tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11558306.post4409948933526585858..comments2024-03-19T11:13:40.642-07:00Comments on A Different Perspective: Brad Meltzer's DecodedKRandlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06333125414889883920noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11558306.post-58213827085946769322014-06-25T17:29:52.657-07:002014-06-25T17:29:52.657-07:00I am disappointed in this programme for the reason...I am disappointed in this programme for the reasons stated by others - a pity because the formula is good but there is an agenda. I notice on the Houdini episode the continual emphasis on Spiritualists being con men/women out to make money and anyone who has investigated this will know that this is not a true reflection of spirit mediums. Is there a roman catholic agenda here?Tudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120704923294318328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11558306.post-42922872526230885172012-06-27T12:55:18.430-07:002012-06-27T12:55:18.430-07:00What I don't understand is that people either ...What I don't understand is that people either don't read their Bibles or they don't believe in what it says; about the dead, that they are not in heaven or hell, they don't come back to visit, they don't know anything, but are alssep and what is messing with us is demons, who knows that we want something like this to happen; to explain what is going on in the "great beyond"; and we to leave them alone and that the demons are aliens in a way and they are the only ones who are coming around, pretending to be from the universe. Why would God allow other aliens to come to a planet that has sin in it and contaminate their planets?Legzmilnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09845209688799540008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11558306.post-79332313889064606372012-01-04T12:55:55.099-08:002012-01-04T12:55:55.099-08:00Everyone -
My point here was that some of the bas...Everyone -<br /><br />My point here was that some of the basic information was inaccurate and there is no reason for that. He mentioned Project Blue Book but never said a word about Sign or Grudge, or Moon Dust for that matter.<br /><br />Yes, the show is for the masses who are not as well versed in the subject as we are here, but still, they could make sure they get the basics right... and they certainly didn't need to drive out toward Area 51 and then flee when the base security started driving down the hill.<br /><br />And, yes, I do watch all the episodes, so they have me hooked anyway.KRandlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06333125414889883920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11558306.post-50308712505005297512012-01-04T05:34:10.860-08:002012-01-04T05:34:10.860-08:00Terry / Paul
Scooby Doo is an excellent model for...Terry / Paul<br /><br />Scooby Doo is an excellent model for a paranormal investigator. After all he has a case solved rate of a 100%Steve Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14765165764276462479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11558306.post-54453939929795326792012-01-04T05:19:31.132-08:002012-01-04T05:19:31.132-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Steve Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14765165764276462479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11558306.post-20510209776973184432012-01-03T12:48:00.769-08:002012-01-03T12:48:00.769-08:00Notice the anti-Catholic sentiments of this show? ...Notice the anti-Catholic sentiments of this show? That chic researcher can't even hide her contempt - so much for being unbiased.... let alone scientific.<br /><br />Why not decode the "Muslim Conspiracy" instead of trying to shove the BS of "All American Muslim" down our throats.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11310178525592058423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11558306.post-84514838797888910472012-01-02T23:36:14.791-08:002012-01-02T23:36:14.791-08:00I very much agree with you. What we need is someth...I very much agree with you. What we need is something akin to a masters level UFO series where details and developments in the field can be covered without having to return to the basics over and over again. Beginners may be lost at times but maybe it would also give them the motivation to do more research on their own so they could understand what was being discussed. I firmly believe that. Dumbing down a TV show, a lecture, a course of study doesn't motivate people to learn, it just bores them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11558306.post-66913668009359662352012-01-01T21:03:20.667-08:002012-01-01T21:03:20.667-08:00Terry,
