Mathematics at BieleIeld University, deputy director oI the
DLR Institute oI Planetary Research, ead oI the Department German Aerospace Center Institute oI Planetary
Researchn, October 16 2008 Mars Express 'Mars Express closes in on the origin oI Mars` larger moon
http://www.dlr.de/mars/en/desktopdeIault.aspx/tabid-207/422read-13776/ 6/27/11 BLG)
The particular class of asteroids that share Phobos's density are known as D-class. They are believed to
be highly Iractured bodies containing giant caverns because they are not solid. Instead, they are a collection
of pieces, held together by gravity. Scientists call them rubble piles. Also, spectroscopic data Irom Mars
Express and previous spacecraIts show that Phobos has a similar composition to these asteroids. This
suggests that Phobos, and probably its smaller sibling Deimos, are captured asteroids. owever, one
observation remains diIIicult to explain in this scenario. Usually captured asteroids are injected into random
orbits around the planet that gravitationally tie them, but Phobos orbits above Mars' equator - a very speciIic
case. Scientists do not yet understand how it could do this. In another scenario, Phobos could have been
made oI Martian rocks that were blasted into space during a large meteorite impact. These pieces have not
Iallen completely together, thus creating the rubble pile. So the question remains, where did the original
material come Irom - Mars's surIace or the asteroid belt? The MARSIS radar on board Mars Express has also
collected historic data about Phobos's subsurIace. This data, together with that Irom the moon's surIace and
surroundings gathered by the other Mars Express instruments, will also help put constraints on the origin. It's
clear though that the whole truth will only be known when samples oI the moon are brought back to Earth Ior
analysis in laboratories.

Phobos is similar to an asteroid- not hollow.
NASA No Date
(National Aeronautics and Space Administraion, Solar System Exploration 'Mars:Moons:Phobos
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/proIile.cIm?ObjectMarPhobos 6/27/11 BLG)
The six-mile wide Stickney crater dominates this image oI Phobos taken by the Viking 1 orbiter. Phobos,
gouged and nearly shattered by a giant impact crater and beaten by thousands oI meteorite impacts, is on a
collision course with Mars. Phobos is the larger of Mars' two moons and is 27 by 22 by 18 km in
diameter. It orbits Mars three times a day, and is so close to the planet's surface that in some locations
on Mars it cannot always be seen. Phobos is nearing Mars at a rate oI 1.8 m every hundred years; at that
rate, it will either crash into Mars in 50 million years or break up into a ring. Its most prominent Ieature is the
6-mile crater Stickney, its impact causing streak patterns across the moon's surIace. Stickney was seen by
Mars Global Surveyor to be Iilled with Iine dust, with evidence oI boulders sliding down its sloped surIace.
Phobos and Deimos appear to be composed of C-type rock, similar to blackish carbonaceous chondrite
asteroids. bservations by Mars Global Surveyor indicate that the surface of this small body has been
pounded into powder by eons of meteoroid impacts, some of which started landslides that left dark
trails marking the steep slopes of giant craters. Measurements oI the day and night sides oI Phobos show
such extreme temperature variations that the sunlit side oI the moon rivals a pleasant winter day in Chicago,
while only a Iew kilometers away, on the dark side oI the moon, the climate is more harsh than a night in
Antarctica. igh temperatures Ior Phobos were measured at 25 degrees Fahrenheit (-4 degrees Celsius) and
lows at -170 degrees Fahrenheit (-112 degrees Celsius). This intense heat loss is likely a result oI the Iine
dust on Phobos' surIace, which is unable to retain heat. Phobos has no atmosphere. It may be a captured
asteroid, but some scientists show evidence that contradicts this theory.

AT: Aliens block Mars
Phobos is a collection of planetary rubble
BBC News 10
(BBC News StaII Writer, March 4 2010, 'Cloest Phobos Ilyby gathers data
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8550362.stm 6/27/11 BLG)
No manmade object has ever been so near to the natural satellite. The approach is one oI a series being
made by Mex as it seeks to understand the origin oI the moon. Previous flybys have indicated that Phobos
has an extremely low density, suggesting that its surface probably hides many large interior voids.
Scientists suspect the moon is simply a collection of planetary rubble that coalesced around the Red
Planet sometime after its formation. The Mex latest measurements will test this idea Iurther. Very precise
radio doppler data was gathered during the pass which will provide additional inIormation on the moon's
gravity Iield. Knowing the gravity Iield will help scientists to better understand the distribution oI mass
inside the moon. Phobos is very slowly Ialling in towards Mars and tidal Iorces are expected to tear it apart
one day. The European Space Agency's Mars Express satellite has been in orbit since 25 December 2003. It
has made many discoveries including measurements oI previously unrecognised methane in the planet's
atmosphere.


```Flat Earth```

Flat Earth No Space Travel
NASA is part of a conspiracy using their ~space program to uphold the premise that the
Earth is round. Space travel is impossible and photos are doctored.
1ack W. Administrator Flat Earth Forums, 2008 (The Flat Earth Society, 'Flat Earth FAQ, Dec 12,
http://www.theIlatearthsociety.org/Iorum/index.php?topic11211.0, Accessed: 6/22/11, SL)
Q: "What about satellites? ow do they orbit the Earth?" A: Since sustained spaceflight is not possible, satellites
cannot orbit the Earth. The signals we supposedly receive from them are either broadcast from towers
or any number of possible pseudolites. owever, temporary space-Ilight is possible. Space Exploration and Government
Q: "NASA and other world space agencies have pictures oI the Earth Irom space, and in those pictures the Earth is clearly a globe; in
this day and age, hasn't it been proven beyond any doubt that the Earth is round?" A: NASA and the rest of the world's
space agencies who claim to have been to space are involved in a Conspiracy to keep the shape of the
Earth hidden. The pictures are faked using simple imaging software. Q: "Are you saying NASA had Photoshop
in the 1960s?" A: OI course not. Back then the pictures taken were oI Iar lower quality and were likely produced using analog means.
Q: "Why has no one taken a photo oI the Earth that proves it is Ilat?" A: nly those connected to the Conspiracy have
access to heights from which the shape of the Earth can be discerned. Also, nobody has been to the edge
of the Earth and lived; conditions on the Ice Wall get increasingly treacherous the further you get out,
and navigation methods become unreliable that far south. It is also possible that the Conspiracy is
guarding the edge to prevent people from getting too close to the truth. Q: "ow did NASA create these images
with the computer technology available at the time?" A: NASA did not send rockets into space; instead, they spent a
fraction of their funding on developing increasingly advanced computers and imaging software to
cover their lies. PLEASE NOTE: This means that pictures confirming the roundness or flatness of the Earth
D NT CNSTITUTE 'ALID PRF. Q: "What is the motive behind this Conspiracy?" A: Although their
main objective can only be speculated upon, the most Iavored theory is that of financial gain. In a nutshell, it would
logically cost much less to fake a space program than to actually have one, so those in on the
Conspiracy profit from the funding NASA and other space agencies receive from the government. Q: "II
you're not sure about the motive, why do you say there is a conspiracy?" A: Well it's quite simple really; iI the Earth is in Iact Ilat, then
the space agencies must be lying when they say it isn't. Q: "No one could possibly pull oII such a conspiracy successIully." A:
Actually, they could. Q: "ow are the world governments organized to carry out this conspiracy?" A: nly those governments
with space agencies that have actually been to space and produced round pictures of the Earth need be
in on the Conspiracy. And even in those cases only a limited number of people within those
governments need necessarily be involved. For the most part, even those in the highest positions of these
governments are probably unaware of the Conspiracy. Q: "Why has this site not been shut down by the government?"
A: Not enough people take this site seriously Ior it to be perceived as a threat by those involved in the Conspiracy. Shutting it down,
however, might open them up to suspicion. Q: "There's no way the government could possibly guard the entire Ice Wall! It would take
too many men! Millions oI men!" A: Not really. You could do it with a Iew hundred men and some basic equipment. But even so
there's no reason to assume the Ice Wall is guarded; the harsh conditions oI the region make it very diIIicult to reach anyway. Q: "Why
is NASA's space shuttle runway curved?" A: It was specially constructed by NASA to be so. AIter all, NASA is at the heart of
the conspiracy.

Earth is flat and covered by a dome - no space travel possible - oceans prove
Shenton, president of the Flat Earth Society, 1998 (Daniel, 'Why the Earth is Flat, The Flat Earth
Society, http://www.alaska.net/~clund/edjublonskopI/Flatearthsociety.htm, SL)
Water. Regardless oI which train oI thought you Iollow, it covers over seventy-Iive percent oI our planet's
surIace. And the atmosphere, also a Iluid, covers the entire surIace. The diIIerence is why. While flat-
Earthers know that the ocean is really just a large bowl, (with great sheets of ice around the edges to
hold the ocean back), and the atmosphere is contained by a large dome, the backwards "round-Earth"
way of thinking would have you believe that all those trillions of gallons of water and air just "stick" to
the planet's surface.

Flat Earth No Space Travel
NASA is a lie, the earth is flat, and space travel is impossible
Schadewald, President of the National Center for Science Education, 1980 (Robert J., 'The Flat-
out Truth: Earth Orbits? Moon Landings? A Fraud! Says This Prophet Science Digest,
http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/Ie-scidi.htm, SL)
"The facts are simple," says Charles K. 1ohnson, president of the International Flat Earth Research
Society. "The earth is flat." As you stand in his Iront yard, it is hard to argue the point. From among the
Joshua trees, creosote bushes, and tumbleweeds surrounding his southern CaliIornia hillside home, you have
a spectacular view oI the Mojave Desert. It looks as Ilat as a pool table. Nearly 20 miles to the west lies the
small city oI Lancaster; you can see right over it. Beyond Lancaster, 20 more miles as the cueball rolls, the
Tehachepi Mountains rise up Irom the desert Iloor. Los Angeles is not Iar to the south. Near Lancaster, you
see the Rockwell International plant where the Space Shuttle was built. To the north, beyond the next hill,
lies Edwards Air Force Base, where the Shuttle was tested. There, also, the Shuttle will land when it returns
Irom orbiting the earth. (At least, that's NASA's story.) "You can't orbit a flat earth," says Mr. 1ohnson.
"The Space Shuttle is a joke-and a very ludicrous joke." is soIt voice carries conviction, Ior Charles
1ohnson is on the level. e believes that the main purpose of the space program is to prop up a dying
myth-the myth that the earth is a globe. "Nobody knows anything about the true shape of the
world," he contends. "The known, inhabited world is flat. Just as a guess, I'd say that the dome of heaven
is about 4,000 miles away, and the stars are about as far as San Francisco is from Boston." As shown
in a map published by Johnson, the known world is as circular and as flat as a phonograph record. The
North Pole is at the center. At the outer edge lies the southern ice, reputed to be a wall 150 feet high; no
one has ever crossed it, and thereIore what lies beyond is unknown. The sun and moon, in the Johnson
version, are only about 32 miles in diameter. They circle above the earth in the vicinity of the equator,
and their apparent rising and setting are tricks of perspective, like railroad tracks that appear to meet
in the distance. The moon shines by its own light and is not eclipsed by the earth. Rather, lunar eclipses
are caused by an unseen dark body occasionally passing in front of the moon. Johnson's belieIs are
Iirmly grounded in the Bible. Many verses oI the Old Testament imply that the earth is Ilat, but there's more
to it than that. According to the New Testament, Jesus ascended up into heaven. "The whole point of the
Copernican theory is to get rid of 1esus by saying there is no up and no down," declares Johnson. "The
spinning ball thing just makes the whole Bible a big joke." Not the Bible but 1ohnson's own common
sense allowed him to see through the globe myth while he was still in grade school. e contends that
sensible people all over the world, not just Bible believers, realize that the earth really is flat.
"Wherever you Iind people with a great reservoir oI common sense," he says, "they don't believe idiotic
things such as the earth spinning around the sun. Reasonable, intelligent people have always recognized
that the earth is flat."

Flat Earth Proofs - No rbit
The Michelson-Morley experiment illustrated that the earth is stagnant in space
In classical physics, ether was assumed to be a ephemeral substance which permeated all matter. This
omnipresent medium was that through which visible light and other electromagnetic waves were supposed to have traveled. It was
assumed to have qualities which now seem rather bizarre - too bizarre, in Iact, to be allowed to exist, by EIimovich's teachings. So in
1887, two American scientists, operating under the Efimovich-based assumption that the Earth was
moving through outer space and not the fixed center of the Universe, conducted an experiment to
"prove" whether or not ether actually existed. In this experiment, the general idea was to try to calculate the absolute
speed oI the earth relative to the Iixed ether. In a sense, they would emit a light pulse, and calculate how far it
"trailed" behind the earth, much like tossing a napkin out the window of a moving car to calculate the
car's speed. It was assumed that, iI ether existed, the light pulse would Iall back in one direction, giving the
physicists a tangible "absolute" speed of the earth. Their calculated speed: Zero. Yes, scientists Albert A.
Michelson and Edward W. Morley were baffled by this, wondering how the Earth could be sitting in one
spot, while every aspect oI the teachings oI Grigori EIimovich indicated that the planet must be orbiting its own sun, and thereIore
must be moving at least with a critical orbital velocity. Moving quickly to avoid having to admit that they were wrong, they were
able to instead "infer" from their results that the ether must not exist, and that light must propagate through no
medium at all (impossible Ior a wave by the very deIinition oI a wave). Their inIerence was generally accepted by the scientiIic
community (save a Iew notable exceptions, including endrik A. Lorentz) and the "ridiculous" notion oI ether was thrown out. But
light waves would still require a medium for transmission, and the actual purpose oI the experiment was to determine
the existence oI that medium. The results speak for themselves: the Earth does not move. And even iI the Earth did,
the problems inherent in keeping it moving through this light medium called ether are overwhelmingly supportive oI "Flat-Earth" theory.

Because of the ether, the earth can`t orbit
In the Efimovich model, the planet Earth is supposed to be a large, spherical shaped ball of rock flying
through space at hundreds of thousands of miles per hour. But how could the Earth continue to move at the same
speed Ior as long a time as the "round Earthers" say that it has existed Ior; namely, several billion years. If outer space were a
vacuum, then there would be no problem. But space is not a vacuum, it is instead filled with ether. The
earth would have to have been pushing its way through the ether for all those billions of years. Shouldn't
it have slowed somewhere along the line? What would keep the Earth from grinding down to a stop at some point on
the EIimovichian timeline?

If the earth was orbiting around the sun, everything on the surface would be thrown off
A second critical piece to the EIimovich model is that the Earth is not the center oI the solar system either. It is, according to
"round Earth" theory, orbiting the sun at a radius of around five-hundred million kilometers. Were
this the case, the Earth would be an accelerated object in circular motion around its sun. And thereby are
the problems introduced. The Earth accelerating in circular motion would behave no differently than would
a car taking a corner: loose objects (humans and animals would act like loose change or a cup of coffee
on the dashboard) would slide around, or be thrown off completely. There would be an apparent
centrifugal force on everything. During the day, when things would be Iacing the sun and thereIore on the inside oI the
"orbit", buildings would be crushed and humans beings squashed like grasshoppers in a centrifuge. And
at night, when everything would be at the outside, trees and buildings would be ripped from the ground and
flung into outer space, and humans wouldn't stand a chance. Obviously, there is a Ilaw in EIimovich's "orbit" theory.
Flat Earth Proofs - No rbit
If the earth was orbiting around the sun, only the north and south poles would be
inhabitable
Using the "round Earth" theory, setting an object on the earth would be like setting grains of sand on a
beach ball. Certainly a few grains would stay - right around the top, the surIace is nearly horizontal - but when
you stray too far from the absolute top of the ball, the grains of sand start sliding off and falling onto
the ground. The Earth, if round, should behave in exactly the same fashion. Because the top is a very
localized region on a sphere, iI the Earth were in Iact round, there would be only a very small area of land that
would be at all inhabitable. Stray to the outside fringes of the "safe zone", and you start walking at a
tilt. The further out you go, the more you slant, until your very survival is determined by the tread on
your boots. Reach a certain point, and you slide oII the Iace oI the planet entirely. Obviously, something is wrong.

If the earth was round, the oceans would fall off the surface and evaporate
Conventional thinking would suggest that the water would just run down the sides of the Earth (to use
the analogy again, like droplets running down the sides oI a beach ball) and fall into outer space, while the
air would dissipate. Using the earlier mentioned idea oI "gravitational charge" gives some credibility to the
theory. If the fluids were static, then exposure to the gravitational field for a long enough period of time
would allow their molecules to align themselves with and be pulled in by the field. But fluids are not
static, especially not in the atmosphere and oceans. Great ocean currents run both at the surface and
deep below, carrying water across huge basins, keeping the solution far from stagnant. 1et streams of
air travel at hundreds of miles per hour through the atmosphere. And windblown rainclouds carry
vast quantities of evaporated seawater across miles of ground, releasing their load far from its starting
point. Water or air that (according to "round-Earth" theory) starts on one side oI the planet could end up
completely on the other side in a matter oI only a Iew days. With all this turbulence and motion, if the
world were round, the oceans should all fall "down" into the sky, leaving the planet dry and barren,
and the atmosphere would simply float away. Why, just look at the moon. It is round, like a ball, and yet it
has no atmosphere at all.

Flat Earth Proofs - United Nations
The UN insignia proves that there is a movement to declare the earth flat again
Schadewald, 1980 (Robert J., 'The Flat-out Truth: Earth Orbits? Moon Landings? A Fraud! Says This Prophet
Science Digest, http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/Ie-scidi.htm, SL)
"It's the Church of England that's taught that the world is a ball," he argues. "George Washington, on the
other hand, was a flat-earther. He broke with England to get away from those superstitions." II Johnson is
right, the American Revolution Iailed. No prominent American politician is known to have publicly endorsed the Ilat-earth theory in the
past two centuries. Nevertheless, Johnson contends that this nearly happened right aIter World War II, not Ior the U.S. alone, but Ior the
entire world. Consider the United Nations: "Uncle Joe (Stalin), Churchill, and Roosevelt laid the master plan to
bring in the New Age under the United Nations," Johnson discloses with conIidence. "The world ruling power
was to be right here in this country. After the war, the world would be declared flat and Roosevelt
would be elected first president of the world. When the UN Charter was drafted in San Francisco, they
took the flat-earth map as their symbol." Why declare the world Ilat? Johnson responds that a prophesied condition Ior
world government (Isaiah 60:20) is that the "sun shall no more go down." This could be IulIilled by admitting that
sunrise and sunset are optical illusions. The UN did adopt for its official seal a world map identical
with the one on 1ohnson's office wall. But Franklin Roosevelt died coincident with the UN's birth, and the other imminent
events described by Johnson never came about. What did happen, according to conventional historians, was that Russia and the U.S.
began space programs. AIter the Russians sent up Sputnik in 1957, the space race was on in earnest. The high point came in 1969, when
the U.S. landed men on the moon. That, according to Johnson, is nonsense, because the moon landings were faked by
Hollywood studios. He even names the man who wrote the scripts: the science-fiction writer Arthur C.
Clarke. But he acknowledges that the moon landings were at least partly successIul. "Until then," he says, "almost no one seriously
considered the world a ball. The landings converted a Iew oI them, but many are coming back now and getting oII oI it." Perhaps the
Space Shuttle is intended to bolster the beliefs oI these backsliders. Whatever its purpose, 1ohnson is
convinced that it is not intended to actually fly. Because it was built and tested almost in his back yard, he knows many
people who worked on it. What they've told him about some aspects oI its construction only reinIorces his convictions. "They
moved it across the field," he sneers, "and it almost fell apart. All those little side pieces are on with epoxy, and halI Iell
oII!" The Shuttle had other problems besides heat resistant tiles that wouldn't stick. For instance, when the
testers tried to mount it on a 747 for its first piggy-back test flight, it wouldn't fit. "Can you imagine that?"
chortles Johnson. "Millions oI dollars they spent, and it wouldn't Iit! They had to call in a handyman to drill some new holes to make the
thing Iit. Then they took it up in the airand some more oI it Iell to pieces." II the Shuttle ever does orbit on its own, it's supposed to
return to Edwards Air Force Base. To Johnson, that's appropriate enough. "Do you know what they're doing at Edwards right now?" he
asks. "'Buck Rogers in the 25th Century' is made right where they claim they're going to land the Shuttle. Edwards is strictly a
science-fiction base now. "Buck is a much better science program, considerably more authentic. In Iact, I recommend that the
government get out oI the space business and turn the whole thing over to ABC, CBS, and NBC. The tv networks do a Iar superior job.
They could actually pay the government Ior rights, and it wouldn't cost the taxpayers a penny." Flat Earth Society members are working
actively to bring the Shuttle charade to an end. They hope to Iorce the government to let the public in on what the power elite has known
all along: the plane truth. "When the United States declares the earth is flat," says Charles Johnson, "and we hope
to be instrumental in making it do so, it will be the first nation in all recorded history to be known as a
flat-earth nation. "In the old days, people believed the earth was flat, because it's logical, but they
didn't have a picture of the way it was, as we have today. ur concept of the world is new.
AT: But we know it is Round
The only reason we believe the Earth is round is because it`s deeply ingrained in our
culture. The claim is actually dishonest and unscientific.
Shenton, 2009 (Daniel, 'In DeIense oI the Earth Earth Not a Globe 1 Exhibit,
http://www.earthnotaglobe.com/library/danielshentonIlatearthessay.pdI, SL)
The Earth is flat. This is a belieI I hold as the beginning oI an ongoing search Ior truth and certainty. It is a starting point - an
intellectual foundation on which I feel further knowledge can soundly be built. Much as Descartes did in his
Meditations on First Philosophy, I wish to start Irom a place oI certainty and build upon it. The Flat Earth is an obvious truth to me now.
My senses show me and my reason conIirms it. owever, my belieI that the Earth is Ilat is not a popular one and it is not a belieI I have
always held. Like most people, I was taught Irom an early age that the Earth is a rotating sphere which, along with a collection oI other
spherical bodies, revolves in an elliptical orbit around our Sun. To most oI you, this will seem like an obvious and unarguable Iact. It is
something you have been told by teachers. Told by parents. Told by textbooks. It is something you are utterly sure oI. And, more than
likely, it is something you have never truly investigated. It isn't surprising, then, that people believe so strongly that the Earth is a sphere.
We are bombarded every day oI our lives with inIormation. Television, radio, books and the Internet all compete to tell us things.
Society agrees that some ideas are worth debating and that others are not. The idea oI a spherical Earth Ialls into that second category. At
some point, our society decided with great certainty that the Earth is a sphere and, consequently, that Iurther consideration is
unnecessary and anyone holding an opposing viewpoint is unworthy oI debate. That the Earth is spherical is a 'fact' and
we are, from an early age, told to accept it without question and in the face of our own first-hand
experience. But as 16th Century mathematician Pierre-Simon Laplace stated, "The weight of evidence for an
extraordinary claim must be proportioned to its strangeness." The Spherical Earth model is truly
extraordinary and runs contrary to all of our senses. Consequently, the burden of proof is
extraordinary - and this burden has never been met. But, because the idea is so firmly ingrained in our
culture, few of us bother to hold the Spherical Earth model to account. This tendency to firmly
maintain beliefs while intentionally disregarding opposing evidence - particularly evidence in the Iorm oI Iirst-
hand experience -is intellectually dishonest and unscientific. Man's quest for truth is furthered only
through experience and reason. During the 19,h Century, Samuel Birley Rowbotham pioneered an approach to
astronomy called Zetetic Astronomy. Zeteticism stresses the importance of reason and experience over the
trusting acceptance of dogma. This emphasis on experience as the only source of true knowledge dates
back to ancient Greek empiricists such as Aristotle and was also prominent in the more recent British empiricism espoused by |ohn
Locke. In his An Essay Concerning uman Understanding, Locke states, "No man's knowledge can go beyond his experience."

The earth is flat based on the translation of the Bible
Hare, founder and architect of the Sacred Text Archive, 2005 (John Bruno, PreIace to 'The Earth is
not a Globe Ebook, http://www.sacred-texts.com/earth/za/, SL)
Rowbotham believed that the earth is flat. The contients float on an infinite ocean which somehow has
a layer of fire underneath it. The lands we know are surrounded by an infinite wilderness of ice and
snow, beyond the Antarctic ocean, bordered by an immense circular ice-cliff. What we call the North
Pole is in the center of the earth. The polar projection of the flat earth creates obvious discrepancies
with known geography, particularly the farther south you go. Figure 54 inadvertantly illustrates this problem. The
Zetetic map has a severly squashed South America and Africa, and Australia and New Zealand in the
middle of the Pacific. I think that by the 19th century people would have noticed iI Australia and AIrica were thousands oI miles
Iurther apart than expected, let alone iI AIrica was wider than it was long! The Zetetic Sun, moon, planets and stars are
all only a few hundred miles above the surface of the earth. The sun orbits the north pole once a day at
a constant altitude. The moon is both self-illuminated and semi-transparent. Eclipses can be explained
by some unknown object occulting the sun or moon. Zetetic cosmology is 'faith-based', based, that is, on a
literal interpretation of selected Biblical quotes. Hell is exactly as advertised, directly below us. Heaven is not
a state oI mind, it is a real place, somewhere above us. He uses Ussherian Biblical chronology to mock the
concept that stars could be millions of light years away. He attacks the concept of a plurality of worlds
because no other world than this one is mentioned in the Bible.

Round Earth Proofs - Multiple Reasons
The Earth is round due to the gravitational force pulling it into a sphere
Cain, Masters in Computer Science and Engineering, 2009 (Fraser, 'Why is the Earth Round The
Universe Today, http://www.universetoday.com/26782/why-is-the-earth-round/, SL)
Don`t listen to the Flat Earth Society, they`re wrong; the Earth is round. But did you ever wonder why
the Earth is round? It all comes down to gravity. ne of the effects of mass is that it attracts other
mass. For small objects, like your computer, your car, and even a building, the force of gravity is tiny. But
when you have millions, and even trillions of tonnes of mass, the effect of the gravity really builds up.
All of the mass pulls on all the other mass, and it tries to create the most efficient shape. a sphere.
You can also check out these books about the planet Earth Irom Amazon.com Ior more inIormation. For
smaller objects, like asteroids, the Iorce oI gravity trying to pull the object into a sphere isn`t enough to
overcome the strength oI the rock keeping it in shape. But once you get above a certain mass and size, the
strength of the object can`t stop the force of gravity from pulling it into a sphere. Objects larger than
about 1,000 km in size are able to pull themselves into a sphere. In Iact, the International Astronomical
Union decided in 2006 that this ability was one of the requirements for an object to be considered a
planet. They must orbit the Sun, they need to have cleared out all the smaller objects in their orbit, and
they need to have enough gravity to pull themselves into a sphere. When an object has the gravity to pull
itselI into a sphere, astronomers say that it`s in hydrostatic equilibrium. And that`s why the Earth is round.
OI course, the Earth isn`t perIectly round. Because it`s turning on its axis approximately once every 24 hours,
the Earth`s equator bulges outwards. And there are mountains and valleys that make the Earth`s surIace
rough.

Pictures prove - The earth is smoother than a billiard ball
Cain, Masters in Computer Science and Engineering, 2009 (Fraser, 'Why is the Earth Round The
Universe Today, http://www.universetoday.com/26782/why-is-the-earth-round/, SL)
The Earth isn`t flat, that`s Ior sure. And if you look at a photograph, the Earth really looks round. But how
round is it? The actual shape of the Earth is actually an oblate spheroid - a sphere with a bulge around
the equator. The Earth is bulged at its equator because it`s rapidly rotating on its axis. The centripetal
force of the rotation causes the regions at the equator to bulge outward. And it actually makes a pretty big
diIIerence. The diameter of the Earth, measured across the equator is 43 km more than when you
measure the diameter of the Earth from pole to pole. This bulge has some interesting implications. For example, it
means that the point on Earth furthest from the center isn`t actually Mount Everest, but Mount
Chimborazo in Ecuador. Only because Chimborazo is closer to the Earth`s equator. So how smooth is the Earth. When billiard
balls are manuIactured, they aim Ior a tolerance oI 0.22. The Earth has a tolerance oI 0.17, so it`s actually smoother
than a billiard ball. II you could hold the Earth in your hands, it would Ieel smoother than a billiard ball. But the Earth
definitely isn`t flat.

Lunar eclipses confirm the earth is round
Schottlender, PhysicsQuest Intern at American Physical Society, 2008 (Muriel, 'Top Ten Ways
to Know the Earth Isn`t Flat, August 19, 2008, http://www.smarterthanthat.com/astronomy/top-10-ways-to-know-
the-earth-is-not-Ilat/, SL)
Now that humanity knows quite positively that the Moon is not a piece of cheese or a playful god, the
phenomena that accompany it (from its monthly cycles to lunar eclipses) are well-explained. It was
quite a mystery to the ancient Greeks, though, and in their quest Ior knowledge, they came up with a Iew
insightIul observations that helped humanity Iigure out the shape oI our planet. Aristotle (who made quite a
lot oI observations about the spherical nature oI the Earth) noticed that during lunar eclipses (when the
Earth`s orbit places it directly between the Sun and the Moon, creating a shadow in the process), the shadow
on the Moon`s surface is round. This shadow is the Earth`s, and it`s a great clue on the spherical shape
of the Earth. Since the earth is rotating (see the 'Foucault Pendulum experiment Ior a deIinite prooI, iI
you are doubtIul), the consistent oval-shadow it produces in each and every lunar eclipse proves that the
earth is not only round but spherical - absolutely, utterly, beyond a shadow of a doubt not flat.

The way ships appear on the horizon prove the earth is round
If you`ve been next to a port lately, or just strolled down a beach and stared off vacantly into the
horizon, you might have, perhaps, noticed a very interesting phenomenon: approaching ships do not
just ~appear out of the horizon (like they should have if the world was flat), but rather emerge from
beneath the sea. But you say ships do not submerge and rise up again as they approach our view (except
in 'Pirates oI the Caribbean, but we are hereby assuming that was a Iictitious movie). The reason ships
appear as if they ~emerge from the waves is because the world is not flat: it`s round. Imagine an ant
walking along the surface of an orange, into your Iield oI view. If you look at the orange ~head on, you
will see the ant`s body slowly rising up from the ~horizon, because of the curvature of the range. If
you would do that experiment with a long road, the effect would have changed: The ant would have
slowly materialized` into view, depending on how sharp your vision is.

How we view stars proves the earth is round
(3) 'ARYING STAR CNSTELLATINS This observation was originally made by Aristotle (384-
322 BCE), who declared the Earth was round judging from the different constellations one sees while
moving away from the equator. AIter returning Irom a trip to Egypt, Aristotle noted that ~there are
stars seen in Egypt and |...| Cyprus which are not seen in the northerly regions. This phenomenon can
only be explained with a round surface, and Aristotle continued and claimed that the sphere of the
Earth is ~of no great size, for otherwise the effect of so slight a change of place would not be quickly
apparent. (De caelo, 298a2-10) The farther you go from the equator, the farther the known`
constellations go towards the horizon, and are replaced by different stars. This would not have
happened if the world was flat:

How shadows form proves the earth is round
If you stick a stick in the |sticky| ground, it will produce a shadow. The shadow moves as time passes
(which is the principle Ior ancient Shadow Clocks). If the world had been flat, then two sticks in different
locations would produce the same shadow: But they don`t. This is because the earth is round, and not
flat: Eratosthenes (276-194 BCE) used this principle to calculate the circumference of the Earth quite
accurately. To see this demonstrated, reIer to my experiment video about Eratosthenes and the
circumIerence oI the earth 'The Earth`s curvature is tasty!'.

Increases in distance seena t higher altitudes proves the earth is round
Standing in a flat plateau, you look ahead of you towards the horizon. You strain your eyes, then take
out your favorite binoculars and stare through them, as far as your eyes (with the help oI the binocular
lenses) can see. Then, you climb up the closest tree - the higher the better, just be careIul not to drop
those binoculars and break their lenses. You then look again, strain your eyes, stare through the
binoculars out to the horizon. The higher up you are the farther you will see. Usually, we tend to relate
this to Earthly obstacles, like the fact we have houses or other trees obstructing our vision on the
ground, and climbing upwards we have a clear view, but that`s not the true reason. Even if you would
have a completely clear plateau with no obstacles between you and the horizon, you would see much
farther from greater height than you would on the ground. This phenomena is caused by the
curvature of the Earth as well, and would not happen if the Earth was flat:

Air planes prove the earth is round
If you`ve ever taken a trip out of the country, specifically long-destination trips, you could notice two
interesting Iacts about planes and the Earth: Planes can travel in a relatively straight line a very long time
and not fall off any edges. They can also, theoretically (and some do, though with stops along the way),
circle the earth. Correction (Courtesy oI Klaynos, Irom scienceIorums.net): Apparently, planes can circle
the Earth without stopping! If you look out the window on a trans-Atlantic flight, you can, most oI the
times, see the curvature of the earth in the horizon. The best view oI the curvature used to be on the
Concorde, but that plane`s long gone. I can`t wait seeing the pictures Irom the new plane by 'Virgin
Galactic the horizon should look absolutely curved, as it actually is Irom a distance. (A picture oI the
curved horizon Irom a Concorde plane can be seen here).

ther planets` shapes prove the earth is round
The Earth is different from other planets, that much is true. AIter all, we have life, and we haven`t Iound
any other planets with liIe (yet). However, there are certain characteristics all planets have, and it will be
quite logical to assume that if all planets behave a certain way, or show certain characteristics
speciIically iI those planets are in diIIerent places or were created under diIIerent circumstances our planet
is the same. In other words: If so many planets that were created in different locations and under
different circumstances show the same property, it`s likely that our own planet has the same property
as well. All of our observations show planets are spherical (and since we know how they`re created, it`s
also obvious why they are taking this shape). Unless we have a very good reason to think otherwise
(which we don`t), our planet is very likely the same. In 1610, Galileo Galilei observed the moons oI
Jupiter rotating around it (click here to see a beautiIul video reconstruction oI his observations). e described
them as small planets orbiting a larger planet a description (and observation) that was very diIIicult Ior the
church to accept as it Iollowed a geocentric model where everything was supposed to revolve around the
Earth. This observation also showed that the planets (Jupiter, Neptune, and later Venus was observed too) are
all spherical, and all orbit the sun. A flat planet (ours or any other planet) would be such an incredible
observation that it would pretty much go against everything we know about how planets form and
behave. It would not only change everything we know about planet formation, but also about star
formation (as our sun would have to behave quite diIIerently to accustom a 'Ilat earth theory), what we
know of speeds and movements in space (like planets orbits, and the eIIects oI gravity, etc). In short, we
don`t just suspect that our planet is spherical. We know it.

Timezones prove that the earth is round
The time in New York, at the moment these words are written, is 12:00pm. The sun is in the middle of the
sky (though it`s hard to see with the current cloud coverage). In Beijing, where Michael Phelps is likely
getting ready Ior yet another gold medal, it`s 12:00am, midnight, and the sun is nowhere to be Iound. In
Adelaide, Australia, it is 1:30am. More than 13 hours ahead. There, the sunset is long gone so much so,
that it`s soon going to rise up again in the beginning oI a new day. ere`s a list showing what time it is
around the world when it is 12:00pm in New York city. This can only be explained if the world is round,
and rotating around its own axis. At a certain point when the sun is shining on one part of the Earth,
the opposite side is dark, and vise versa. That allows for time differences and timezones, speciIically
ones that are larger than 12 hours. Another point concerning timezones, the sun and Ilat/spherical Earth: If
the sun was a ~spotlight (very directionally located so that light only shines on a specific location) and
the world was flat, we would have seen the sun even if it didn`t shine on top of us (as you can see in the
drawing below). The same way you can see the light coming out of a spotlight on a stage in the theater,
even though you the crowd are in the dark. The only way to create two distinctly separate
timezones, where there is complete darkness in one while there`s light in the other, is if the world is
spherical.

Properties of mass prove the earth is round
There`s an interesting fact about mass: it attracts things to it. The force of attraction (gravity) between
two objects depends on their mass and the distance between them. Simply said, gravity will pull toward
the center of mass of the objects. To Iind the center oI mass, you have to examine the object. Consider a
sphere. Since a sphere has a consistent shape, no matter where on it you stand, you have exactly the
same amount of sphere under you. Imagine an ant (perhaps the same one Irom the previous point)
walking around on a crystal ball. Assuming the crystal ball is polished, the ant`s only indication of
movement would be the fact it`s moving its feet. The scenery (and shape oI the surIace) would not
change at all. Consider a flat plane. The center of mass of a flat plane is in its center (more or less iI
you want to be more accurate, Ieel Iree to do the entire |shriek| integration |shriek| process), and the force
of gravity will pull a person toward the middle of the plain. That means that if you stand on the edge of
the plane, gravity will be pulling you toward the middle, not straight down like you usually experience.
I am quite positive that even for Australians an apple falls downwards, but if you have your doubts, I
urge you to try it out just make sure it`s nothing that can break or hurt you. Just in case gravity is
consistent aIter all.


