Posted on 04/02/2009 9:36:36 AM PDT by JoeProBono
No need to phone home. Those red lights dancing over Morristown in recent weeks were not E.T. and his friends paying a visit. They were salesman Chris Russo of Morris Plains and science teacher Joe Rudy of Chester having a little fun. On the eSkeptic website, they reveal how they engineered the hoax with helium balloons, flares, a video camera and a call to a TV station.
They write: ...despite the fact that there is still no evidence of their existence, the UFO myth is as strong today as ever, fed by cable channel shows that prop up UFO "experts" who claim to be authorities on a subject that's on par with astrology and palm reading. These charlatans make a career by perpetuating the E.T. fairy tale and exploiting credulous people who want nothing more than a good conspiracy theory to believe in. It is in this context that we set out on a mission to help people think rationally and question the credibility of so-called UFO "professionals."
Newsweek noted the April Fool's Day posting. The question now: Will the Morris County Prosecutor's Office--which conferred with the federal North East Air Defense Sector, the federal Office of Homeland Security and the State Police Regional Operations Intelligence Center about potential aviation hazards--find this prank amusing?
(Excerpt) Read more at nj.com ...
A long time ago, long before there was a UFO watch, we filled ballons with hydrogen, attached a long fuse and watched them burn when they got up in the air. Never heard anyone speculate on the origin of the “fire in the sky.”
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The rest are obviously real UFOs.
Gitmo's going to be empty soon. I guess we can send them there, for the crime of agitating the looney.
OMG...a UFO!
It figures that the one spotted over Vancouver looks like a hockey puck.
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