Feb 25 2007
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SERPO Post Generates Debate
From the minute my SERPO post was put up, there was reaction. I thought it was a dead issue and most people had moved on to other things. This is why I felt it was safe to reveal my opinions. There were about 60 emails in one of my inboxes within 24 hours, most of which were nearly indecipherable to me, and dealt with obscure minutiae which interests no one but the most hardcore.
I have no concrete idea why persons unknown felt moved to perpetrate the SERPO story. My post was an attempt to hypothesize about various aspects of the drama that swirled around in early 2006. I felt that I could not talk about it at the time, because I didn’t think I had the full picture (I still don’t) and some of the people who I thought were involved preferred to stay in the background and let things play out. In a weird way, I wanted to stand back as well and let the scenario take its course instead of pointing fingers, which would have changed the outcome, even if only slightly. It seems that there was an underground of researchers looking into the story even before it broke on the wider scene.
Some of those who are interested in the SERPO drama in various ways have expressed dismay and unhappiness with my post. I will reiterate here that these are my own opinions, theories, and guesses, put together with the facts, rumors, and accounts I have been able to gather over the past year. It is by no means the “Truth,” but my version of the story. I have found that SERPO really is a horrible “tarbaby” which I would prefer to keep at arm’s length. It’s one of those things in the UFO world that can ruin your love for the subject.
If I have misrepresented anyone, I apologize, but my opinions on SERPO will remain as they are until someone offers a more complete picture of what really went on and why–in 500 words or less.
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February 26th, 2007 at 6:27 pm
Greg –
I’m with ya.
As I’ve said here before, if it can’t be verified, it’s worthless.
I’ve stopped writing about UFOs because I have no interest in feeding the circus. This is too important a subject to be sucked up into the black hole of these idiot mindgames.
Strawberry ice cream, anyone?
February 27th, 2007 at 12:29 am
Greg:
Serpo?
I still can’t believe that anyone fell for that one.
What really offended me was not that it was a hoax (I’ve gotten used to them), but that it was such a transparently bad one.
Paul
February 27th, 2007 at 6:34 am
I would like to see a focus on those behind these disinformation schemes.
Rather than perpetuating the meme creation, let’s explore why they are creating it in the first place.
Now THAT would take some intestinal fortitude as it would be exposing those who have access to power and influence in the US.
Unless perhaps you are part of that group?
I did notice ‘Project Beta’ included reference to Rick Doty’s law credential - which all now know is another big fat fake.
February 28th, 2007 at 9:18 am
Greg, SERPO is poorly written drivel IMHO. **But** - were I to go to all the trouble of recording that nonsense, I would have “gone Roswell”, leaked it out a little at a time and claimed my dad/mom/sister/uncle/brother/next door neighbor (pick one) actually made the trip and told me the tale on his/her deathbed and I was sworn to reveal bits and pieces under the most obscure and mysterious of circumstances. That would lead to a multi-book deal, hanging out with the heavyweights at the International Crash Retrieval Conference, many “Coast-to-Coast” apperances, and a featured interview in the next P. Kimball project: “Fast Walkers II: Tales From Planets that Don’t Exist”. Whee!!
March 1st, 2007 at 12:50 am
http://www.serpo.info
has been updated.
March 1st, 2007 at 1:10 pm
Paul,
Yes, it was a bad one, but I (and researchers like “Shawnna”) want to look at the people behind it and the purpose it served. That’s the interesting part.
March 1st, 2007 at 1:16 pm
Shawnna,
Thanks for pointing out that I made a mistake re: Doty’s law credential. It was a lot of work to put together a book on such a vast subject, especially on a limited schedule. There were bound to be a couple of errors, particularly when dealing with secret government programs, even though I tried to get everything right. Somewhere in “Project Beta,” I think I mentioned that it was a step in uncovering the events of that era, and that others should take what I found and run with it. When you think you have penetrated the SERPO labyrinth, perhaps you and your colleagues can summarize your findings as a book or PDF download. I’d certainly like to see it.
It is generally easier to comment on issues and people using anonymous web aliases, which I don’t choose to do. It may also get you further into the matrix of something like SERPO, and the possible reasons behind it. Good luck and keep me posted.
It’s always nice to be accused of being on the payroll, even jokingly. It makes me think I may be doing some good.
March 1st, 2007 at 1:18 pm
ssmrconed,
Actually, one of the theories about SERPO was that it was someone’s idea to get a book deal. Looks like it didn’t work.
March 3rd, 2007 at 7:19 pm
Greg,
Sesh Heri has said that the UFO information of the 20th century was essentially all planted theater, even if it appeared as an accidental encounter or a crash. I would say that is about honest, but believe that some info was disinfo created quickly to respond to unplanned encounters. One of my sources told me, in the late 90s, about a small group of individuals not on another planet but in orbit aboard ET vehicles.
What are your thoughts on that?
Walter
March 6th, 2007 at 1:27 pm
Walter,
I’m wary of any theory that includes everything, since almost anyone with a good knowledge of UFO history can poke holes in it. Also, the hypothesis is not falsifiable–we can’t, even in theory, test it, since it suggests that all we see in the UFO arena is faked. How could we get any “clean” data when it’s faked to begin with? I do think that some of the info is definitely not what it seems, either coming from non-humans or the humans that pass the (dis)info on to the public.
“Sources” can tell us anything, the facts of which remain in limbo until we find some sort of confirming evidence. That doesn’t mean the info isn’t just as valuable on other levels, of course.