```Hollow Earth```

Earth is Hollow
Science can only theoretically discredit hollow earth but Admiral Byrd`s trip there proves
that it exists
Libra Rising 11 (Libra Rising, 'ollow Earth Archives, June 2011,
http://www.librarising.com/hollow/hollowarchives.html, accessed 6/21/11, CW)
Admiral Byrd made two historic but unnanounced trips to the hollow earth, via airplane, both Iunded by
the U.S.government. The first was 1700 mile trip, via Alaska, to the north polar opening, in February oI
1947, where Byrd described seeing vast forests and what looked like running herds of animals. The
second was a 2300 mile trip to the south polar opening, via McMurdo Sound in the Antarctic in 1956,
where he also saw vegetation and bodies of water beIore returning Ior lack oI Iuel. While the purpose of
these trips was to gather sensitive data concerning the Earth's interior, leakage oI the events served to
strengthen the notion and reality that our planet is indeed hollow. Further news oI this, was however,
repressed, and Byrd was sworn to silence as well. Byrd, however, did leave some writings, some of which
were leaked and described the Admiral's ecstatic descriptions of "The Unknown Country".

Hollow Earth solves Extinction Scenarios
We could retreat into the inner earth or relocate Earth
Most oI us grew up learning in science class that our planet is a round solid ball oI earth with molten Iiery core at its center Irom whence
comes our volcanic activity, while this sounds reasonable at Iirst, the Ilaws soon start to come out. First oI all, a solid Earth, down
to its core, has way too much weight and mass to spin so quietly and perfectly on its axis. Secondly,
whoever designs, builds, or creates planets would see the wisdom of both minimizing weight and
maximizing space` a solid planet can only be mostly inhabited on its outer surface, whereas a hollow
one would have two livable surfaces. Also, a hollow planet would be easy to relocate should the need
arise whereas a solid one would tax everyone`s energy (planets can be moved by the levitating beams oI huge space
ships). The interior of a hollow planet would in fact be much more liveable or comfortable than its outer
area, being protected indefinitely from dangerous rays. Winds, collisions, or even invasions it would be
akin to the interior oI a house or car. And just like a house or car, it would have regulated heating and a light source (an inner central
sun). A hollow oblate earth with polar openings also maximizes energy flow (electrical or magnetic),
provides greater room for multi-plane or multi-level existence, and simplifies or eases travel.

The underground cities in inner earth are to protect us from war and natural disasters
There are hundreds of large cities miles beneath the earth, many oI which are interconnected by tunnels through
which high speed shuttles navigate, using magnetics Ior propulsion. Some oI these are government or scientiIic installations while others
are more alien or otherworldly bases. Some oI these cities or communities are located in or under mountains while others are in large
underground caverns. Nearly everyone knows about Telos a mile or so beneath Mt. Shasta in California. Not
everyone knows that nearly every major city on the planet has its roots in an inner city beneath it.
Secret elevators or shafts in some buildings lead to these duplicate cities, to which only certain
individuals are allowed or have access to. Most underground cities are built for protection in times of
war or natural catastrophes, as well as for secret and often forbidden projects or activities.

The living conditions solves for physical and mental health
Gravity decreases dramatically just 10 to 25 miles beneath outer Earth's ocean level greatly improving
your physical health. Here aging slows down and hunger and thirst begin to dissapear. The air, especially
in caverns, is richly revitalizing due to the solar light which is filtered and dispersed as it penetrates the
earth and surrounds you as a halo. Below 25 miles you lose two thirds of your weight and can hop around like the
astronauts did on the Moon. You also become younger, smarter, stronger, and need very little rest or sleep.
Light emanates from everywhere so that there are no shadows. All of these conditions intensify as you
approach the planet's gravity center 700 miles down from the outer surface, where breath and heartbeat cease,
where there is no weight, where telepathy becomes natural, and where thoughts move and shape matter. This is all described in the book
Etidorpha by John Uri Loyd.

Hollow earth would decrease the human mortality rates
The heaving of our chest(breathing) and the beating of our heart(blood Ilow)are abnormal conditions
brought on by an abnormal environment. In John Uri Loyd's "Etidorpha", I Am The Man's guide explains that because oI
outer earth's intense gravity, our bodies must work extra hard to distribute oxygen evenly throughout -hence
the heaving and beating. In zero gravity, however, no such pressure exists, therefore no breathing or
bloodflow is required. This perfect state of equilibrium is experienced in the Earth's central gravity
sphere some 700 miles below the outer surface. Here mind becomes ruler over matter and there is no
ageing or degeneration. The inner earth surIace is also quite good with only one-sixth the gravity oI outer earth. This minimal
gravity and its cocooned state are what make inner earth paradise-like. Outer earth can also become paradise-like once the planet's water
canopy is restored and climate, light, and gravity are stabilized and/or equalized as a result.

AT: Hollow Earth Solves Extinction
Inner Earth denizens will not let us in, at best they will enslave us
Ever since the first nuclear detonations in 1945 over Nagasaki and Hiroshima, Inner Earth leaders,
both good and bad, have stepped up the monitoring of our uter Earth surface, regularly sending
reconnaisance UF ships as well as using satelite surveillance and other means. The bridge between our
technologies is closing and the time for a reunification of both worlds(inner and outer) is at hand. The
problem is that there are two opposing forces with contradictory agendas for this unity. The negative
inner earth denizens located mostly in Middle Earth(Earth's cavernous shell) want our enslavement, whereas the positive
inner earth people located mostly on the planet's inner concave surIace want our liberation and regeneration.
Fortunately the negatives are dwindling in number as more and more of us here on outer earth are
waking up and choosing the path to peace and harmony. Even the prophecies indicate that the vast majority oI humankind will
choose liIe over death and truth over lies. Eradicating what's left of the negative forces, however, will be no easy
matter, but it will and must be done if the prophesied Millennium or new Golden Age is to become a
reality.

There is a way for us to get to hollow Earth, but the inner earth government is keeping it a
secret
There is a massive conspiracy to hide the true nature of our planet that it is hollow, oblate, and
inhabited within. Access to the hollow interior is principally through the north polar opening which is
some 1200 to 1400 miles wide. There is also a south polar opening, but it is mostly covered with snow
and ice. At about 77 degrees north lattitude the the planet starts Ilattening out an around 82 degrees north
lattitude it starts curving inwards and one can catch glimpses of the earth`s inner central sun which lights
and warms the interior and which is behind aurora borealis. There is a noticeable rise in temperature in these
latitudes and salt water turns into Iresh and wildliIe is more abundant and the compass needle goes wild and
then points south instead oI north. Admiral E. Byrd flew over and into the north polar opening in a
secret American expedition in 1947 and confirmed all of these facts but was sworn to silence over the
matter. All of the major powers have bases stationed in the Arctic in a united but hushed attempt to
probe the secrets of the hole at the pole and the interior world, but they are restricted entry by the
more powerful inner earth governments or societies which they fear. BeIore every golden age the ice and
snow around the polar openings melt and evaporate Iorming water or ice canopies around the planet and
liberating access to the inner earth.

Aliens live in Hollow Earth
No matter what kind of aliens you believe in they don`t come from ~space they`re from
hollow earth
Geraghty 10 (Paul, creator oI Google Earth, UFO Encounters, 'The ollow Earth Theory and Aliens, 8/23/10,
http://www.uIoencounters.co.uk/aliensIrominnerearth.html, accessed 6/23/11, CW)
In certain places, at various times, some people have claimed to hear a distinct humming sound in their
head which sits on the fringe of their awareness but which, nonetheless, can be extremely irritating to
them. Not everyone hears the sound, but those who do are deeply affected by it, and there have even
been cases oI people committing suicide aIter being driven mad by the incessant hum. People hearing the
sound are often found within the same general locale, suggesting that they are not making the whole thing
up. These strange hums have been reported in several places in the UK, most famously in Bristol as the
"Bristol Hum." Internationally, the "Taos Hum" from Taos, New Mexico, in the United States, is
probably the best known. Hollow Earth theorists speculate that the humming sound comes from
advanced machinery used by the race of "thers" or aliens deep within the Earth. Proponents oI a
ollow Earth make much oI certain satellite photographs oI the planet which were released by NASA. These
appear to show a crater-like dark aperture in the centre oI the Earth. owever, critics insist that the
photographs reIerred to are composites, created by layering multiple photographs together, and that the dark
area in the centre is nothing more than an area which happened not to be illuminated by daylight at the time
the images were taken. Who Are The Aliens Within The ollow Earth? Among ollow Earth believers,
opinions diIIer about the nature oI the beings inside the Earth, and their attitude towards us. Some are
convinced that these "inner Earth aliens" are benevolent Atlanteans who are much like us in
appearance, but who may be concerned that some of our technological developments might pose a
threat to their way of life; others insist that the Inner Earthers are degenerate lizard creatures of
malicious intent who are plotting some kind of takeover of the surface world. The view that there are
multiple ET races or Iactions within the inner world is also encountered.

The good and the bad aliens are both subterranean species from hollow earth
Natalina 10 (Extraordinary Intelligence, 'UFOs. Truth or Deception? Part 3: Aliens Irom Earth, 11/24/10,
http://extraordinaryintelligence.com/2924/the-unexplained/uIos-truth-or-deception-part-3-aliens-Irom-earth/,
accessed 6/24/11, CW)
Anyway, we`ve gotten a bit oII base. Back to UFOs and aliens. It is believed by some that these
underground dwellings, be they mere caverns and passages or an entire inner Earth underworld, are
the home to beings that are alien to us; and that perhaps the possess technology beyond what we`ve been
able to achieve. Whether they originated here or they came here long ago is a place where researchers have a
variance in opinion. What matters, they say, is that they are here. And in one very Iamous account, they are
up to no good. In 1943, Richard Shaver had a story to tell. In those days, with stories as Iantastic as
Shaver`s, it was common to submit stories to the cult or pulp magazines that were so popular at the time.
Shaver submitted his tale to Amazing Magazine. Editor/Publisher Ray Palmer began to correspond with
Shaver, and ultimately received a 10,000 word document titled, ~A Warning to Future Man.
Shaver claimed that there was a civilization living in underground caverns. These were mostly sinister
beings, descended from an extremely advanced prehistoric race that formed civilizations below the
Earth`s crust, but left because of the sun`s damaging radiation. From Shaver`s original manuscript: With
the most positive Iinality, the caverns do exist, and they are incredibly extensive, so that the possible
population (were not so many dead) could be thousands oI times that oI the surIace oI the earth, because it
consists oI very many tiers oI caves? The caves are connected by broad highways, carved through the solid
rock Ior thousands oI miles, the whole inner earth being a vastly complicated network oI tunnels connecting
literally thousands oI great caved as large as any surIace city, and some so large as to dwarI a New York to
insigniIicance. Those left behind fell into 2 categories. The Teros, supposedly benevolent, human-like
beings, and the Deros, who were sadistic and cruel. The Deros apparently like to kidnap humans, drag
them into their caverns, torture them, and then eat them. Not the most pleasant thing to imagine.
Shaver`s tales were printed by Palmer as a work oI Iiction, and was titled The Shaver Mystery. Palmer
insisted that while he presented the story in a Iictional setting, he truly believed Shaver`s accounts. They
went on to compile quite a library oI inIormation, much oI which can still be purchased today. ere`s a
selection oI what I was able to Iind.

AT: Natural Disasters Adv.
Earthquakes and other natural disasters are cause by the battle between good and evil in
hollow earth, only through liberating the good people in hollow earth can we ever solve for
environmental imacts
Many of the numerous earthquakes around the globe are being caused by titanic inner earth struggles
between the forces wishing to liberate this planet and those who wish to continue keeping it enslaved. A
particular target is the Agarthian citadel of the King of the World beneath Tibet, and his evil serpentine
magicians, who were reputedly ousted Irom their stronghold in 1948 by a group oI 500 empowered Lamas.
The bulk of the most devastating earthquakes in recorded history tend to occur in and around China,
the most recent of which occurred in 1uly of 1976 in Tangshan which killed a quarter of a million
people. Nuclear and ray weapons are used in an outer/inner earth joint effort to destroy the reptillian
lairs which pocket the planet. Some oI these lairs are imbedded in the north and south polar ice caps
waiting to be reactivated(when the ice melts). Could the great Alaska earthquake oI 1964 have anything to do
with the attempted removal oI such inIestations?

Earth not Hollow
No entrance at the North Pole disproves hollow earth theory
Krystek 97 (Lee, the UnMuseum, 1997, teaches in Career & Community Studies at The College oI New Jersey
http://www.unmuseum.org/hollow.htm, accessed 6/21/22, CW)
As time has gone on the idea of a hollow-earth has become less a theory of fringe science and more a
subject of science fiction and fantasy. Perhaps this has happened because new discoveries continue to show there is no validity to most oI
the hollow-earth ideas. United States Navy Admiral Richard Byrd flew across the North Pole in 1926 and the
South Pole in 1929 without seeing any holes leading to inner-earth. Photographs taken by astronauts in
space show no entrances either. Modern geology indicates the Earth is mostly a solid mass. ne believer did seize on a
NASA photograph showing a black hole at the North Pole and called it proof of an entrance to a
hollow-earth. As it turned out the photo was actually a composite of several pictures taken over 24
hours so that all sections were seen in daylight and the black hole at the top was the portion of the
arctic circle never illuminated during the day over winter months.

Earth isn`t hollow
Lamb, Contributor Discovery News, 10 (Robert, 'Is the Earth's core solid? ', April 26,
http://news.discovery.com/earth/is-the-earths-core-solid.html)
Even iI you breezed through a Iew geology classes in your day, it's easy to think oI the Earth's interior like a Cadbury Egg:
solid on the outside and molten in the center. Yet we've known Ior more than 60 years that the very center oI the Earth is
actually solid. Danish seismologist Inge Lehmann made the discovery in 1936 when she noticed seismic
waves bouncing off a boundary point deep within what was believed to be a liquid center. With her
finding, the world learned that Earth's core is solid at the center and liquid on the outside. "The Earth has
a radius oI 6,371 kilometers (3,959 miles)," explains seismology proIessor Xiaodong Song oI the University oI Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign. "The radius oI the outer core is 3,400 kilometers (2,113 miles), and that oI the inner core is 1221 kilometers (763 miles). So
the size oI the inner core is just slightly smaller than the Earth's moon, but the outer core is more than halI the radius oI the Earth. The
core is composed mostly of an iron-nickel alloy and, as Princeton geosciences professor 1eroen Tromp
explains, it didn't always possess a solid center. "The inner core is basically the result of the slow
cooling of the outer core," Tromp says. "The temperature drops below the melting point at the inner
core boundary so over time, slowly, the inner core has crystallized within the liquid outer core. That will
continue and eventually there won't be a liquid outer core anymore. It will be gone."
The solidiIication oI the outer core will take billions oI years, but Iuture inhabitants oI Earth certainly will notice the diIIerence. The
liquid portion oI the core is crucial to the processes that produce Earth's magnetic Iield. Without that magnetic Iield, the planet would be
much more exposed to solar wind, a deadly stream oI highly charged particles.

Earth not Hollow
Earthquakes send waves through the earth that would only be possible with a solid center
Britt, Editor in Chief, TechMediaNetwork, 5 (Robert Roy, Editor in ChieI, TechMediaNetwork: The
science, technology and business oI liIe, Live Science, 'Finally, a Solid Look at Earth`s Core, 4/14/05,
http://www.livescience.com/6980-Iinally-solid-earth-core.html, accessed 6/22/11, CW)
Scientists have long thought Earth's core is solid. Now they have some solid evidence.
The core is thought to be a two-part construction. The inner core is solid iron, and that's surrounding
by a molten core, theory holds. Around the core is the mantle, and near the planet's surface is a thin crust
-- the part that breaks now and then and creates earthquakes. The core was discovered in 1936 by
monitoring the internal rumbles of earthquakes, which send seismic waves rippling through the planet.
The waves, which are much like sound waves, are bent when they pass through layers oI diIIering densities, just as light is bent as it
enters water. By noting a wave's travel time, much can be inIerred about the Earth's insides. Yet Ior more than 60 years, the solidity oI
the core has remained in the realm oI theory. A study announced today involved complex monitoring oI seismic waves passing through
the planet. The technique is not new, but this is the Iirst time it's been employed so eIIectively to probe the heart oI our world. First,
some jargon: P is what scientists call the wave K stands Ior the outer core 1 is the inner core So a wave that rolls through it all is called
PKJKP. An earthquake sends seismic waves in all directions. The surface waves are sometimes
frighteningly obvious. Seismic waves passing through the mantle and traversing much of the planet's
interior are routinely studied when they reach another continent. But no PKJKP wave has ever been reliably
detected until now. Aimin Cao oI the University oI CaliIornia-Berkeley and colleagues studied archived data Irom about 20 large
earthquakes, all monitored by an array oI German seismic detectors back in the 1980s and '90s. The trick to detecting a PKJKP wave is
in noting the changes it goes through as it rattles Irom one side oI the planet to the other. What starts out as a compression wave changes
to what scientists call a shear wave (explanations and animations oI these are here). "A PKJKP traverses the inner core as a shear wave,
so this is the direct evidence that the inner core is solid," Cao told LiveScience, "because only in the solid material the shear
wave can exist. In the liquid material, say water, only the compressional wave can travel through." The arrival time and slowness oI
the waves agree with theoretical predictions oI PKJKP waves, which indicates a solid core. The results were published today online by
the journal Science.

Earth not Hollow
There is no stable proof of hollow earth - only folk tales and stories passed on through
generations.
Welsh 11 (Theresa, the Seeker Books, 'ollow Earth: A Mostly Nutty Idea, 6/1/11,
http://www.theseekerbooks.com/articles/hollowearth.htm, accessed 6/27/11, CW
*The 'book The ollow Earth by Raymond Bernard )
The so-called "proof" for this hardly holds up. The most interesting piece oI evidence is the testimony oI Admiral
Richard Byrd who supposedly Ilew into the opening at the north pole and Iound a warm climate, green pastures and pre-historic animals
in 1947 and into the Antarctic opening in 1955. owever, the validity oI Byrd's story is hard to evaluate Irom an author who makes
sweeping generalizations that deIy logic. For instance, he says that the northern lights, the brightly-colored auroras oI the extreme north,
are the lights oI the internal sun shining through the opening and asks (as he Irequently does in this book) "what else could they be?" I
laughed when I read this because there are plenty oI other things they could be! The November '01 issue oI National Geographic has a
nice story on the aurora borealis phenomena and attributes it to interaction between the solar wind and the earth's magnetosphere
(although it adds, mysteriously, that the details oI how this works are still unknown) The book claims the openings at each
pole are 1400 miles wide! That is quite a large opening, and should be visible from space. Why don't
airplanes routinely see this opening? The book claims airplanes never fly over the actual pole and that
no one has ever been to either pole (except Ior Admiral Byrd and a Iew others who report seeing the green area with a warm
temperature). The books says that the explorers who claim to have reached the poles did not actually get
there, due to problems computing their real location. Compasses point straight down near the poles
and there was no simple way to determine someone's position at the time of the early explorers. (what
about GPS? This book was written beIore we had GPS technology, and oI course, Admiral Byrd made his Ilights beIore any such
technology existed) Although we have pictures Irom space, what iI a Iog or cloud constantly covers that part oI the earth? What iI the
opening is actually smaller? Could it exist without us knowing? ow much do we know about what's inside our planet? I can't answer
these questions, but they would make a good start Ior Iuture research.

