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Strangely enough, in a conversation from 1994, Meier and another contact named Ptaah dismiss the authenticity of the crop circles, and attribute them all to hoaxers. This seemed quite ridiculous to me, as the sheer intricacy, complexity and large number of crop circles appearing in sparsely populated areas in a variety of countries eliminates the likelihood of that kind of conspiracy, let alone the immense coordinated skills necessary to fabricate most of them. It should be pointed out that the photographs of the famous "landing tracks" of the Pleiadian ships presented the first close-up look at the "technology" of the crop circles. Semjase told Meier that the landing tracks were created by their beamships' anti-gravitational fields which swirled the grasses down without breaking them. | Strangely enough, in a conversation from 1994, Meier and another contact named Ptaah dismiss the authenticity of the crop circles, and attribute them all to hoaxers. This seemed quite ridiculous to me, as the sheer intricacy, complexity and large number of crop circles appearing in sparsely populated areas in a variety of countries eliminates the likelihood of that kind of conspiracy, let alone the immense coordinated skills necessary to fabricate most of them. It should be pointed out that the photographs of the famous "landing tracks" of the Pleiadian ships presented the first close-up look at the "technology" of the crop circles. Semjase told Meier that the landing tracks were created by their beamships' anti-gravitational fields which swirled the grasses down without breaking them. | ||
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A nondescript farmer in Switzerland purports to have taken the most stunning group of UFO photographs ever. Since the advent of his claimed contacts with ETs from the Pleiades in the mid-'70s, Eduard Billy Meier and his photographs have been alternately revered and reviled, depending on whom you talk to. For the first time in UFO Magazine, a Meier aficionado gets into fundamentals, not photos: "Pleiadian" philosophy—and prophecy.
The Billy Meier UFO case and the controversy that has swirled around has been well known for more than two decades. The case is at least as famous for all the efforts to debunk it as for the amazing photographs that have been the primary target of such attacks. If all that made the Meier case unique were the photos, let alone the film footage, metal samples and sound recordings, the case could remain fodder for those invested, for whatever reasons, in feeding off the controversy.
However, another less well known aspect to the case which in and of itself is quite remarkable, when combined with the totality of the other evidence, makes the case absolutely unique and worthy of serious consideration. Information was given to Meier by his alleged Pleiadian visitors, and published by him over 20 years ago, which has proven to be true and accurate by independent scientific sources with the highest levels of credibility. Such proof is all the more compelling since there is no evidence whatsoever that any of those scientific sources had any knowledge of Meier's information, or that their work would validate the contents thereof.
I wish to first acknowledge my own bias and also present a little background as to my involvement with this material. When I saw the book UFO...Contact From The Pleiades, Volume 1 in 1979 after it first hit the bookstores in Los Angeles, I was fascinated by the apparent authenticity, high quality and clarity of the photos. I was likewise fascinated by the purported existence of highly advanced space-traveling humans and the quotations attributed to them.
There was also a strange sense of familiarity with the material that resonated back to early childhood memories, or perhaps daydreams. I do not know if this was because of the influence of the space hero TV shows I grew up with in the late '40s and '50s, past lives, future lives, cellular memories or simply very wishful thinking. I loved that book and it inspired me.
In 1986, I was in Sedona, Arizona, with a delightful group of women on a kind of New Age field trip. While having lunch in a little cafe with one of the ladies, I noticed the only other customer in the place dining alone, and invited him to join us. Ralph was a former IRS agent who, as it turned out, was also very fascinated with UFOs. As our lively lunch and otherworldly discussion were coming to a close, he invited me to contact him at his Malibu, California, home when I returned to the city.
It turned out that not only did Ralph have the famous Contact from the Pleiades. . .Volume 1 he also had ...Volume 2 and the "Contact Notes," an 1800-plus page copy of a document the existence of which was previously unknown to me.
