tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1071963771262525979.post5801085960499727252..comments2024-01-22T18:18:17.236-06:00Comments on Blue Blurry Lines: Ben Rich, Area 51, & Taking ET Home Curt Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13773941506205598439noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1071963771262525979.post-79952056321836272422023-09-30T12:53:35.348-05:002023-09-30T12:53:35.348-05:00Thanks Curt, I really appreciate your research. It...Thanks Curt, I really appreciate your research. It's amazing how people's emotional investment in the myth leads them to credulous thinking in the face of concrete evidence to the contrary. This has always been a canard, Ben was a brilliant guy with a sense of humor, he was also open to this topic. Just not the way the I Want to Believe crowd insisted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1071963771262525979.post-12609059795734263792022-08-01T07:11:48.708-05:002022-08-01T07:11:48.708-05:00Anonymous, Steve Justice was there with Ben Rich a...Anonymous, Steve Justice was there with Ben Rich at Lockheed, knew him, and heard his lectures with the hyperbole and jokes. Justice talks about the UFO technology legends in this link. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-6-steve-justice-talks-about-his-journey-from-lockheed/id1517910497?i=1000486673975Curt Collinshttps://www.blueblurrylines.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1071963771262525979.post-81099855205093738562022-07-31T23:54:18.354-05:002022-07-31T23:54:18.354-05:00You would have to have been there to hear him, see...You would have to have been there to hear him, see his body language, and most importantly, his tone of voice to conclude whether he was in fact joking or being serious. A person can do both with humor and it’s only in the non-verbals that we can tell which is the speaker’s objective. Just reading what he said gives us no actual definitive answer. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1071963771262525979.post-85665138326889204012014-10-20T18:29:23.706-05:002014-10-20T18:29:23.706-05:00I was delighted to have Peter Merlin document this...I was delighted to have Peter Merlin document this. Before I was interested in the Cash-Landrum case, I'd been looking into the alleged aviation-military aircraft connections, and there's much overlap. If there's anything to it, it's a better kept secret than the suspected UFO cover-up.<br /><br />It could be that these fantastic things exist as blueprints, but there's just nothing beyond talk to show they were built and have flown. Curt Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13773941506205598439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1071963771262525979.post-67215309116146166942014-10-20T00:42:08.529-05:002014-10-20T00:42:08.529-05:00It certainly appears Merlin has done all the requi...It certainly appears Merlin has done all the requisite investigation, and demonstrated that statements attributed to Rich cannot be irrefutably credited to him. Ergo, they are very likely "after-the-fact" misinterpretations, misquotes, misattributions, and/or fabrications. Merlin's work is not skepticism. It's real research of the kind sorely lacking and usually rejected among UFO enthusiasts.purrlgurrlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06519835482606629362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1071963771262525979.post-89978958235969814162014-10-14T10:21:31.985-05:002014-10-14T10:21:31.985-05:00I believe the truth always lies somewhere in betwe...I believe the truth always lies somewhere in between the two extreme sides of skepticism. While this article casts doubt on Ben Rich's comments regarding us having the technology to take ET home based on his eccentric personality, it has not successfully proven that his statements were all in fact hollow.<br />The eccentric character reference in terms of Rich's tendency to exaggerate, cannot be applied to a few others of Rich's status who have expressed similar conclusions from the inside.<br />In addition, it is difficult to believe that a man warning John Andrews about Kooks and Charlatans in a written reply letter to be such a hypocrite.<br />I am one who personally do not believe that true objective skepticism exists as long as human beings are behind a badge. This refers to scientists as well who are only neutral when it comes to submitting the lab results.<br />My point is that while one person leans towards defending a belief, the other person tends to do the same to move the line towards his/her disbelief.<br />I will credit the blog/article in pointing out the distinction between having the technology to take ET home and having been successful in building a craft with that technology to achieve such task. From this conclusion, it is quite possible that certain exotic off-world components and abilities are not yet within human reach. For example, if one or more of such crafts require advanced psychic abilities to navigate them, it is reasonable to assume that we've not developed such inherent abilities to a level where navigating a space would be possible.introspectorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03022282868105004403noreply@blogger.com