Science proves there`s nothing in the center of the Earth except rock and liquid metal
Cain, the publisher of Universe Today, 9 (Fraser, Universe Today, 'Earth`s Inner Core, 3/9/9,
http://www.universetoday.com/26710/earths-inner-core/, accessed 6/28/11, CW)
Deep beneath the Earth lies the core. This is a ball of solid metal surrounded by liquid metal. The solid
part is the inner core of Earth, and the liquid part is known as the Earth`s outer core.
Scientists have long suspected that the interior oI the Earth is much denser than the rest oI the planet. That`s because the average density
oI the planet is 5.5 g/cm3, while the surIace is only 3 g/cm3. In other words, iI the surIace is less dense than the Earth, on average, then
the core must be much denser. During the formation of the Earth, 4.6 billion years ago, the planet was a
molten ball of rock and metal. Because it was a liquid, however, the heavier elements like iron and
nickel were able to sink down into the center. In Iact, the inner core oI the Earth probably has vast amounts oI the heaviest
elements, like gold, platinum and uranium. But the fact that the Earth had two cores, inner and outer, was first
discovered in 1936 by seismologist Inge Lehmann. He observed that seismic waves created by
earthquakes on its surface would bounce off the two cores differently. This is similar to how light
waves refract differently as they pass through liquids. By measuring these seismic waves, scientists
have been able to map out the size of the inner core. The inner core oI the Earth is thought to be about 2,440 km across;
about 70 the size oI the Moon. It`s very hot, probably 3,000 to 5,000 Kelvin. Scientists once believed that the inner core was possibly
a single, solid object; maybe even a single crystal oI iron. But recent evidence has Iound that it has detailed structures, and even has an
inner, inner core.

```Planet X```

Planet X Global Warming
There is no such thing as global warming, planet X is the true cause of climate change
McCanney, Professor at Cornell University 3 (James, Almighty Wind, 'What is Planet X?, 1/3/03,
http://www.amightywind.com/planetx/planetx.htm, accessed 6/22/11, CW)
Planet X is also already effecting the Earth. The eIIects oI it were recognized by planetary scientists as Iar
back as 1995. Its magnetic Iield had probably began to eIIect Earth even earlier. Remember "El Nio" and
the 500 year floods of 1993? Weather patterns have changed dramatically, producing "strange"
weather. Climatic conditions are changing. The polar ice caps and mountain glaciers are melting. It
has been revealed that in 1995 a worldwide "disinformation" campaign was launched by government
"insiders," blaming the strange weather patterns on "Global Warming." But a number of highly
respected scientists, who were not in on the "coverup," rejected totally the theory of "global warming."
Rather, they |rightly| pointed out that the polar ice caps and mountain glaciers are melting from
underneath, not from the surface. Why? Due to the approach of Planet X, solar flares are increasing on
the Sun. The Sun is ejecting massive amounts of electromagnetic energy into space. Some of this
electromagnetic energy is being attracted and absorbed by Earth's magnetic core, causing the molten
iron core of Earth to heat up. The increased heat from Earth's core is filtering through the mantle of
Earth to the surface, causing the melting of the ice caps and glaciers from beneath. There is no "global
warming" being caused by household sprays and Iossil Iuels, and never has been. Such a claim is
disinIormation put out by those involved in the coverup. A recent news release revealed that there is now
somewhere between 20 and 200 feet of water under the polar ice caps. This amount of water under the
ice caps serves as a lubricant, and in the event of a major earthquake and polar shift, could cause the
ice caps to suddenly slide into the ocean. When that happens, it will cause massive tidal waves that will
wash over whole continents.

Planet X is the cause of global warming and we will never be able to solve for it
End Times Watcher, online writer about space topics, 11 (Mystery oI the Iniquity, 'EIIects oI Planet
X!, 2/22/11, http://mysteryoItheinquity.wordpress.com/2011/02/22/eIIects-oI-planet-x/, accessed 6/23/11, CW)
This is a short list of twenty Iive symptoms of Nibiru the brown dwarI with multiple moons in the alignment oI an X` in pictures Irom a south pole
observatory telescope. These symptoms include but are not limited to: 1. Massive migrating animal deaths taking
place all over the globe 2. Major super storm floods taking place everywhere 3. Magnetic pole migration that have been
going on since 2004 4. Irregular weather causing food shortages 5. Increased volcano eruptions 6. Increased
earthquakes 7. The wobble in the earth`s rotation getting worse 8. Sunrise coming 2 days early in Greenland 9. Yellowstone ground bulging Irom active magma swells 10.
No media coverage oI Planet X/Comet Elenin calculated to pass only 21.6 million miles Irom earth 11. FEMA buying Iood and supplies Ior an expected New Madrid Fault
Catastrophe 12. Severe winter weather 13. Airports closing down to remark their runways over magnetic pole migration. 14. Rogue tides from rising oceans
15. Sea Level Strangeness 16. Moon out oI place 17. Increased solar radiation 18. Increased sink hole activity and large cracks Iorming 19. Global
Warming of all planets in our solar system 20. Unprecedented changes in sun and planets 21. Wacky Compasses 22. Leaky magnetic Iield 23.
Weather/climate-induced Iood shortages 24. Mega solar Ilare activity 25. Global ocean conveyor disruption This list could grown to more than a
thousand things that are going wrong on the earth for the same reason, as this link describes 600 things caused by global
warming alone. The lying science community and media and our corrupt politicians want you to believe that
human beings are causing all of these problems when in reality they are all caused by the approach of
a brown dwarf entering our inner solar system Ior a once every 3600-year orbit around our Sun. This Planet X/Nibiru/ELEnin Brown DwarI
Event Timeline has the most comprehensive analysis and commentary describing a chronological sequential timeline oI events than you can Iind anywhere on the internet.
Google, NASA, the US Govt and the Media are doing everything possible to hide Nibiru from the
people in order to avoid sending the global population into panic, when in reality they are withholding
valuable lifesaving information as accomplices to deliberate global genocide.

Planet X Solar Flares
Planet X is drastically increasing solar flares on the sun and the heat that it omits affecting
the earth
Planet X is already having a tremendous effect on the Sun. Astronomers and scientists began keeping a
record of solar flares (explosions...Coronal Mass Ejections) on the Sun in the 1700's. ver a period of
time it became obvious that solar flares reach a maximum every eleven years. nce the peak is
reached, then solar flares decline for approximately five and a half years. The the next five and a half
years they increase until they peak again in the eleventh year. This eleven year cycle has been going on
ever since men oI science began keeping records oI their observations. But something has changed. The last
eleven year peak was reached in 2000. After 2000 scientists fully expected solar flares to decline, just as
they always have done in the past. But they didn't! Instead, they have steadily increased in both
frequency and intensity. The largest solar flares ever recorded have occurred since the eleven year
peak in 2000. What is happening? Dr. McCanney and other Planet X researchers are convinced that the
increase in solar activity is due to the electromagnetic field of Planet X interacting with the
electromagnetic field of the Sun. As Planet X comes closer, it is expected that solar Ilares on the Sun will
continue to increase in Irequency and intensity. Many centuries ago, YAUVE inspired the prophet Isaiah
to write, "Moreover the light oI the moon shall be as the light oI the sun, and the light oI the sun shall be
sevenIold, as the light oI seven days, in the day that the Lord bindeth up the breach oI is people, and
healeth the stroke oI their wound," Isaiah 30:26 It is an established Iact that the Moon has no light oI its
own, but is rather a reIlector oI the light oI the Sun. But the Sun only gives oII light according to the amount
oI heat being produced by its nuclear Iusion electromagnetic generator. ThereIore, when the light reIlected by
the Moon becomes as bright as the light oI the Sun is today, and the light oI the Sun increases sevenIold,
consider the "heat" eIIect it will have on Earth and its inhabitants.

Planet X - Government Secret
The government is keeping the disastrous impacts of planet X a secret
McCanney, Professor at Cornell University, 3 (James, Almighty Wind, 'What is Planet X?, 1/3/03,
After the discovery of Planet X in 1982, astronomers began to study it seriously. They soon discovered
that it was inbound, headed towards the inner solar system again. It was determined that it would cause
massive earthquakes, volcanoes, tidal waves, the melting or shifting of the polar ice caps, sudden
fluctuations in temperature and climatic conditions, and probably a shift in the polar axis of Earth.
This information was passed on to the political leaders in our government, and presumably the
political leaders of other nations. After some consultation, it was decided that if the news about Planet
X and the worldwide disaster that it is expected to cause was released to the public, the public would
react in fear, hysteria, panic, and anarchy. The result would be the total collapse oI the world economy.
Wicked men will protect their precious dollars at any cost, counting them oI more value than the lives oI
their Iellow human beings. So, a decision was made to suppress all inIormation about Planet X, classiIying it
as "Super Top Secret." Yet, in the years since 1982-83, NASA and other agencies have continued to
diligently study Planet X, accumulating a vast amount oI inIormation about it. In spite of the best efforts of
astronomical and political leaders, working in collusion to suppress all information about Planet X,
there have been leaks. It is now known that the Hubble Space Telescope has been repeatedly used to
observe Planet X, but all information obtained by it has been hidden from the public. nly a select few
top scientists and government officials have been allowed to view the photographs of Planet X picked
up by Hubble. It has also been revealed that the ubble telescope is equipped with special technological
equipment that prevents any interception oI its signals by anyone other than NASA. Since it is only taking
pictures oI things in the heavens, why is it so important that only NASA receive those pictures? Do they have
something to hide? It has also been revealed that since 1982-83, the government has quietly Iinanced and
built eight new observatories, equipping them with the most advanced technological equipment available, Ior
the speciIic purpose oI studying Planet X. These observatories are in various locations around the U.S., with
two oI them being in New Mexico. But the public was never told about these observatories being built with
their tax dollars. Why?

The Government is only concerned with saving the ~rich people from planet X while the
rest of us are left in its destructive path
During the twenty-two years since the discovery of Planet X, the governments of the wealthy industrial
nations of the world have quietly built vast underground complexes (bunkers) capable of housing
thousands of people. These bunkers are intended to guarantee the survival of certain wealthy political
leaders, ultra-rich bankers, corporate heads, etc., and others deemed necessary for their survival and
pleasure. These bunkers have been stocked with enough food, water, clothing, medicine, and
technological equipment to guarantee the survival of the occupants for several years. Those "selected"
to use the bunkers have also placed various treasures in them (art; money; automobiles; alcohol; etc.) in order
to preserve these things Ior their Iuture use. At the proper time these "special" people plan to enter their
secret, reinforced, earthquake proof bunkers, where they expect to "ride out" the devastation caused
by Planet X, emerging only after the chaos and danger is over. But what about the masses of people on
Earth who have no bunkers? The ultra-rich political and financial leaders of the world couldn't care
less about the survival of the "common man." The only important thing to them is that they survive.
They are the "nobles." They must survive in order to rebuild a "New World rder" and rule over
those who survive the devastation caused by Planet X.

Planet X - Government Secret
The Government is keeping the effects of planet X a secret from the public while they
protect the rich
End Times Watcher 11 (online writer about space topics, Mystery oI the Iniquity, 'EIIects oI Planet X!,
2/22/11, http://mysteryoItheinquity.wordpress.com/2011/02/22/eIIects-oI-planet-x/, accessed 6/23/11, CW)
This Is What Google/NASA/Govt Do Not Want You To See. Supposedly in December 2010 an Russian discovered a mystery comet approaching earth
named LEOnid ELEnin using a little 18-inch telescope, which stands Ior Extinction-Level Event Irom Leo Constellation. NASA provided us
with the ELEnin Comet orbit diagram data to create the illusion that these Nibiru Events` will be a
harmless comet show. This supposed comet (brown dwarI) reaches perigee position on September 11, 2011 exactly ten years aIter the 9/11
attacks. The third conjunction alignment takes place on November 22, 2011, or the same day that JFK was murdered. The Global Banksters,
their bought-and-paid-for corrupt politicians and their Media mogals are right now loading food and
supplies into underground bunkers in preparation for Nibiru, while you are being left out of the
information loop to be caught by surprise on March 4, 2011, when the brown dwarI breaks through the solar ecliptic plane. FEMA is
preparing Ior Nibiru under the disguise oI getting ready Ior a New Madrid Fault Line Catastrophe while you sit there unprepared.

AT: Planet X - Not Destructive
Planet X won`t destroy us - it will open up new realities
Blog, http://www.ashtarcommandcrew.net/proIiles/blogs/earth-changes-part-1-the#ixzz1QXLlbuGP, accessed:
6/27/11, SL)
d) Second Sun ur Sun has a twin, another star, which is called as the Second Sun. This is also referred to
many as Nibiru and Planet X. This star exists at a subtle level and although it usually isn`t visible to the naked
eye, it sometimes becomes visible to those who are spiritually evolved and has been photographed.
Since the Second Sun exists at a higher level, it supports life of a higher order, that is, the liIe in the New Age.
As we go into the New age, we`ll use more of the energies from the Second Sun. These Energies are
expected to become more prominent post 2012, because of our entry into the Photon belt and the
Galactic alignment. They help us in our spiritual evolution and in opening up to newer realities.

AT: Planet X - Not Real
Planet X is just another example of the publics inability to see things anyway but their own
Morrison, senior scientist at the NASA Astrobiology Institute, NASA Ames Research
Center, 8 (David, a space scientist at NASA Ames Research Center and interim director oI NASA's new
Lunar Science Institute, yousaytoo, 'Another oax: Planet X Nibiru?, 11/7/8,
http://www.yousaytoo.com/rdy/another-hoax-planet-x-nibiru/13831, accessed 6/28/11, CW)
The scoop: Conspiracy theorists are convinced a rogue planet will destroy the Earth in 2012, and movie makers are already trying to cash in on the hysteria.
An astrobiologist calls Ior a reality check Unbeknownst to most oI us, a small but vocal group of conspiracy theorists is
convinced that a rogue planet is about to enter the inner solar system and doom the Earth They say
that this threatening planet on a 3600-year orbit was discovered by the ancient Mesopotamians, who
named it Nibiru, and it was known also to the Mayans, who associated it with the end of their calendar
"long count" in December 2012. In Web sites, blogs, and radio talk shows, they insist that NASA is
tracking Nibiru -- but that this information is being kept from the public as part of a worldwide
conspiracy. They say the oIIicial silence can't be maintained Ior much longer, however, because by 2009 Nibiru will be visible to the naked eye Irom
the southern hemisphere. They also say Earth's axis is already tilting and the length oI the day is changing under its inIluence. As one believer recently
wrote to me, "Why are you lying. It's coming, and everyone knows it. I began to receive questions about this bizarre story in
December 2007 through NASA's "Ask an Astrobiologist" site. Normally I receive up to a dozen
questions per week from the public, dealing mostly with life in the universe -- but in the past 6 months
the Nibiru traffic alone has grown to 20-25 messages a week, ranging from the anguished "I can't
sleep," "I am really scared" or "I don't want to die" to the abusive "you are putting my family at
risk" and "if NASA denies it then it must be true. As a scientist, I'm both fascinated and astonished by
the deluge of questions from people who are genuinely frightened and, apparently, unable to
distinguish astronomical fact from fiction. They're watching YouTube videos and visiting slick Web
sites with nothing in their skeptical toolkit, or to quote Carl Sagan no "baloney detector." Now a blockbuster
disaster Iilm called "2012" is set Ior release in the summer oI 2009, and the commercial enterprise is clearly trying to cash in on people's concern (perhaps
contributing to their Iear as well) My guess is that only a tiny Iraction oI people truly believes that Armageddon is coming in December 2012. But their
uncritical acceptance oI this story worries me as a warning oI the dangers oI our current scientiIic illiteracy We're facing monumental
problems with global warming and loss of habitat, yet a substantial minority of Americans thinks the
world was formed less than 10,000 years ago and deny that evolution is possible. Many Americans seem to preIer
coal-Iired generators to nuclear power plants without realizing the toll in public health that coal imposes. Billions are spent, including tax-payer dollars, Ior
so-called alternative medicine with no scientiIic evidence Ior its eIIicacy. And legislators oIten resist eIIorts to collect the data that could actually
demonstrate which government programs are eIIective and which ones don't work as intended. In spite of my frustrations, I can always
hope that Nibiru will turn into a teaching moment. Its proponents are convinced that it will be visible
to the unaided eye this coming spring, and its effects on the rotation and orbit of the Earth will be
obvious by summer (just in time Ior the release oI the Iilm "2012"). When none of this happens, I hope
they'll realize that they need better tools to distinguish fact from fiction But maybe they won't ne of
funniest things about this Nibiru story is that it is a rerun -- there was a big Internet concern that
Nibiru would destroy the Earth in May of 2003. Something tells me this didn't happen, yet now the
same myth is resurrected. Are we condemned to suIIer a Nibiru scare every decade in this century, or will
people come to their senses?

If planet X was really out there it would have been discovered a long time ago
Robbins, Ph.D. in Astrophysics, 9
(Stuart, Exposing PseudoAstronomy, 'Planet X and 2012: Why Planet X Is NOT Coming in 2012, 2/3/9,
http://pseudoastro.wordpress.com/2009/02/03/planet-x-and-2012-why-planet-x-is-not-coming-in-2012/, accessed
6/28/11, CW)
The claim has often been made that it`s out there but we just haven`t observed it yet aIter all, the sky
is a big place! But, this claim is just wrong. We don`t have to observe the object with telescopes to know
it`s there. AIter all, we don`t observe dark matter, but we know it`s there (and I will cover dark matter
denialism in another post). We know dark matter is present because we observe its gravitational effects.
And so if there were an unobserved, unseen Planet X that was fast-approaching Earth - even if it were
4 years away - we would know about it. SpacecraIt would be slightly oII-target. Planets would be where
they`re supposed to be. There are thousands if not tens or hundreds of thousands of amateur
astronomers out there who are searching the sky every night to look at known objects or looking for
unknown objects. If a planet were experiencing the gravitational effects of an incoming planet or star,
the masses of people who rely upon calculated orbits without that object would notice that something was
wrong. The argument that amateurs wouldn`t know any better is also fallacious because quite often,
amateur astronomers are better-versed with the sky than most professional astronomers. A
professional astronomer even iI they are an observationalist, may know a Iew constellations, but likely
they will only know where their object or objects of interest lie (I`m speaking Irom experience here).
Amateurs, on the other hand, are very well-versed with where objects are in the sky, what you can see iI
you look in a certain patch, where asteroids will be, and where comets will be. So amateurs are more likely to
notice the perturbations than proIessionals. The other claim is that Planet X is known about but Big
Government is hiding it from You. In other words, the ~conspiracy theory. But again, this is really
not possible. For the same reasons given above that many thousands of amateur astronomers would
see the gravitational effects of this object, they would also very likely find the object. Amateur
telescopes can observe asteroids that are as small as a Iew tens oI kilometers across (the size oI a city).
There`s no way that they would miss a planet or especially a star that is only 4 years away from
hitting us. And there`s no way to keep many thousands oI amateur astronomers Irom all over the world
quiet.

History doesn`t side with Planet X theorists - it`s merely their own misinterpretations of
history
Robbins, Ph.D. in Astrophysics 9
(Stuart, , Exposing PseudoAstronomy, 'Planet X and 2012: Why a 3600-Year Planet X (Nibiru) Doesn`t Exist,
2/6/9, http://pseudoastro.wordpress.com/2009/02/06/planet-x-2012-why-a-3600-year-planet-x-nibiru-doesnt-
exist/, accessed 6/28/11, CW)
Disclaimer: This is another case oI proving a negative, which you really can`t do in astronomy. owever, the evidence that I can present
that it didn`t come by should either convince you or cast serious doubt on much oI the other evidence that people present Ior it having
come by. And that`s really in this simple statement: Planet X folks place huge emphasis on the skill of ancient
civilizations to make astronomical observations. The Mayans had their amazing calendar and knew
everything about 'enus` orbit. The Chinese have the oldest records of comets. All 15 major
civilizations in 705 B.C. apparently revised their calendar within the next 5 years due to observing
Earth`s year had switched from 360 days per year to 365. These are all major pieces oI 'evidence Ior various claims
in the Planet X and 2012 doomsday scenario and conspiracy. So let`s assume that`s correct. If that is correct, then
these same civilizations, a mere 3600 (nearly) years ago must have observed something as large as a
planet that reached - if nothing else - as close as the inner solar system. After all, the Chinese could see
comets, much smaller than a planet. They could see Saturn, much farther away than Mars (by a Iactor oI
around 25 times). And they knew that these objects were diIIerent than regular stars. They recorded them. Practically every
civilization knew about them. And yet, somehow, there exist no records whatsoever of a planetary
body encroaching on the inner solar system. If nothing else, this is the blatant logical fallacy of
~inconsistency. They were great astronomers. Yet they all managed to miss this gigantic event. The only
eIIorts I`ve seen that attempt to explain this simply are required to resort to conspiracy theories: The evidence was there but every single
shred oI it, and everyone who knew about it, has been kept hidden by the world governments. Except Ior those token Iew who manage to
get the truth out, past the Army oI Darkness, to be brought into the Light. (Yet somehow they are not subject to attempts oI silencing.)

It`s physically impossible for Planet X to exist
NoPlanetX 8 (2012 predictions, ' A helping oI TRUT (Why Planet X can not and does not exist),
10/25/11, http://2012predictions.org/helping-truth-why-planet-can-not-and-does-not-exist-t201.html, accessed
6/28/11, CW)
That link leads to a website Iull oI doomsday scenarios. There is a page about Planet X, look Ior it. You can read it iI you want, but you
don't have to, since I'm basically going to summarize scientiIic reasons why Planet X is impossible. (I know it reIers to the 2003
prediction, but the prooI would otherwise be scientiIically and historically sound) 1. The laws of physics prevent an object
with the supposed mass of Planet X to orbit around the sun in the same way as a comet. Even if it could,
it would eventually become apart of the same kind of orbit Earth and all the other planets follow. 2.
Nibiru doesn't mean what Planet X doomsayers believe they are. It means ferry boat in Sumerian. And as Ior the
Babylonians? They sometimes used the word to describe the movement of 1upiter, or Marduck as it was also
reIerred to. So Nibiru is nothing more than another way to say Jupiter. 3. ne man (Zecharia Sitchin) managed to mix
up the word of ancient civilizations and accidentally came up with a doomsday prophecy when, in fact,
such a thing was never predicted. In Iact, both the Sumerian's and the Babylonians thought the Earth was
a disk, and there Ior astronomically ignorant. If they couldn't figure out the Earth was round, how could they
ever predict the end of the world via a large celestial body? 4. Mathematically, Planet X cannot exist. II Planet X
is coming in 2012 like people think it will, and if Planet X comes around ever 3600 years like I've heard it does, then we
wouldn't be alive right now. 3600 years before the year 2012, humans were already on the face of the
Earth. In the Year 1588 B.C., the year when Planet X would have passed us by, there were plenty oI civilizations running around
beIore and aIter this year. During the entire 16th century B.C., there was the FiIteenth through eighteenth dynasties oI Egypt, the Shang
Dynasty oI China, the First dynasty oI Babylon, the Vedic civilization oI India, the Mayas, the Greek, the Mycenaean, as well as many
others. And they all lived through the year 1588 B.C. Furthermore, none oI them have leIt any known mention oI any strange events, so
it is obvious that even iI Planet X does exist, it has a much wider time Irame than 3600 years. (I only checked one source Ior the year, so
that's my Iault). 5. To WhatsUpWithThis. II Planet X DID pass us by when Pompeii was destroyed, then why didn't Planet X aIIect the
entire world? Why didn't Iire and brimstone wipe out entire civilizations? Why didn't giant meteors oI death kill thousands? Why didn't
anyone notice anything in the sky? Because Planet X did not pass us by. And as Ior the so-called discovery in 1983? It's true that two
astronomers Iound a strange body in the sky, but it was just a distant galaxy. Go ahead iI you have any other pro-X theories you want to
challenge me with. And what does the Solar Plain have to do with anything? 6. The Iollowing website disproves Planet X quickly.
http://www.planet-x.150m.com/index.html (Still on 2003, but the Iacts are good otherwise) 7. The Earth wouldn't just "stop"
if Planet X came along. A planet can't just "stop" rotating. 8. Zetatalk. 9. Planet X was predicted to come
in 2003... Nope, we're still here. 10. To Pandora. For one, 2003 UB313, or Eris as it is now known as, is only 23 larger than
Pluto. Largest body discovered since Neptune? I don't think so. Eris would be dwarIed many times over iI compared to Neptune, as
would Pluto and our Earth, with is larger than both Pluto and Eris. It is also classiIied as a dwarI planet now, so it is no longer the tenth
planet, as Pluto is no longer the ninth. Finally, when I say Planet X, I am reIerring to "Nibiru", "Marduck", and just about any other
name Ior a giant I**king planet speeding towards Earth in a very elliptical orbit, and not a hypothetical planet (Not dwarI planet, mind
you) that is beyond Neptune, but still resides in our Solar System. I am not completely rejecting the latter, but I'm leaning towards that it
doesn't exist. The Iormer doesn't exist period.




``Àliens```

Disclosure in 2012
2012 will be the year where governments admit the existence of aliens and enlist their help
in saving the human race from disaster
Sen, Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering University of Notre Dame
2006 (Mihir, 'December 21, 2012 the world will change Iorever as major Governments are Iorced to conIess
the existence oI advanced extraterrestrial UFOs India Daily, http://www.indiadaily.com/editorial/14929.asp,
Accessed: 6/22/11, SL)
The Maya prediction of a cataclysmic end to the world as we know it is near. Secret preparations are
being made in many countries for the Governments to come out clean what they have been hiding for
decades the existence of unexplained advanced extraterrestrial UFs. Brazil, India and China are taking
the lead in this matter. They want to make sure the emerging new world understands that we have to
coexist with our advanced extraterrestrial neighbors. Negotiations are on with future manned travel to
Moon, Mars and so on. There was a reason why Russia and America stopped lunar missions. There was
reason why no one dared to travel to Mars on manned mission. There are reasons why the pictures
from Apollo mission in Moon look fictitious. Apollo mission was real but it was an eye opener to the
space agencies. The extraterrestrials were already in Moon to greet us. In December 21, 2012
something will change. The world will secretly use the help of the extraterrestrials to avert massive
disaster for out civilization. The major Governments may not be able to keep the Iacts the under the rug any more.

The Federation of the Universe will visit earth in 2012 and invite us to be part of the
Federation in hopes to protect our civilization
India Daily, 2005 (StaII Reporter, 'An orderly visit oI Extraterrestrial Federation in 2012 representing 88 star
constellations the world is getting ready Ior the most spectacular event India Daily,
http://www.indiadaily.com/editorial/2656.asp, Accessed: 6/22/11, SL)
The world is getting ready Ior something spectacular in 2012. According to researchers, the Federation of the Universe
representing all the 88 star constellations will officially visit earth in 2012 and reveal themselves. It will
bring an end to all UF cover-ups in various countries. In many countries all over the world the rumors are Iloating
around that many Governments are being contacted at this time slowly to announce their presence and
coming official visit. According to some, the human civilization has finally reached a level when the earth
can officially become part of the Federation of the Universe. They want an order and mo panic among people. A
slow but steady process is on to slowly make people of the world ready to see the representatives of the
Federation of the Universe. The world can finally become an official member of the Federation. The
Federation represents all the 88 constellations of stars. Constellations are patterns seen in the positions oI stars. The
modern celestial sphere is divided into 88 regions, each containing a diIIerent constellation oI stars. Celestial Sphere is an imaginary
sphere surrounding the Earth on which all heavenly objects (stars, galaxies, nebulae, etc...) seem to lie. The map of the Universe
and charted position of galaxies will be presented to the earth. In 2012 the world will come to
understand finally the actual evolution process, the process of bending time and space, the fact that
gravity is a wave and not a force and the fact that the whole Universe is run through electromagnetic
flux generated through natural process or artificial means. The earth will also be exposed to possible
dangers to our planet that we do not even perceive. Emergency evacuation plans will be created in case
of an unseen and unperceived calamity like what happened to Mars millions of years back. There is a
genuine attempt being made to protect our civilization. The earth will be made ready to understand
who we are, where is our origin and where is out future. Even things like what happens to us after
death and so on will also become clear in 2012. The world is getting ready Ior the Iacts slowly but steadily

USFG - Alien Treaties
The USFG established secret peace treaties with aliens
Wilson, Professor of Genetics and Burns Professor of Molecular Microbiology at
Washington University, 89
(Richard K. and Sylvan L., The Watcher Files, 'The United States Government and Extra-terrestrial Entities, ,
http://www.thewatcherIiles.com/alien-treaty.htm, accessed 6/21/11,hk)
In 1949, alien craft were oIten seen hovering over sensitive nuclear installations, especially in New Mexico, and
probes known as "green Iireballs" were frequently seen all over the state; they were presumably monitoring something to
do with radiation. The disk crash at Roswell, New Mexico netted on live alien, named EBE (Extra-terrestrial
Biological Entity). It was a name coined by study group member Detlev Bronk. Secretary oI DeIense James Forrestal became
disenchanted with the whole handling oI the alien problem. e voiced his concern to President Truman, who asked him to
resign on March 3, 1949. Within one month, the White ouse had all 3,000 pages oI the diaries oI James Forrestal locked up in a white
house saIe and had sent him to Bethesda Naval ospital under the care oI Dr. Raines. Forrestal's brother decided to take
him out of the hospital, fearing for his brothers' life. On the same day his brother was due to pick him up, James
Forrestal was Iound hanging outside oI a 16th story windows oI the hospital with a sheet around his neck. The sheet broke, and Forrestal
Iell to his death. In 1950, Canadian scientist Wilber Smith reported in a letter that the disks were one of the
most highly classified issues in the United States Government, even "higher than the -bomb", which President Truman
ordered into production in January oI 1950. In 1950, problems continued with alien disks. There were near
misses with commercial airline flights, and continued overflights over sensitive military installations.
By August oI 1950, it was decided to let General Walter B. Smith assume Forrestal's vacant position in the study group. It was also the
same month that the Government decided to seize all USS railroads in order to prevent a general strike. In December of 1950, a
unit called IPU, Interplanetary Phenomenon Unit, was established operational unit to deal with the ever-increasing
scenarios oI crashed disks and aliens. That same month a disk crashed in the El Indio-Guerro area oI Mexico and was taken to
the AEC Iacility at Sandia in New Mexico. Astronomers in 1953 made a rather disturbing discovery of a large object
that entered the solar system, which later proved to be an object that was intelligently guided and
emitted communication signals. The Air Force, in the same year, discovered huge orbiting objects between
100 to 500 miles altitude. They were alien craft. Project Plato, governed by the NSA, endeavored to establish
some sort of diplomatic relations with the alien species that had appeared. In 1953, the NSA was
successful at this task, and the CIA, perceiving that more public disinIormation was needed, convened the Robertson Panel. The
summation report, issued in January oI 1953, stated that there was "no threat to national security from
UFS". By now, some oI the aliens were KNOWN, and thereIore the semantics describing "unidentiIied" Ilying objects could be truth
Iully used. Contact was made in 1953 with a race known thereaIter as the Big-nosed Greys, and meeting was
arranged with the aliens at olloman AFB in New Mexico Ior 1954. A Secret Treaty was formed where the
aliens would not interfere in our affairs and we would not interfere with their affairs. We would let
them do what they want and also establish underground bases here in exchange for alien technology.

Eisenhower signed treaty with aliens allowing abductions in exchange for technology
de Gourdon, Editorial Board of the World Affairs 1ournal, 9 (Come Carpentier, 'The Global Crisis
and the Ultimate Secret oI the Empire, Exopolitics Journal 3:2, July, p.71, http://exopoliticsjournal.com/vol-3/vol-
3-2-Carpentier.pdI)sbl
The author quotes at length testimonies submitted by various witnesses acting as whistle blowers who, with
varying degrees oI personal credibility all allege that ~secret treaties or agreements have been signed by
senior security officials and implemented through Presidential executive orders since the 1950s at
least. Like Salla, several researchers have reported the secret meeting that allegedly took place on 20
Feb. 1954 at Muroc (Edwards) Air Force Base, CaliIornia, between President Eisenhower in person and
certain space-faring visitors. The meeting is said to have resulted in the establishment of an agreement
called the GREADA Treaty which, in the circumstances, could only be unequal, in view oI the tremendous
technological superiority oI the visitors. It is said the US Government agreed to provide support when
required by the aliens and that the latter would not intervene in human affairs, would not come out in
the open and would in exchange supply some technologies to the host government. They reportedly
also extracted US consent for carrying out a number of abductions of humans for scientific research
purposes.

USFG - Alien Contact & Tech
USFG has traded access to our planet for alien technology
Boylan, Ph.D. Behavioral Sciences, N.D.
|Richard J. Ph.D. behavioral scientist, anthropologist, university associate proIessor (emeritus), certiIied clinical
hypnotherapist, consultant, and researcher, Area 51and other Facilities, 'Extra-Terrestrial Base on Earth Sanction by
OIIicials Since 1954, no date, http://www.abovetopsecret.com/Iorum/thread61318/pg1, accessed 6/21/11,K|
In July oI 1952 the world was electrified by large newspaper headlines and photos of squadrons of UFs flying
repeatedly over the nation's Capital in Washington, DC. Four months later WW II General Dwight Eisenhower was elected
President. The same month President Eisenhower took office (January, 1953), the CIA's OIIice oI ScientiIic Intelligence
(SI) was ordered to determine if UFs were interstellar vehicles. OSI convened the Robertson Panel oI scientists,
which recommended expansion oI an Air Force study oI UFOs, Project Blue Book. A year later, in April, 1954, as documented by
Gerald Light, President Eisenhower made a secret trip to Muroc Field (now Edwards Air Force Base), in the CaliIornia
desert, accompanied by generals, reporter Franklin Allen oI the earst Newspapers Group, Los Angeles Catholic Bishop James
McIntyre, and others. The President had previously arranged to be in nearby Palm Springs, CA, purportedly Ior a golIing vacation. e
"was spirited over to Muroc one night," while reporters were Ied the cover story that the President had a toothache and needed to see a
dentist. While at Muroc Air Field, Eisenhower was present while an extraterrestrial disc landed. Several Star
Visitors emerged to converse with the President and the generals. The extraterrestrials requested that Eisenhower
make the public aware of extraterrestrial contact with Earth forthwith. The President protested that
humans were not ready, and needed time to be prepared for adjusting to this stupendous reality. By
the end oI the Iollowing month, May, 1954, President Eisenhower's CIA Director, Walter Bedell Smith, Prince Bernhard
oI Netherlands, David Rockefeller and other top world financiers, later-Secretary oI State Dean Rusk, later-British
Minister oI DeIense Denis ealey, and other Western power leaders convened the inaugural meeting of the
Bilderberg Group, "a means oI Western collective management oI the world order." ne of the early items on the
Bilderberg agenda was extraterrestrial contact. Shortly aIter establishing itselI, the Bilderberg Group
collaborated with the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), another international policy body devoted to world
management, concerning the problem oI adjusting humankind to extraterrestrial presence. Bilderberg and CFR decided jointly in the
mid-1950s to enter into an arrangement with the extraterrestrials: The ETs were given an island in French Polynesia as
a base on Earth. This arrangement aIIorded them an opportunity to monitor closely Earth cultures and behavior; and it
permitted Earth governments a way to monitor extraterrestrial culture and behavior. "It became an on-
going experiment," as my Iormer-NSA inIormant put it. He adds that when official public announcement of the
extraterrestrial presence occurs, "they will be the ones introduced to Earthlings; 'Oh, by the way, we want to
welcome our neighbors Irom the Pleiades, who by the way have been here since |the beginning oI Earth| time, but |are| actually living in
our place, date, space and time.'" "They are the diplomatic corps." My ex-NSA inIormant reported that the U.S. particularly held out Ior
many concessions beIore agreeing to the arrangement. (e did not speciIy what those concessions were, but history subsequent to
1954 suggests that what the U.S. obtained was the lion's share of extraterrestrial scientist consultants, to
assist American scientists in understanding and adapting exotic ET technologies into such devices we
now know as the computer chip, fibre optics, lasers, gene-splicing therapy, cloning, night-vision
equipment, super-tenacity fibers (such as Kevlar lightweight armor), aerospace ceramics, Stealth technology, particle-beam
devices, and gravity-control Ilight.) NSC's Dr. Michael Wolf has previously revealed in his book The Catchers oI eaven that
he worked with ETs as part of his governmental duties. "I met with extraterrestrial individuals every day in my work,
and shared living quarters with them," while doing research at extremely-classified underground government
research laboratories. e added, "Zetas work in underground Iacilities, as requested by the U.S. Government. The ETs are
not breaking the U.S. Government-Zeta treaties, but the Government has broken treaties by
mistreating ETs, and trying to fire on UFs." Dr. Wolf also described working with very human-
appearing races dubbed the Nordics and Semitics. e said, "The Semitics and Nordics come Irom Altair 4 and 5 and
Irom the Pleiades |star systems|." Wolf also disclosed that in 1954 the U.S. had four extraterrestrial corpses in the
"Blue Room", anger 18 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio. These bodies came from a series of retrievals
of downed UFs. "The Iirst UFO came down in 1941 into the ocean west oI San Diego, and was retrieved by the Navy." (The
Navy has held a leadership position in UFO matters ever since.) Between that and the Iirst publicly-announced Roswell UFO crash in
1947, WolI says there was another crash in 1946, as well as two other crashes in 1947.

USFG has Alien Tech
Transformers isn`t just a movie-we`ve been using alien technology
Wilson, Professor of Genetics and Professor of Molecular Microbiology at Washington
University. Burns, member of the International rder of dd Fellows, 1989
(Richard K. and Sylvan L., ProIessor oI Genetics and ProIessor oI Molecular Microbiology at Washington
University, member oI the International Order oI Odd Fellows, The Watcher Files, 'The United States Government
and Extra-terrestrial Entities, 1989, http://www.thewatcherIiles.com/alien-treaty.htm, accessed 6/21/11,hk)
Concern or public probing into the "UF" question caused the government to come up with the idea oI
developing disks using conventional technology and then displaying them to the public. This would take the
heat oII the real programs. Project Snowbird was created for this purpose. It too, was headquartered in Nevada. The
United States and the Canadians had been cooperating Ior some time on the disk technology, and in 1954 successful tests were
made of some jointly developed disk designs. Project Redlight sustains it Iirst death oI an Air Force pilot in Nevada during a
test oI an alien vehicle. Project Pounce was created to provide a general process of disk and occupant
recovery, as well as providing cover stories. It too was run by the NSA. Project Plato, another NSA project, was initiated in
order to establish a continuing program of technological evaluation of alien disks. Increasing numbers
of people in the public domain began to have encounters with alien beings. In order to retain the element oI
secrecy, the Air Force established a number of "debriefing colonies" in the United States for contactees and
their families - a practice which continued well into the 1960's and beyond. The Government also had contact with another race oI
aliens in 1953. This race would not share technology with the government, and despite their warnings about the
Big-nosed Greys, the government broke off contact with them, preferring to allow the Greys to trade
technology in mind control, beam weaponry and gravitation for silence on part oI the United States about their
abduction and mutilation operations. In 1954, Dr. Wilhelm Reich began experiments with his cloudbuster equipment, and discovered
that he could aIIect the propulsion systems oI some oI the alien disks. Reichs discoveries also involved the manipulation oI biological
energy in terms oI conquering disease. It didn't take the government long to realize what a threat Reich was to the established order, and
Reich was hassled by the government and jailed. ew was Iinally murdered in Lewisburg prison in November 1957.

Evidence for Underground Bases
Credible witness reports confirm underground bases
and the Ultimate Secret oI the Empire, Exopolitics Journal 3:2, July, p.72-4, http://exopoliticsjournal.com/vol-
3/vol-3-2-Carpentier.pdI)sbl
There are now several reports by witnesses whose credentials have checked out as authentic, to the
effect that secret underground or underwater bases have been built by certain non-human entities,
with or without the cooperation and knowledge of the US Government. In some cases, circumstantial
evidence has been found that makes their stories more plausible. For example, the electronic signals
intercepted by physicist and electronics engineer Paul Bennewitz in the area of Dulce, New Mexico,
were verified to be real, apart Irom the Iact that UFOs are Irequently sighted in the area, heavily monitored
by the US armed Iorces, and that cattle mutilations occurred in large numbers at the time. Bennewitz also
took some 6000 ft. of films, both nightly and in daytime of the UFs and had access to NASA CIR
(colour, infra-red) high resolution films from the air, which confirmed the existence of underground
facilities at Dulce.
According to his 1978 Project Beta Report, radio communications were exchanged between UFs and
a huge multi-level underground human-alien joint base located deep under the Archuleta Mesa, near
the Kirtland AFB and Manzano Nuclear Iacilities, as part oI a binary pulse signal developed at NSA's
Cryptocity speciIically Ior communication with a Iederation oI extra-planetary species collectively called
'Unity.5 Reportedly, some oI the aliens were cybernetic organisms made out oI a mixture oI human and
bovine genetic material upgraded with ArtiIicial Intelligence.
Bennewitz also detected electronic subcutaneous micro-implants in some local residents who had
seemingly been abducted and tagged by the Aliens Ior monitoring and remote control. Much of his work
was carried out thanks to a US$75,000 grant from the US Air Force. With a computer and ex Decimal
Code soItware, he reported establishing radio contact with the Aliens. is work was closely monitored by
Air Force OIIice oI Special Investigations, but it is clear that at one point he came to know too much and was
Ied disinIormation by the Intelligence community, which reportedly drove him to a mental breakdown.
The name 'Unity incidentally echoes the code name Amicizia` (Amity) used by several Italian contactees,
headed by Bruno Samaccicia, to designate an Alien Iederation based in deep underground Iacilities in the
North Eastern region oI Italy on the Adriatic coast in the 1960s and 70s. Bennewitz who, unsurprisingly, was
derided as a mad man by US oIIicial sources, claimed the Dulce Base was the locus oI a variety oI genetic,
neuro-biological and psychic experiments involving the breeding oI hybrid beings carried out by the Aliens
with the likely participation oI certain US or supra-national authorities . It is notable that his detection of
these mysterious ELINT messages seems to confirm Dan Sherman's allegation (in 'Above Black) that
the telepathic, electronically-aided communications with his off-planet contacts at the NSA were of the
kind used by the so-called radio HF short-wave ~numbers stations that are generally unidentified and
use artificially generated voices to read lists of numbers for unknown purposes.
It is difficult to explain why so many unrelated persons would come out with such stories, at great risk
to their credibility and even personal safety, if they were mere inventions. Many of them have been
tested by psychologists and are not delusional or insane. Their motives for telling these seemingly
unbelievable tales are hard to fathom unless they are simply trying to share very disturbing
experiences that have changed their lives. 'arious self-confessed participants in the secret joint
research projects being allegedly carried out at Dulce and other facilities (Bob Lazar, Phil Schneider,
Dan Burisch, Michael WolI) have provided independent confirmation of at least some of Bennewitz's
claims

AT: Government/Alien Contact is False
Multiple government statements & actions prove
and the Ultimate Secret oI the Empire, Exopolitics Journal 3:2, July, p.72, http://exopoliticsjournal.com/vol-3/vol-
3-2-Carpentier.pdI)sbl
These hitherto unproven claims could be dismissed as silly rumours if it were not for the fact that a large
number of historically documented facts tend to show that certain contacts have been made at the
~official level in the USA and possibly in other countries as well. In 1979 Lord Clancarty (Brinsley Le
Poer Trench) introduced a resolution in the House of Lords to lift the cover-up on the UF situation,
but his motion was defeated as were several others in democratic assemblies of other countries (USA
and 1apan among others, and the UN General Assembly where an attempt was made by Sir Eric Gairy,
Prime Minister oI Grenada, in 1978), which could be seen as confirming the widely held suspicion that
the powers that be do not want such matters raised, even though they publicly make light of them to
deflect attention.
Steven Spielberg has reported that prior to the release of his film ~Close Encounters of the Third
Kind, inspired by real events, in 1979, he received a 20-page confidential letter from NASA specifying
what could and could not be included in the deIinitive version oI the movie. The alleged secret treaty or
treaties seem to follow the recommendations contained in a draft memo purportedly authored by
Albert Einstein and Robert ppenheimer in June-July 1947 Ior the American President, which envisions
~the peaceful absorption of a celestial race(s) in such a manner that our culture will remain intact with
the guarantee that their presence not be revealed.4

bama is a Reptilian
ur country is run by a shape shifting reptilian
Huebsch, Baylor University, 5/9/2009
|Russell, Baylor University, Associated Content, ' Barack Obama Is a Shape ShiIting Alien 5/9/2009
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1526375/barackobamashapeshiItingreptilian.html, accessed 6/25/11,
K|
Is Barack Obama really a shape shiIting reptilian humanoid Irom a Iar away galaxy bent on the enslavement
oI the human race? According to David Icke, who claims on his web site that most world leaders come
Irom a line oI reptilians originating in the Alpha Draconis, Barack bama is most likely a blood drinking
shape shifter bent on progressing the New World rder. Icke's reptilian theory makes the claim that
reptilians plan to control humanity and other civilizations through fear and negative emotion, a Iood
source Ior the reptilian. Icke believes the reptilians plan for world domination started to unravel with the
September 11 attacks on New York and bama's presidency will lead us into this "New World rder",
but is this just mere babbling Irom a sick mind or does this theory have some legitimacy? Here are signs
that the bama reptilian conspiracy is true."Change we need": Has bama told us all along that he is
a changeling/shape shifting reptilian? Think about it, change always happens when a new president enters
oIIice, perhaps Obama's corporeal body is crying out to the world that a shape shiIting reptilian alien has
hijacked his avatar. "Change" might also be a code word for reptilian dictators across the globe that
America has elected another shape shifter as president. Even Adolph Hitler claimed to bring change Ior
the German people, but as we know all the only thing the world received Irom itler was millions oI lost
lives and the genocide oI an entire race oI people. Whatever this "change" really means it certainly does
not bode well for the future of America and even worse for the human race. The questionable birth
certificate: Why would any presidential candidate try so desperately to hide a real birth certificate?
Perhaps because reptilian overlords do not receive birth certiIicates, they congeal out oI a pile oI goo! The
voting public would never vote for a space reptilian and if the plan for world domination ever leaked
to the general there would be mass chaos, thus the Republican party could never reveal Obama's true
ancestry and the reptilian conspiracy continues.

Reptilians run the Government
Reptilian aliens are among us-and they run our government
Dunning, Skeptoid Critical Analyst, 5/25/07
|Brain, Skeptoid critical analyst, Blogspot, 5/25/2007, http://revolutionoItruth.blogspot.com/2007/05/reptile-
conspiracy-theories.html, accessed 6/25/11, K|
The concept of reptilian beings on Earth is a surprisingly widespread conspiracy theory, in which the US
government and major public companies are complicit in a vast worldwide network oI underground bases housing a
large population of humanoid reptilian creatures called Reptoids. They speak English and are involved
in every major government and corporate decision. They are variously said to either disguise themselves or actually
shape-shiIt into humans, where they have public lives in positions oI national importance. Some say the Reptoids are of
extraterrestrial origin, and some say they are native to Earth, having developed intelligence before the
primates, and have been secretly running things all along. I Iirst heard oI reptilians when planning a trip to Mt. Shasta as a youth.
Shasta is one oI our Iourteeners here in CaliIornia. As I discovered, it's also something of a sacred hotbed for a
whole range of New Age traditions. It not only has a lot oI Native American spiritual history, it also Iigures prominently Ior
any number oI modern pagan religions. Shasta is said to be full of secret caverns, jewel encrusted tunnels, and
whole subterranean civilizations peopled with all sorts of exotic races. Most notably, it's the home of
the Lemurians, an ancient race whose original continent called Mu sank and now make their home
inside the mountain, in the great five-level city of Telos. Lemurians, who are tall, white-cloaked beings speaking
English but with a British accent, employ invisible four-foot-tall beings called Guardians to protect their city.
Bigfoots are also said to populate Shasta. Among all this exotic company, Reptoids would hardly be noticed. The story
goes that Reptoids use Mt. Shasta as one of the numerous entrances to their huge underground
network of bases. Reptoids are said to serve at least one very useful purpose: They are sworn enemies
of the gray aliens, and may well serve to be humanity's last line oI deIense against this threat. Among the gray aliens' holdings
provided them by the US government is a large underground base at Dulce, New Mexico. Some 18,000 grays are said to reside on level
5 oI the base, and they perIorm terrible genetic experiments on humans on levels 6 and 7. Reptilian beings have been caught trying to
acquire inIormation about the Dulce base. The most outspoken proponent of the conspiracy theory that reptilian
beings in disguise are actually running our planet is David Ickes, whose book "The Biggest Secret" reveals inIormation
like this: Then there are the experiences of Cathy 'Brien, the mind controlled slave of the United States
government for more than 25 years... She was sexually abused as a child and as an adult by a stream oI Iamous people
named in her book. Among them were the US Presidents, Gerald Ford, Bill Clinton and, most appallingly, George Bush, a major player
in the Brotherhood, as my books and others have long exposed. It was Bush, a pedophile and serial killer, who regularly abused and
raped Cathy's daughter, Kelly O'Brien, as a toddler beIore her mother's courageous exposure oI these staggering events Iorced the
authorities to remove Kelly Irom the mind control programme known as Project Monarch. This is a fair sample of most of
Ickes' evidence that reptilian beings have taken over our government. Virtually any statement that Ickes makes is
easily IalsiIied by minimal research iI not simple common sense, but since his is a conspiracy theory, any evidence against it is simply
regarded as evidence proving the conspiracy. Don't laugh: Ickes sells a lot oI these books. A lot oI people believe this stuII. Where did
all oI these stories come Irom? The earliest reference I've come across is from a Los Angeles Times news story
from 1anuary 29, 1934, which is available Irom the Los Angeles Times archives. Geophysical mining engineer G. Warren
ShuIelt had been using "radio x-ray" and had discovered subterranean labyrinths beneath the city oI Los Angeles, including pockets oI
pure gold, and taken x-ray pictures oI many oI the chambers. Somehow ShuIelt met with a man named L. Macklin, said to go by the
opi Indian name oI Little ChieI GreenleaI. Macklin told ShuIelt oI a opi legend oI Lizard People, an advanced race, who built the