Actually, all joking aside, the Scooby Doo...Terry,<br /><br />Actually, all joking aside, the Scooby Doo model, i.e. direct personal experience, is one that is available for "ghost hunters", but not for "UFO hunters". <br /><br />So yes, I think the "ghost hunters" have one up on "UFO hunters".<br /><br />PaulPaul Kimballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08804735930733797952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11558306.post-76222628477227334042012-01-01T20:10:08.230-08:002012-01-01T20:10:08.230-08:00Paul is not saying Scooby Doo is an investigative ...Paul is not saying Scooby Doo is an investigative model (I hope).Terry the Censorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13361088223337740598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11558306.post-64541618105947455622011-12-31T10:50:35.507-08:002011-12-31T10:50:35.507-08:00No worries, Nick. I agree with you that most of my...No worries, Nick. I agree with you that most of my producer "colleagues" are money-grubbing SOBs. Indeed, I would probably place the percentage higher than you do.<br /><br />You can't really do an investigative UFO film, unless you camp out somewhere and monitor the sky. That's why I eventually switched to ghosts - at least with that you can Scooby Doo it in a haunted house for a night, and see if anything happens!<br /><br />PaulPaul Kimballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08804735930733797952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11558306.post-4581677072186441882011-12-31T08:05:24.535-08:002011-12-31T08:05:24.535-08:00Paul:
LOL, point taken! But, even though my books...Paul:<br /><br />LOL, point taken! But, even though my books have never proved anything, I do try and solve things.<br /><br />I actually don't place you in the same category as so many other shows I've done, as each and everything I have done with you for your productions, HAS been investigative, which is refreshing but (in my experiences) rare.<br /><br />I cannot even begin to tell you the number of shows I've done where the relevant company says something like "Can you come out to Roswell? We'll be there for 2 days, and doing a segment on the crash for this or that show."<br /><br />That was my point - you can't do an investigation of a 64-year-old event in 2 days!<br /><br />So, it inevitably becomes just a case of the company doing what I said - a few head and shoulders interviews, some new on-site footage, mixed in with USAF old B&W stock footage of White Sands, a weather balloon, a V2 rocket, or similar.<br /><br />Same when I've done shows on Bigfoot - the idea of a TV company going into the woods for 1 night and hoping to find Bigfoot is ludicrous.<br /><br />They know that, so they just do what they consider the next best thing - jerky camera movements in the woods, night-vision equipment capturing startled faces of investigators, always ensure someone says "What the hell was that?" and then go home!<br /><br />I don't claim to be anything special, but in my books I do try and solve the mystery behind what I'm writing about.<br /><br />I cannot tell you how many shows I've done where the crew have no intention of solving anything, and just want to get what is needed to make a 1-hour show etc.Nick Redfernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07199813303416083671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11558306.post-30379843623558832152011-12-30T21:40:20.385-08:002011-12-30T21:40:20.385-08:00Nick,
We nasty TV producers have the exact same f...Nick,<br /><br />We nasty TV producers have the exact same feelings about authors who churn out book after book on the same subject, and never solve anything. ;-)<br /><br />PaulPaul Kimballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08804735930733797952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11558306.post-47115898597702730012011-12-30T15:57:05.999-08:002011-12-30T15:57:05.999-08:00Greetings Kevin Randle,
Mogul flight #4 is... (jok...Greetings Kevin Randle,<br />Mogul flight #4 is... (joking);)<br /><br />I have "always" found "curious" Walter Haut and Glenn Dennis co-founded this second Roswell's Museum, now directed by Haut's daughter,if I'm correct (?).<br />It was in approximately 1992 if I'm correct again that this (second) Roswell's Museum was co-founded by them two.<br /> <br />One of them (Glenn Dennis) seems now to have becomed regarding one your recent blog article as, how to say, a not really credible witness (with cordiality). A little like F. Kaufmann (He used the pseudo McKenzie too), J. Ragsdale, G. Anderson?<br />This second Museum created is in a timeline where Mister Walter Haut changed or switched "sudently" to a sensationnalist version of the "case". <br />I cant give an exact date when Glenn Dennis appears in the Roswell narrative (myth for me) too (1989?). Well... <br /><br />Dear Kevin Randle, just curious cause you are a dreamteam head replying time to time for the modest "skeptic" I'm (and my bad english) :<br /><br />How do you feel, think, meta-analyze this second museum co-creation by Glenn Dennis and Walter Haut? What's your regard? How do you feel this museum was co-founded by Glenn Dennis and Walter Haut? Their motivations? Etc. Your regard in short and frankly...