The "Contact Notes" purported to be the verbatim transcript of the conversations Meier had had with his alleged Pleiadian(1) visitors. The translation was in somewhat fractured English by way of Swiss-German, with each contact dated, each sentence numbered, a challenging but totally engrossing read. Ralph, whose last name was Amagran (or similar, it's been over 12 years) was a great aficionado of the case and generously loaned me the whole transcript.
We became friends and occasionally spent evenings outside his home in the hills overlooking the Pacific Ocean, scanning the star-studded sky for UFOs. We probably spent more time getting excited by the distant approach of incoming Cessnas and seagulls than any two people ever have, before or since. It's a toss-up as to who had the biggest imagination at the time, but Ralph may have finally edged me out. He's since changed his name to Alex Collier and declared himself to be a long time Andromedan contactee. Apparently the Andromedans told him an awful lot of the exact same stuff that the Pleiadians told Meier, which he's suddenly remembered. What a coincidence!
Now, let us at least temporarily abandon the primitive state of mind I call Cargo Cult Consciousness, a reference to the New Guinea islanders who, having built vine replicas of the mysterious gods (airplanes) they saw flying overhead, then worshipped them. We've spent too much time chasing and worshipping lights in the sky (like the two idiots mentioned above) and pondering dubious abduction scenarios (here come the letters!) and too little exploring the significance of not being either alone in the universe or the most advanced beings in it.
There is no way to prove that the Billy Meier UFO photos, or any other ones, are either genuine or fakes if you firmly believe each respective opposite to be the case. When the first photos in discussion were taken in 1975, very few people had access to the then very expensive equipment necessary to determine their authenticity. Still, that equipment was far more sophisticated than the technology available then, to even the average Swiss farmer, to effectively fake such photos. This was all the more true for the equipment used to analyze the films, metal samples and sound recordings Meier submitted.
Ease of Fakery
Nowadays, not only is the equipment necessary for such evaluations even better, it is far more accessible as, indeed, is the equipment necessary to produce highly convincing fake photos. As a matter of fact, equipment available at your local computer store can probably be used to alter a genuine UFO photo enough to make it appear as a fake. This is one reason why I am less impressed with the critics of the Meier case who can now "prove" that any photos are fakes. Unfortunately or otherwise, because of ever-improving technology, from here on all UFO photos may be dismissed as fakes.
I'm sure by now you would agree that real cases require not only pictures, but also other evidence and substantial content, if they're to be taken seriously. In order to compare cases (apples-to-apples) one should also get all the hard evidence ready from any other case of choice. This should include the professional/scientific evaluation of the metal (or other) samples and the sound recordings, as well as the film (or even video) footage, so that we can see how it compares with Meier's. Let us assume for a moment that there are real UFO photos, perhaps Meier's, or Ed Walters', Carlos Diaz', whomever's-take your pick. Once we accept that, what is the next important issue to consider? For starters: who's flying them, where do they come from, what do they know, what do they want, etc.? The Meier case offers answers to these questions, which we will want to compare with those provided in other UFO case(s), but far more importantly it presents specific, accurate information found in no other case to my knowledge. I am referring to the information I alluded to in the second paragraph of this article. That information is contained in the "Contact Notes," the document which contains the essence of the Meier/Pleiadian message.
So just what is it that sets Meier, this politically incorrect, one-armed, well-armed (.357 magnum), bearded, pro-environmentalist, pro-genetic engineering, anti-Greenpeace, anti-vegetarian, anti-religious, anti-pacifist, conservative, prophesying, meditating farmer and his material, apart from all other purported or self-proclaimed contactees, channels, etc. and their information?
Making The Case
Let's start with a reference to his seventh recorded contact with Semjase (his female Pleiadian ET contact) on February 25, 1975 (sentences 17-43) as well as his 34th recorded contact on Sept. 14, 1975 (sentences 887-932) and 35th contact on September 16, 1975 (sentences 907-921). During these contacts Meier was informed of the dangers facing humankind from the consequences of the human-caused damage to the ozone layer. Acknowledging that terrestrial scientists already knew that emissions from internal combustion engines and gases from spray cans were among contributing factors, Semjase emphasized that of even greater concern was the (at that time unknown to us) damage from the atmospheric atomic testing of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s as well as bromine gases.