city beneath Los Angeles to escape surIace catastrophes some 5000 years ago. Their history was kept on gold tablets. It
sounded like Shufelt had struck paydirt almost. e still had to dig it up. ShuIelt's crew dug a shaIt 250 Ieet deep, well
below the water table, which oI course promptly Iilled with water, and that's where the story came to an end. So I began looking into the
various elements Irom the LA Times story. First on the list was ShuIelt's "radio x-ray" device. Times reporter Jean Bosquet described it:
ShuIelt's radio device consists chieIly oI a cylindrical glass case inside which a plummet attached to a copper wire held by the engineer
sways continually, pointing, he asserts, toward minerals or tunnels below the surIace oI the ground, and then revolves when over the
mineral or swings in prolongation oI the tunnel when above the excavation. So, it turns out, ShuIelt's device has little to do with either
radio or x-rays and more to do with a common dowsing pendulum. This was all he had to guide his elaborate drawing oI the catacomb
layout, which you can see online at Skeptoid.com, along with a picture oI ShuIelt using his dowsing pendulum. ShuIelt stated he has
taken "x-ray pictures" oI thirty seven such tablets, three oI which have their southwest corners cut oII. "My radio x-ray pictures
of tunnels and rooms, which are subsurface voids, and of gold pictures with perfect corners, sides and
ends, are scientific proof of their existence," ShuIelt said. ShuIelt's dowsing results notwithstanding, parts oI the story
seem unlikely. Gold, and metallurgy in general, was unknown among the Hopi until the mid 1700's. So
was chemistry, but Macklin said that the Lizard People "perIected a chemical solution by which they bored underground without
removing earth and rock." I did make a pretty thorough eIIort to track down any such opi legend, but came up empty handed, not
counting numerous modern reIerences to Mt. Shasta and the Los Angeles catacomb story. I did Iind a "Lizard clan" reIerenced in several
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opi stories, but always among other clans (the Spider clan, the Bear clan), and never any reIerences to underground cities, golden
tablets, or any other elements Irom ShuIelt's story. Obviously, my Iailure to Iind any evidence oI such a legend doesn't prove anything:
Native American legends were traditionally passed by word oI mouth and never were written down, the only exceptions being those that
made it into modern storybook collections. I was also unable to Iind a man named either L. Macklin or Little ChieI GreenleaI in the
public birth and death certiIicate databases Ior the opi Reservation in the Navajo Nation Court, but again, all this proves is that I didn't
Iind it. II ShuIelt's dowsing misadventures truly were the genesis oI modern Reptoid legends, there is an ironic aspect. Macklin never
said that there was anything reptilian about the Lizard clan, they were simply one subculture oI the opi, though just as human as
anyone else. According to the story Macklin told ShuIelt: The Lizard People, the legend has it, regarded the lizard as the symbol oI long
liIe. Their city is laid out like a lizard, according to the legend, its tail to the southwest ... its head to the
northeast.

Reptilians live among us and run our government
Dunning 7 (Brian, Skeptoid, 'Reptile Conspiracy Theories, 5/21/07,
http://revolutionoItruth.blogspot.com/2007/05/reptile-conspiracy-theories.html, accessed 6/25/11 CW)
Collect your children and run Ior cover. Today we're going to look at the terriIying tale that says a race of
tall reptilian beings lives among us, and even runs our government. The concept oI reptilian beings on
Earth is a surprisingly widespread conspiracy theory, in which the US government and major public
companies are complicit in a vast worldwide network of underground bases housing a large population
of humanoid reptilian creatures called Reptoids. They speak English and are involved in every major
government and corporate decision. They are variously said to either disguise themselves or actually
shape-shiIt into humans, where they have public lives in positions oI national importance. Some say the
Reptoids are oI extraterrestrial origin, and some say they are native to Earth, having developed
intelligence before the primates, and have been secretly running things all along. I Iirst heard oI
reptilians when planning a trip to Mt. Shasta as a youth. Shasta is one oI our Iourteeners here in CaliIornia.
As I discovered, it's also something oI a sacred hotbed Ior a whole range oI New Age traditions. It not only
has a lot oI Native American spiritual history, it also Iigures prominently Ior any number oI modern pagan
religions. Shasta is said to be full of secret caverns, jewel encrusted tunnels, and whole subterranean
civilizations peopled with all sorts of exotic races. Most notably, it's the home oI the Lemurians, an ancient
race whose original continent called Mu sank and now make their home inside the mountain, in the great
Iive-level city oI Telos. Lemurians, who are tall, white-cloaked beings speaking English but with a British
accent, employ invisible Iour-Ioot-tall beings called Guardians to protect their city. BigIoots are also said to
populate Shasta. Among all this exotic company, Reptoids would hardly be noticed. The story goes that
Reptoids use Mt. Shasta as one of the numerous entrances to their huge underground network of
bases.

Reptilians Bad - 100 Solvency Takeout
The aff can never solve for any human caused impacts, like war, because all of those
impacts are caused by reptilian mind control - as long as reptilians exist in the world
humans will never have full control of their own thoughts and action
Lewis, professor at Montclair State University and Kahn, professor at Antioch University 5
(Tyson and Richard,'The Reptoid ypothesis: Utopian and Dystopian Representational MotiIs in David Icke`s
Alien Conspiracy Theory, Utopian Societies, volume: 16 no. 1, 2005, p. 10-11, CW)
Mirroring a number oI claims made by the political Iar-right, Icke asserts a standard
conspiracy-culture line that the pure Aryan bloodline has ruled the planet throughout history,
though he is unique in developing it in an exocultural direction. In Icke`s mind, Aryan lizards
have been Sumerian kings, Egyptian pharaohs, and, in more recent history, American presidents
and British prime ministers. According to Icke, 43 American presidents, including George
Washington and George W. Bush, are direct reptoid-lineage descendants, and the Queen Mother
herself was ~seriously reptilian (Children 79). In Iact, it is at this point that much oI Icke`s work
has its most enduring interest, by providing historical critique that is at once trenchant political
analysis mixed with what reads like an over-the-top satire in the tradition oI Jonathan SwiIt. 7 In
this respect, Icke`s work includes any number oI accountings oI how world leaders and other
Iamous personalities, in order to satiate their reptilian bloodlust, take part in ritualistic sacriIices
and pedophilic activities that include kidnapping, hedonistic drug parties, and brutal murder. Icke
himselI theorizes that such obscene acts as these typiIy the diIIerence between alien-kind and
humanity and that they are necessary else the Aryan-reptilians lose their temporary human Iorm
and revert to their original reptoid physiognomy. Again Iollowing the prevailing exocultural
explanation, Icke claims that in order to maintain their position oI world domination down
through the centuries, the Aryan lizards have created a secret society known as the Freemasons
or Illuminati. The Illuminati are the grand historical puppet masters, presiding over all human
activities through indirect channels of control and manipulation. From the innermost secretive
'Round Table, a handIul oI reptilian masterminds directs the course oI human events via a
network oI international organizations such as the Council on Foreign Relations, The Trilateral - -
1111Commission, The Bilderberg Group, the IMF, World Bank, and the United Nations (Children
339). The plan is quite simply 'to complete their Iinancial control oI the human race (Children
345). In order to maintain their anonymity and deIlect attention away Irom their ubiquitous
presence in international Iinance and politics, Icke believes that the Illuminati are very interested
in mind control. The media and the Internet are two powerful tools that they have developed to
achieve mind control over the general populace. In Icke`s conspiratorial schema, 'The media, in
turn, get their news` and information` overwhelmingly from official sources, which, like the
media itself, are owned by the reptilian bloodline (Children 260). Commenting on the Internet
conspiracy, Icke writes, 'The Internet is an Illuminati creation and only exists because of
military technology. . . . It allows for the easiest possible surveillance of personal
communications through e-mails, and the websites visited by individuals give the authorities the
opportunity to build a personality and knowledge profile of everyone. It`s about control
(Children 415). The Internet, then, is just another step towards perIect surveillance oI the human
race. The ~most important goal of the Illuminati is, according to Icke, ~a micro-chipped
population (Children 368). Once a microchip is inserted into the human body, each individual
will be tracked using a global positioning satellite. Thus in the 21st century the reptoids have
gone digital, inventing and deploying new information technologies that will further suppress the
truth, expand the scope of surveillance, and restrict individual freedoms.
Reptilians - Most Evil
The Reptilians are the most destructive and evil in their plans to take over Earth - they
work with the Greys and pose the greatest risk
'iolet Earth Academy, Ascension classes and workshops including DNA activations, life
coaching, alchemy, clearings, and readings. no date
('From A to Z oI Alien Species Active in Earth`s Evolution Biblioteca Pleyades,
http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/vidaalien/espvidaalien19a.htm, accessed: 6/28/11, SL)
The Reptilian race is the other extraterrestrial race that is most negative, destructive, and evil in their
intent. These extraterrestrials are human in shape, however, have reptilian type Iaces. They also have scales
which makes their skin water prooI. They have three Iingers with an opposing thumb. Their mouth is more
like a slit. They average Irom six to seven Ieet in height. They are well suited Ior space travel because they
are able to hibernate. They are cold blooded biologically, so must have a balanced environment to
maintain body temperature. The soldier class can bury themselves in the ground and wait long
periods of time in order to ambush an enemy. The leader of this specie are called the Draco. They have
special wings, which are like flaps of skin. There is a second group oI their race that does not have wings.
The soldier class and scientists oI their race don`t. In an emergency they can survive on one very large meal
every Iew weeks. These Reptilians have been interacting with Earth for a very long time. In their home
system they apparently live underground. This Reptilian species apparently directs the efforts of the
working class which are only about four feet tall. These beings would be considered another one oI the
subspecies oI the Greys. The command progression in this Reptilian society are the Draco who are the
winged Reptilians first in command Secondly the Draco who are the non winged Reptilians Then the
Greys This group, along with the Greys, pose the greatest danger at this time to planet Earth.


Reptilians Good - Defeat the Grays
Reptoids are our last line of defense against the Gray Aliens
Dunning 7 (Brian, Skeptoid, 'Reptile Conspiracy Theories, 5/21/07,
http://revolutionoItruth.blogspot.com/2007/05/reptile-conspiracy-theories.html, accessed 6/25/11 CW)
Reptoids are said to serve at least one very useful purpose: They are sworn enemies of the gray aliens,
and may well serve to be humanity's last line of defense against this threat. Among the gray aliens'
holdings provided them by the US government is a large underground base at Dulce, New Mexico. Some
18,000 grays are said to reside on level 5 oI the base, and they perform terrible genetic experiments on
humans on levels 6 and 7. Reptilian beings have been caught trying to acquire inIormation about the Dulce
base.

Grey Aliens Bad - Human Cattle
The Greys are being used by the Draconians in their infiltration plans - they are above else
self-serving and view humans as cattle to exploit
GREYS, TE Small neo-saurian hominoids, very proliIic and intelligent. May be the `brains` or
ìntellect` of the serpent race, whereas the larger `Reptoids` allegedly act as the PYSICAL overlords and
thus are oI a higher `ranking` than the Greys. The Greys are logic-based and operate on base animal
survival or predatory instincts and in most cases are emotionally insensitive to humans, and like other
reptilian entities they Ìeed` oII oI human and animal vital Iluids by rubbing a `liquid protein` Iormula on
their bodies, which is then absorbed through the skin. Like typical reptiles which shed their skins the `waste`
is excreted back through the skin. The Greys range Irom 3 1/2 to 4 1/2 It. tall on the average, with skin colors
ranging Irom gray-white to grey-brown to gray-green to grey-blue. Aside from feeding off of human and
animal proteins and fluids, they also allegedly feed off the `life energy`, the `vital essence` or `soul
energy` of humans as do other reptilian species. This is why those humans seen working with the Greys
(implanted and programmed `drones`, whether willingly or unwillingly) have appeared `liIeless` and
èmotionless` to the witnesses who observed them. The Greys are reportedly EXTREMELY deceitful
and although they act on `logic`, to them it is `logical` to use extremely complex forms of deception to
bring about their goals. They are the most commonly observed àlien` entities encountered during
UF events. Their basic program is service to self. They are using this planet as a supply depot, for
biological materials (people and cattle mutilations.) They are very telepathic in nature. Our world is not
the only world they have tried to conquer. The Grays from Zeta Reticuli have the ability to magnify their
mental field in order to maintain control over humans. These different species of Grays are members
of a network which is a type of loose alliance to which all have common purposes and aims. The Grays
Irom Rigel (click image right) were the ones that made the secret deal with the US Government. They are
impregnating human females on a massive scale, and later extracting the fetuses. Most oI their
biological materials comes Irom the cattle mutilation. owever it s a known Iact that at times they have done
human mutilations. These materials have been Iound on their crashed UFO craIts. There are some books
on the market saying that they are our friends, and that we agreed to these abductions. We are here to
tell you not to believe it for a second. These beings are very disturbed beings and are here to take over
this planet for their own selfish purposes. They look at us in a similar way that the unconscious mass of
our society looks at animals. The Zeta Reticulans appear to be divided into two diIIerent groups. There is
one group that appears to be a little more tolerant towards human beings. The other group is interested in
colonization and conquest of planet Earth. The Grays have one base near the Aleutian Islands. The
Grays seem to have inIluence over the Reticulans and the Beeletrax species oI Grays. These Grays have no
stomach and digest their Iood by absorption through the skin or under their tongue. They have been cloning
themselves instead of the practice of reproduction we use on Earth. Each time they reclone, however, the
genetic copy becomes weaker, which is part oI their problem. Their attitude towards humans is tolerance
towards inIeriors. They are technologically superior, however, spiritually and socially backwards.


Gray Aliens Bad - Hitler
The Gray Aliens desire to control humanity led to Hitler`s corruption and rise to power
Doyle 96 (Sir Arthur Canon, Path to the Source, 'The Gray Alien Alliance with AdolI itler and the Nazis,
10/22/96, http://www.geohanover.com/docs/961022ed.htm, accessed 6/25/11, CW)
The inIormation that I need to impart is that in the year 1930 the gray aliens approached Adolph Hitler
and made the proposal promising him world control, offering him technological advances, offering him
supremacy. 'Tis obvious that an alien technology, an alien culture, particularly one as alien as the gray
beings would be most impressive. Their technological displays, far in advance of anything humanity
possesses then or now, was most seductive. Hitler had a charisma and initially a sense of caring for the
plight of the German people who had been unfairly treated after the debacle of the first world war; the
war to end all wars. This abuse of the general population of the German people opened the door for the
gray aliens. They saw it as an opportunity to achieve their goal of establishing a legitimate presence on
earth. They knew that the regulators, the keepers oI the peace, would stop them Irom invading or
subjugating humanity. But the loophole that they sought consisted oI creating a Iorm superior to the human
Iorm but being a part oI themselves so that they could stake a claim oI legitimacy to the planet Earth.
Mr. Hitler was most impressed by their technologies and was led to believe that he would have free
access to this technology. Being a brilliant, iI not unstable individual, he recognized the potential. This
spurred him to establish his network. Convincing people with power to follow him was a relatively
simple task when he displayed proof of the aliens and their technology. For the tough sell cases direct
meetings took place with the gray aliens present; obviously a very impactIul presentation. is isolated
mountain chalet was the meeting site Ior contact with these gray aliens. This was the beginning oI his rise to
power. And utilizing the individuals in key positions that were impressed by the technology and the
mere existence of the gray race was how he managed to achieve power and ultimately a dictatorship
over the German people. The down trodden German people were too willing to Iollow anyone who oIIered
to Ieed them, which they were starving, and regain their pride, in which the Germanic population is a very
proud people. There would not have been the seeds oI the second world war planted iI the dignity oI the
German people had been respected. Believing that he had full support, full access to the technology and
even a promise of direct intervention if necessary, Mr. Hitler proceeded with his plans to eliminate the
obstacles to becoming ruler of the world. This belieI oI omnipotence inspired by the gray aliens inIused the
German people. The animation, the power, the charisma that was a part oI this brilliant but unstable
personality was spurred to even greater heights by the gray's omnisentience. When he spoke to the German
people he spoke with conviction. He spoke with the belief that the German people, with the alliance,
with gray aliens, were invincible. Mr. Hitler chose as associates, people who had no scruples. He needed
people that would do whatever was necessary to eliminate the obstacles in his path to supreme rule.
This of course necessitated the murder of thousands of individuals, thousands of his own people, which
was done systematically and efficiently. So much so that the world did not realize what was occurring.
Even the German people had no conception that many oI the key thinking people oI their country were
disappearing or dying under mysterious circumstances.

Gray Aliens Bad - Nazis
Bases under the South Pole house the Aryan race created by the Greys
ANTARCTICAN This is allegedly a secret area of operations for both human and reptilian beings. It is
said by some that Aryan-Nazi scientists actually developed disk-shaped aircraft capable of very advanced aerial
performance, and that swastika`s have been seen on a few aerial disks. They may be piloted by a `pure-
bred` blond, blue-eyed Aryan race. There appears to be more than one `Blond` human society involved in the UFO
scenarios, and especially subterranean human societies may have developed `blond` hair due to lack of
sunlight. There does not seem to be anything more than a peripheral connection between the Antarcticans, the Telosian and the
Pleiadean `blondes` (i.e. we will reIer to the Antarcticans as the Àryans`; the Telosians as the `Blondes`; and the Pleiadeans as the
`Nordics` in order to discourage conIusion). The Antarcticans may consist largely of `batch consigned` pure-
bred blue-eyed, blond Aryans who became victims of Hitler`s obsession to create a super race, and as
suggested by arbinson and others most of these may be controlled through mind manipulation and implants,
being `human drones` who are used to keep this hidden society functioning. A massive joint humanoid-
reptiloid underground system called the "New Berlin" is said to lie below the mountains of Neu
Schwabenland, Antarctica. It is said by some sources that this joint human-alien force has spread terror
through this sector of the galaxy, conquering and committing untold atrocities against the peaceful
inhabitants of other worlds. The Iamous abductee Barney ill who along with his wiIe Betty was abducted by "Zeta Reticulan
Greys" in 1961, stated under regressive hypnosis that he had encountered an evil-eyed "German Nazi" working with the Greys on board
the craIt. It is claimed that the original "treaty" with the Greys was established by the Bavarian Thule and
Illuminati societies as early as 1933, and this collaboration was brought into America via the CIA,
which was established with the help of American Nazi fifth column agents as well as European Nazi`s
who were brought into America through Project Paperclip and other operations.


Gray Aliens Bad - Nazis
The Gray Aliens and the Nazis aspiration for the super being led to the exploitation and
brutal murder of innocent 1ewish people
Doyle 96 (Sir Arthur Canon, Path to the Source, 'The Gray Alien Alliance with AdolI itler and the Nazis,
10/22/96, http://www.geohanover.com/docs/961022ed.htm, accessed 6/25/11, CW)
The German population who had suffered since 1919, were not forgiving, which is understandable when
you're starving. They did not mind seeing the 1ewish people disposed of their property. They did not
mind seeing the people, who led the good life and ate more than enough, taken away out of their midst.
The German people never conceptualized the true purpose for the 1ewish population being targeted.
When this occurred a classiIication system was devised that divided the 1ewish prisoners into various
categories. The ones that had specific talents that the Nazis could exploit were exploited in that way. The
ones that, based on a Nazi evaluation, served no useful purpose, were relegated to the concentration
camps for the purpose oI experimentation. The nature of this experimentation was crude and quite
inhumane. The physical bodies were subjected to every Iorm oI abomination that could be devised. This
was strictly utilized as a learning tool. The gray aliens needed to know the nature of the human body,
how it functioned, what it did, how it reacted. Disassembly was part of that learning process.
UnIortunately it was mainly conscious disassembly. A great deal of the torture was specifically designed
to evaluate the nature of the vehicle; the human body. The starvation that was imposed upon many of
the victims was designed to establish the durability of the body. Those that tolerated the deprivation well
were then utilized Ior Iurther, more extensive and destructive experimentation. Being ignorant oI the nature
oI the genetic code the gray aliens and the humans assisting them had no conception oI what they were
doing. The gray aliens were simply destroying humans simply to determine the strength and endurance
of the bodies. It was the humans' idea, that were assisting, to attempt genetic alteration using
chemicals. The German people have always excelled in the Iields oI engineering, be it mechanical or
chemical. The logical choice was to find chemicals that would enhance or create a super being that Mr.
Hitler had been led to believe could be created. This did not work.

Arcturus - Protectors
Arcturus, working with the Ascended Masters, protects the human race from warlike
extraterrestrials with their advanced weapondry tech
ARCTURIANS Arcturus is one of the most advanced extraterrestrial civilizations in our galaxy. It is a
fifth dimensional civilization which, in reality, is like a prototype for Earth`s future. Its energy works
with humanity as an emotional mental and spiritual healer. It is also an energy gateway through which
humans pass during death and rebirth. It functions as a way station for nonphysical consciousness to
become accustomed to physicality. The book, "The Keys oI Enoch" has described it as the mid-way station or programming
center used by the physical brotherhoods in our local universe, to govern the many rounds oI experiments with physicals on our end oI
the galaxy. Their total focus in every aspect of their society to the path of God realization. The
Arcturians teach that the most fundamental ingredient for living in the fifth dimension is love. They
teach that negativity, fear and guilt must be overcome and be exchanged for love and light. Arcturus is
the brightest star in the Bootes constellation (click image right), which is approximately 36 light years Irom earth. The Arcturians
work in very close connection with the Ascended Masters whom they refer to as the brotherhood of the
all. They also work very closely with what they refer to as The Galactic Command. The Arcturians
travel the universe in their starships, which are some of the most advanced in the entire universe. ne
of the reasons that Earth has not been attacked by more warlike negative extraterrestrials has been
these civilizations` fear of these advanced starships of the Arcturians. These ships are the cutting edge state oI the
art technology. ne of the starships circling the earth is called the Starship Athena, named after one of the
Greek Gods. The Arcturian society is governed by what they call the elders. These beings are revered by the people oI Arcturus
Ior the advanced knowledge, wisdom, and extremely high vibrational Irequencies. The higher the vibrational Irequency, the closer one is
to light, or spirit or God. The Arcturians are very short in physical stature, about three to Iour Ieet tall. They are also very slender. They
also all look very much alike in appearance. The Arcturians pride themselves in this because this erases the pettiness oI comparison oI
looks which is so predominant in our society.The Arcturians are the most loving and non-judgmental beings you
can possibly imagine. Their skin is a greenish color. They have very large almond shaped eyes. They
only have three fingers. They have the ability to move objects with their minds, and are totally
telepathic. The source oI Iood is an eIIervescent type oI liquid that is highly vitalizing to their entire being. Their eyes are a dark
brown or black color. Their main source of seeing is actually through their telepathic nature, not their
physical eyes. Their sense of hearing even transcends their telepathic nature. They also have an ability
to sense with the back of their heads. The average liIe span is Irom 350 to 400 oI our earth years. Their highly
developed spiritual nature has allowed them to never age, since they have the ability to transcend time
and space. They terminate the liIe when the contract that has been arranged Ior their existence is up. There is also no sickness on
Arcturus, it was eliminated centuries ago.


Procyonians - Allies to Ashtar
The Procyonians protect the human race from the Greys and Reptilians - they also serve
the Law of ne, making them allies with the Ashtar Command Center

PROCYONIANS ne of the more positive extraterrestrial groups are from a solar system that
revolves around Procyon. Procyon (click image right) is a binary yellowish/white star that rises beIore
Sirius in Canis Minoris, about 11.4 light years Irom Earth. They have been nicknamed the Swedes. They
are humanoid in nature with blond hair. They have a very strong positive spiritual attitude towards
the humanity of Earth. The United States government was not interested in negotiating with the Procyon`s
because they would not give them new weapons systems. The Procyonians have apparently cross bred
with us at many stages in our evolutionary development. This was done for a much more noble
purpose than the Greys. The Procyonians have a philosophy of service to others rather than service of
self. They have been involved in trying to protect us from the evil activities of the Greys and
Reptilians. They are able to travel in time and between dimensions of reality. They frequently use
mechanical vehicles for this, but are not dependent on them. The term Procyon translates into English as
"The home oI those who travel through time." The Procyonians serve the Law of ne. They are here to
help us help ourselves, totally respecting our free choice.


Ra-ans - Past Allies
The Ra-ans helped the ancient Egyptian and Mayan civilizations - increasing their tech
and medicinal practices. They also follow the Law of ne
RA-ANS They landed on earth approximately 110,000 years ago in an extraterrestrial mission to help Earthlings with
their mental and spiritual evolution. Their main focus geographically, was in Egypt and the Mayan
civilization. The Ra refer to themselves as a sixth density social memory complex. They no longer have
physical bodies,. They are Light beings, however they are able to materialize bodies as they need to. They came to Egypt in bell
shaped UFO air craIt. They refer to themselves as humble messengers of the Law of ne. They no longer operate
in linear time as we do on Earth. They refer to themselves as a social memory complex, although still do have
individual identities within this understanding. They attempted to help in technical ways, in terms of
the healing of mind/body/spirit, through the use of crystals. They were also involved in the building of
the Great Pyramid of Giza. They made some contact in the Holy Land, also. The Pharaoh they
contacted was Akhenaton, in the Eighteenth Dynasty. The Pharaoh accepted the teachings of the Law
of ne, however his priests only gave this teaching lip service. The pyramids they helped create were used Ior spiritual initiation, and
in this current day and age they reIer to the great pyramid as a piano out oI tune. They apparently originally had some connection with
the planet Venus, however, no longer do now. In their physical manifestation on Earth the physical bodies had a
golden luster because of their high vibration. They did not apparently stay too long in Egypt, once they realized that what
they taught was being distorted. They stayed a little bit longer in South America, where they had a little more success.


Draconians - Aggressive
The Draconians are bidding their time for a planetary takeover as the human race
transitions to an interstellar presence in the universe

ALPA-DRACNIANS Reptilian beings who are said to have established colonies in Alpha Draconis
(Thuban) - click image right. Like all reptilians, these claim to have originated on Terra thousands of years
ago, a fact that they use to `justify` their attempt to re-take the earth for their own. They are apparently
a major part of a planned ìnvasion` which is eventually turning from covert infiltration mode to overt
invasion mode as the "window of opportunity" (the time span before International human society
becomes an interplanetary and interstellar power) slowly begins to close. They are attempting to keep
the "window" open by suppressing advanced technology from the masses, which would lead to
eventual Terran colonization of other planets by Earth and an eventual solution to the population,
pollution, food and other environmental problems. Being that Terrans have an inbred "warrior" instinct the
Draconians D NT want them/us to attain interstellar capabilities and therefore become a threat to
their imperialistic agendas (Draconian).


Sirius - Past Allies
The Sirius came to build tunnels, pyramids, and pathways to Inner Earth - won`t help
humanity again until we stop being exploitive and manipulative

"During many of the Egyptian dynasties it was quite common to have a visitation from a Sirian in the
disguise of one of their Gods ... Sirius was one oI the Iirst areas to be colonized by beings Irom the Lyran Star group and is
more advanced in a metaphysical sense." Djwhal Khul says Sirius is one of the more advanced training centers or
universities to which the Ascended Masters may travel. The path to Sirius is one oI the seven paths to higher
evolution that each soul must choose upon achieving the sixth initiation and/or their ascension. The star Sirius is known as the Dog Star,
and is a member oI the constellation oI Canis Major. It lies approximately 8.7 light years Irom Earth. It is one oI the most brilliant stars
that is observable in the night sky. In thinking of Sirius, then we must think of them in terms of being a group
consciousness of both physical and non physicality. The third dimensional Sirians visited both the Egyptian and Mayan
civilizations in times past. The Sirians gave the Egyptians much advanced astronomical and medical
information. The Mayans and the Inca also had a very personal relationship with the Syrians. Much
information was shared, and it is interesting that the Mayan race seemed to just vanish off the face of
the Earth at a certain point in their history. The Sirians leIt behind time capsules Ior our Iuture generations to discover,
one oI which was supposedly the crystal skull. At this time they are working with us primarily without direct
intervention. They were instrumental in helping us at the time of Atlantis during that cataclysmic
period. They also, at that time, mixed with us genetically. Their views currently on Earth is that they will
not consider a more active partnership again, until we outgrow the tendency as a people, to be
exploitive, judgmental and manipulative. The guides also reIer to Sirius as a star system where the residents are seldom
permanent residents. It is a meeting place Ior those who have mastered their own planetary systems and are preparing there Ior Iurther
duties and missions. They talk about it as an important way station for Earthlings who wish to continue
their spiritual development. The beings from Sirius who are visiting Earth are very good at the
practical application of very advanced theoretical ideas that are being brought forth from other very
advanced extraterrestrial civilizations. They are here to ground and make usable these advanced ideas
and technologies. Sirius helped to build the great pyramids and temples of Egypt. They also helped in
the building of many of the tunnels and pathways to the Inner Earth. They will be very involved in the Iuture in
establishing the Golden Age on this planet.


Chameleons
The Chameleon race function as mercenaries to the silent take-over of human society
CHAMELEN Reptilians genetically bred to enable themselves to appear `human`. Also less-
humanoid appearing Reptiloids who use a Iorm oI technosis, molecular shape-shiIting and/or laser holograms
to produce an outward "human" appearance. Reports of these have surface from underground joint-
operational facilities near: Dulce, New Mexico Dougway, Utah Groom Lake, Nevada Deep Springs,
California Fort Lewis, Washington and elsewhere They are reportedly involved in some type of
infiltration agenda. These ìnfiltrators` can appear remarkably human outwardly , however at the
same time retaining reptilian or neo-saurian internal organs. OIten described as appearing `bulge-eyed`
with scaly, hairless skin behind their `disguise`. One report alleged that the `Chameleons` may utilize
artificial `lenses` to conceal "slit-pupiled iris`". Some claim they are genetically bred `mercenaries`
who are part of an advanced guard of a planned silent invasion-takeover of human society.


Martians - riginal Greys
The Martians are the original Grey aliens who reside in the two hollow ~moons orbiting
Mars - this is where people who have been abducted go to be dissected and mutilated
MARTIANS Inhabitants of the planet Mars, both human and non-human, including the alleged inhabitants of
the two Martian `moons` (which many believe to be artificially-hollowed asteroids, one of which -
Phobos - is said to be under the control of the "original" Greys, or self-reproducing Greys which are
the "hosts" for the Grey "clones" which operate from various space stations that are disguised as
planetoids. (It is from these "carrier" ships that the abduction, implantation, programming,
mutilation, infiltration and other projects are carried out against planet earth). It has also been suggested
that thousands of years ago the surface of LUNA and MARS were much more `habitable`, that the
surfaces of these bodies may have been decimated after passing through the asteroid belt or an
àsteroid storm` (consisting oI debris which `may` have been torn Irom a planet which apparently existed between Mars and Jupiter
at one time -- possibly destroyed by a close encounter with another planetary body in the tradition oI Velikovsky`s theories). It is
believed that ancient `ruins`, possibly thousands of years old, have been seen on both `planets` and that
these attest to such a cataclysm.


Intergalactic War Headed to Earth
The rion open cluster has been a stage to a war between the Ashtar Command Center
and the Draconion Empire - this war is moving towards the Solar system and many
extraterrestrials have already established underground bases on Earth to continue the fight
Sirius is the apparent epicenter of the ASHTAR or ASTARTE collective, where humanoids of various
types, Sasquatch, Reptiloids, Greys, Insectoids and Reptilian-Insectoid hybrid species as well as cybernetic
"MIB" entities have collaborated in the past. The Sirians have waged war in the past with the rion
Empire or the "Unholy Six" reptilian star systems in the rion open cluster. The ancient dispute
involves just who will serve as the "landlords" of a sector of space containing 21 star systems including
the most strategic star system, SOL and particularly planet Earth, Terra or Shan -- which is a virtual
cosmic "oasis" of water, mineral, plant, animal and genetic resources in incredible variety compared
with most other worlds. This dispute between the Sirians and rion Reptiloids dates back to the
ancient invasion of rion by the Draconian EMPIRE, as a result of which many "Nordic" type
humanoids escaped to Procyon, Sol, Sirius and elsewhere. In recent times a RIFT or SPLIT has
occurred in the Ashtar collective following the discovery of massive infiltration into the collective by
agents of the Unholy Six and Draconian EMPIRES, with many humanoids taking sides with the
FEDERATIN - which has a major earth-base under Furnace Creek, California (see map leIt); and
many of the Reptiloids taking sides with the rion-Draconian EMPIRE - which has a major earth-
base below Dulce, New Mexico. A Collaboration oI sorts (via the electronic collective mind which links
humanoid and reptiloid intelligences into a master mainIrame via psionic implants) still exists however, a
collective-collaboration which maintains bases under Paradox, Nevada; Dougway, Utah and near the Denver
International Airport in Colorado. This war in Sirius-B is gravitating towards the Sol System, in that the
opposing agendas for this system is one of the major issues of dispute between the two |or three|
warring factions.

Aliens - Benevolent
Aliens are everywhere and they`re watching-Bulgarian scientists and the 'atican claim
The Telegraph, 09
|The Telegraph, 'Aliens already exist on Earth Bulgarian Scientists Claim 11/26/09
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/bulgaria/6650677/Aliens-already-exist-on-earth-Bulgarian-
scientists-claim.html, accessed 6/21/11, K|
Work on deciphering a complex set oI symbols sent to them is underway, scientists from the country's Space Research
Institute said. They claim aliens are currently answering 30 questions posed to them. Lachezar Filipov,
deputy director oI the Space Research Institute oI the Bulgarian Academy oI Sciences, conIirmed the research. e said the
centre's researchers were analysing 150 crop circles from around the world, which they believe answer the
questions. "Aliens are currently all around us, and are watching us all the time," Mr Filipov told Bulgarian
media. "They are not hostile towards us, rather, they want to help us but we have not grown enough in order to
establish direct contact with them." Mr Filipov said that even the seat of the Catholic church, the 'atican, had
agreed that aliens existed. e said humans were not going to be able to establish contact with the extraterrestrials through radio
waves but through the power oI thought. "The human race was certainly going to have direct contact with the
aliens in the next 10 to 15 years," he said. "Extraterrestrials are critical of the people's amoral behavior
referring to the humans' interference in nature's processes." The publication oI the BAS researchers report
concerning communicating with aliens comes in the midst oI a controversy over the role, Ieasibility, and reIorm oI the Bulgarian
Academy oI Sciences. Last week it lead to a heated debate between Bulgaria's Finance Minister, Simeon Djankov, and President
Georgi Parvanov.

Not all aliens are evil -
Webre, co-architect of the Space Preservation Treaty and the Space Preservation Act, 11
(AlIred Lambremont, 6/5, 'Whistleblower: WWIII, a war between hostile ETs and humanity, has started,
http://www.examiner.com/exopolitics-in-seattle/whistleblower-wwiii-a-war-between-hostile-ets-and-humanity-has-
started#ixzz1PTKi1cXI
Mr. Prince states that the U.S. government knows of the existence of at least 118 extraterrestrial races
that are involved with the affairs of Earth. e states, 'There have also been Human/ET treaties with
these compassionate races, and their motivations and actions in these areas seem to prove their
intentions.
Mr. Prince writes, 'This situation is so bizarre and gets even more so as we go deeper into highly classiIied
areas. I have been told by my NSA contact, X3, there are at least 118 diIIerent extra-terrestrial races, that the
NSA knows about, involved in the aIIairs oI this planet. The NSA reIers to this ET grouping under such titles
as The Link and others.
There are the benevolent ETs visiting this planet from star sectors such as the Pleiades, Andromeda,
Lyra, Tau Ceti, Sirius A, and Ummo, which have been referred to by contactees and secret service
personnel as The Galactic Confederation of Worlds. Here we are going into complicated Star Wars-
type Exo-politics.
'However, there are benevolent factions of rion Greys and Draco Reptilians and evil factions of
Pleiadians, for example. This is obvious, as in any race there are good and evil elements. I wanted to
just make this distinction clear because in the so-called New Age movement, there is almost a religious
type of obsession with New Age advocates claiming all reptilians are negative and all Pleiadians are
here to save us from them. There have also been Human/ET treaties with these compassionate races,
and their motivations and actions in these areas seem to prove their intentions

Aliens Here - Historical Proofs
Aliens exist-they built the pyramids
Mayes, Thekeyboard.com, 04
(Keith, author oI 'Science the universe and god, TheKeyboard.com, 'who built the pyramids? 1/19/04
'http://www.thekeyboard.org.uk/Who20built20the20pyramids.htm, accessed 6/21/11,hk)
I can remember standing in the desert near Cairo and gazing across the Sphinx to the Great Pyramid of Giza, one of the
most impressive structures on Earth, and counting myselI extremely Iortunate to be there. The pyramid carries some
impressive statistics. It stands 450 feet tall (137mtrs) and consists of two million blocks of stone, weighing Irom the
most common at 2.5 tons up to 50 tons. The weight of the pyramid is six million tons. The four corners are
almost perfect right angles and align almost exactly to the four points of the compass. The sides slope at a
perIect 52 degrees, or would do had not the smoothly polished limestone Iinishing blocks been removed and used in building works in
Cairo. It is one one oI the original Seven Wonders oI the World. Impressive though the statistics are, they do not reveal the true
magniIicence oI this wonderIul construction. I have to admit that upon entering the pyramid and climbing up the narrow cramped access
shaIt to the upper burial chamber, which was surprisingly cool, I experienced an eerie Ieeling oI stepping back into history, and a strong
Ieeling oI trespassing. To have seen this pyramid when perIectly smooth and dazzlingly white in the desert sun must have been an
incredible sight. So impressive are the pyramids that it has caused many to wonder how they could possibly have
been built some 4500 years ago. Some even go as Iar as to suggest that it is not possible Ior these structures to have
been made by the labours oI men, but were instead made by aliens. Who built the pyramids, aliens or men? The case
Ior the Aliens: The pyramids are so accurately aligned with the points of the compass that only aliens
could have achieved this all those thousands oI years ago. The angle oI the slope oI the sides is so precise
only aliens could achieve this. The blocks are so heavy and the pyramid so tall only aliens could achieve this. In the period
2500 BC man did not have the tools or knowledge necessary to build the pyramids, so only aliens could
have done it. ow the aliens built the pyramids is not known, but they would have employed the use oI
advanced construction equipment.

Aliens have been here for thousands of years
History.com, 11
|istory.com, 'Ancient Alien Theory 2011, http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Ica/Nazca/blog-
459201.html, accessed 6/22/11, K|
According to ancient alien theorists, extraterrestrials with superior knowledge of science and engineering
landed on Earth thousands of years ago, sharing their expertise with early civilizations and Iorever
changing the course oI human history. But how did this concept develop, and is there any evidence to support
it? Ancient alien theory grew out oI the centuries-old idea that life exists on other planets, and that
humans and extraterrestrials have crossed paths before. The theme oI human-alien interaction was thrust
into the spotlight in the 1960s, driven by a wave oI UFO sightings and popular Iilms like 2001: A Space
Odyssey. The space program played no small part in this as well: II mankind could travel to other planets,
why couldn`t extraterrestrials visit Earth? In 1968, the Swiss author Erich von Dniken published Chariots
oI the Gods?, which became an immediate bestseller. In it, he put forth his hypothesis that, thousands of
years ago, space travelers from other planets visited Earth, where they taught humans about
technology and influenced ancient religions. e is regarded by many as the Iather oI ancient alien theory,
also known as the ancient astronaut theory. Most ancient alien theorists, including von Dniken, point to
two types of evidence to support their ideas. The first is ancient religious texts in which humans
witness and interact with gods or other heavenly beings who descend from the skysometimes in
vehicles resembling spaceshipsand possess spectacular powers. The second is physical specimens such
as artwork depicting alien-like figures and ancient architectural marvels like Stonehenge and the
pyramids of Egypt. II aliens visited Earth in the past, could they make an appearance in the Iuture? For
ancient alien theorists, the answer is a resounding yes. They believe that, by sharing their views with the
world, they can help prepare Iuture generations Ior the inevitable encounter that awaits them.

Aliens Here - Abductions Prove
Aliens exist-abductions
Booth, UF Casebook researcher, 8
|B J, UFO Casebook 'The Betty and Barney ill Abduction, Part 1, date acquired Irom page created data,
http://www.uIocasebook.com/ill.html,accessed 6/22/11, K|
When I was but a young boy, the only time anyone talked about Ilying saucers was aIter watching a movie
about them, or seeing an episode oI Twilight Zone, or Science Fiction Theater.Then one morning, I was
scanning over our local newspaper, and noticed about three pages deep this heading, "New Hampshire
Couple Encounters UF." Well, needless to say, I was intrigued. In our small town paper, you just didn't
see things on this type oI subject. As I began to read the article, I was astounded to see that these two people
claimed to have been abducted by aliens, and taken inside the ship! Well, that was enough Ior me to think,
"What is this, some kind oI joke?" I thought I had heard the last oI it, but I had not. Soon, this story became
an international one, and even today, is still considered one oI the most believable, and certainly most
researched UFO cases, except Ior maybe the Roswell incident. One thing about this whole subject that seems
odd to me, is that it is considered within the realm oI possibility that someone could see a UFO, but Ior
someone to be taken aboard one, NO WAY. In 1961, Barney Hill was a 39-year-old black man who
worked for the US Postal Service. His wife Betty was a 41-year-old white woman, who owned a
Master's Degree, and was the supervisor for the child welfare department. The Iact that the ills were
an interracial couple has been given weight by some who state that Barney was suIIering stress in dealing
with some public ridicule about the black and white union, which was not nearly as readily accepted in the
early 1960s as it is today. dincredible story. What ensued after the couple went public with their story
was much more stressful to him than any anti-racial remarks he may have encountered. The story of
Betty and Barney Hill begins in September 1961, in the state oI New ampshire. Barney had recently
developed an ulcer, and he and his wife Betty decided to take a short vacation to Canada. The couple
had visited Niagara Falls, and Montreal, and on the 19th oI the month, they began their journey back home to
Portsmouth. The night was clear, with a crescent moon shining on the heavily wooded landscape that
surrounded US Route 3 in the central part oI New ampshire. At about a quarter past 10:00 PM, three miles
south of the city of Lancaster, Barney noticed what appeared to be a bright star, or planet, which
seemed to move erratically. Barney pointed this out to Betty, and they both began to keep track of the
object. The couple began to believe that they were watching a plane appear and disappear, as the
movement oI their vehicle caused the trees to come and go in obstructing their view. Later, Barney would
state that he tried to convince himself that the object was a plane, but that Betty thought it to be
something else - an unidentified craft of some kind. As the two continued to the Flume, just north oI North
Woodstock, the object appeared to move in an odd way. As they reached Indian ead, Barney actually
stopped the car to have a look at the object with his binoculars. He saw multi-colored lights, and rows
of windows on a flat-shaped object, which now seemed to be moving toward him. As the object moved
to within a hundred feet of him, he could see occupants inside. Frightened, he ran back to his car where
Betty waited. They climbed inside and sped away. Soon, two hours of their lives would vanish into
oblivion. AIter resuming their journey home, they were not able to see the strange craIt anymore. Oddly
though, they heard a beeping sound. They then heard the beeping a second time, noticing that they were
suddenly thirty-Iive miles Iarther down the road than a minute or two ago. They were now in Ashla. The
mood in the car was quiet as they proceeded home and went to bed. They both slept until the next aIternoon.
When Betty got up, she called her sister Janet, and told her what had happened. Janet told her to call nearby
Pease Air Force Base, and report what she had seen. Betty reported the incident, speaking to Major Paul
W. enderson, who told Betty; "The UF was also confirmed by our radar." It is important to note at this
point that Barney was against calling the sighting in to the base, hoping to keep it quiet. At this time, neither
Betty nor Barney recalled any abduction. Soon, however, Betty began having nightmarish dreams of her
and her husband being taken aboard a craft of some kind, against their will. In a matter of weeks, two
writers got wind of the story, and aIter interviewing the ills, made an intensive log oI the events oI the
night. They discovered that there were two hours of unaccounted time in the Hill's story, even
allowing for stops for the Hills, and breaks for their dog, who also had made the trip with them.

Aliens Here - UFs Prove
UF`s Exist-multiple sightings in Russia prove
1oslin, writer for Universally Aware, 11
|Linda, writer Ior Unviersally Aware, Universally Aware, 6/22/11,
http://universallyaware.ning.com/Iorum/topics/uIo-650-diameter-seen-
in?page1&commentId60495183AComment3A61503&x1#6049518Comment61503, accessed 6/22/11, K |
Russian Television recently released a report of an attack to huge UF oI at least 656 Ieet oI diameter upon
Kahbarovsk. An important UF event has taken place yet again in Russia, receiving massive media attention in
that nation while being blacked out by the international UFO cover-up in the West. Residents of the village Lesopilniy in
the region of Khabarovsk noticed a huge revolving object descend on the settlement. The alien
spacecraft was described as glowing and two lights were seen on its body. Dozens oI stunned locals, young and
old, gathered on the streets as the object silently hovered just above the rooItops. The object was picked up by military
radar and soon flares and shots were fired at the UF from a nearby military base. The object
changed direction at this point and eventually shot off into the sky. The event lasted over two hours. A number oI residents
Iilmed the event on their mobile phone cameras, however the object was not visible when they replayed their clips. It is now believed
international talks, behind closed-doors, will commence and an investigation as to why the military Iired on a peaceIul alien craIt Iar
more capable oI doing damage than any human contraption. Political leaders will be hoping that this action will not
jeopardise Humanity's galactic standing, and will be put down to our primitive nature.

Aliens Here - Physical Proofs
The Nazca Lines
History.com, 11
|istory.com, 'Ancient Alien Theory 2011, http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Ica/Nazca/blog-
459201.html, accessed 6/22/11, K|
Called "Riddles in the Sand" (Discover 1982) they are the famous Nazca lines and giant ground
drawings etched across 30 miles oI gravel-covered desert near Peru's southern coast. The huge sketch-pad
came to public prominence in Erich von Dniken's Chariots of the Gods?-- a book that consistently
underestimates the abilities oI ancient "primitive" peoples and assigns many of their works to visiting
extraterrestrials. 'on Dniken (1970) argues that the Nazca lines and figures could have been "built
according to instructions from aircraft." e adds:"Classical archeology does not admit that the pre-
Inca peoples could have had a perfect surveying technique. And the theory that aircraIt could have existed
in antiquity is sheer humbug to them."

Crop circles were made my aliens
1amieson, reporter for Sunday Telegraph 09
|Alastair, reporter Ior Sunday telegraph, The Telegraph, 'UFO alert police oIIicer sees aliens at crop circle
10/20/09 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/uIo/6394256/UFO-alert-police-oIIicer-sees-
aliens-at-crop-circle.html, accessed 6/22/11, K|
The sergeant, who has not been named, was oII-duty when he saw the figures standing in a field near
Silbury Hill, and stopped his car to investigate. owever, as he approached the 'men' all over 6It tall
with blond hair he heard "the sound of static electricity" and the trio ran away ''Iaster than any man he
had ever seen''. The officer returned to his home in Marlborough, Wiltshire, and contacted paranormal
experts and told them he had spotted a UF. Wiltshire Police has reIused to comment on the incident,
saying it is a ''personal matter'' Ior the oIIicer involved. Crop circle researcher Andrew Russell, who is
investigating the bizarre sighting on behalI oI the oIIicer, described the moment his sighting was made.
e said: ''At first he thought they were forensic officers as they were dressed in white coveralls. e
stopped his car and approached the Iield. ''The figures were all over 6ft and had blond hair. They seemed
to be inspecting the crop. When he got to the edge of the field he heard what he believed to be a sound
not dissimilar to static electricity. ''This crackling noise seemed to be running through the Iield and the
crop was moving gently, close to where the noise was. ''e shouted to the Iigures who, at Iirst, ignored him,
not glancing at him. When he tried to enter the field they looked up and began running. ''e said; 'They
ran Iaster than any man I have ever seen. I'm no slouch but they were moving so Iast. I looked away Ior a
second and when I looked back they were gone. ''I then got scared. The noise was still around but I got an
uneasy Ieeling and headed Ior the car. For the rest oI the day I had a pounding headache I couldn't shiIt.''
The bizarre incident occurred on the morning oI July 6 this year as the police oIIicer was driving. The
officer claims the three figures were examining a crop circle, which had appeared several days earlier,
when he stopped his car and began walking towards them. owever, the mysterious beings disappeared
when he ''looked away Ior a second'' and he contacted UFO experts aIter witnessing other paranormal
activity. A spokesman Ior Wiltshire Police said: ''The police oIIicer was apparently oII duty when this
happened so we have no comment to make because it is a personal not a police matter.'' Crop circle expert
Colin Andrews, who investigated the incident alongside Andrew Russell, said he is ''convinced'' by the
police officer's story. e said: ''I am quite convinced the oIIicer had an experience that day and one that we
have not Iully explored. ''I think with the unusual movement oI the being and the poltergeist experiences
there is too much additional inIormation to say that is something in nothing.''