<br /><br />Respect,<br /><br />Gilles FernandezGilles Fernandezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17128214022795566635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11558306.post-40917541992394943612011-12-30T15:28:46.000-08:002011-12-30T15:28:46.000-08:00I know 4 and a half years is nothing comparred to ...I know 4 and a half years is nothing comparred to a lot of you so if there is anything new and exciting or something a lil older i might have overlooked send me a link IM ALWAYS EXCITED TO LEARN SOMETHING!!!!Blake THE REAPER Ratliffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09535604185149706335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11558306.post-8824265043660175612011-12-30T15:25:28.308-08:002011-12-30T15:25:28.308-08:00While I agree with you a 100% DECODED is not about...While I agree with you a 100% DECODED is not about aliens it's about mysteries, so I think BRAD MELTZER did a fantastic job educating people who thought aliens were lilttle green men or even worse NOT REAL I've studied this subject matter extinsivley for the past 4 and a half years and I KNOW THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE OUT THERE THE POSSIABILITY OF THERE NOT BEING ANYTHING ELSE BUT US HERE IN THIS HUGE UNIVERSE IS INPLOSSIABLE!Blake THE REAPER Ratliffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09535604185149706335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11558306.post-63934725589959718052011-12-30T15:16:50.715-08:002011-12-30T15:16:50.715-08:00CDA:
Yep! I have done enough TV to know that, fo...CDA: <br /><br />Yep! I have done enough TV to know that, for the most part, TV companies are not in the business of investigating or solving Roswell (or indeed any UFO-related or Fortean-related event). Nor are many of them interested in doing so.<br /><br />Rather they are in the business of making shows they are contracted to make by a network that pays them money for doing so. It's a job and nothing else.<br /><br />So, they do what they can with the budget available, which is: they interview a few witnesses, get some panoramic on-site shots, use some old stock-footage, interview believers and doubters in the research field, make a few sarcastic comments about UFO believers, then they splice it all together, hand it over to the relevant TV channel, and get paid.<br /><br />Job well done. <br />Well, occasionally... <br />Very occasionally...Nick Redfernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07199813303416083671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11558306.post-82135058699787023462011-12-30T14:52:53.075-08:002011-12-30T14:52:53.075-08:00These shows are for the masses, not for the minori...These shows are for the masses, not for the minority that know the subject in depth. Hence you, and the rest of us types, learned nothing new, but the great majority of watchers did.<br /><br />One other thing: I don't want to sound too pedantic, but Julie was third-hand, not second-hand. This is because Walter Haut was second- hand not first-hand. You cannot call anyone first-hand unless they saw the actual debris. Yes I know Haut changed his story in his final years, but unless he saw the craft, wreckage or bodies he is not a first-hand witness. His original affidavit is clear on this point.<br /><br />He never even saw the debris field.cdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01005702597775594084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11558306.post-46751783083084015192011-12-30T14:49:03.615-08:002011-12-30T14:49:03.615-08:00That was a fantastic post! I am in agreement. In f...That was a fantastic post! I am in agreement. In fact, even though I wanted to support Ben Hansen with Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files, I eventually had to ditch the show. They often went to investigate things that had already been settled some time ago and were no longer valid. I found it adolescent and ridiculous. I'm not surprised this show also gave a watery version of Roswell. It is a very hard thing gathering that info now with so many involved long gone. I run into the same thing with my WWII father's history. I ended up getting his military records. It might be interesting to see if the relatives of these players all got their "witness" relatives' records, what they might verify about time and place and location of these people and such and if they were subsequently medically tested or relocated right after that date.Sharon Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13609356325356264202noreply@blogger.com