In a msg to David Bloomberg on , George Jiri Opletal of 
3:632/562 writes:
 DB> *    Stanton Friedman's new book is panned:  The June 29 edition
 DB> of the _Albuquerque Journal_, which carried reviews of 10 recent
 DB> UFO books, offered the following commentary on "Top Secret/MAJIC":
 DB> "If you want to read a book _about_ Stanton Friedman, nuclear
 DB> physicist (as the UFO researcher likes to call himself), this book
 DB> is for you. If you want to read a book that sheds light on the UFO
 DB> phenomenon, pass. While the UFO community has largely abandoned
 DB> a bundle of allegedly top secret documents about the government's
 DB> MJ-12 UFO coverup as a feeble hoax, Friedman remains unrepentant.
 DB> His tales about himself and his heroism to get at the truth clog up
 DB> his narrative, especially with the `truth' is the pathetic MJ-12."
 GJO>  What a load!   Friedman likes to call himself a nuclear 
 GJO> physicist....and there is a valid reason...he has a masters in physics 
 GJO> (uni of Chicago) and has worked on nuclear propulsion such as the 
 GJO> General Electric Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion (ANP) Department in 
 GJO> Evendale, Aerojet General Nucleonics (San Francisco) and other 
 GJO> legitimate scientific programs.
 GJO>        Largely abondoned?  I have not heard of any valid reasoning to 
 GJO> support this action.  Klauss made some attempt to discredit documents 
 GJO> such as the Truman doc establishing Majestic-12 on the presidents 
 GJO> signature claiming it was too good.  But the arguement is pretty poor.  
 GJO> He also lost a $1000 in a bet with Friedman over document fonts, which 
 GJO> he claimed were not used in the white house.
 GJO>        The reason I see the 'Albuquerque Journal' discrediting the 
 GJO> book, is that it is a difficult read.  The is a enormous amount of 
 GJO> indirect evidence that is present and without notes, you can quickly 
 GJO> forget these.  Remember, some documents regarding Majestic-12 were 
 GJO> obtain from national archives, not the infamous microfilms in the 
 GJO> mailbox (the Majestic-12 manual) which Friedman has stated he has not 
 GJO> made up his mind on. 
Unfortunately, I cannot respond to your points about UFOs in this echo.
The moderator has made it clear that, while I have been allowed back on
the echo, he will not allow me to speak my mind, lest I be banned again.
If you wish to further discuss these points, please come to the SKEPTIC
echo, which allows and encourages open discussion, regardless of a
person's point of view.
Thank you.
  -- David Bloomberg
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