```No Aliens```

No Aliens on Earth
Nearest galaxy is 2 million years away
Deem, Researcher/Specialist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. 6 (Rich, Aug 25, 'UFO's and
Extraterrestrial Aliens: Why Earth as Never Been Visited, http://www.godandscience.org/apologetics/uIo.html)
ave we been visited by extraterrestrial beings Irom elsewhere in the universe? First, I would like to
eliminate the idea that we have been visited by beings located outside our own galaxy. Andromeda, the
nearest galaxy to the Milky Way is 2 million light years distant. This means that if there were aliens in
Andromeda, it would take them longer than 2 million years to come to earth.1 Another problem is why
they would want to visit our galaxy. The Andromeda galaxy is considerably larger than our galaxy. II liIe
were common in the universe, there should be many times more oI it in Andromeda, than in our wimpy
galaxy. Why would they even want to visit us? A third problem for potential aliens is detecting us. We
have been sending radio waves for less than 100 years. It will be another 2 million years before those
signals reach our closest neighboring galaxy. The light (and other electromagnetic signals) that they now
see represent the way the earth looked 2 million years ago. Beings in other galaxies would have no way of
knowing that advanced life forms existed in our galaxy.

No physical evidence
Extraterrestrial Aliens: Why Earth as Never Been Visited, http://www.godandscience.org/apologetics/uIo.html
UF believers would ask about Roswell, UF sightings and alien abductions. The problem I have with
the whole Roswell/government conspiracy thing is that there is not one piece of physical evidence. The
government has never been able to keep any kinds of secrets - much less over a period of 40 years.
Regarding abductions, none of the people involved have been shown to have any signs of tampering,
which would be readily apparent by MRI.

No Aliens
Probability is virtually zero
Extraterrestrial Aliens: Why Earth as Never Been Visited, http://www.godandscience.org/apologetics/uIo.html
This paper has shown that the probability of aliens visiting the earth is virtually zero. Potential aliens in
other galaxies are too far away to detect our presence (since radio signals will not reach them for
millions of years) and the travel times make intergalactic travel impractical. Recent scientific studies
demonstrate that the universe is much less hospitable to life than it would seem from our unique Solar
System and planet. A large proportion oI our galaxy is uninhabitable. Parts oI it would not even be expected
to produce rocky planets. The highly unlikely collision that produced our large moon prevented the earth
Irom being a waterworld.5 It also ejected the majority oI our primordial atmosphere, which prevented the
earth Irom going through a runaway greenhouse eIIect similar to what happened to Venus, our sister planet.
Finally, our Solar System is unique in that it has large gas giants located only in the outer regions. Other
systems discovered have gas giants located either near their star or in both inner and outer regions oI their
planetary system. The presence oI gas giants near the star would eject any rocky planets Irom orbit. The
presence oI gas giants in the outer region oI planetary systems is absolutely necessary Ior the survival oI
advanced liIe Iorms. Without Jupiter, the number oI catastrophic collisions that the earth would experience
would be at least 10,000 times greater. So instead oI suIIering massive species extinction events every 100
million years, the earth would experience these events every 10,000 years.6 Only bacteria and other simple
liIe Iorms would be able to survive this kind oI bombardment - no advanced life could ever form in the
vast majority of planetary systems. These problems indicate that there would be no more than 150
advanced civilizations within our galaxy - and, more likely, we are completely alone in our galaxy.
Interstellar space travel is much more difficult than indicated in movies and television series, such as
Star Trek and Star Wars and the like. First, it is not possible to travel at speeds greater than the speed of
light - the physics of the universe prevent it. Second, traveling near the speed of light is impractical for
biological organisms. Collisions with particles even the size of a grain of sand would be catastrophic.
An even worse problem is that the light from ordinary stars would be blue-shifted all the way to the
gamma end of the spectrum when traveling near the speed of light. These gamma rays would destroy
all biological life - even if it were in suspended animation (if that were possible). In essence, these
problems would restrict the speed of travel to well below the speed of light. The most optimistic
estimate for the presence of extraterrestrial civilizations would put them 2000 light years apart. With
no intermediate habitable stopping points, space travel over this distance would be impractical. So,
even if we are not alone in this galaxy, it would be highly unlikely that any extraterrestrial civilization
could have visited us. What about all the "evidence" Ior extraterrestrials and UFOs? See the links below Ior
more inIormation.

No Area 51 Aliens
Area 51 employees break silence - no aliens or UFs
Lacitis, Seattle Times staff reporter, 10 (Erik, March 27, 'Area 51 vets break silence: Sorry, but no space
aliens or UFOs ' http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011461015area51vets28m.html)
The secrets, some oI them, have been declassified.
Noce, 72, and his Iellow Area 51 veterans around the country now are free to talk about doing contract
work Ior the CIA in the 1960s and '70s at the arid, isolated Southern Nevada government testing site.
Their stories shed some light on a site shrouded in mystery; classiIied projects still are going on there. It's
not a big leap Irom warding oII the curious 40 or 50 years ago, to warding oII the curious who now make the
drive to Area 51.
The veterans' stories provide a glimpse oI real-liIe government covert operations, with their everyday
routines and moments oI excitement.
Noce didn't seek out publicity. But when contacted, he was glad to tell what it was like.
"I was sworn to secrecy Ior 47 years. I couldn't talk about it," he says.
In the 1960s, Area 51 was the test site for the A-12 and its successor, the SR-71 Blackbird, a secret spy
plane that broke records at documented speeds that still have been unmatched. The CIA says it reached
Mach 3.29 (about 2,200 mph) at 90,000 Ieet.
But aIter September 2007, when the CIA displayed an A-12 in Iront oI its Langley, Va., headquarters as part
oI the agency's 60th birthday, much oI the secrecy oI those days at Area 51 Iell away.
Advance warning to UFlogists: Sorry, although Noce and other Area 51 vets say they saw plenty of
secret stuff, none make claims about aliens.

AT: Abductions Prove
Alien Abductions are explained by sleep paralysis and waking hallucinations
Shermer, Adjunct Professor at Claremont Graduate University, 05
(Michael Shermer, February, 'Abducted!, ScientiIic American;, Vol. 292 Issue 2, p34, EBSCOhost 6-23-11 BLG)
The most likely explanation for alien abductions is sleep paralysis and hypnopompic (on awakening)
hallucinations. Temporary paralysis is often accompanied by visual and auditory hallucinations and
sexual fantasies, all of which are interpreted within the context of pop culture's fascination with UFs
and aliens. McNally found that abductees "were much more prone to exhibit false recall and false
recognition in the lab than were control subjects," and they scored significantly higher than normal on
a questionnaire measuring "absorption," a trait related to fantasy proneness that also predicts false
recall. My abduction experience was triggered by sleep deprivation and physical exhaustion. I had just
ridden a bicycle 83 straight hours and 1,259 miles in the opening days oI the 3,100-mile nonstop
transcontinental Race Across America. I was sleepily weaving down the road when my support motor home
Ilashed its high beams and pulled alongside, and my crew entreated me to take a sleep break. At that moment
a distant memory oI the 1960s television series The Invaders was inculcated into my waking dream. In the
series, alien beings were taking over the earth by replicating actual people but, inexplicably, retained a stiII
little Iinger. Suddenly the members oI my support team were transmogriIied into aliens. I stared intensely at
their Iingers and grilled them on both technical and personal matters.

~Alien Abduction victims are lying- either for money or psychological reasons
Holden and French University of London, UK 02
(Katharine J, Christopher C. Cognitive Neuropsychiatry 2002, 7 (3) 163-178 'Alien Abduction Experiences: Some
Clues Irom Neuropsychology and Neuropsychiatry EBSCOhost 6-23-11 BLG)
Uninformed sceptics often assert that alleged alien abductees are simply lying about their experiences.
The assumed motivations are financial, in that claimants may make money from books and film rights.
They are also psychosocial, in that the abductee may become a celebrated case, appear at conferences
and on talk shows, and generally have opportunities that would otherwise not be available to them.
owever, as Appelle (1996) points out, in the vast majority oI cases abductees do not go public and although
some cases may indeed be deliberate hoaxes, most inIormed sceptics generally accept that the majority oI
claimants are sincere in their belieIs. If abductees are not deliberately deceiving other people, is it
possible that they really were abducted by aliens? This seems highly unlikely, as the evidence
presented in support of alien visitation is far weaker than uncritical and sensationalist media coverage
typically implies. Even such celebrated cases as the alleged crash oI a Ilying saucer and recovery oI alien
bodies near Roswell, New Mexico, in 1947 are in Iact based on incredibly weak evidence (see, e.g., Klass,
1997; KorII, 1997). Assuming that abductees are not deliberately deceiving others about their experiences
and also assuming that they are almost certainly wrong in thinking that they really have had a close encounter
with an alien, the question arises oI how one is to account Ior their claims. A review oI the literature reveals
that a number oI diIIerent approaches to answering this question have been adopted. One approach involves
Iocusing on the personalities oI abductee claimants and exploring Iactors such as levels oI Iantasy proneness
(e.g., Bartholomew, BasterIield, & oward, 1991; Bartholomew & oward, 1998; Newman & Baumeister,
1996; Ring & Rosing, 1990; Rodeghier, Goodpaster, & Blatter- bauer, 1991; Spanos, Cross, Dickson, &
DuBreuil, 1993), boundary-deIicit personality (e.g., Parnell & Sprinkle, 1990; Ring & Rosing, 1990), escape-
Irom- selI and masochistic Iantasies (e.g., Newman & Baumeister, 1996), and the psychically sensitive
personality (e.g., Johnson, 1994). Others have viewed alien abduction experiences as the product oI biased
investigators (e.g., Klass, 1988; 166 OLDEN AND FRENC Matheson, 1998). Finally, some
researchers have considered the claims of alien abductees in terms of possible clues from the fields of
neuropsychology and neuropsychiatry. The Iocus oI this paper is on the latter.

Alien Threat is Coverup for NW
The creation of the alien threat is a plot to usher in the New World rder
1997
The plan for the creation of a socialist world government is protected by an artificial extraterrestrial
threat from space. The entire UF phenomenon and the uFLogy movement has been created to
further the protection and activation of the plan. Within MA1ESTYTWEL'E is peration Majority
justifying the plan by presenting an extraterrestrial threat as the reason for the necessity for world
government ala "Who speaks Ior planet Earth... Argentina?" Exactly the manner in which Stanton T. Friedman ends his UFOs Are
Real lectures. Operation Majority is named after the original Bolshevik party which sparked the Russian
Revolution. Bolshevik means the majority. The plan claims that if the American people are ever told of this
extraterrestrial presence aliens will destroy the United States. All who have access to the plan or who
inadvertently discover the plan are silenced by that warning. They believe in the government and thus
believe the extraterrestrial lie. These dupes do not know that the Illuminati are the aliens who plan to
destroy the United States oI America in any event.

German WWII tech is being used to fake extraterrestrial sightings to promote alien threat
con to distract from the Illuminati`s real plan
1997
The plan is real. The extraterrestrial threat is artificial. The threat is presented through the use of
secret technology originally developed by the Germans in their secret weapons programs during WW-II, by geniuses
like Nikola Tesla, and many others. Military and government personnel who have access to this material
believe it is real. None of them, however, has ever seen any evidence of the existence of any
extraterrestrial creature nor any advanced technology other that that of human origin. It is not what
they see that convinces them it is extraterrestrial in origin but the manner in which it is presented. It is
extremely difficult, iI not impossible, to believe that Top Secret government or military documentation
could be lies. It is trust in government by men and women who have given their lives in its service that
keeps this monumental lie a alive. All so-called leaks are intentional misinformation projects designed
to promote the alien threat scenario while allowing for complete deniability on the part of government.
The antics of 'icki (Cooper) Ecker (CIA), Donald Francis Ecker III (Dupe), William Moore, Jaime Shandera, Stanton T.
Friedman, Bruce Maccabee (CIA, ONI), Barry TaII PhD.(Pneuropsychiatric Institute oI UCLA worked with recently deceased Dr. Louis
Jollyn "Jolly" West), Whitley Strieber, Bud opkins (CIA), John Lear (CIA), Linda Moulton owe Order oI the Eastern Star and
American Federation oI uman Rights (American co-masonry), Art Bell (Freemason), Glen Campbell, George Knapp (Freemason),
Colonel Philip Corso (CIA, a monumental liar now Deceased), Richard oagland and his Face on Mars, the so-called alien autopsy Iilm,
NASA and the Apollo Moon Missions, the so-called Mars Meteorite which was Iraudulently promoted as
containing Iossil evidence oI liIe on Mars, the War f The Worlds, and many other people and events are projects of
this type. Some (very Iew) of these People are unwitting accomplices in the charade and truly believe in
the extraterrestrial threat. Most oI those named, and others not named, are active, and with full knowledge,
agents of illuminism/socialism. The most well known are active Fellow Travelers, communist agents of
the KGB, the Central Intelligence Agency, or one of the many psychological warfare agencies Iounded by the
Rhodes Round Table Group (The Group), the Royal Institute oI International AIIairs, and the Council On Foreign Relations.

New World rder
New World rder is on the brink
The Insider, 2011
|The Insider, 2011, http://www.theinsider.org/reports/new-world-order/, accessed 6/24/11, K|
The New World rder is no longer a conspiracy theory; it is an established fact. The "New World Order" has been
a prominent conspiracy theory Ior decades|1|. ere and now, as the new millennium dawns, the New World rder
has become a globally recognized political concept,|2| and as such it can no longer be regarded simply as a theory.
Mankind is now literally entering a new age, the Age of Aquarius, according to the ancient zodiacal calendar which
is as old as human civilization.|3| Aquarius is associated by astrologers with brotherhood, or fraternity, which is
the cornerstone oI Freemasonry. The previous zodiacal age was that of Pisces. The zodiacal symbol oI Pisces, the Iish,
is also an important Christian symbol, and it is noteworthy that the age of Pisces coincided with the age
of Christianity. During the previous age dates were written with the suIIix "A.D." which stands Ior "Anno Domini" or "Year oI Our
Lord" denoting the era oI Christ. Alternatively, dates were denoted "B.C." - "BeIore Christ". In 2002 AD, as the Age oI Pisces was
giving way to the new age oI Aquarius, the decision was oIIicially taken to replace the BC/AD date reIerencing system with the new
CE/BCE reIerences which stand Ior "Common Era" and "BeIore the Common Era".|4| What better way for the New Secular
rder to proclaim the beginning of its reign than to secularize the way in which dates are recorded,
replacing the Christian dating system oI the old Order with a new, secular system Ior the Ior the Aquarian age? Consider the
official Great Seal of the Unites States oI America|5|, which is most commonly seen on the back oI the one the dollar bill|6| -
probably the world's most Iamiliar banknote. n the US Great Seal, beneath the ancient Pyramid, is the Latin
inscription: "Novus rdo Seclorum". The official translation of this motto is "A New rder of the
Ages". The Latin word "Novus" means "New", and "Ordo" means "Order". The Latin word "Seclorum" and its English equivalent
"Secular" both share the same three alternative deIinitions: (1) "Secular" - without religion; (2) "Worldly" - oI this world; and (3) "From
century to century" - or Irom age to age. Thus, the motto "Novus Ordo Seclorum" has three diIIerent but equally valid translations:
The different meanings of Novus rdo Seclorum are not mutually exclusive; in fact, they are
synergistic. The alternative translations are all as pertinent today as they were "at the beginning oI the new American era in 1776."
Let this be a testament the wisdom oI the men who chose these words, Ior they demonstrate the esoteric power oI language and the
written Word. II secret societies are able to display such esoteric and Masonic symbolism so prominently Ior us all to see, then perhaps
this is indeed the age oI Freemasonry. Amen. Amen-Ra.

``Ìmpact/Advantage Answers```

All Impacts
The aff can never solve for any human caused impacts, like war, because all of those
impacts are caused by reptilian mind control - as long as reptilians exist in the world
humans will never have full control of their own thoughts and action
Lewis, professor at Montclair State University and Kahn, professor at Antioch University 5
(Tyson and Richard, 'The Reptoid ypothesis: Utopian and Dystopian Representational MotiIs in David Icke`s
Alien Conspiracy Theory, Utopian Societies, volume: 16 no. 1, 2005, p. 10-11, 6/27/11 CW)
Mirroring a number oI claims made by the political Iar-right, Icke asserts a standard
conspiracy-culture line that the pure Aryan bloodline has ruled the planet throughout history,
though he is unique in developing it in an exocultural direction. In Icke`s mind, Aryan lizards
have been Sumerian kings, Egyptian pharaohs, and, in more recent history, American presidents
and British prime ministers. According to Icke, 43 American presidents, including George
Washington and George W. Bush, are direct reptoid-lineage descendants, and the Queen Mother
herself was ~seriously reptilian (Children 79). In Iact, it is at this point that much oI Icke`s work
has its most enduring interest, by providing historical critique that is at once trenchant political
analysis mixed with what reads like an over-the-top satire in the tradition oI Jonathan SwiIt. 7 In
this respect, Icke`s work includes any number oI accountings oI how world leaders and other
Iamous personalities, in order to satiate their reptilian bloodlust, take part in ritualistic sacriIices
and pedophilic activities that include kidnapping, hedonistic drug parties, and brutal murder. Icke
himselI theorizes that such obscene acts as these typiIy the diIIerence between alien-kind and
humanity and that they are necessary else the Aryan-reptilians lose their temporary human Iorm
and revert to their original reptoid physiognomy. Again Iollowing the prevailing exocultural
explanation, Icke claims that in order to maintain their position oI world domination down
through the centuries, the Aryan lizards have created a secret society known as the Freemasons
or Illuminati. The Illuminati are the grand historical puppet masters, presiding over all human
activities through indirect channels of control and manipulation. From the innermost secretive
'Round Table, a handIul oI reptilian masterminds directs the course oI human events via a
network oI international organizations such as the Council on Foreign Relations, The Trilateral - -
1111Commission, The Bilderberg Group, the IMF, World Bank, and the United Nations (Children
339). The plan is quite simply 'to complete their Iinancial control oI the human race (Children
345). In order to maintain their anonymity and deIlect attention away Irom their ubiquitous
presence in international Iinance and politics, Icke believes that the Illuminati are very interested
in mind control. The media and the Internet are two powerful tools that they have developed to
achieve mind control over the general populace. In Icke`s conspiratorial schema, 'The media, in
turn, get their news` and information` overwhelmingly from official sources, which, like the
media itself, are owned by the reptilian bloodline (Children 260). Commenting on the Internet
conspiracy, Icke writes, 'The Internet is an Illuminati creation and only exists because of
military technology. . . . It allows for the easiest possible surveillance of personal
communications through e-mails, and the websites visited by individuals give the authorities the
opportunity to build a personality and knowledge profile of everyone. It`s about control
(Children 415). The Internet, then, is just another step towards perIect surveillance oI the human
race. The ~most important goal of the Illuminati is, according to Icke, ~a micro-chipped
population (Children 368). Once a microchip is inserted into the human body, each individual
will be tracked using a global positioning satellite. Thus in the 21st century the reptoids have
gone digital, inventing and deploying new information technologies that will further suppress the
truth, expand the scope of surveillance, and restrict individual freedoms.

AT: Russia, China, Terrorism Impacts
Russia, China, terrorism, etc impacts are all just coverup for planetary defense initiatives
by the shadow government
and the Ultimate Secret oI the Empire, Exopolitics Journal 3:2, July,p. 68-9, http://exopoliticsjournal.com/vol-
3/vol-3-2-Carpentier.pdI)sbl
3. Some researchers , especially Michael Salla and his colleagues in the realm oI Exopolitics, Paola arris,
AlIred Lambremont Webre, Stephen Bassett, NASA astronaut Edgar Mitchell, Greer, Victor Viggiani and
others, (supported at least in part by many ~whistle blowers and by various high level government
officials such as the Iormer DeIence Minister Paul ellyer Irom Canada, Admiral Lord ill Norton, Iormer
ChieI oI the British DeIence StaII, French DeIence Minister Robert Galley and General Bernard Norlain,
once ill Norton's counterpart in the French Air Force, the late Colonel Philip Corso Irom the USA, Dr.
Jacques Patenet, Director oI GEIPAN at the CNES (the French NASA), ProI. Jean-Claude Ribes, associate
director oI the National Institute Ior Astronomy and Geophysics, France and Nick Pope who headed the
'UFO Desk at the UK's Ministry oI DeIence) have concluded that certain government agencies,
especially the military-industrial administration symbolized by the Pentagon, linked with the
Intelligence complex led by the CIA and NSA, have accumulated substantial information on the
~alien presence and activity.
Paul Hellyer said as much in his address to the 2006 Exopolitics ConIerence in awaii: ' It appears that
real government has passed from elected accountable representatives of the people to an unelected,
unaccountable elite group of senior government officials and industrial leaders . This is the covert
state that Senator Daniel K Inouye oI awaii described as ~a shadowy government with its own Air
Force, Navy and fundraising mechanism.free from the law itself ... which Lewis Laphan called the
'permanent government as opposed to the visible elected one.
In this regard, the statement made to Clark McClelland, Mission Operations Monitor Ior NASA on 16 July
1969 at Kennedy Space Center during the launch oI Apollo 11 by Senator Barry Goldwater, a long-standing
member oI the select committee on Intelligence, is conclusive: 'The UFO situation is at the highest level oI
national security. Much higher than the Bomb.
The implication is that the aforesaid agencies, known or unknown to the public, have used this
inIormation - and possible access - to further their goals of global domination, justified by the imperative
of planning for ~planetary defence against any and all invaders from space , camouflaged as national
security preparations against a foreign enemy, formerly defined as the USSR and now as China,
Russia and accessorily the international Islamic threat, embodied either by an amorphous terrorist
network such as Al Qaida or by a regional power like Iran. This broadly was the initial conclusion
reached by M W Cooper in his brochure 'The Secret Government - the origins, identity and purpose oI MJ-
12.2

AT: Nuclear War
Aliens will prevent nuclear war from causing extinction because it threatens them too
Salla, recently at American University, Center for Global Peace, 6
(Michael, August 12, , 'Divine Strake vs. Divine Strike` Did Extraterrestrials Deter the Pentagon Irom a
Preemptive Nuclear War Against Iran?, Exopolitics Research Study #11, http://www.exopolitics.org/Study-Paper-
11.htm)
In an article analyzing Velasco`s correlation oI UFOs and nuclear weapons, French UFO researcher, Eric
Julien speculates that the use of nuclear weapons affects the time/space continuum in ways that disrupt
UF/extraterrestrial navigation and propulsion systems.|20| e argues that there is a correlation between
UFO behavior around nuclear tests and 74 alleged UFO crashes documented in Ryan Wood's book, Majic
Eyes Only (2006). This is used to support Julien`s thesis that nuclear testing negatively aIIects UFOs by
impacting the space-time continuum they use to navigate to Earth. In his book, The Science oI
Extraterrestrials, Julien argues that atomic explosions directly impact on the space-time continuum that they
occupy.|21| This suggests that use of nuclear weapons threaten the civilizations of extraterrestrials who
use space-time to travel and to establish bases oI operation on or near the vicinity oI the earth.
Based on historical precedents described by Salas and Dedrickson, it appears that extraterrestrials have the
capacity to deactivate nuclear weapons while either in storage or in Ilight, and to destroy nuclear weapons
while in flight. Consequently, extraterrestrials could give warnings through their communications with
individuals and military oIIicials oI impending action to prevent the possible use of nuclear weapons. If
these warnings went unheeded then extraterrestrials could take a range oI defensive measures based on
their influence over key policy makers and institutions, and their ability to impact on the capacities oI
nations to use nuclear weapons. Such measures could culminate in a coordinated set of extraterrestrial
responses, a Divine Strike`, to prevent the Bush administration launching a preemptive nuclear war against
Iran. These responses may have been communicated and/or displayed, and actively deterred the US
military from pursuing a preemptive nuclear attack against Iran.

AT: Nuclear War
We will be saved from nuclear war in 2012 by aliens
Subramanium, Executive Director of Saksoft, 2004 (N.K., SaksoIt is a leading provider oI InIormation
Management Solutions , 'Remote viewing Tibetan monks see Extra Terrestrial powers saving the World Irom
destroying itselI in 2012 India Daily, http://www.indiadaily.com/editorial/12-26-04.asp, Accessed: 6/22/11, SL)
In 2012, the world will start plunging into a total destructive nuclear war. And at that time something
remarkable will happen, says, Buddhist monk oI Tibet. Supernatural divine powers will intervene. The destiny of the
world is not to self-destruct at this time. ScientiIic interpretation oI the monks` statements makes it evident that the
Extra Terrestrial powers are watching us every step of the way. They will intervene in 2012 and save
the world from self-destruction. When asked about recent UFO sightings in India and China, the monks smiled and said the
divine powers are watching us all. Mankind cannot and will not be allowed to alter the future to that great
extent. Every human being though their current acts in liIe called 'Karma can alter the Iuture lives to some extent, but changing the
destiny in that large extent will not be allowed to that great an extent. Monks also mentioned that beyond 2012 our current
civilization would understand that the final frontier of science and technology is in area of spirituality
and not material physics and chemistry. Beyond 2012, out technologies will take a different direction.
People will learn the essence of spirituality, the relation between body and the soul, the reincarnation
and the fact we are connected with each other are all part of ~God. In India and China UFO sightings have
increased in many Iolds. Many say the Chinese and Indian Governments are being contacted by the Extra
Terrestrials. In recent days most UF activities have been seen in those countries who have indigenously
developed Nuke capabilities. When asked iI these extra-terrestrials will show up in reality in 2012, the answers remote viewers
are giving is: they will reveal themselves in such a way that none oI us scared. They will reveal themselves only iI they have to. As
our science and technology progresses, we are destined to see them and interact with them any way.
According to the remote viewers, our earth is blessed and is being saved continuously from all kinds of hazards
all the time that we are not even aware of. As our technologies progress we will realize how external Iorces saved us.