She told Meier that the explosions of the atomic devices released certain "elementary radiations" that, while our scientists didn't even have a means of detecting, were rending holes in the ozone. This was allowing deadly UV rays to pass through, killing off microorganisms in the upper atmosphere as well as microorganisms in the seas (plankton), with which they were in symbiotic relationship. Meier was told that this would ultimately lead to problems with the food chain as well as genetic mutations. Semjase said that bromine gases were also contributing to the destruction and, along with her warnings about these contributing factors, also provided figures on the increased percentage of damage to the ozone layer (6+ percent).
Meier was encouraged by her to contact a Prof. Michael McElroy of Harvard University with this information, which he did but received no acknowledgment or reply. He also disseminated copies to scientists, governments and foreign embassies in Switzerland, receiving only one response, a thank-you from the West Germans. Again, all this was in 1975 when no one else seemed to be publicly discussing these contributing factors, certainly no one-, two- or three-armed farmers (Swiss, American or otherwise), or politicians, professors, scientists, meteorologists, contactees or channels that I've ever heard of.
The first public mention, which I offer as the first example of corroborating information from the scientific community, was found in the following article is from the Santa Monica, California Evening Outlook newspaper, dated Nov. 29, 1988, 13 years after Meier's conversation with Semjase, headlined: ATOM BOMB TESTING TIED TO NUCLEAR DEPLETION.
The next example is from an article in the Los Angeles Times February 24, 1992: Ozone Hole Damages Food Chain.
Semjase also warned Meier that our extraction of petroleum and natural gas from the Earth, and damming of waters, (45th contact February 25, 1976; sentences 60-63), was a major contributing factor to the increase of earthquakes and volcanic activity, much of which we would be experiencing later towards the end of the century. Well, wouldn't you know it, some wise guy professor at Stanford (he's probably the one who helped Billy fake several hundred UFO photos, films, metal samples, sound recordings, etc., in his spare time) comes out with the following: The Good Life-Independent Journal newspapers, during the week of June 21 thru June 27, 1990, reported: Earthquakes, Oil Inter-act
There also was a scientific report aired on National Public Radio, around 1991 or so, during which the "discovery" of the connection between bromine gases and the ozone damage was announced. The report made mention that bromine gases were used extensively in wood treatment, especially woods prepared for export to Japan, fumigation and also for agricultural applications. Bromine gases are now well recognized as damaging to the ozone layer.
The above-mentioned examples bear serious consideration, unless, of course, all one wants to do is go back and argue about whether the photos Meier took are "real." Set aside all the hard evidence for a moment if you wish, the hundreds of photos (only a small few of which have ever been well scrutinized), the films, the metal samples and the sound recordings. Please explain the above information ending up in the remaining hand of a farmer with a sixth grade education, living in the hilly countryside 50 miles outside of Zurich, Switzerland, some 13-17 years before it was first publicly announced, published and attributed to the aforementioned reputable scientific sources.
Perhaps we should compare it to the information from one of the other "real" UFO contact cases, or some channeled information, or maybe the information from some of the brilliant debunkers. Actually, before going any further, maybe we should stop here until we have a real good explanation for these questions: How do you successfully hoax information, in scientific areas outside of your expertise (as a farmer), that will be corroborated in the future by reputable sources? Will the argument now become: "We don't know how he did it but it's unfair, and highly irresponsible, to make your critics look stupid in the process."?
There was other information of a scientific nature given to Meier that pertained to the temperatures, topography and terrain on Venus, percentages of different gases in the Venusian atmosphere, speed and direction of winds, etc. This could arguably have been obtained from other sources, it could also be inaccurate, though I am unaware of any debunking of it to date. Then there are the figures he was given on the age of the Earth and the universe, both so much greater than what terrestrial science recognizes as to make the point irrelevant for discussion. As well, the Pleiadians gave him their chronologies for global ice ages and other subjects that we cannot yet evaluate as to their accuracy. They also included a lot of information about the origin of some of the planetary bodies in our solar system and about comets with great destructive potential, such as the one that the Pleiadians say caused the Great Flood nearly 11,0000 years ago.
