Hacker fears 'UFO cover-up'

[Rigorous Intuition]

<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>"I tend to see Hynek as a solid researcher who was pulled along for the ride"</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br><br>My thoughts as well. And I don't think he was a life-long (what should we say? asset?) of military/intelligence. I believe the example and friendship of Vallee encouraged Hynek towards his own independence of thought and intellectual risk-taking. <p></p><i></i>

[thoughtographer]

<!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>And I don't think he was a life-long (<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>what should we say? asset?</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END-->) of military/intelligence.<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br>Agreed. I think "asset" fits the bill nicely. If anything, I'm sure many appeals were made to his principles to persuade him to play along whenever he was appropriate or convenient to further their agenda.<br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>I believe the example and friendship of Vallee encouraged Hynek towards his own independence of thought and intellectual risk-taking.<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br>Well said. Vallee's hints that a long-standing interest by the intelligence community (and others) in the manipulation of UFO phenomena shed interesting new light on how someone like Hynek could have been manipulated. It seems like Hynek would have written most shenanigans off as bad protocol, poor policy or good-old "red tape" without any good reason to suspect otherwise. Good researchers aren't getting any less gullible these days, despite so many historical reasons to change their ways. At least he didn't end up like M.K. Jessup... <p><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>"A crooked stick will cast a crooked shadow."</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=thoughtographer>thoughtographer</A> at: 5/7/06 8:16 pm<br></i>

[Dreams End]

I wasn't writing Hynek off...he debunked his own debunking later, if I remember. Just showing that things are not always as they seem and lots of games getting played. <p></p><i></i>

[thoughtographer]

<!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>I wasn't writing Hynek off...he debunked his own debunking later, if I remember. Just showing that things are not always as they seem and lots of games getting played.<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br>Sorry, I didn't really mean to imply that -- I really appreciate your thoughts on this thread. It's just that a lot of people would read "debunker" and run away from the man's entire life's work based simply on a personal bias, and it would be a shame for anyone to dismiss Hynek on principle. A lot of these games are decades-old marathons and relay races, and most of the time nobody can even figure out who's doing the running. <p><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>"A crooked stick will cast a crooked shadow."</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--></p><i></i>

[Dreams End]

Confession:<br><br>When I was a kid, Hynek was a hero to me (I was a weird kid, what can I say)...so yeah, when I read about his COINTELPRO type activity I was pretty disappointed. <br><br>I think he was open about it, though...later. <p></p><i></i>

[Synthetic Zero]

From what I can tell this guy doesn't really seem to be much of a "hacker" per say... It all seems to easy, and why wouldn't it be. Why wouldn't the government purposely leave misinformation behind loosely secured servers, "honeypots" if you will, to distract the eager. <p></p><i></i>