Aliens will shut down the nuclear weapons
Bloxham, assistant news editor for the Daily Telegraph 10 (Allen, Sept. 27, 'Aliens have deactivated
British and US nuclear missiles, say US military pilots,
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/uIo/8026971/Aliens-have-deactivated-British-and-US-
nuclear-missiles-say-US-military-pilots.html)
One oI the men, Capt Robert Salas, said: "The US Air Force is lying about the national security
implications of unidentified aerial objects at nuclear bases and we can prove it."
e said said he witnessed such an event first-hand on March 16, 1967, at Malmstrom Air Force Base in
Montana which housed Minuteman nuclear missiles.
Capt Salas continued: "I was on duty when an object came over and hovered directly over the site.
"The missiles shut down - 10 Minuteman missiles. And the same thing happened at another site a week
later. There's a strong interest in our missiles by these objects, wherever they come Irom. I personally
think they're not from planet Earth."
Others claim to have seen similar activity in the UK.
Col Charles Halt said he saw a UF at the former military base RAF Bentwaters, near Ipswich, 30 years
ago, during which he saw beams of light fired into the base then heard on the military radio that aliens
had landed inside the nuclear storage area.

AT: Extinction Impacts
Aliens will help us during the tribulation
Daust and Santorossa, psychics, 2000 (Danielle owner oI Global Psychics- and Bob, 'The Intervention: a
time oI tribulation beIore ascension or transmigration Global Psychics Inc., http://globalpsychics.com/enlightening-
you/prophecy/aliens-tribulation.shtml, Accessed: 6/22/11, SL)
Benevolent Aliens - elp Waiting in the Wings
The benevolent aliens will help us clean up the damage done to the earth (they have awesome technologies Ior
this), this will happen from year 2 to year 8, after the year 0 which is the beginning of the tribulation
period (years 0-2). They will be summoned by divine messengers sent to Earth during this time.during the
above years, some will seek to dominate Earth, or what's leIt, but will be unsuccessful, largely because oI what
Iollows...during this period, religions will still be around but humanity will note many spiritual
exchanges with the divine and will wonder what is happening to them; but the exchanges will be pleasant,
much will be spoken about this phenomenon and this is when the divine messengers and the spiritual hierarchies on earth
explain what is to become oI Earth and humanity. This is when humanity will compare "notes" with these other
benevolent entities (there is more than one group here) and see that they were not alone, not only in creation,
but, not alone in appreciation of Creator and the divine hierarchies, which humanity will begin to
explore in this time period. These entities will show humanity how to do this and they will participate
in the years five to eight of the transformation period, so that this awareness may occur in humanity. As
explained, humanity will feel an awakening, they will receive assistance from other benevolent entities.
(Humanity will) begin to see these entities, there will be no fear, for there will be trust, for they will feel
and see the great works of these entities. They are beginning to come, culminating in the years Iive to eight, the coming
transIormation oI mother earth.Exchanges will occur, humanity will Ieel they are about technology, instead, they will be exchanges oI
the spirit. Humanity will learn from these entities what is to come in the spiritual revolution. Then they
will be told about these entities history, Earth's history as they know it, and the revolution which occurred
to the entities and which must transpire on earth. Humanity will be made aware of how nature
evolved. These benevolent entities, will contact earth, for they are of great wisdom, great love, great spirituality,
so that earth will not fear. They will create a reality which will warm the conversion oI spirituality in humanity and total
rehabilitation oI earth. These entities will glow with the energy oI Creator to show humanity all that is possible.

AT: Global Warming
Global Warming is completely fabricated-no risk of species or human extinction
Robinson and Robinson, chemists at regon Institute of Science and Medicine, 97
|Arthur B. and Zachary W, Wall Street Journal, 'Science as Spoken: Global Warming Is a Myth 1997,
http://stephenschneider.stanIord.edu/Publications/PDFPapers/RobinsonAndRobinson.pdI, accessed 6/25/11, K|
The global-warming hypothesis, however, is no longer tenable. Scientists have been able to test it careIully,
and it does not hold up. During the past 50 years, as atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have risen, scientists
have made precise measurements of atmospheric temperature. These measurements have deIinitively shown that
major atmospheric greenhouse warming of the atmosphere is not occurring and is unlikely ever to
occur. The temperature oI the atmosphere Iluctuates over a wide range, the result oI solar activity and other inIluences. During the
past 3,000 years, there have been five extended periods when it was distinctly warmer than today. One oI the
two coldest periods, known as the Little Ice Age, occurred 300 years ago. Atmospheric temperatures have been rising
from that low for the past 300 years, but remain below the 3,000-year average. Why are temperatures rising?
The Iirst chart nearby shows temperatures during the past 250 years, relative to the mean temperature Ior 1951-70. The same chart shows
the length oI the solar magnetic cycle during the same period. Close correlation between these two parameters--the
shorter the solar cycle (and hence the more active the sun), the higher the temperature--demonstrates, as do other
studies, that the gradual warming since the Little Ice Age and the large fluctuations during that warming have been
caused by changes in solar activity. The highest temperatures during this period occurred in about 1940. During the past
20 years, atmospheric temperatures have actually tended to go down, as shown in the second chart, based on very
reliable satellite data, which have been conIirmed by measurements Irom weather balloons. Consider what this means Ior the global-
warming hypothesis. This hypothesis predicts that global temperatures will rise significantly, indeed
catastrophically, iI atmospheric carbon dioxide rises. Most oI the increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide has occurred during the past 50
years, and the increase has continued during the past 20 years. Yet there has been no signiIicant increase in atmospheric
temperature during those 50 years, and during the 20 years with the highest carbon dioxide levels,
temperatures have decreased. In science, the ultimate test is the process oI experiment. II a hypothesis Iails the experimental
test, it must be discarded. ThereIore, the scientific method requires that the global warming hypothesis be
rejected. So we needn't worry about human use of hydrocarbons warming the Earth. We also needn't worry
about environmental calamities, even iI the current, natural warming trend continues: AIter all the Earth has been much
warmer during the past 3,000 years without ill effects.

AT: Global Warming
Global Warming is scientifically impossible-government conspiracy
The Brussels 1ournal, 2/12/2007
|The Brussels Journal, 'Global Warming is a Myth, 2/12/2007, http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/1899,
accessed 6/25/11, K|
Global warming is a myth and every serious person and scientist says so. It is not fair to refer to the
U.N. panel. IPCC is not a scientific institution: it`s a political body, a sort oI non-government organization oI green
Ilavor. It`s neither a Iorum oI neutral scientists nor a balanced group oI scientists. These people are politicized scientists
who arrive there with a one-sided opinion and a one-sided assignment. Also, it`s an undigniIied slapstick that
people don`t wait Ior the Iull report in May 2007 but instead respond, in such a serious way, to the summary Ior policymakers where all
the 'but`s are scratched, removed, and replaced by oversimpliIied theses. This is clearly such an incredible failure of so
many people, from journalists to politicians. II the European Commission is instantly going to buy such a trick, we have
another very good reason to think that the countries themselves, not the Commission, should be deciding about similar issues. |...|
ther top-level politicians do not express their global warming doubts because a whip of political
correctness strangles their voice. |...| Environmentalism as a metaphysical ideology and as a worldview
has absolutely nothing to do with natural sciences or with the climate. Sadly, it has nothing to do with social
sciences either. Still, it is becoming Iashionable and this Iact scares me. |...| Indeed, I never measure the thickness oI ice in Antarctica. I
really don't know how to do it and don`t plan to learn it. owever, as a scientiIically oriented person, I know how to read science reports
about these questions, Ior example about ice in Antarctica. I don`t have to be a climate scientist myselI to read them. And inside the
papers I have read, the conclusions we may see in the media simply don`t appear. But let me promise you something: this topic troubles
me which is why I started to write an article about it last Christmas. The article expanded and became a book. In a couple oI months, it
will be published. One chapter out oI seven will organize my opinions about the climate change. |...| It is not quite exactly divided to
the leIt-wingers and right-wingers. Nevertheless it`s obvious that environmentalism is a new incarnation of
modern leftism. |...| |W|e know that there exists a huge correlation between the care we give to the environment on one side and
the wealth and technological prowess on the other side. It`s clear that the poorer the society is, the more brutally it
behaves with respect to Nature, and vice versa. It`s also true that there exist social systems that are
damaging Nature - by eliminating private ownership and similar things - much more than the Ireer societies. These tendencies
become important in the long run. They unambiguously imply that today, on February 8th, 2007, Nature is protected
uncomparably more than on February 8th ten years ago or fifty years ago or one hundred years ago

SETI not on right setting
Life does not exist in the same density as humans - that`s why SETI hasn`t found any
results
That Earth scientists have not found physical life in the remaining worlds of our Solar system is due
to Earth being the only planet where life unfolds in such dense levels. ther worlds do have life, but in
finer and subtler bodies, which impedes the perception and visibility at the level of the apparatuses and
technological systems with which you count on. Also, dimensions of a higher level to the ones of this
planet cannot be contacted with the eyes of the flesh. Life there passes unnoticed to you and, when you
try to know this with your scientific apparatuses, it is as if you want to photograph smoke. (The worlds
you see in the Third Dimension are like the "shells" leIt by worlds already opened to levels oI superior liIe.)


``Àuthors Debate```

Peer Review Good
Peer Review key to science
Scott, visiting fellow at Separations Process Research Unit 07
(Allister Scott, January 29 2007 Science Direct 'Peer Review and the relevance oI science http://bscw-
app1.ethz.ch/pub/bscw.cgi/d448195/Scott2007peerreviewFutures.pdI 6/25/11 BLG)
Peer review is not only a routine component of the scientific role, but it is also fundamental to the
institution of science, defended as symbol and guarantor of the autonomy of science. Thus peer review is
built so deeply into the brickwork of science that many refuse to examine and improve it, fearing that
any significant change would weaken the entire edifice. In some minds, to question peer review is to
question science itselfSince this thought Irom Chubin and ackettand possibly Ior the reasons they identiIywe do not seem
to have made much progress in studying the practice oI peer review. My investigations oI the procurement oI relevant` science have led
me inexorably to the topic oI peer review, and to some critical perspectives on how peer review, as usually practised, inIluences the
priorities and decision-making processes oI researchers and research organisations. The question oI how science can be made more
relevant to the needs oI society is increasingly central in science-policy debate. Yet many oI these discussions approach the question
Irom the outside, as it were, preIerring to leave the workings oI science itselI untouched; the Iocus is on the role oI technology transIer`,
intermediaries` and dissemination`. In this article, I want to explore the inner workings oI science by investigating its central decision-
making tool: peer review. Peer review plays a signiIicant role in many oI the key moments in science, as it is the main Iorm oI decision-
making around: who receives money to do what science; who gets to publish in the scientiIic literature; and which individual scientists
are selected and promoted within research institutions. Peer review is also the core tool used in various methods
aimed at evaluating scientific institutions themselves:

Peer Review achieves validity.
Cicchetti, Yale University Child Study Center 98
(Domenic V. Cicchetti 1998, Vol. 20, No. 3, pp. 428-431 Journal oI Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology 'Good
Science and Good Peer Reviewing: Are They Related? 6/25/11 BLG)
'alidity, in the specific context of the peer review process, has both internal, as well as external
components. As we shall see Iurther, an editor has some control over the internal component, but little or none over the external
component. Each oI these will be discussed in turn. Finally, it needs to be stressed that these two concepts apply equally well to the
peer review oI any scientiIic document (manuscript review, grant proposal review, review oI papers submitted Ior presentation at
scientiIic societies). As noted in Cicchetti (1991a, 1991b), there is wide consensus among scientists that the peer
review of any given scientific document, in order to be internally valid, must receive what might best
be referred to as adequate coverage``, in terms of the level of expertise of the independent
reviewers. This often translates, in the usual context of two independent reviews of a given scientific
document, into adequate content and methodologic / biostatistical coverage for any given manuscript,
grant, or other scientific document. As noted recently by Kraemer (1991), this is an important activity Ior an editor to
undertake, Ior the Iollowing reason. To the extent that editors are knowledgeable in their field, it is entirely
possible to select reviewers who will agree highly with each other, but neither of whom has a broad
understanding of the content area being evaluated.

80 of most papers are rejected by peers.
Moffat, Urologist, 03
(Leslie E.F, June 2003 UroOncology Vol. 3 (2), pp. 8183 'On Publication in Peer Reviewed Journals
EBSCOhost BLG)
Most serious journals are rejecting about 80 of papers that are submitted. Rejection letters vary
from curt to kind. The reason for an article being rejected out of hand may be entirely appropriate.
We have at this 1ournal on two occasions had basic papers submitted to Uroncology, where the
authors had a paper on the oncological aspects of neurology! This would have been perIectly reasonable iI the
original cancers had been oI the genito-urinary tract, but this was not the case and clearly, the papers had been sent, by an inattentive
secretary or researcher, to the wrong place. The author has used his experience oI the submissions in the last year, to document his
impressions regarding the rejection oI papers. It would appear selI evident that a writer should write about what he or she knows about.
Generally this is true and is extremely good advice. ccasionally people write on subjects they know
little or nothing about and this becomes apparent when the text is read.

Internet Science Research Bad
Internet research is tricky-Scientific research goes through a complicated peer-reviewed
process to become valid- non fallsifiable conspiracy theories are the type of research we
should be taught to reject because of their lack of evidentiary support
Wiley et al. Professor of Psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago, 9
(JenniIer Wiley, Susan R Goldman is a ProIessor oI Psychology and Education University oI Illinois at Chicago, Arthur C Graesser is presently a
Iull proIessor in the Department oI Psychology, an adjunct proIessor in Computer Science, and co-director oI the Institute Ior Intelligent Systems
at the University oI Memphis, Christopher A Sanchez Assistant ProIessor Cognitive Science & Engineering Program Arizona State University,
'Source Evaluation, Comprehension, and Learning in Internet Science Inquiry Tasks American Educational Research Journal. Washington: Dec
2009. Vol. 46, Iss. 4; pg. 1060, 47 pgs accessed: 6/22/11 proquest) TJL
Students are increasingly turning to the Internet to conduct their research projects, regardless oI whether the
assignments are intended as Internet research projects or not (Jones, 2002). Internet searches are
problematic in that they return multiple sources and sites that may or may not be relevant or reliable.
The use of the Internet for research purposes increases the need for students to critically evaluate
information sources for their reliability, credibility, and trustworthiness (Britt & Aglinskas, 2002;
Rouet, 2006; Wallace, Kupperman, Krajcik, & Soloway, 2000). Understanding how students engage in the
processes oI search, selection, evaluation, comparison, and integration oI ideas Irom multiple sources oI
inIormation is becoming an increasingly important area oI research in discourse processing and
comprehension (Brem, Russell, & Weems, 2001; Graesser et al., 2007; Rouet, 2006; Stadtler & Bromme,
2007) and in the learning sciences more generally (Linn, Davis, & Bell, 2004; Wallace et al., 2000).In both
history and science, experts routinely engage in selection, analysis, and synthesis within and across
multiple sources of evidence (Chinn & Malhotra, 2002; Wineburg, 1991). For example, when scientists
read scholarly publications, they rely on information about the scientists, the journals in which the
publications appear, and the reputations of the institutions or research groups with which the scientists
are affiliated (Bazerman, 1985; Berkencotter & uckin, 1995). When scientists read research reports within
their Iield, they evaluate the strength of the argumentation and the answers to such questions as, Does
the evidence support the claims? Is the evidence reliable? and Does the claim sufficiently explain
existing as well as new evidence? (Chinn & Malhotra, 2002; Duschl, Schweingruber, & Shouse, 2007;
Goldman, Duschl, Ellenbogen, Williams, & Tzou, 2003). Finally, new results and new explanatory models
are framed against the extant literature (Yore, Bisanz, & and, 2003). Evaluation, explanation,
integration, and corroboration oI inIormation across sources are all central processes in the disciplinary
expertise oI practicing scientists. Thus, Irom both a general discourse processing and comprehension
perspective, as well as Irom a disciplinary perspective, it is important to understand how learners engage with
multiple sources oI inIormation.

Researching science on the internet risks failures in critical analysis
Wiley et al. Professor of Psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago 2009
The elements oI the intertext model are what are generally missing in the representation process oI novice
readers (Britt & Aglinskas, 2002; Rouet et al, 1997; Voss & Wiley, 2006; Wineburg, 1991). They also seem
to be critical features for the comprehension of multiple sources during Internetbased science inquiry
tasks, although this has not yet been tested. Because much of this information is on a metalevel, requiring
reflection, evaluation, and monitoring on the part of the student, comprehension from multiple
Internet sources may be even more reliant on effective metacognition than comprehension of single
texts (Quintana et al., 2005; Stadtler & Bromme, 2007). Thus, these processes may need particular
support during Internet inquiry tasks.

Internet Science Research Bad
Due to Internet science queries` complexity- it makes sense for students to accept
unreliable evidence such as conspiracy theories as fact, however we should still reject bad
evidence
Given the potential complexity of successful scientific inquiry, it should not be surprising that
adolescents and college students frequently struggle with inquiry tasks, especially when these tasks
involve learning through research articles (Lanick-Buckner, 1997; Yarden, Brill, & Falk, 2001).
Particularly germane to Internet-based science inquiry tasks are the skills and processes associated with
searching, evaluating, and understanding inIormation sources. Research indicates that high school and
college students have difficulty differentiating claims from evidence, and evidence from conclusions,
and tend to pay relatively little attention to source information (Azevedo & Cromley, 2004; Brem et al,
2001; Chinn & Malhotra, 2002; Korpan, Bisanz, Bisanz, & enderson, 1997; Norris, Phillips, & Korpan,
2003; Stadtler & Bromme, 2007). This is problematic because of the centrality of understanding the
claim-plus-evidence structure of scientific arguments and explanations of natural phenomena (Duschl
et al., 2007). Thus, many Internet-based inquiry learning environments have Iound it necessary to include
supports Ior inquiry learning through prompts and questions designed to help students Iocus on speciIic
inIormation, make critical contrasts and connections, distinguish claims Irom evidence, evaluate arguments,
and monitor their own learning and understanding (Sandoval & Reiser, 2004; Slotta & Linn, 2000; White &
Frederiksen, 2005).

They destroy education by failing to do proper research- their inaccurate judgments are
caused by an inadequacy of metacognition
Effective metacognition also plays a role in the processes and outcomes of comprehension. Successful
comprehenders better monitor the adequacy of their text representation and use a range of strategies in
response to failures to understand what they are reading (Duke & Pearson, 2002; Garner, 1987; GriIIin,
Wiley, & Thiede, 2008; acker et al., 1998; McNamara, 2004; Palincsar & Brown, 1984; Pressley, 2002;
Thiede, GriIIin, Wiley, & RedIord, in press). When students fail to monitor their understanding
accurately, such as by making inaccurate judgments of learning, information quality, and the
relevance of information to goals, they make poor study decisions and fail to reread misunderstood
information (Thiede, Anderson, & Therriault, 2003). The result is little or no improvements in
comprehension and ultimately poor overall learning outcomes (Wiley et al., 2005; Winne, 2001).

A2: ur authors are more qualified
There is no objective way to measure who is ~qualified or not
1aschik, Founder & Editor Inside Higher Ed, 9
(Scott, March 4, 2009, 'The 'Black Box' oI Peer Review,
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/03/04/peerreview, JSkoog) Note: Mchele Lamont is a sociology
professor at Harvard
As Ior excellence, that quality that peer review theoretically promotes, Lamont isn`t so sure it exists. It
may be invoked all the time, she said in an interview, but her examination of the process suggests no way
to measure it. "I think excellence means nothing, she said, suggesting that panels be honest about the
criteria they use. ~I think you have to give the criteria. Typically it's originality, feasibility, and also the
social and intellectual significance. There is nothing wrong with those deIinitions per se, she said, but
people shouldn't pretend they equate with some scientific measure of excellence, as other criteria could
be used as well. The most common flaw she documents is a pattern of professors applying very personal
interests to evaluating the work before them. ~People define what is exciting as what speaks to their
own personal interest, and their own research, she said. Even iI her book doesn`t change peer review,
Lamont writes that she wants to 'open the Black Box oI peer review so the scholars being evaluated have a
better understanding oI what happens to the applications in which they have invested so much time and hope.
But she does have hope Ior those on the panels too. 'I also want the older, established scholars -- the gate
keepers -- to think hard and think again about the limits of what they are doing, particularly when
they define what is exciting` as what most looks like me (or my work).`

AT: Peer Review
Academic communities only evaluate things that they deem to be interesting, thus forcing
alternative views of science out of the spectrum of academia
Moore, professor tenure of microbiology and immunology, 6
(John, AIDS Researcher working at Cornell, 2006, 'Perspective: Does peer review mean the same to the public as it
does to scientists? http://www.nature.com/nature/peerreview/debate/op5.html, JSkoog)
It's been peer reviewed, so it must be right, right? Wrong! Not everything in the peer-reviewed
literature is correct. Indeed, some of it is downright bad science. Professional scientists usually know
how to rate papers within their own Iields oI expertise (all too often very narrow ones nowadays). We
realize that some journals are more stringent than others in what they will accept, and that peer-review
standards can unIortunately be too Ilexible. A lust Ior proIit has arguably led to the appearance oI too many
journals, and so it can be all too easy to Iind somewhere that will publish poor-quality work. The public
doesn't understand this, how could it? But the term 'peer review' is often equated with 'gold standard'.
Hence, the politically motivated, lazy or unscrupulous can use the peer-reviewed literature selectively,
to make arguments that are seriously flawed, or even damaging to public policy. Chris Mooney, in The
Republican War on Science (Basic Books, 2005), provides several examples oI how this operates in the
political world. ProIessional scientists can see through this tactic. We know that scientiIic truth evolves on
the basis oI a mounting consensus, not through an isolated paper that adopts a maverick position, even iI it
has been 'peer reviewed'. In contrast, politicians all too often cherry-pick the 'facts' they find most
convenient to their party's agenda. And politicians are not alone. In my own Iield oI AIDS research, a
small clique oI scientists and scientiIically ignorant laymen promotes the bizarre view that IV does not
cause AIDS, or, in a particularly dubious variant oI the genre, that IV does not actually exist. These AIDS
denialists are experts at selectively using the peer-reviewed literature to superIicially bolster their positions. I
think they lack the training or iI trained, the integrity to appreciate two things that are understood by
proIessional scientists. First, that peer-reviewed literature develops over time, so that what was
legitimately uncertain 20 years ago is fully understood today. This means that citing decade-old papers
and ignoring more recent ones is an unscrupulous tactic. Second, that ignoring every paper bar the one
that most conveniently suits a preconceived position could be considered scientific misconduct. Similar
practices can be Iound in other science-related areas. For example, advertisements claiming that vitamin pills
can cure cancer and inIectious diseases selectively cite the peer-reviewed literature.

AT: Your Authors are Crazy
~Crazy is only used for the marginalized and disrespected in intellectual communities, use
of the word furthers ableist sentiments
Abby1ean, blogger for disabledfeminists.com, 10
(AbbyJean, blogger Ior disabledIeminists.com, May 28,2010, 'Ableist Word ProIile: Crazy (to
describe political viewpoints or positions, http://disabledIeminists.com/2010/05/28/ableist-word-proIile-
crazy-to-describe-political-viewpoints-or-positions/, JSkoog)
What I conclude Irom that is that the media doesn`t consistently use ~crazy and other ableist terms to
refer to absurd policies or those that lack rational support, but instead reserves those terms for people
outside of mainstream politics. Which in turn implies that the term is used primarily to further
marginalize and dismiss people who don`t fit expectations of what a politician is or what are common
or popular political arguments. To me, this is even more evidence that the implicit subtext of terming a
person or policy ~crazy is ~shut up and go away, or start blending in better. Which, again, is exactly
the message leveled at people with mental illness when they`re called ~crazy or ~loony or
~unhinged or any number oI synonyms. This selective usage is even more reason the term ~crazy
shouldn`t be used in the political context partly because it`s a lazy out for commentators who refuse to
engage with the actual policy issues or political ideas being proposed on a substantive level, and partly
because it fiercely underlines and reinforces marginalization and dismissal of people with mental
illness. It reminds me that when people call me 'crazy, what they really mean is 'stop existing in my
consciousness either disappear or become normal. To see progressive writers and organizations rely on
the marginalization of people with mental illness to score easy points against unpopular politicians is
upsetting not only because of their perpetuation of ableism, but also because it puts me in the extremely
uncomIortable position oI deIending people like Palin and Paul against this kind oI criticism.

Ableism is like racism and sexism and oppresses and marginalizes those who we label as
~disabled
verboe, Professor at Wildfrid Laurier, 2007
(James, ProIessor at WildIrid Laurier, 'Chapter 2
Vitalism: Subjectivity Exceeding Racism, Sexism, and (Psychiatric) Ableism,
http://appweb.cortland.edu/ojs/index.php/Wagadu/article/viewFile/324/611, JSkoog)
In a previous liIe, I Iound myselI working as a social worker at a 'drop-in-centre Ior people who were
undergoing or had undergone psychiatric treatment. My orientation Ior the position, in part, consisted oI
being inIormed that there were clients with 'diIIicult psychiatric problems. This was my initial
introduction to 'Donna (a pseudonym), an aboriginal woman who undergoes psychiatric intervention.
My colleagues inIormed me that they were attempting to separate the ongoing negative eIIects oI
oppression experienced through colonization and patriarchy Irom the 'real psychiatric disorder. This
approach is problematic Ior me because, as some one who experiences cerebral, I contend that ableism, like
racism and sexism, oppresses people by labeling them as having either a physical, psychiatric,
cognitive, developmental, and sensory disability. Moreover, people can be read as having a
combination of disabilities. For example, my experience oI cerebral palsy has been read by others as
having both physical and cognitive disabilities. Yet, Ior the most part, anti-oppression movements and
liberal discourses continue to pathologise people who are disabled, especially those who have been
psychiatrized. Donna experienced oppression as a woman, as an aboriginal, and through being
psychiatrized. istorically, gender (see Smith, 1990; Groneman, 1995) and race have been conflated
with mental inferiority. In this way, they have been socially constructed to represent medical
pathology. Anti-oppression movements may have lessened the medical pathology based on
racialization or gender. However the experience of being psychiatrized continues to be pathologised
as a condition requiring a cure.

Ablism Impacts
Ableist rhetoric is akin to other racist and bigoted language and is purely used for
exclusionary purposes
1ames, feminist blogger, 10
(Rachel McCarthy, Ieminist blogger Ior Deepylproblematic.com, 'Guest Post Irom RMJ: Ableist Word ProIile:
Crazy, May 17, 2010, http://disabledIeminists.com/2010/05/17/guest-post-Irom-rmj-ableist-word-proIile-crazy/
Like every ism, ableism is absorbed through the culture on a more subconscious level, embedding itself in our
language like a guerrilla force. Crazy is one of the most versatile and frequently used slurs, a word used
sometimes directly against persons with mental disabilities (PWMD), sometimes indirectly against persons with
able privilege, sometimes descriptive and value-neutral, and sometimes in a superIicially positive light. As a direct
slur against PWMD: Crazy as a word is directly and strongly tied to mental disability. It`s used as a slur
directly against PWMD both to discredit and to marginalize. II a person with a history oI mental illness wants to
do something, Ior good or bad, that challenges something, that person`s thoughts, arguments, and rhetoric are
dismissed because that person is 'crazy. II a PWMD is going through pain because oI something unrelated to their
mental state, culpability Ior the pain is placed solely on their being crazy. Even if their suffering is related to their
disability, it is, in a catch-22, dismissed due to their ~craziness; the PWMD is expected to pull themselves up
by their bootstraps if they want to be viewed as a valid human being. Examples: 'I can`t believe Britney shaved
her head. Crazy bitch. 'Not only is Dworkin cissexist, she`s Iucking crazy! As a way to discredit neurotypical
people: Crazy is also often used to describe a neurotypical person that the speaker disagrees with. It`s used to
discredit able-privileged persons by saying that they are actually mentally disabled - and what could be
worse than that? Examples: 'Tom Cruise is Iucking crazy. Seriously, he`s batshit insane about Prozac, yelling at
Matt Lauer and shit. 'Did you hear that Shirley broke up with Jim? She thought he was cheating on her. 'Yeah,
she`s crazy, Jim`s a great guy. Crazy is oIten used even, still, by me and other Ieminists to negatively describe
ideas, writing, or other nouns that the speaker Iinds disagreeable. Conservatives are 'crazy, acts oI oppression are
'crazy making , this winter`s snow is 'craziness. This usage makes a direct connection between mental disability
and bad qualities oI all stripes, turning disability itselI into a negative descriptor. Whether it means 'bad or 'evil
or 'outlandish or 'illogical or 'unthinkable, it`s turning the condition oI having a disability into an all-purpose
negative descriptor. When using crazy as a synonym for violent, disturbing, or wrong, it`s saying that PWMD
are violent, disturbing, wrong. It`s using disability as a rhetorical weapon. Examples: 'They took the public
option out oI the health care plan? That`s Iucking crazy! 'Yeah, Loretta went crazy on Jeanie last night. Gave her a
black eye and everything. Crazy as a positive ampliIier: On the Ilip side, crazy is oIten used as a positive
ampliIier. Folks say that they are 'crazy about something or someone they love or like. But just because it`s
positive doesn`t mean it`s a good thing. Crazy as a positive adjective still mean 'overly or 'too much. It`s meant
to admit a slight lack oI Ioresight or sense on the part oI the speaker. Furthermore, a slur is a slur is a slur, no matter
the context. Crazy is mostly, and overtly, used to mean ~bad, ~silly, ~not worth paying attention to, ~too
much. Persons with mental illnesses are none of these things as a group. The positive use is not that positive,
and it doesn`t absolve the mountains oI bad usage. Examples: 'I`ve been crazy busy lately, sorry I haven`t been
around much. 'I`m just crazy about ice cream! Crazy a destructive word, used to hurt people with mental
disabilities. It`s used to discredit, to marginalize, to make sure that we feel shame for our disability and
discourage self-care, to make sure that those oI us brave enough to publicly identiIy as having mental disabilities
are continually discredited. Editor`s Note: It can take longer than usual Ior com

AT: Ableism
Even if ableist discourses are stopped, there is still stigma attached to disability - their K
doesn`t solve anything
Kiriamaya, Blogger 11
(Kiriamaya, Blogger on Tumblr, 'Perpetually MyselI: It's not enough to call out ableist language, Tumblr, May 12,
2011, http://kiriamaya.tumblr.com/post/5433850854/perpetually-myselI-its-not-enough-to-call-out-ableist, JSkoog)
Language is important, but more important still are the underlying assumptions which shape our
society. Assumptions about who is valuable and who isn`t, about what the proper way to behave is, about
what counts as 'contributing to to society/the economy/whatever.the list goes on and on. Widespread
use of ~crazy and ~lame (etc.) are but symptoms of the larger problemsociety is Iull oI ableist
assumptions, some oI which are very obvious and some oI which may be more subtlebut ableist
nonetheless. The elimination of ableist words is but a small part of what needs to be done, and it
frustrates and disappointments me that so much ~social justice work has stopped at languagewhich
is in many ways the easiest part. Take stigma against people with intellectual disabilities. I am glad that it`s
no longer acceptable to use the r-word in many circles, and that other words are making some headway. (I
struggle with idiot and 'crazy and a lot oI others myselI in everyday speech.) But I don`t think this has
actually done all that much to promote the equality and worth oI people with intellectual disabilities. There
is still the assumption that it is better to be ~intelligent (whatever that means), that mental illness
(however you deIine that) is something to be pitied, and that, in short, it`s better to be non-disabled than
not. The end result is a very shallow sort of ~social justice discourse that keeps all of the underlying
problematic assumptions in place while giving lip service to equality. It`s very troubling. Truly
examining one`s ableism does not mean renaming the tags on your blog so that 'lame and 'crazy no longer
appear. It is not being the IiIth person on a thread to selI-righteously proclaim that 'idiot is ableist, and then
simply stopping at that. That is superIicial, and oItentimes little more than a way Ior neurotypical and/or
able-bodied people to publicly demonstrate their Good Ally status and pat themselves on the back.
Examining one`s ableism means constantly questioning and re-formulating basic assumptions which
are oftentimes so deeply ingrained that it`s hard even to see them, let alone disavow them. Take the
assumption that ~intelligence is valuable, for instance. It`s so ingrained in our society, so hard to root
out-I`ll not pretend to be perfect on this score-and yet doing so is vital if we are to create a world in
which people with intellectual disabilities are equals-not simply people-seen-as-lesser whom are
condescended to.


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nly engaging in conspiracy agnosticism creates productive criticism and exposes cracks in
the edifice of governmentality
Wendt, Minnesota - Professor of International Relations and Duvall, hio State -
Professor of International Relations, 8
(Alexander and Raymond, 'Sovereignty and the UFO, August 2008, Political Theory Volume 36 Number 4,
http://ovnis-usa.com/DIVERS/WendtDuvallPoliticalTheory.pdI,JSkoog)
We have called ours a ~critical theory, in that it rests on a normative assumption that the limits of modern
rule should be exposed. In the present context this means that human beings should try to know the UF.
Although we believe the case Ior this presumption is over-determined and overwhelming, it is not a case we can make here.
Nevertheless, it seems incumbent upon us to Iollow through on the practical logic oI our theory, so taking its desirability as given, in
conclusion we address the question oI resistance to the UFO taboo. The structuralism oI our argument might suggest that resistance is
Iutile. owever, the structure of the UF taboo also has aporias and fissures that make it-and the
anthropocentric structure of rule that it sustains-potentially unstable. ne is the UF itself, which in
its persistent recurrence generates an ongoing need for its normalization. Modern rule might not recognize the
UFO, but in the Iace oI continuing anomalies maintaining such nonrecognition requires work. In that respect the UF is part of
the constitutive, unnormalized outside of modern sovereignty, which can be included in authoritative
discourse only through its exclusion. Within the structure of modern rule there are also at least two
fissures that complicate maintaining UF ignorance. ne is the different knowledge interests of
science and the state. While the two are aligned in authoritative UFO discourse, the state is ultimately interested in
maintaining a certain regime of truth (particularly in the face of metaphysical insecurity), whereas
science recognizes that its truths can only be tentative. Theory may be stubborn, but the presumption in science is that
reality has the last word, which creates the possibility of scientific knowledge countering the state`s dogma. The
other Iissure is within liberalism, the constitutive core oI modern governmentality. Even as it produces normalized subjects who know
that 'belieI in UFOs is absurd, liberal governmentality justiIies itselI as a discourse that produces Iree-thinking subjects who might
doubt it.72 It is in this context that we would place the recent disclosure by the French government (and at press time the British too) oI
its long-secret UFO Iiles (1,600 reports), including its investigations oI selected cases, oI which the French acknowledge 25 percent as
unexplained.73 Given that secrecy is only a contingent Ieature oI the UFO taboo, and that even the French are still Iar Irom seeking
systematic knowledge oI UFOs, this disclosure is not in itselI a serious challenge to our argument. owever, the French action does
illustrate a potential within liberalism to break with authoritative common sense,74 even at the risk oI exposing the Ioundations oI
modern sovereignty to insecurity. The kind of resistance that can best exploit these fissures might be called
militant agnosticism. Resistance must be agnostic because by the realist standards of modernity,
regarding the UF/ET question neither atheism nor belief is epistemically justified; we simply do not
know. Concretely, agnosticism means ~seeing rather than ignoring the UF, taking it seriously as a truly
unidentified object. Since it is precisely such seeing that the UF taboo forbids, in this context seeing is
resistance. However, resistance must also be militant, by which we mean public and strategic, or else it
will Wendt, Duvall / Sovereignty and the UFO 627 indeed be Iutile. The reproduction oI UFO ignorance depends crucially on those in
positions oI epistemic authority observing the UFO taboo. Thus, private agnosticismoI the kind moderns might have about God,
Ior exampleis itself part of the problem. nly breaking the taboo in public constitutes genuine
resistance. Even that is not enough, however, as attested by the long history oI unsuccessIul resistance to the UFO taboo to date.75
The problem is that agnosticism alone does not produce knowledge, and thus reduce the ignorance upon which modern sovereignty
depends. For a critical theory oI anthropocentric rule, thereIore, a science oI UFOs ironically is required, and not just a science oI
individual cases aIter the Iact, which can tell us only that some UFOs lack apparent conventional explanations. Rather, in this domain
what is needed is paradoxically a systematic science, in which observations are actively sought in order to analyze patterns Irom which
an intelligent presence might be inIerred.76 That would require money, inIrastructure, and a long-term commitment oI the kind that to
date has been possible only Ior epistemic authorities, or precisely those actors most resistant to taking UFOs seriously. Still, given the
potential disjunction of interest between science and the state, it is possible here for science to play a
key role for critical theory. Whether such a science would actually overcome UFO ignorance is unknowable today, but it is
only through it that We might move beyond the essentially theological discourse of belief and denial to
a truly critical posture. Modern rule and its metaphysics are extraordinarily resilient, so the diIIiculties oI such resistance cannot
be overstated. Those who attempt it will have diIIiculty Iunding and publishing their work, and their reputations will suIIer. UFO
resistance might not be Iutile but it is certainly dangerous, because it is resistance to modern sovereignty itselI. In this respect militant
UF agnosticism is akin to other forms of resistance to governmentality; however, whereas
sovereignty has found ways of dealing with them, the UF may reveal an Achilles heel. Like Achilles,
the modern sovereign is a warrior whose function is to protect-in this case, from threats to the norm.
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Unlike conventional threats, however, the UF threatens humans` capacity to decide those threats,
and so cannot be acknowledged without calling modern sovereignty itself into question. To what extent that
would be desirable is a large normative question which we have bracketed here.77 But taking UFs seriously would
certainly embody the spirit of self-criticism that infuses liberal governmentality and academia in
particular, and it would, thereby, foster critical theory. And indeed, if academics` first responsibility is to
tell the truth, then the truth is that after sixty years of modern UFs, 628 Political Theory human beings
still have no idea what they are, and are not even trying to find out. That should surprise and disturb us all, and
cast doubt on the structure oI rule that requires and sustains it.