Stuff You Can't Prove-Yet
While we're at it, let's touch upon some other areas of information contained in the "Contact Notes" and other Meier papers that, if nothing else, provide food for thought and, again, a chance for us to compare to material in the other cases. As they come to mind, then, in no particular order:
The Man-Monkey Connection
Semjase confirmed Meier's presumption that the Darwinian model of humans descending from monkeys was nonsense. She added that the monkeys were actually the result of a "coupling" between early existing humans (degenerated descendants of earlier extraterrestrials) and another animal. Semjase said that the "intermediate mutations, partly human being/partly monkey," are known to us as "Africanus," "Peking Man" and "Neanderthals." She claimed that, as of 1975, descendants of four different kinds of these mutations existed and are what we call "Yeti." (Seventh Contact February 25,1975 Sentences 117-136)
Abortion
Meier asked if the Pleiadians allowed abortion, and Semjase answered that they did, with natural substances, only up until the third week because that was when they knew that the human spirit was present. Because they had the scientific ability to know that with certainty, they considered an abortion after that time to be murder. Imagine if we knew when the (as yet unrecognized or debated) human spirit was present, wouldn't that put an end to the polarizing pro-/anti-abortion conflict? Or would we still figure out a way to war with each other over it?
Origins of Humans on Earth
Meier was told that human history actually goes back billions of years with origins in the Lyran and Sirian star systems. Many Earth humans are descendants of highly technologically advanced but warlike humans who, long ago and far away, explored the deep reaches of space. They colonized, they plundered, and in some cases such as here, they genetically upgraded the existing primitive human "stock." In other cases, humans brought here had been deliberately genetically engineered to be aggressive fighters for more advanced races in the Sirian system with deliberately genetically limited life spans of less than 100 years. So limited, Meier was told, as to protect the much longer lived "creator gods" from being overthrown through an uprising. Ultimately that genetic manipulation, which they call the true "original sin" was spread to every terrestrial human inhabitant, and conditions us to this day. They say that our scientists are within reach of finding, and reversing, this limiting aging gene. Meier was told that we will regain the multi-hundred year life spans in the near future. Much more about this, and other matters, can be found in the three-part "251st Contact" on Meier's website.
Atlantis
According to the Pleiadians, not only was there a continent of Atlantis, but also a continent of Mu with whom the Atlanteans co-existed until inevitable human conflicts interfered. They claim that the sudden destruction of Atlantis came about in a brief but violent war that also destroyed Mu. Meier was told that scientists from Mu actually mounted a propulsion system on a chunk of asteroid and, on a suicide mission, piloted it down towards Atlantis. Apparently a sudden devastating attack from Atlantis had killed all the inhabitants who couldn't flee in time and virtually melted the surface of the land of Mu. However, as the asteroid entered the Earth's atmosphere above Atlantis at very high speed, it began to break into many pieces which attained tremendous temperatures due to the friction of entry.
These huge, hot chunks rained down upon the continent, hitting it with such force as to crack the earth's crust in many places, causing the Atlantean land mass to sink into the ocean, amid great quakes and eruptions. Bizarre as this may sound, satellite photographs have revealed huge indentations, as if made from the impact of giant rocks, off the coast of the eastern seaboard of the U.S. in an area rumored to have been part of the lost continent. In a talk in Los Angeles in 1996, space scientist David Adair spoke of mounting engines on asteroids as a means of diverting their trajectories. History repeating itself?
The Pyramids
Built by advanced extraterrestrial intelligences, the true date of the pyramids according to the Pleiadians is over 70,000 years. As scientists have been pushing the date of the Sphinx back, perhaps we'll also see reconsideration of the age of the pyramids.