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From: Sharon Kardol <sharon@hotmix.com.au> Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 23:08:16 +0800 Fwd Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 11:18:19 -0500 Subject: Re: NASA's Stephens Admits to CAUS That He is a >From: Greg Sandow <gsandow@prodigy.net> >To: UFO UpDates - Toronto <updates@globalserve.net> >Subject: Re: NASA's Stephens Admits to CAUS That He is a Fraud >Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1999 23:47:18 -0500 >nobody with any common sense -- assuming >they've been in the field long enough to know what the history >is -- can take someone like Stephens seriously, without checking >him out first. If you distribute some kind of UFO publication, >in print or by e-mail, you have a responsibility to do some >basic checking before you spread these stories. Peter Gersten >didn't do this. Some of the stuff Stephens talked about -- the >Norad "fence," for instance -- might be hard to verify if you >didn't have government or military contacts. But as Roger and >others have demonstrated, anyone can check to see whether >Stephens really was a Navy SEAL. >Peter Gersten didn't do this, which in my opinion makes him >irresponsible. He eagerly spread the story, thus giving it >credibility. If he'd spent an hour checking, he would have found >out right away that basic details weren't right, and would have >saved us all a lot of nonsense. This is true. Too true. Unfortunately, look how long it took for anybody to do a check, and verify Mr Stephens details, myself included. I may not have eagerly spread the story but I'm probably just a guilty of irresponsibility. Cheers, in a shade of red Sharon.K
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