If he had more than two functioning brain cells he could spend his money on setting up a telescope...a nice Celestron reflector...at the top of the new World Trade Center building and taking some photos of the Eiffel Tower.
I think that would provide the 'proof' he so desperately seeks.
Yeah...I did the high desert thing for a dozen years or so.
This dude is a high desert lifer.
Out there, you pretty much just got 2 types of people. MethicanAmericans, and people that wear crazypants.