Saturday, 30 August 2008

Steven Greer – Before He Was Famous!!

The person behind the extremely well intentioned, “The Disclosure Project” Steven Greer has always been followed by his fair share of controversy, I was still surprised to see Greer pop up when I recently happened across a repeat of an old programme from the "National Geographic Explorer" series; the episode in question was aired in 1994 and was titled, “Searching for Extraterrestrials”.

It was fairly tame and really just the usual Seth Shostak fodder, i.e. 'SETI vs The ETH' with the former smugly portraying believers of the latter as cranks, weirdoes etc.

But……

That wasn’t what caught my attention. What did catch my attention was a younger (but strangely older looking) Greer taking small groups of people out into the Californian desert with the following voice over:

No telescopes.
No Computers.
The tool is telepathy.
The goal? A very close encounter
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And in Dr Greer’s own words:

Primary in the event that there’s a landing, an opportune to go on board. You will - come – on - board, okay John, and err, and you need to stay behind to document that.

Err, I’ll be boarding party member number 1, we just go around, 2, 3, 4, skip you…..



Then Greer went on to elaborate on how to set the landing/flashlights out in the event of a ‘Close approach,’ of course this was a good 6-7 years before the infamous disclosure project video was shot but I still for some reason found it somewhat alarming. I think it’s probably just seeing the ‘craziness’ that has dogged the UFO phenomenon for so long being practised and heralded by someone whom (regardless what I’d read) I’d always hoped and thought was above such silliness. (I’m not talking about the general skywatching but rather the claims that Greer was in telepathic contact with the ETs in the UFOs and as such was beckoning them to land).




This was at least three years before he ran into copyright infringement claims from the UFO Research Coalition regarding the claim that he, “Improperly duplicated and distributed a copyrighted document referred to as: The Best Available Evidence”. There was a multitude of charges related to this, more of which can be read here.

Or the claims that in Greer's book, ‘Extraterrestrial Contact’ Greer claimed to have been directly briefed about UFOs by R. James Woolsey, the former director of the CIA, at a dinner party. Shortly after Greer published his book with his apparently exaggerated account of what had taken place, Woolsey and others present at the dinner sent Greer a letter trying to set the record straight.

To view the bollocking/letter and the claims then please visit UFOWatchdog.com.

If you browse the excellent UFOWatchdog website then you will also see the details of Greer’s, “Truth For Sale” sleepover in 2004, details of which was as follows:

THE TRUTH (THE POWER ELITES DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW)

YOU ARE INVITED TO SPEND 5 DAYS WITH DR. GREER AT HIS FARM IN VIRGINIA TO HEAR WHAT HE HAS LEARNED AFTER 14 YEARS OF INVESTIGATIONS

SORRY - ALL SPACES ARE FULL

We will put a note on the web site when recordings are available for purchase.

Start Date/Time: Sunday April 18, 2004 6 pm

End Date/Time: Thursday, April 22, 2004 midnight

Limited to 15 people, this unique event will be an oral presentation of the unvarnished truth. Designed to be the core of Dr. Greer's next book, at these presentations you will be privy to what really happens behind the scenes and to how the world's evolution has been hijacked for nearly a century by craven power interests.

The event will be an informal gathering where Dr. Greer will present his first hand accounts and personal experiences, dating from childhood, regarding:

  • The nature of reality and the experience of higher states of consciousness.
  • What extraterrestrial contact is really about.
  • What the religious elites don't want you to know about spirituality and why the priesthood is obsolete.
  • Who runs the shadowy secret government - and why.
  • The people, the corporations, facilities and agencies hiding the biggest secrets in history.
  • Who has stolen the free energy technologies - and why
  • Disclosure - The inside look at 14 years of Dr. Greer meeting with the World's Power Elites - and what they know (and don't know).
  • The next 500,000 years: Blueprint of the golden age of humanity.

And more ...

  • Dinners will be provided at the Farm and sessions will go from 1:30 pm to around midnight each evening.
  • All sessions will be recorded.
  • Weather permitting, we will gather under the stars each evening.

Fee: A minimum $600 donation to The Disclosure Project (more is appreciated).

Notes:

  • This event requires a minimum of 10 and maximum of 15 people. We will make a decision on March 28th on whether it is a "GO", depending on how many people have signed up. Please wait for notification before booking flights.
  • We reserve the right to select the 15 people from the list of applicants.
  • Everyone will be required to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement.
  • Anyone who has not attended a CSETI training will be required to fill out an application.
  • Everyone attending must stay the whole time, except if an emergency comes up at the last minute.

But like I say I’d always held onto an (unsubstantiated) belief that he wasn’t really as ‘out there’ as had been previously claimed…..

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