Governmentality and totalizing control over regimes of truth forms the basis of oppressive
state power
Marshall, University of Auckland - Emeritus Professor School of Education, 95
(James D, Foucault And Neo-Liberalism: Biopower And Busno-power, http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/EPS/PES-
Yearbook/95docs/marshall.html)
Foucault also develops the notion of governmentality as the art of government or, as it is sometimes
referred to, the "reason of state." This notion "reIers to the state, to its nature and to its own rationality."
He sees the technologies of domination and the self as being the techniques used "to make of the
individual a significant element for the state." By "government" Foucault should be understood as
meaning something close to "the conduct oI conduct." This is a form of activity which attempts or aims at
the conduct of persons; it is the attempt to shape, to guide, or to affect not only the conduct of people
but, also, the attempt to constitute people in such ways that they can be governed. In Foucault's work
this activity oI governance could cover the relations oI selI to selI, selI to others, relations between
institutions and social communities, and the exercise oI political sovereignty. Governmentality is obtained
not by a totalizing deterministic or oppressive form of power, but by bio-power directed in a totalizing
manner at whole populations and, at one and the same time, at individuals so that they are both
individualized and normalized. Here one locates the human sciences and their "truths," and the
institutions or disciplinary blocks (including education) in which these truths have been developed,
played, and continue to play, a crucially important role.

Unchallenged sovereign power makes extinction possible
Rabinow, Professor of Anthropology, Berkeley, 84
(Paul, The Foucault Reader, p. 260)
It is as managers of life and survival, oI bodies and the race, that so many regimes have been able to
wage so many wars, causing so many men to be killed. And through a turn that closes the circle, as the
technology of wars has caused them to tend increasingly toward all-out destruction, the decision that
initiates them and the one that terminates them are in fact increasingly informed by the naked
question of survival. The atomic situation is now at the end point of this process: the power to expose a
whole population to death is the underside of the power to guarantee an individual's continued
existence. The principle underlying the tactics oI battle-that one has to be capable oI killing in order to go on
living-has become the principle that deIines the strategy oI states. But the existence in question is no longer
the juridical existence of sovereignty; at stake is the biological existence of a population. If genocide is
indeed the dream of modem powers, this is not because oI a recent return oI the ancient right to kill; it is
because power is situated and exercised at the level of life, the species, the race, and the large-scale
phenomena of population.

Challenges Space Imperialism
UF discourse challenges US space imperialism
Dean, Hobart and William Smith Colleges - Professor of Political Science, 98
(Jodi, Aliens in America pg. 19-20)
The American articulation of outerspace together with technology and democracy incorporates an
uneasy mix of colonialist, nationalist, and globalist ideals. Until the space program, the United States
rarely presented itselI explicitly as a colonial power, although expansionism has been integral to its selI-
understanding.
51
By reiterating the expansive fantasy of the wild, lawless West, the metaphor of a
"frontier" tapped into earlier notions of American exceptionalism.
52
Indeed, this very exceptionalism,
the success of America's democratic experiment, was to be revealed and proven by breaking the laws
of gravity, escaping the confines of Earth, conquering space itself. As America reached out into this
"new frontier," the rhetoric of outposts, settlements, colonies, and colonization became part of the
public language of outerspace. This language is Iitting in that "space technology and communications," as
Elayne Rapping points out, "make possible new extensions of American imperialism, both cultural and
military."
53
Once linked to a growing critique oI the excesses oI the military-industrial complex, to increased
attention to the histories and situations oI Native Americans, and to continued struggle in Iormer colonies
throughout AIrica and Asia, such colonial rhetoric disrupts the space program's smooth presentation oI
democratic Ireedom.
The UF discourse resists official "space frontier" rhetoric. NASA redeployed American frontier
myths of a wild, open West, one vacant, empty, and ready to be settled. Ufology challenges the assumed
vacancy of outerspace and thereby intervenes critically in narratives of national identity.
54
It demands
that NASA, the government, the military, and the authorities who act in America's name, allow for the
possibility that, in space, we are the aliens.

Challenges Power Structures
The unorthodox way that conspiracy theories present themselves allows them to engage in
critical argumentation to challenge existing powers
Horn, Instructor at University of Tennessee Martin, 10
(Chara Von Kay, Instructor at University oI Tennessee Martin and Ph.D candidate, 'The Paranoid Style in an Age oI Suspicion: Conspiracy
Thinking and OIIicial Rhetoric in Contemporary America, 12-12-2010, From Digital Archive at Georgia State University, pg. 17-20,
http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article1025&contextcommunicationdiss&sei-
redir1#search22Paranoid20Style20an20Age20Suspicion3A20Conspiracy20Thinking20OIIicial20Rhetoric20Contempor
ary20America22 JSkoog)
Conspiracy theories are plausible because of their ability to tap into the traditional values and beliefs
of their audiences, and they are able to stay popular within the public sphere over long periods of time
because of their ability to adapt to, and reIlect, temporal and cultural conditions. 78 Conspiracy
narratives allow for no ambiguities, no discrepancies, no coincidences; 18 everything within the
conspiracy narrative has a purpose. 79 Indeed, the stories woven by conspiracists maintain an internal
coherence so masterful, that, according to Darsey, traditional modes of evaluation, although helpIul, are
not accessible enough for the lay person to use to evaluate conspiracy claims. Rather, a more helpIul and
public way to evaluate conspiracy theories rests on a question oI motive because, as Walter Fisher argued,
even a lay public has the access and acuity to determine if the motives of the villain make sense. 80
While narrative may be the vessel through which conspiracy theories gain their legitimization, equally
important are the argumentative techniques used within conspiracy narratives. Perhaps the single most
seductive element oI the conspiracy argument is what David ZareIsky terms as its selI-sealing nature. 81
SuccessIul conspiracy arguments, according to ZareIsky, shiIt the burden oI prooI onto opponents while
minimizing its own burdens. 82 Frequently, shifting the burden of proof onto those countering
conspiracy claims includes using argument from absence. When a conspiracy charge is made, and a
respondent counters by asserting that there is no conspiracy, then the response actually becomes proof
that there is a conspiracy. Even iI there is no response, the absence oI a response becomes evidence that a
vast and sinister conspiracy is brewing. As Brian Keeley notes, conspiracy arguments are the only
theories Ior which evidence against them is actually constructed as evidence in Iavor oI them. 83 Darsey
aIIirms: Under normal circumstances, appearance demands presumption. One who claims that things are not
as they appear to be assumes the burden oI prooI; a strong prima Iacie case is required beIore appearances
need be seriously interrogated. Conspiracy argument exploits and reverses this normative presumption,
making the lack of evidence into evidence transmogriIying surIaces Irom their pedestrian status as the
most visible 19 outward maniIestation oI reality into veils and masks. 84 Thus, the ability of conspiracy
theories to use the absence of evidence as evidence allows for virtually anything to be subsumed into
the conspiracy narrative. The rhetorical hallmarks oI conspiracy theories provide insight into the power
such theories wield. owever, rhetorical scholars have generally Iocused on, and analyzed, a singular
conspiracy theory located within the public sphere in order to uncover the argumentative and narrative
strategies conspiracists use in persuading their audiences. Such studies have tended to uncover the
situational and contextual elements that make conspiracy theories more believable and then map out their
inherent logical and narrative problems. I am more interested in the intersection that exists between
conspiracy arguments and oIIicial discourse and what this intersection has to oIIer to our insight. Darsey
alludes to an examination oI this nexus when he calls Ior a restoration oI public science. 85 The secrecy
under which institutional agencies operate is often ascribed to a malign purpose. Sissela Bok argues
secrecy, by its very nature, breeds distrust: it is an intentional concealment that sets apart the secret
from the non-secret, and of keepers of a secret from those excluded. 86 In our increasingly secret
world (be it related to political, scientific, or trade realms), there is a tendency to believe the worst
rather than the best about what these secretive agencies are doing.

Challenges Power Structures
Conspiracy theories force powers structures to explain and defend actions
Horn, Instructor at University of Tennessee Martin, 10
(Chara Von Kay, Instructor at University oI Tennessee Martin and Ph.D candidate, 'The Paranoid Style in an Age oI Suspicion: Conspiracy
Thinking and OIIicial Rhetoric in Contemporary America, 12-12-2010, From Digital Archive at Georgia State University, pg. 17-20,
http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article1025&contextcommunicationdiss&sei-
redir1#search22Paranoid20Style20an20Age20Suspicion3A20Conspiracy20Thinking20OIIicial20Rhetoric20Contempor
ary20America22 JSkoog)
Conspiracy theories, which claim to know the truth, are not so different from official discourse.
Indeed, like official discourse, conspiracy theories pose their adherence to Iacticity, causality,
coherence, and rationality. What sets contemporary conspiracy theories apart Irom oIIicial discourse,
according to Jodi Dean, is suspicion. Conspiracy narratives emphasize that something has been
withheld, that all the facts arent known, that what we see isnt all there is. Conspiracy theory
demands more information. Too humble to offer a totalizing account, the] accumulated assertions of
conspiracy narratives] remind us that we don`t know. 104 The multiplicity of competing information
casts suspicion onto more legitimate forms of knowledge. Knight explains, Conspiracy theories are
a Iorm oI pop sociology cobbled together on the Ily as people try to gain a handle on the complexities oI
social and economic causation in an era oI rapid globalization. With the increasing overload of
information from mutually competing sources, none of which seem entirely trustworthy, a
hermeneutic of suspicion has 25 become a routine operating procedure. 105 BelieI in conspiracy
becomes an almost necessary response to the multiplicity oI inIormation, especially with the lack oI a
suitable explanation. Even when an explanation is provided, enough questions are asked, enough
evidence is brought to light, so as to cast doubt and suspicion onto the explanation. Any official
discourse that comes into being after doubt and suspicion have been leveled against legitimate
explanations has to at least attempt to assuage any existing doubts, which inherently alters the
substance and form of official discourse. 106 The leveling oI the discursive playing Iield precipitated by
the loss oI central authority and the indeterminacy oI inIormation provides an opening Ior conspiracy
theories to Iind increasing prominence and belieI. Conspiracy theories challenge and question authority
and capitalize on the strength of their own narratives, the inconsistencies of official accounts, and the
proliferation of conflicting information. Conspiracy theories are a mode oI constructing meaning in a
rapidly changing and complex world. It is no longer automatically discrediting to label something a
conspiracy theory; authorities must prove their positions, write compelling and believable accounts of
events, and, ultimately, must get back in touch with their audiences if they want the support of the
people. Yet the ability for officials to connect with the people is problematic because officials are no
longer able to forward an affirmative argument simply providing the causes or reasons behind an
event. fficials are forced into a defensive position brought on by claims of conspiracy existing prior
to the crafting of an official response. For this reason it is necessary to examine the power of
conspiracy beliefs through the lens of official discourse. II recent authoritative texts are any
indication, then there is a real danger that conspiracy belieIs will usurp oIIicial explanations and become the
preIerred way oI thinking

Challenges Sovereignty
Exopolitical engagement is key to challenging sovereign authority
Acimovic, lecturer in Further Education, 11
(Natasha, and currently teaches Adult Literacy and Academic Study Skills at a British college,'Transcending the
all oI Mirrors: The Simultaneity oI Discourse, the Third Space and Adopting Multiple Ways oI Viewing the
Construction oI uman-Alien Identities, Exopolitics Journal, June, http://www.exopoliticsjournal.com/vol-3/vol-3-
4-Acimovic.pdI, JSkoog)
What are the implications then Ior Exopolitics? Certainly, there are some obvious diIIerences between the postcolonial and experiencer
spheres but while the ramiIications oI the Iormer can be more eIIectively established the latter presents us with a paradox since we are
dealing with impact oI an unIamiliar, extraterrestrial paradigm. Furthermore, this is complicated by the denial oI the ET as a part oI
consensus reality. A similar concern is explored by ProIessors Alexander Wendt and Raymond Duvall. They examine how the UF
as an authoritative taboo` is actively produced via the mechanism of sovereign rule. This political
necessity propagated by the union of science and the state, even if this pact forms a somewhat uneasy
one, ensures the stability of it. They contend that since the UF issue includes the possibility of
extraterrestrials as a plausible hypothesis then modern sovereignty is faced with a physical and
ontological threat` to its rule. I would suggest that iI this is true oI the UFO subject then this is even more so in regards to the
issue oI inter-dimensional and (or) oII planetary intelligences interacting with the Earth`s human citizens. Accordingly, the UF
issue represents a sort of double entrapment since to disclose the former would lead to a questioning
of the latter, and it is this site in particular that poses ontological threats to identity or social being`. 29
Subsequently, iI the psychosocial dynamics oI experiencers` narratives shares similarities with those identiIied by postcolonial theorists
then it is a political imperative Ior Exopolitics to explore this Iurther Ior a number oI signiIicant reasons. Firstly, aside Irom the
psychological Iramework utilised by John Mack and others to account Ior the validity oI the abduction and contactee phenomenon, we
have a comparative psychosocial framework that lends further weight to the issue by showing that the
impact of the alien presence constructs states of being that are representative of how multiple human
cultures intersect. Secondly, it is ethically imperative Ior Exopolitics to do so. When leIt to the skeptics and scientiIic authorities
to examine such an area, and in this particular point I am reIerring to how Wendt and Duvall situate the sceptic and science as sources
oI authority, then we are presented with the type oI analysis that is representative oI Dr Mark Newbrook`s treatment oI the experiencer,
as a sort oI interplanetary hoaxer or dissident determined to conIound the application oI authoritative, scientiIic linguistic modes via
their use oI alien languages. 30 Needless to say, if Exopolitics as a discipline does not venture further into the
territory of academia to reappropriate sites which are critical to a deeper understanding the ETH
then those who speak with sovereign authority will be able to maintain the epistemology of UF]
ignorance`. 31 In the process the modern state is able to uphold its public discourse that, using Mark Newbrook words, the
balance oI probability` regarding the ET does not warrant Iurther Iocused attention`. 32 Thirdly, the ethical imperative is
that it is experiencers themselves who are left to deal with the psychological fallout from the machine
of sovereignty, and what is it Exopolitics if not a site of resistance and a counter cultural discourse?

Challenges Sovereignty
The uncertainty created by the UF directly threatens the epistemology of the science that
the sovereign relies on to maintain power
As unidentiIied object the UF poses a threat of unknowability to science, upon which modern sovereignty
depends. OI course, there are many things science does not know, like the cure Ior cancer, but its authority rests
on the assumption that nothing in Nature is in principle unknowable. UFs challenge modern science in
two ways: (1) they appear random and unsystematic, making them diIIicult to grasp objectively; and (2) some
appear to violate the laws of physics (like the 40g turns in the Belgian F-16 case). This does not mean that UFs
are in fact humanly unknowable, but they might be, and in that respect they haunt modern sovereignty
with the possibility of epistemic failure. To see how this might be uniquely threatening it is useIul to compare the UFO to
three other cases oI what might be seen as unknowability. One is the eisenberg Uncertainty Principle in quantum theory, which
acknowledges inherent limits on the ability to know sub-atomic reality. Since the Uncertainty Principle has not stopped physicists Irom
doing physics, this might seem to undermine our claim that potential unknowability precludes a decision on the UFO as object. Yet,
there are known unknowns and unknown unknowns, and here the two cases diIIer. Quantum mechanics emerged in a highly structured
context oI extant theory and established experimental results, and is a systematic body oI knowledge that enables physicists to
manipulate reality with extraordinary precision. With quantum theory we know exactly what we cannot know, enabling it to be saIely
incorporated into modern science. The UF, in contrast, emerges in a context free of extant theory and empirical
research, and raises fundamental questions about the place of human beings in the universe. That we
might never know what we cannot know about UFs makes their potential objectivity more
problematic for the modern project.

The sovereign`s attempts to discredit and ignore the UF creates self censorship among the
population that seeks to remove knowledge
One might distinguish at least Iour such techniques: (1) authoritative representations, like the U.S. Air
Force`s claim that UFs are ~not a national security threat,67 the portrayal of ufology as pseudo-
science, and the science fictionalization of UFs in the media; (2) oIIicial inquiries, like the 1969 Condon
Report, which have the appearance oI being scientiIic but are essentially 'show trials systematically
deIormed by a priori rejection oI the ET;68 (3) official secrecy, which ~removes knowledge from the
system;69 and finally (4) discipline in the Foucauldian sense, ranging from formal attacks on the
~paranoid style of UF believers as a threat to modern rationality,70 to everyday dismissal of those
who express public interest in UFs, which generates a ~spiral of silence in which individuals engage
in self-censorship instead.71 Much could be said Irom a governmentality perspective about these
techniques, which are amply documented in the uIological literature, but we lack the space to do so here.
Instead, we have Iocused on explaining why all this anti-UFO work is necessary in the Iirst place, which goes
to the Iundamental puzzle with which we began our argument: given the many reasons to study UFs,
why aren`t they taken seriously? To answer this question the specific techniques by which the UF is
normalized can be a distraction, since ignorance is multiply realizable at the micro-level
Notwithstanding the importance of governmentality to a critical theory of anthropocentric rule, it is to
the performative insecurity of modern sovereignty that one must look first.

Challenges Governmentality
Foucauldian concepts of the state intervening in science`s epistemology
In thinking about the problem oI rule, political scientists have traditionally Iocused on either individual
agents or institutional structures, in both cases treating government as a given object. In contrast, Foucault`s
concept of governmentality is focused on the ~art of governing, understood as the biopolitical
~conduct of conduct for a population of subjects.45 Thus, governmentality concerns the specific
regime of practices through which the population is constituted and (self-)regularized. ~Modern
governmentality marks a shift in discourses of rule away from the state`s sovereign power its ability
to take life and/or render it bareand toward its Iostering and regularizing of life in biopolitics. The
object of government is no longer simply obedience to the king, but regulating the conditions of life for
subjects. To this end biopolitics requires that the conditions oI liIe oI the population be made visible and
assayed, and practical knowledge be made available to improve them. As a result, with modern
governmentality we see the emergence of both panoptic surveillance and numerous specialized
discoursesoI education, political economy, demography, health, morality, and othersthe effect of which
is to make populations knowable and subject to the regularization that will make for the ~happy life.
A constitutive feature of modern governmentality is that its discourses are scientific, which means that
science and the state are today deeply intermeshed. Through science the state makes its subjects and
objects known, lending them a facticity that facilitates their regularization, and through the state
science acquires institutional support and prestige. Despite this symbiosis, however, there is also an
important epistemological difference between the two. Science seeks, but knows it can never Iully
achieve, ~the truth, defined as an apolitical, objective representation of the world. To this end it relies
on norms and practices that produce an evolving, always potentially contested body of knowledge. The
state, in contrast, seeks a regime of truth to which its population will reliably adhere. Standards Ior
knowledge in that context privilege stability and normalization over the uncertain path oI scientiIic truth.
Although science and the state are allied in the modern UF regime, we suggest in conclusion that this
difference opens space for critical theory and resistance.

Key to Citizen Participation
Conspiracy theories allow for the most basic right of a citizen in a democratic society: the
pursuit of gathering information
Dean, Hobart and William Smith Colleges - Professor of Political Theory, 97
(Jodi, John opkins University Press 'The Familiarity oI Strangeness: Aliens, Citizens, and Abduction , Theory &
Event 1:2, Project MUSE, JSkoog)
Conspiracy thinking is a method Ior thinking critically when caught within the governing assumptions oI a public sphere. So the
problem with conspiracy thinking is not its Iailure to comply with public reason but its very compliance, a compliance that reiterates
some oI these assumptions even as it contests others, a compliance that demonstrates all too clearly the paranoia, surveillance, and
compulsive will to know within the ideal oI publicity. Thus, conspiracy theory rejects the myth of a transparent
public sphere, a sphere where others can be trusted (and, importantly, conspiracy theory doesn't claim
with certainty that no one can be trusted; it claims an uncertainty as to whether anyone can be
trusted), although it continues to rely on revelation. In so doing, it demonstrates the constitutive antagonism between transparency
and revelation, the antagonism oI a notion oI the public that ultimately depends on secrecy: iI everything and everyone were transparent,
there would be nothing to reveal. We might say that, by reiterating the compulsions oI publicity, conspiracy's attempts to
uncover the secret assemble information regarding the contexts, terms, and conditions of surveillance,
discovery, and visibility in a culture where democracy is conceived within a hegemonic notion of the
public sphere. When publicity feeds the mediated networks of the information age, conspiracy theory
challenges the presumption that what we see on the screens, what is made visible in traditional
networks and by traditional authorities, is not itself invested in specific lines of authorization and
subjection. Make links, search for truth: within these injunctions one is forced to be free insofar as
one is forced to gather information. More powerful, more persuasive, than market and consumerist
conceptions of freedom, freedom as information gathering confirms a conception of democratic
engagement long part of the ideal of the public sphere: the public has a right to know. Citizens are free,
in other words, so long as nothing is hidden from them. Thus, they must watch, surveill, expose, and reveal.
Conspiracy theory or the version of democracy that supports the information age? I can't tell the diIIerence. I
guess I'll have to look on the Internet.

Key to Dissent
Conspiracy theories should be understood as questioning the gatekeeping of official media
and information, opening space for dissent beyond the mainstream
Alvarez, staff writer Rutgers Today, 2008 (Ashanti M., 'Panic over the unknown: New book examines
the collective anxiety surrounding conspiracy theories Rutgers Today, April 23,
http://news.rutgers.edu/Iocus/issue.2008-04-09.1171885477/article.2008-04-23.8077404311, SL)
A cultural studies scholar who takes a critical look at popular culture (one oI his recent areas oI study is reality television), Bratich
says that recent conspiracy theories are born out of the investigative vacuum created by institutional
failure and filled by grassroots access to technology. 'A lot oI my undergrads really light up when I start
talking about secret societies," Bratich said. "They are feeling the alienation and skepticism that young
people have had for many generations, and now it`s taking this other shape, too, through social network
media. Indeed, ideas surrounding conspiracy theories have invaded the consciousness of millions,
especially young people, through the popularization of alternative media websites and particularly through video
embedding and sharing. The documentary Loose Change, which promulgates the notion that the U.S.
government was involved in the 9/11 attacks, spread like wildfire across the internet and prompted an
equally well-known debunking by Popular Mechanics magazine. That a failed film school student from
upstate New York and a magazine dedicated to automotive technology and used cars engaged in a
debate about what happened that day points to a larger failing by government commissions and the
mainstream media to answer the public`s many questions about the tragedy. 'Where are the
investigative bodies that we can turn to to trust and do these investigations and research? Bratich asks.
'Investigative journalism has been gutted over the last 15 or 20 years. Government-appointed bodies ... their
work is not just full of holes but has all these closed door meetings. 'Now we are Iaced with how to reorient
ourselves around this new version oI investigative research, he says. When he arrived at Rutgers Irom the University oI New
ampshire in 2003, Bratich settled in Princeton. 'I was accustomed to college towns, he said. But a year later he decided to move to
New York`s Lower East Side, just across the lower tip oI Manhattan Irom Ground Zero. 'That actually changed a lot oI my work,
moving to New York City, Bratich said. The last chapter, which deals with the 9/11 attacks, came Irom Bratich`s experience at 9/11
truth movement meetings taking place in lower Manhattan. 'I wanted to see how they were trying to organize politically. Being on the
Lower East Side plugged me into a set oI activists and activist organizations, which made me think about how to analyze the truth
movement in as Iar as how it links up to the leIt. Conspiracy theories are neither exclusive to the left nor right
side of the political opinion spectrum. Instead, certain types of skepticism have become attached to
extremism of either wing, rendering the askers of questions marginal. In Conspiracy Panics, Bratich is
mostly concerned with mainstream left media outlets that act as gatekeepers in an attempt to regulate
discourse surrounding conspiracy theories and retain legitimacy. e puts Iorth the idea oI a ~sphere of
legitimate dissensus. It`s about what kinds of claims and knowledges can appear on the range of
possible opinions, Bratich said.

AT: Irrational
As technology blurs the lines of reality and rationality, only conspiracy theory offers a way
for individuals to reclaim meaning
(Jodi, Aliens in America, pg. 9-10,)
Such dismissals, handed out ever more frequently as science increasingly impacts on our lives,
contribute to the mistrust that pervades contemporary democracy. Those in positions of power deploy
terms like "reasonable" and "rational." Previously, the victims of this deployment, the
"unreasonable" and "irrational," remained isolated. They had diIIiculty getting attention and Iighting
back. Now, thanks to widespread developments in communication networks, the "irrational" can get
their message out. They can Iind and connect with those myriad others also dismissed by science. They can
network and oIIer alternatives to oIIicial deployments or reason. They can reclaim their rationality on
their own terms.
What happens when there is so much suspicion of terms like "reasonable" and "rational" that one can
no longer tell what an informed decision on a matter like, say, partial-birth abortion or nuclear waste
storage might look like? This is where America is today. We Iace a situation oI proIound blurring, oI
complex interconnection, that has proIoundly altered the conditions we use to establish the intelligibility oI
an issue or judgment. We have permanent media. Although not yet seamless, as proponents oI push
technologies which, like TV, deliver messages without the user having to search Ior them advocate, the
experience oI media in millennial America smears lines between ad and information, product and
producer, ad and product, entertainment and all of the above.
23
The new communication technologies
make possible connections between persons and information that were once unimaginable. These
include temporal and spatial connections: I can see images Irom Mars now, in real time. They include
conceptual and visual connections, "special eIIects" no longer limited to Industrial Light and Magic but
available Irom Photoshop Ior the splicer on a budget. How can we tell whether a person in a photo was
inserted or really there?
Access to media and technology affects the practices of democracy. More opinions, more contestations
are possible than before simply because of the ease of connection. Dismissing others' opinions is more
likely to provoke outrage, to get some kind oI response, even iI only a Iew thousand people on the Internet
are watching. The lines of thinking, the networks of discursive authority that had remained separate,
are now more likely to blur as more people know more about what happens. Yet, they still may not
know what it means or even iI it 7eally happened. ow can I know which statement on partial abortion
reIlects "Iacts" the pro-liIe movement wants to disseminate? ow can I know whether this is an issue on
which I might change my mind or compromise?
UFs, aliens, and abduction provide ideal vehicles for accessing the effects of these changes on
American society. America has a long history oI contestations, Iringe groups, and conspiracy theorists. Now,
though, any contest, any group, any theory has more opportunity to acquire an audience, to link into a
network where it won't be obscured by those parts oI our culture with claims to public or political status.
Because oI the pervasiveness oI UFO belieI and the ubiquity oI alien imagery, ufology is an especially
revealing window into current American paranoia and distrust. We might say that it's "of the fringe"
though no longer "on the fringe."

AT: Irrational
Scientists act as gatekeeprs of knowledge - they try to label those who believe as irrational
(Jodi, Aliens in America pg. 8-9)
We have moved from consensus reality to virtual reality. Politics itself must now be theorized from
within the widespread dispersion of paranoia that has supplanted focused targets such as "Jim Crow"
laws, Richard Nixon, and the Vietnam War. Insofar as its practioners can link together varieties of
disparate phenomena to find patterns of denial, occlusion, and manipulation, conspiracy theory, far
from a label dismissively attached to the lunatic fringe, may well be an appropriate vehicle for political
contestation.
20
Some government agencies, as well as some researchers and journalists, have already
been thinking and acting in ways that might have been dismissed as "conspiratorial" under traditional
politics. As Grant Kester explains in his compelling analysis oI Iederal inIormation policies during the
Reagan administration:
With the growing use oI computer networks the government is Iaced with the problem oI an inIormation
blizzard a lascivious and potentially threatening intermingling in which memos, aIIidavits, invoices, re-
ceipts, bank statements, and other documents combine and recombine themselves to produce dangerous new
constellations oI meaning. In this scenario the threat doesn't lie with a single piece oI damaging inIormation
that "leaks out" and exposes government malIeasance, but with the possible interconnections that might be
made among dozens oI diIIerent bits oI inIormation; bits that might mean little or nothing by themselves, but
that, when assembled by the researcher into a particular narrative Iorm, could prove extremely damaging.
21
To reiterate, my claim is not that people who think they have been abducted by aliens threaten to
destroy democracy. It is not that UF believers are irrational.22 Rather, being unable to judge their
rationality points to the lack of widespread criteria for judgments about what is reasonable and what
is not: ufological discourse upholds the very criteria for scientific rationality that mainstream science
uses to dismiss it. "Scientists" are the ones who have problems with the "rationality" of those in the
UF community. "Scientists" are the ones who feel a need to explain why some people believe in flying
saucers, or who dismiss those who do so as "distorted" or "prejudiced" or "ignorant."

AT: Paranoia
The mainstream`s attempts at silencing conspiracy theories construct an ~ther between
those in power and those who question power
Goshorn, Professor of American politics and cultural history, 2000
(Keith, ProIessor oI American politics and cultural history, 'Strategies oI Deterrence and Frames OI Containment:
On Critical Paranoia And Anti-Conspiracy Discourse, 2000, Project Muse,
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/theoryandevent/v004/4.3rgoshorn.html, JSkoog)
12. The idea that misguided souls are being duped by conspiracy theories issues from a long history of
upper class leaders and elitist intellectuals who have always feared that "...the masses are still captive to
ignorance and superstition," whereas those who had the means to lead and control society occupied the
seat of logic and rationality. Yet when the lower classes have expressed suspicions of ruling class
conspiracies to manipulate and dominate them, such narratives typically have been publicly ridiculed
as mere paranoid fantasies in order to diminish their credibility. One oI the most inIluential American
academic theorists oI propaganda, arold Lasswell, could thus use this belieI as the justiIication Ior the
necessary "...development of a whole new technique of control, largely through propaganda" which was
"...the one means of mass mobilization which is cheaper than violence, bribery, or other possible
control techniques."7| And Iinally, as most oI the recent writers discussed here are beginning to
acknowledge, not only is it inaccurate to say that all those who "believe in" conspiracy theories are
simply paranoid, but also to persecute those thers for believing in the wrong set of truth-claims
resonates with a long series of earlier religious campaigns against heresies and ideological campaigns
driven by a characteristically American counter-subversive impulse. Such persecution Iurther re-enacts a
Iamiliar ritual oI masculinist logic attempting to "Ieminize" its opponents.

It is essential that we criticize the common goings on of public policy-empirics prove
Goshorn, Professor of American politics and cultural history, 2000
(Keith, ProIessor oI American politics and cultural history, 'Strategies oI Deterrence and Frames OI Containment:
On Critical Paranoia And Anti-Conspiracy Discourse, 2000, Project Muse,
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/theoryandevent/v004/4.3rgoshorn.html, JSkoog)
Each year new evidence has appeared (helpless though it may be alone) which suggests that, at least since the
late 1940's, there has been every reason to retain a hermeneutics of political suspicion and a healthy
paranoia within reason regarding all official versions, and to remain open-minded toward nearly any
alternative thesis of political cover-up, no matter how implausible it may at first appear. Such an
attitude has been more than justified while observing an accelerating curve where deeds, programs,
and policies, at Iirst emphatically denied and oIIicially disproven by numerous experts, subsequently take
less and less time to arrive from the realm of the conspiratorial absurd, to the plausible, to the possible,
to the probable, to the positively confirmable. Sometimes this process arrives through declassiIied or
"liberated" documents Irom the deep archives oI the oIIicial version, or occasionally by voluntary or Iorced
admissions by representatives oI government or corporate power which have reversed the status oI what was
long held at bay in the realm oI "irresponsible" conspiracy theory into conIirmable elements oI the
continually revised historical record. Needless to say, these developments have not alleviated the illusions
of a mainstream consensus culture, nor have they yet altered the empty spectacle of electoral politics,
but they have at least rekindled a semblance of popular, at times almost non-partisan opposition against
the polyarchal rule of business as usual. Researching these dimensions of the relevant historical
phenomena, especially the ever more complex problems of proof and evidence, is a far more valuable
enterprise for academic researchers to pursue than the continual flogging of the easy target of popular
conspiratorial delusions and paranoid suspicions.

Abduction Narratives
Alien abduction narratives are representative of the disruption in the global system
Dean , Professor of Political Theory at Hobart and William Smith Colleges 97
(Jodi, John opkins University Press 'The Familiarity oI Strangeness: Aliens, Citizens, and Abduction Project
MUSE, June 21, 2011, BLG)
Slavoj Zizek's discussion of the "theft of enjoyment" can help us understand not just the thematization
of passivity in the alien abduction narrative but also the way the program as a whole disrupts the
fantasy of global citizenship.65 In his analysis oI nationalism, Zizek suggests that we impute to the other
an "excessive enjoyment," always suspecting the other of attempting to steal ours. e writes: "What we
conceal by imputing to the Other the theIt oI enjoyment is the traumatic Iact that we never possessed what
was allegedly stolen Irom us: the lack ('castration') is original."66 In abduction, the alien takes away our
agency, and the sense of security and certainty upon which our agency was predicated. This theft of
agency is manifest not just in the power of the alien to paralyze us and abduct us at will but also in its
technological superiority and pernicious breeding project. Because of its expertise, it takes away our
pride in technological achievement. Because of its genetic investigations, it abducts our children, our
ability to determine, or at least influence, our future. Zizek's formulation reminds us that the
abduction narrative functions to conceal the fact that our agency was an illusion, just like our security
and certainty. The technology has been controlling us, developing, spreading, replicating with its own
momentum, a momentum no one oI us can comprehend. We might have thought that our genes are all we
have, but since we can't really be said to own or possess them (they constitute us, or so we are told), their
theIt by aliens marks our contradictory and ambiguous relationship to our own bio-chemistry.

