>     Some passing comments on The Learning Channels'  currently running
> alien  week.   Perhaps  some   here  have   already  seen   the  shows
> previously,or are currently viewing them.
Are there any NEW documentaries running this week?  All of these
have been repeated a sad number of times and indeed these are pretty
much the exact same documentaries they showed during their last Alien
Invasion week not so long ago.
> I am a bit dismayed  at the lack of research put into some of the material
> brought forth.
>     These shows  are now  building myths  on top  of myths,  or rather
> strengthening obvious hoaxes.
What I find personally annoying is how many of their documentaries
point out this one video in particular as a "good" example of UFO
home video footage where the camera is set in one place and NEVER
moves and the "UFO" swings back and forth, back and forth in a
motion that would be IDENTICAL to a small model suspended by a
string.
> One of course is my long favorite,  Mr. Lazar, who  is now  a
> "nuclear  physicist" the  word alleged  has been dropped, on one show.
> At least a previous show used the word alleged.
Yes I've seen this one, well I've seen all of them, this was
thrown together quick to cash in as far as I can tell.
> serious look, or rather "new evidence is being brought forth".  Well,
> I don't see any new evidence.  What I did see  was video  footage that
> was dismissed on other shows as a hoax,yet now shown  as bonifide.   I
> find that pathetic.
While in this particular case I am FORCED to agree with you totally
and whole heartly, as a rule this wouldn't bother me.  I think that
footage of any nature has the right to be examined and given perspective
from as many sources as possible.  Just because Sightings has some
guy with a PhD saying "Well this is obviously faked because..."  doesn't
mean that In Search Of can't have some other PhD expert saying
"Well this obviously couldn't be faked because..."
I think the problem with the documentaries on TLC is NONE of them
have such re-examining just more a display of "Oh yeah this is REAL!!
Cause..Well it's a UFO!"
> And the programs that did show the hoax were UFO
> shows with other bonifide/unidentified footage.  So the producers of
> these shows know very little of this subject obviously.  They are just
> tossing out whatever footage they get their hands on, good or bad.
Yes my theory here is that footage after being debunked by a major
program or expert greatly devalues and other cheaper documentaries
that just don't care buy the cheaper stuff.
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