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Date: 01-23-98 (16:21)             Number: 195
From: JACK SARGEANT                Refer#: NONE
  To: ALL                           Recvd: NO
Subj: 10                    2/2      Conf: (195) UFO
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By the same token, should the leaders of the UFO community, or
the self-appointed leaders, lend their names to a program like
the UPN show? When something like this happens, and the
scientific and journalistic communities see it, and know, like
the rest of it that it is a hoax, doesn't that detract from the
rest of us. Aren't we, by our participation, suggesting that we
approve of the program? And if we participated, shouldn't we be
held accountable for that participation, rather than attempting
to alibi it by suggesting that we didn't know what would happen?
Those of us who have been on these programs in the past know that
we will be lied to. We know that those producing the programs,
with few exceptions, know nothing about the field and couldn't
care less. They want an entertaining program and will do what is
necessary to produce it, for ratings mean money and ratings mean
another opportunity to produce something else.
Here the clue should have been Bob Kiviat. He produced the Alien
Autopsy fraud. That should have been enough to suggest that those
who appeared on the show should have given it a pass. We all know
that Kiviat edited his shows to put all the aired segments in the
best light and he cared nothing about the facts. I stood in the
kitchen of the home that had once been owned by Jesse Marcel and
listened to the director of the Alien Autopsy flat out lie to
me.
Yes, we should be outraged at the program, but blame for the
damage done to the UFO community is not in the hands of UPN, but
in the hands of the UFO community. Once again, we have shot
ourselves in the foot.
KRandle
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