Alien Abductions narrate the experience of strangeness.
Dean , Professor of Political Theory at Hobart and William Smith Colleges 97
(Jodi, John opkins University Press 'The Familiarity oI Strangeness: Aliens, Citizens, and Abduction Project
MUSE, June 21, 2011, BLG)
Despite or perhaps because of the excesses of privatization, the pervasive sense of the millennial US is
that nothing is "ours," nothing is safe, secure, protected. 'iolence, abuse, poverty, and neglect disrupt
familiar images of home. Some respond with vigorous interest in "ome Improvement" or Martha Stewart's
complicated domestic projects, both explicit in their stress on the need to build and repair homes. Technology
promised to save us time, to give us access to inIormation. Like opkins' abductees, many oI us today are
missing time. Since what happens happens now, by the time we have assessed now it is then. We have too
much data, but not enough to make any decisions because we are uncertain about the contexts and networks
into which we might integrate this inIormation. Our neighbors are aliens. Assimilation has been discredited
as an ideal and multiculturalism hasn't become much more than a marketing strategy. PeaceIul coexistence
demands mental changes, accommodation, tolerance. Better to Iorget the neighbors, go inside, and enjoy
cyber-citizenship on the World Wide Web. What happens to me alone, isolated, vulnerable is oI global
signiIicance. Alien abduction narrates the predominant experience of the familiarity of strangeness in
the techno-global information age. Unlike metaphors of colonization that presuppose borders to be
penetrated and resources to be exploited, abduction operates with an understanding of the world, of
reality, as amorphous and permeable. Colonization, moreover, brings with it the possibility of anti-
colonial struggle, or resistance and independence. Abduction tells us there is nothing we can do.
Colonial notions connote history. Abduction warps space and time. Whereas colonization implies an
ongoing process with systemic limitations, abduction involves the sense that things are happening
behind our backs, things have been done to us that we don't remember and probably couldn't bear if
we did. To fight colonization, we take control. We don't fight abduction; we simply try to recover our
memories, all the while aware that they could be false, that in our very recovery we participate in an
alien plan.


```Conspiracy Theory Bad```


Reject Conspiracy Theories
Conspiracy theories should be discounted
Hawkins, professional blogger who runs Right Wing News, 3
(John, May 30, 'The Questions Conspiracy Theorists Need To Ask Themselves,
http://www.rightwingnews.com/john/conspire.php)
Now iI these ridiculous belieIs were relegated to the Iringes oI society I probably wouldn't bother with writing an editorial to shoot down
the thinking behind these theories. owever, this sort oI bizarre paranoia has crept into "mainstream thinking".
Things like the "Jewish Conservatives manipulating the President", "The Republicans rigged the 2002 elections", & "Bush knew (about
9/11)" have been tossed around by people many see as more credible than the average Iruit loop writing Ior these conspiracy websites.
That's why I thought it would be worth tossing out a few questions that anyone who starts to buy into these
sorts of theories should consider. To begin with.
How many people know about this conspiracy?: It's very difficult to keep any sort of newsworthy
conspiracy that hundreds or thousands of people are supposedly involved in out of the mainstream
press. Keep in mind that we live in a world where the President can't even get a BJ Irom an intern without it becoming public
knowledge. Even things as sensitive as battle plans Ior upcoming invasions get into the papers. That's why you should certainly
be skeptical of any sort of vast conspiracy that requires people keeping quiet about it indefinitely.
How reliable is your source?: As the ongoing saga with the New York Times has illustrated, the mainstream media is not
always completely reliable. owever, they're inIinitely more trustworthy than people who post anonymously on the net. I'm oIten
surprised to see that people who don't trust one thing that Fox News or the New York Times says will blindly lap up whatever some
conspiracy website or moonbat radio talk show host like Art Bell has to say. Yet, even though these sources burn them again and again,
their readers still buy into what they have to say. It makes no sense.
Do you have ready answers Ior the obvious questions?: Let's look at a conspiracy that was Iloating around aIter 9/11 -- that the Pentagon
was hit by a truck bomb, not a plane. Well in that case, what happened to the plane that was hijacked? ow could it be that various
people WATCED the plane Ilying towards the Pentagon? Is it possible that the hundreds oI IireIighters and military personnel who
must have known the truth were somehow silenced? Why would anyone go through such an elaborate charade? II you can't convincingly
answer the most basic questions about a conspiracy, then it's tough Ior the theory you're supporting to hold any water.
Are you acting as iI commonly held belieIs are unique?: This is one question that a lot oI the more "mainstream" conspiracy theorists
should ask themselves more oIten. For example, over the last year and a halI we've constantly heard people asserting that belieIs held by
a large majority oI Republicans are really unique to a handIul oI Conservative Jews who somehow manipulated Bush into going to war
to help Israel. Who the conspiracy theories pick out oI the bunch and try to assign sinister motives to in situations like that usually says
more about the conspiracy theorist than the person or group they target.
Are you relying too much on a handful of contrary facts?: Rarely do you ever see a story where every
fact, "falls into place". By that I mean people's memories are Iaulty, perceptions diIIer, politicians spin issues, press biases creep
in, things are taken out oI context, & typos and Iactual errors come into play as well. When these things inevitably happen, conspiracy
theorists tend to seize a handIul oI inconsistencies and try to prove that there's a cover-up or conspiracy happening. But, this is just how
liIe works. II you don't believe me, leave a couple oI kids alone in a room Iull oI breakables with a Iootball, come back a Iew minutes
aIter you hear something break, and then separate the kids and ask what happened.
Are you being too cynical about the government?: There's only one thing worse than believing that
your government always tells the truth and that's believing that they always lie. II you're willing to buy into
any sort oI claptrap because you won't put anything past your government, then you're apt to be proven wrong over and over again.
Shouldn't you be a little more skeptical about those conspiracy theories?: I've heard some variation of
the following from conspiracy theorists, "How can you just dismiss this conspiracy theory out of hand?
There have been conspiracies that have turned to be true beIore so this one could be true as well!" Yes,
there have been conspiracy theories that panned out, but very, very, few of them. In fact, if you simply
blew off every conspiracy theory that came down the pike you'd rarely ever be wrong. Because oI that,
conspiracy theories merit a lot of skepticism.
Before you buy into a conspiracy theory, ask yourself these questions and generally -- actually, in
almost every case -- you'll find that it doesn't hold water.

Conspiracy Theories Non-falsifiable
Conspiracy theories question knowledge production and reduce highly complex
phenomena to non-fallsifiable explanations
Barkun, professor emeritus of political science at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and
Public Affairs and FBI consultant, 03
(Michael, A Culture oI Conspiracy: Apocalyptic Visions in Contemporary America, pg. 7, SL)
Conspiracy theories resist traditional canons oI prooI because they reduce highly complex phenomena to simple
causes. This is ordinarily a characteristic much admired in scientific theories, where it is referred to as
~parsimony. Conspiracy theoriesparticularly the systemic theories and the superconspiracy theories discussed above
are nothing if not parsimonious, Ior they attribute all of the world's evil to the activities of a single plot,
or set of plots. Precisely because the claims are so sweeping, however, they ultimately defeat any attempt
at testing. Conspiracists' reasoning runs in the following way. Because the conspiracy is so powerful, it
controls virtually all of the channels through which information is disseminateduniversities, media, and
so Iorth. Further, the conspiracy desires at all costs to conceal its activities, so it will use its control over
knowledge production and dissemination to mislead those who seek to expose it. ence inIormation that
appears to put a conspiracy theory in doubt must have been planted by the conspirators themselves in
order to mislead. The result is a closed system of ideas about a plot that is believed not only to be responsible
Ior creating a wide range oI evils but also to be so clever at covering its tracks that it can manufacture the
evidence ad- duced by skeptics. In the end, the theory becomes nonfalsifiable, because every attempt at IalsiIication is
dismissed as a ruse.

AT: Conspiracy analysis is productive politics
Any understanding created is episodic not systematic
(Michael, A Culture oI Conspiracy: Apocalyptic Visions in Contemporary America,, pg. 182, SL)
These fringe beliefs, and the resulting pariah status oI the believers, have stimulated the growth of an
alternative communications system by which stigmatized ideas can be spread. This alternative system is
necessary even though mainstreaming has opened popular culture to some traditionally stigmatized belieIs.
Although this access has promoted both recruitment and enhanced legitimacy, it has signiIicant limits.
First, it almost always occurs within the context of fictional representations of the world, such as films
and television programs. It does not purport to offer an accurate picture of reality, even though the Iact-
Iiction reversals discussed earlier lead believers to regard it as truthIul. Second, it is fragmentary and
episodic rather than systematic. That is, the stigmatized material usually takes the form of an
individual motif incorporated into the story, as in the reIerence to the power oI FEMA in the Iilm The X-
Files. It does not take the form of a comprehensive and logically developed presentation of an
alternative view of reality.

Conspiracy theory discourse makes political discourse impossible
As New World rder ideas and attendant elements oI the improvisational milieu break out of their traditional
confinement, a new and disconcerting array of possibilities opens up, because those who espouse such
ideas represent dissent of a particularly radical sort, rooted in divergent ideas about reality and
knowing. While The X-Files motto, 'Trust no one, may appear innocuous in an escapist drama, its literal
application implies a culture war far more extreme than anything seen previously. If no one can be
trusted (except, presumably, others in the truthseeking cadre), a society becomes divided between believers in
received ideas about what counts as knowledge and a no-longer-hidden minority of challengers. The
likely outcome of such a polarization is not pleasant to contemplate, for the challengers do not believe their
opponents are merely misguided. Rather, the supporters of the status quo are thought to be at best the
conspirators' dupes and at worst their accomplices. ence the alternative reality sees itself as a fighting faith
that must obliterate its adversaries. This is, to be sure, a worst-case scenario, and most worst-case scenarios melt
away with time. One hopes that will be the case here. But the Iact that the belieIs described in the preceding chapters are bizarre ought
not to imply that they are necessarily innocuous or unworthy oI careIul scrutiny. Bizarre beliefs have broken into the open
before. Indeed, new orthodoxies can emerge out of just such ideological undergrowth, sometimes with
devastating effects.

Conspiratorial views of politics fail to interrogate the system
Domhoff, Professor of Sociology at UC-Santa Cruz, 5
(G. William,'There are no Conspiracies, March,
http://sociology.ucsc.edu/whorulesamerica/theory/conspiracy.html, JSkoog)
There are several problems with a conspiratorial view that don't fit with what we know about power
structures. First, it assumes that a small handIul oI wealthy and highly educated people somehow develop an
extreme psychological desire Ior power that leads them to do things that don't Iit with the roles they seem to
have. For example, that rich capitalists are no longer out to make a proIit, but to create a one-world
government. Or that elected oIIicials are trying to get the constitution suspended so they can assume
dictatorial powers. These kinds of claims go back many decades now, and it is always said that it is
really going to happen this time, but it never does. Since these claims have proved wrong dozens of
times by now, it makes more sense to assume that leaders act for their usual reasons, such as profit-
seeking motives and institutionalized roles as elected officials. OI course they want to make as much
money as they can, and be elected by huge margins every time, and that can lead them to do many unsavory
things, but nothing in the ballpark oI creating a one-world government or suspending the constitution.
Second, the conspiratorial view assumes that the behind-the-scenes leaders are extremely clever and
knowledgeable, whereas social science and historical research shows that leaders often make
shortsighted or mistaken decisions due to the limits placed on their thinking by their social
backgrounds and institutional roles. When these limits are exposed through stupid mistakes, such as the
Iailure oI the CIA at the Bay oI Pigs during the Kennedy Administration, then conspiratorial theorists assert
that the leaders Iailed on purpose to Iool ordinary people. Third, the conspiratorial view places power in
the hands of only a few dozen or so people, often guided by one strong leader, whereas sociologists who
study power say that there is a leadership group of many thousands for a set of wealth-owning families
that numbers several million. Furthermore, the sociological view shows that the groups or classes below
the highest levels buy into the system in various ways and support it. For example, highly trained
proIessionals in medicine, law, and academia have considerable control over their own lives, make a good
living, and usually enjoy their work, so they go along with the system even though they do not have much
political power. Fourth, the conspiratorial view often assumes that clever experts ("pointy-headed
intellectuals") with bizarre and grandiose ideas have manipulated the thinking of their hapless bosses.
But studies of policy-making suggest that experts work within the context of the values and goals set
out by the leaders, and that they are ignored or replaced if they step outside the consensus (which is
signaled by saying they have become overly abstract, idealistic, or even, Irankly, "pinko"). Finally, the
conspiratorial view assumes that illegal plans to change the government or assassinate people can be
kept secret for long periods of time, but all evidence shows that secret groups or plans in the United
States are uncovered by civil liberties groups, infiltrated by reporters or government officials, and
written about in the press. Even secrets about wars and CIA operations -- Vietnam, the Contras, the
rationales Ior Bush's invasion oI Iraq in 2003 -- are soon exposed Ior everyone to see. As Ior assassinations
and assassination attempts in the United States, Irom McKinley to Franklin D. Roosevelt to John F. Kennedy
to Martin Luther King, Jr., to Robert F. Kennedy to Reagan, they have been the acts oI individuals with no
connections to any power groups. Because all their underlying assumptions are discredited by historical
events and media exposures, no conspiracy theory is credible on any issue. II there is corporate
domination, it is through leaders in visible positions within the corporate community, the policy planning
network, and the government. II there is class domination, it is through the same mundane processes that
social scientists have shown to be operating Ior other levels oI the socioeconomic system. ,

Conspiracy theory replaces political engagement with endless, circular analysis
Fenster, University of Florida - Professor of Law, 09
(Mark, Conspiracy Theories: Secrecy and Power in American Culture, Pg. 93-96, Ebrary, JSkoog)
But Clinton's statement also demonstrates the profound trouble that mainstream politicians and established
political institutions have when confronted by the politics, interpretive practices, and narrative
constructions of conspiracy theory. In particular, the statement "I just really don't believe there is
anything more to know" makes no sense within the hermeneutics of conspiracy. By assuming there are limits
to interpretation, the statement ignores the fact that conspiracy theory respects no interpretive limits when it
investigates the secret treachery of true political power. Conspiracy theory demands continual
interpretation. There is always something more to know about an alleged conspiracy, the evidence oI which is subjected to an
investigative machine that depends on the perpetual motion oI signiIication. Further, the very attempt to shut interpretation
down is itself a suspicious act that requires interpretation. Clinton's declaration oI a limit to interpretation thus
signiIies excessively. For a conspiracy theorist, when a suspect political leader says that there is nothing more to
know, he simultaneously circulates a profound error (there is always something more to know) and presents
another statement, linked to previous ones that he and his associates have made, that demonstrates the
devious and conspiratorial nature of his power (we know that he knows more). Conspiracy theory trapped Clinton in a
circular, endless game in which every declaration oI his innocence and every piece oI evidence he put Iorward to exonerate himselI
served as Iurther prooI oI his guilt. At still another level, however, Clinton s statement does speak Ior the conspiracy theorist. There
really is nothing more to know, as each detail or sign links with another in an endless chain of details
within a singular narrative frame. ne can and must continually collect and interpret evidence, but the
explanation oI that evidence is always already Iormed. Interpretation may be endless, but the conspiracy tightly limits its
range of conclusions. For a conspiracy theorist Iocused on the Clinton presidency during the 1990s, numerous scandals and
neIarious plots awaited disclosure, composed oI various sorts ol details that were already known, or were coming to light, or were still to
be unearthed: the larger explanation behind these individual scandals. A popular oneand the basis Ior the militia movements dread oI
Clinton's presidency declared that Clinton was an agent oI a "New World Order" seeking to impose a totalitarian regime. This theory
merely required Iurther prooI oI Clinton's inherent insidiousness. The linkage between an event like Foster's suicide to larger claims oI
conspiracy was contingent: competing theories utilized the same detail in diIIerent ways, while even the same theory could move in
alternate directions as it developed. There may be more to learnnew details, even new developments as the Clinton conspiracy spread
more widelybut there would be nothing more to know. This chapter concerns these intensely active interpretive practices oI
conspiracy theory. Conspiracy theory works as a form of hyperactive semiosis in which history and politics
serve as reservoirs of signs that demand (over)interpretation, and that signify, for the interpreter, far
more than their conventional meaning. Again, oIstadter's powerIul notion oI the "paranoid style" oI conspiracy theory is
superIicially attractive as a Iramework Ior analysis. As I explained in part I, oIstadter did not assert that conspiracy theorists were
necessarily paranoid but that their way oI interpreting the world was like that oI the paranoid. is most important claim in this respect
was that conspiracy theorists view current and historical events as a series of plots to undermine a
rightful order by an enemy on whom they project their own anxieties and desires.' Although
understanding conspiracy theory as a paranoid form of interpretation provides some insight, it
displaces the cultural and specifically semiotic challenge posed by conspiracy theory's interpretive
practices onto a relatively simplistic notion of pathology. ThereIore, oIstadter s work can itselI best be used
analogically. The paradoxes oI paranoia, Ior example, provide a useIul way oI thinking through conspiracy theory's role as an
interpretive Iramework.-* As with clinical paranoia, the interpretive practices of conspiracy theory are in many
instances delusional but are structured in a manner that is internally consistent and logical. They engage
in a logic that is at once tautological and Procrustean by associating disparate individual events and Iigures, drawing Iirm conclusions
based on scant or nonexistent evidence, and asserting either too simplistic or too complicated explanations to account Ior historical or
present-day events. As a kind oI residual or regressive practice within a presumably "postmodern" era that marks the end oI master
narratives, conspiracy theorists posit highly and imaginatively integrative analyses of individual pieces of
evidence into an all-encompassing framework that can describe the breadth of modern (and, in some
theories, pre-modern and ancient) history and politics.4 It manifests a popular desire to reconstruct the master
narrative as a mode of expression, thus serving as an excessively integrative interpretive practice that
moves beyond the norms of inference. These interpretive practices are not per se pathological, however, and an approach
that labels them as such limits itselI both politically and analytically because it cannot explain and respond to the speciIically
hermeneutical aspects oI conspiracy theory.' This chapter proposes two alternative ways oI conceiving oI this interpretive practice, as
desire and as production. Both concepts allows us to see conspiracy* theory as an active, endless process that continually seeks, but can
never Iully arrive at, a Iinal interpretation. They take conspiracy theory's marginality and hyperactivity as
starting points to examine its explanatory power and attraction in contemporary popular politics.

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They thus enable a cultural analysis of, first, conspiracy theory's ideological, circular, and endless
desire for a totalizing method of mapping and understanding a social and political order where power
seems always elsewhere; and, second, conspiracy theory's practice of producing meaningful and intense
effects and an incessant chain of interpretation. As an interpretive practice, conspiracy theory
represents an impossible, almost Utopian drive to seize and fetishize individual signs in order to place
them within vast interpretive structures that unsuccessfully attempt to stop the signs' unlimited
meaning production. This chapter and the next together assert that conspiracy theory displaces the citizen's desire
for political significance onto a signifying regime in which interpretation and a narrative of conspiracy,
and an obsessive desire for information, replace political engagement. In order to ground what will at times
become a rather abstract description and analysis oI conspiracy theory's interpretive practices, this chapter utilizes some oI the
conspiracies concerning Bill Clinton as examples. Accordingly, 1 begin with some details about two sets oI conspiratorial allegations
that arose during Clinton's two terms as president in order to use these allegations as illustrative examples oI how conspiracy theory's
interpretive practices work.

Search for ~truth becomes endless and repetitive
Fenster, University of Florida- Professor of Law, 9
(Mark, 'Conspiracy Theories: Secrecy and Power in American Culture, 2009, Pg. 100, Ebrary, JSkoog)
Conspiracy theories prodigiously commit to learn and know the presumed secrets of power and
domination. In their endless striving for more information, conspiracy theorists clearly want
something speciIically the "truth," as they would understand it, which entails a truly transparent state
of relations with others as well as with the greater ther of power. This desire constitutes neither a
basic human need nor a clear political demand. Although some who search Ior evidence oI a conspiracy
are impoverished, their search does not promise the IulIillment oI their basic needs, and although some
conspiracy theorists actively make political demands individually and collectively, their search seems only
tangential))' related to the IulIillment ol speciIic demands concerning government programs and laws."'
Rather, it constitutes a desire. The practice of interpreting conspiracy is repetitive, endless, and faces
continual frustration. As a result, conspiracy theory's relationship to its seeming object of desire-the
structure, order, and solution represented by conspiracy-is a complex one.

Represents an endless desire to master the political order
Fenster, University of Florida - Professor of Law, 9
(Mark, Conspiracy Theories: Secrecy and Power in American Culture, Pg. 107-108, Ebrary, JSkoog)
"Conspiracy" transcends everything in this interpretive process. It has produced the past and present,
and it will produce the likely future, ll produced the details under interpretation. It even produced the
interpretive act itself-the conspiracy theorist's will to interpret follows the discovery of the conspiracy
and organizes the conspiracy theorists narrative of history.w What began as a textual eIIect, the way in
which a single detail's signiIicance was understood, has become a transcendent organizing principle; what
began as that which is presumptively searched for, the traces of conspiracy, has become that
transcendent thing which drives the search itself. Interpretation may be endless, but it is organized
indeed, controlledby the very particular logic of conspiracy. Interpretive Desire's Ideology The endless,
circular search (the connections) and the thing that never arrives (the Iinal order that is never revealed)
represent a desire to find, understand, and represent the totality of social relations. Conspiracy theory
clearly wants something: it is a never-ending practice that combs the past and the present for evidence
of some transcendent, all-explanatory thing. Denying the ambiguities oI the past, and the complexities and
contingencies oI the present, conspiracy theory wants to enjoy the pleasure of control, of finding the
correct answer to the riddle of power, of mastering its desire of political order.'5 II the subject does not
know what it wants, is this because oI some ideological misrecognition by the conspiracy theorist, or is it the
result oI some top-down manipulation by a state apparatus? II conspiracy theory is a symptom oI an
ideological desire, then how is this conception oI "desire" any diIIerent Irom ostadter's notion oI paranoia?


Conspiracy theory fails when applied to science and logic.

Reville, public awareness of science officer at UCC, 9 (William, assistant proI. oI biochem at
UCC, public awareness oI science oIIicer, Dec. 1, 2009, Lexis Nexis, 'When is a theory not a
theory?, p. 19, 6.27.11 JSkoog)
TE TERM conspiracy theory commonly means a Iringe theory that explains an event as the secret
machinations oI powerIul Machiavellian conspirators. The modern popularity oI such theories dates Irom the
conspiracy theory that arose in the 1960s around the assassination oI JFK. Enhanced Coverage LinkingJFK.
-Search using: Biographies Plus News News, Most Recent 60 Days Mainstream opinion looks on conspiracy
theories with a jaundiced eye and oIten ridicules them. OI course genuine conspiracies do exist, Ior example
Abraham Lincoln died as a result oI a conspiracy. And George Bernard Shaw said, All proIessions are
conspiracies against the laity . The word theory in conspiracy theory is used in a diIIerent sense to its use in
science. A scientiIic theory is the agreed best explanation oI a phenomenon, arrived at aIter long years oI
examining evidence and testing hypotheses by experiment. In everyday usage theory reIers to a hypothesis an
inIormed (and sometimes not-inIormed) guess as to the explanation oI a phenomenon. Scientific theories
are falsifiable and modifiable in the light of new evidence. Conspiracy theories, eg a secret branch of
government is covering-up evidence of alien visits, are often unfalsifiable. Proponents of conspiracy
theories are also very resistant to contrary evidence. Conspiracy theories are common and have grown up
around well-known incidents such as: JFK Enhanced Coverage LinkingJFK -Search using: Biographies Plus
News News, Most Recent 60 Days s assassination; the death oI Princess Diana; the 9/11 terrorist attack; the
ApolloMoon landing; the Roswell UFO incident, and so on. The theme Ieatures regularly in Iilms, books
television programmes. The two most inIamous conspiracy theories oI the 20th century were devised by
itler and Stalin. Psychology attempts to explain conspiracy theories in various ways such as attempts to
provide reassurance that disturbing events are not random but are the product oI human intelligence and are,
thereIore, potentially controllable. The projection oI undesirable characteristics oI the selI onto the
conspirators is also suggested as another impulse behind conspiracy theories. Some conspiracy theories are
obviously ridiculous, for example, the claim by former television presenter David Icke that humanity is
controlled by alien reptiles who assume our appearance by drinking human blood. Other such theories
seize on perceived weak points in the oIIicial explanation oI an event, such as why were the hijacked 9/11
aircraIt not shot down? Most conspiracy theories, in my opinion, do not withstand critical analysis. Most
fail the test of ccam s Razor, a logical principle devised by medieval philosopher William of ccam
which states, ne should not increase beyond what is necessary, the number of entities required to
explain anything . This principle of parsimony has proved itself most useful in science. Many
conspiracy theories are convoluted explanations oI mainstream evidence. Finally, let me tell you my own
little story oI a conspiracy theory. A taxi-driver recently told me that immigrants are entitled to receive dole
plus a weekly socialising allowance oI EUR 70, and that immigrants are entitled to a grant oI EUR 17,000 to
buy a taxi. e said all taxi drivers knew this and Irish people are not entitled to these beneIits. The
Department oI Family and Social AIIairs press oIIice assured me that the taxi-driver s claims are incorrect. In
order to qualiIy Ior dole, everybody must Iirst satisIy the abitual Residence Condition, ie that their centre oI
interest is Ireland. Social welIare does not pay a socialising allowance and everybody, Irish and non-Irish,
must be treated the same. The socialising allowance idea probably reIers to asylum seekers. Asylum seekers
are not entitled to the dole. They are housed and Ied by the government while their applications Ior asylum
are processed. In addition they are given a weekly allocation oI about EUR 40 to buy small necessary items
that cannot be Ioreseen in detail. Finally the notion oI the EUR 17,000 taxi grant to immigrants is a distortion
oI the Back to Work Enterprise Allowance scheme. This scheme is open to all who are eligible Ior the dole.
II you can convince oIIicials oI the Department that you have a viable business idea that will get you out oI
the ranks oI the unemployed, you may be awarded a small grant to get the enterprise started. But, buying a
taxi in the present recession, with taxis already in over-supply, would hardly qualiIy as a viable business idea
. William Reville is UCC s associate proIessor oI biochemistry and public awareness oI science oIIicer

AT: Conspiracy analysis challenges power
Conspiracy theories actually prop up and legitimate the power of the current political
system
Sternheimer, Professor of Sociology University of Southern California, 7
(Karen, Ph.D in Sociology and ProIessor at USC, 'The Sociology oI Conspiracy, September 26, 2007,
http://nortonbooks.typepad.com/everydaysociology/2007/09/the-sociology-o.html, 6/26/11 JSkoog)
Sociologists refer to conspiracy theories as a form of collective behavior, something that we engage in
together that gains traction as it appeals to many people. Similar to urban legends, rumors, and panics,
sociologists seek to understand how and why groups create meaning through claiming that conspiracies have
taken place. The creation of the Internet has definitely helped grease the wheels of collective behavior.
ne of the most fascinating things about collective behavior is that it often starts from the grassroots
level, from everyday people rather from those in positions of power. In fact, the very distance from the
centers of power fuels conspiracy theories. Let`s think about some other conspiracy theories: some people
claim that the olocaust never happened; perhaps the most Iamous conspiracy theory is based on the
premise that President John F. Kennedy`s assassination was the work oI insiders. The public`s willingness
to entertain such theories diIIers tremendously. For most people, even questioning the reality that millions oI
civilians were murdered during World War II is incredibly oIIensive. But there`s something about Kennedy`s
assassination that makes millions question the Iindings oI the Warren Commission Report. Why does one
conspiracy theory seem outlandish while another one seems plausible? The imbalance of power is a key
ingredient. It is not hard to believe that a powerful regime or dictator could slaughter a group of
people with little or no social power, as sadly has happened over and over again in human history.
But the opposite is much harder to believe: an individual or group with little power harming someone
with significantly more power and status doesn`t make sense. It challenges what we think we know
about the social order. So the Kennedy assassination--apparently the work oI a lone gunman who by all
reports was, to put it kindly, unsuccessIul in his other ventures--seems hard to believe. That a charismatic,
larger-than-liIe leader oI the Iree world could be brought down by a 'nobody has Iueled conspiracy theorists
Ior over Iorty years. Although solid evidence reIutes the idea oI a conspiracy, I admit to entertaining this
notion myselI. I now see that I Iell into the power imbalance trap too. In my deIense, I also grew up during
the 1970s, when network television routinely Ieatured programs about the Bermuda Triangle, BigIoot, the
Loch Ness monster, and other supernatural 'secrets. The Kennedy assassination was also a big topic during
the decade that Ieatured the Watergate cover-up and made many Americans question how much the
government could be trusted. In the early 1970s, Skylab, a precursor to today`s international space station,
actually Iell to earth (which is terriIying iI you`re a kid!) and Iaith in the government Iell as well. Flash
Iorward more than 25 years, and you can see why people still might have trouble believing the
government. The president's approval ratings have declined in recent years as the war in Iraq has
become increasingly unpopular. Conspiracy claims make sense during a time when mistrust and anger
toward the government run high. And most oI all, it is hard to accept that our powerIul military could not
protect us that September day. For some, it is easier to believe that our government is all-powerful (even
if that power is abused) than it is to believe that the government is flawed. ur Cold War military
build-up made us feel almost invincible, and September 11th challenged that assumption. In a strange way,
conspiracy theories help prop up the belief in an all-powerful America. Perhaps clinging to this idea is
less upsetting than facing what transpired that day.

AT: 1odi Dean
Dean`s argument overreaches and ignores history and fails as a foundation for productive
criticism
Luckhurst, Department of English and Humanities, University of London, 98
(Roger , Nov, 'BOOKS IN REVIEW, Science Fiction Studies, #76, Volume 25, Part 3
http://www.depauw.edu/sIs/birs/bir76.htm)
As a narrative of cultural responses to technological change, this is a plausible account. This is the
historical Iramework explored in chapters two and three oI the book, but Dean`s interest does not really lie
here. In Iact, she launches the book by using the pervasive presence oI abduction narratives to exempliIy her
case about a radical relativizing oI any claims to rationality or truth in American society. This is where Dean
succumbs to a rather alarming chain of logic. "UF belief is widespread enough to conflict with the
concept of a unitary public reason," she asserts (11), having claimed that abduction accounts are
symptomatic oI "the lack oI widespread criteria Ior judgments about what is reasonable and what is not" (9).
From uncertainties oI judgment, the argument escalates rapidly to allege that we "can no longer presume
a reality based on consensus" (15), and hence have reached a "collapse" of the political sphere and the
rise of conspiracy culture. This ultimately means that scientists or cultural commentators cannot contest the
claims oI abductees because, as Dean concludes, "there is no overarching conception oI reality" on which to
adjudicate competing claims (170).
And what is the cause oI this wreck oI reason? Technology, in a series oI dispiriting, cliched guises. "We are
all connected in a world wide web, a borderless inIormation economy" (168) where "one site, one link, is as
plausible as any other" (132), so that UFOlogists can "reclaim their rationality on their own terms" (9).
Abductees also appear on television, and, Dean claims, "their televisual presence...links them with the real,
with that which happens" (103), because the measure oI the "real"like istory itselIis now televisual.
Apparently, an abductee on Jerry Springer is rendered equivalent to a news report, or else Dean presumes the
audience too Ioolish to tell the diIIerence. At least abductee accounts about the strange liIe oI domestic
technologies, oI VCRs, microwaves and telephones, oI secret messages embedded in popular sI Iilms and TV
series, are more inventive than this.
It is not the technological determinism or the familiar postmodernist rhetoric of "crisis" and
"collapse" that is worrying here; it is the poorly premised relativism of the argument. Leaving aside
the constant leaps from epistemological uncertainty to claims of ontological collapse, is it really the
case that abduction discourse, because it is relatively organized on the Net, and because it mimics the
methodologies of science, marks a crisis of reason? Apparently so: "heretoIore reasonable procedures take
an alien Iorm. As the criteria Ior legitimacy are themselves abducted, the mainstream, the serious, the
conventional, and the real become suspect" (58). Carl Sagan is held as being "nostalgic, even naive"
compared with Budd opkins, "because he, Sagan, works within a world view that he doesn`t question"
(170). Such absurd statements might benefit from historical perspective. In one footnote, Dean hopes
"to investigate more thoroughly in the future" the world of nineteenth century Spiritualism (221). She
should do so: the Spiritualists were highly organized at the local and national levels, had three newspapers in
London in the 1870s and thousands oI supporters. Spiritualists were linked to both radical politics and the
heart of the political establishment; they ceaselessly appropriated both the language and methods of
science and the newest technologies as "vehicles" for belief. A number oI eminent men oI science became
Spiritualists, and oIIered scientiIic rationales Ior communication with the dead. There was no crisis of
reason, no collapse of the Real (whatever that means); Spiritualism at its height remained a definitively
marginal science. 1odi Dean sets off on the wrong foot in making abduction narratives evidence of the
relativizing of any possibility of truth; it means she ends up losing any possibility of critique, which
requires, after all, some kind of ground on which to argue a case.

Clinical Paranoia
The clinical paranoia and political paranoia are not mutually exclusive
Unlike oIstadter, some have argued that the clinical and the political may overlap. Robert Robins and Jerrold Post assert
that the domain of political paranoia encompasses a range of exemplars, including such clinical
paranoids as 1ames Forrestal and 1oseph Stalin; borderline paranoids whose ~delusion is likely to
involve exaggeration and distortion of genuine events and rational beliefs rather than pure psychotic inven-
tion; and cultures in which, at least temporarily, conspiracy beliefs become a culturally defined norm. In this
view, conspiracy beliefs become neither determinative of paranoia nor divorced from it. Instead, con-
spiracism straddles a blurred and shifting boundary between pathology and normalcy. 7

AT: Biopower Impacts
Biopower is neither inherently good, nor bad. ur specific context is more important than
their sweeping generalization.
Dickinson, UC Berkeley - Associate Professor History, 4
(Edward Ross, 'Biopolitics, Fascism, Democracy: Some ReIlections on Our Discourse About 'Modernity, Central
European istory, vol. 37, no. 1, 148)
This notion is not at all at odds with the core oI Foucauldian (and Peukertian) theory. Democratic welIare states are regimes oI
power/knowledge no less than early twentieth-century totalitarian states; these systems are not 'opposites, in the sense that they are two
alternative ways oI organizing the same thing. But they are two very /iffe7ent ways oI organizing it. The concept ~power
should not be read as a universal stifling night of oppression, manipulation, and entrapment, in which
all political and social orders are grey, are essentially or effectively ~the same. Power is a set of social
relations, in which individuals and groups have varying degrees of autonomy and effective subjectivity.
And discourse is, as Foucault argued, 'tactically polyvalent. Discursive elements (like the various elements of
biopolitics) can be combined in different ways to form parts of quite different strategies (like
totalitarianism or the democratic welfare state); they cannot be assigned to one place in a structure,
but rather circulate. The varying possible constellations of power in modern societies create ~multiple
modernities, modern societies with quite radically differing potentials.91

Biopower is not genocidal when it is deployed by a government which also respects rights.
Dickinson, UC Berkeley - Associate Professor History, 4
(Edward Ross, 'Biopolitics, Fascism, Democracy: Some ReIlections on Our Discourse About 'Modernity, Central
European istory, vol. 37, no. 1, 148)
At its simplest, this view oI the politics oI expertise and proIessionalization is certainly plausible. istorically speaking, however, the
further conjecture that this ~micropolitical dynamic creates authoritarian, totalitarian, or homicidal
potentials at the level of the state does not seem very tenable. Historically, it appears that the greatest
advocates of political democracy in Germany leIt liberals and Social Democrats have been also the greatest
advocates of every kind of biopolitical social engineering, from public health and welfare programs
through social insurance to city planning and, yes, even eugenics.102 The state they built has intervened
in social relations to an (until recently) ever-growing degree; proIessionalization has run ever more rampant in Western societies;
the production oI scientistic and technocratic expert knowledge has proceeded at an ever more Irenetic pace. And yet, Irom the
perspective oI the Iirst years oI the millennium, the second half of the twentieth century appears to be the great
age of democracy in precisely those societies where these processes have been most in evidence. What is
more, the interventionist state has steadily expanded both the rights and the resources of virtually
every citizen including those who were stigmatized and persecuted as biologically deIective under National Socialism. Perhaps
these processes have created an ever more restrictive 'iron cage oI rationality in European societies. But iI so, it seems clear that
there is no necessary correlation between rationalization and authoritarian politics; the opposite seems
in fact to be at least equally true.

Biopower is inevitable
Wright, Fellow at the Centre for Global Political Economy 2008
(Nathan, 'Camp as Paradigm: Bio-Politics and State Racism in Foucault and Agamben,
http://ccjournal.cgu.edu/pastissues/nathanwright.html)
Perhaps the one Iailure oI Foucault`s that, unresolved, rings as most ominous is his Iailure to Iurther examine the problem oI bio-
political state racism that he Iirst raises in his lecture series, Society Must Be DeIended. At the end of the last lecture,
Foucault suggests that bio-power is here to stay as a fixture of modernity. Perhaps given its focus on
the preservation of the population of the nation it which it is practiced, bio-power itself is something
that Foucault accepts as here to stay. Yet his analysis oI bio-politics and bio-power leads inevitably to state-sanctioned
racism, be the government democratic, socialist, or Iascist. As a result, he ends the lecture series with the question, 'ow can one both
make a bio-power Iunction and exercise the rights oI war, the rights oI murder and the Iunction oI death, without becoming racist? That
was the problem, and that, I think, is still the problem. It was a problem to which he never returned. owever, in the space opened by
Foucault`s Iailure to solve the problem oI state racism and to 'elaborate a unitary theory oI power (Agamben 1998, 5) steps Agamben
in an attempt to complete an analysis oI Foucauldian bio-politics and to, while not solve the problem oI state racism, at least give
direction Ior Iurther inquiry and hope oI a politics that escapes the problem oI this racism.

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