This document contains the transcript of the Issues Paranormal forum Sunday Night Conference dated October 16, 1988.
[This document
contains the transcript of the Issues Paranormal forum Sunday
Night Conference
dated October 16, 1988. Special surprise guest is Tracy Torme
one of the
principles in the production of the recent television broadcast "The
UFO
Coverup". - Ted Markley]
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(5,Drax) Good
news
(Ted) Tell us
Drax!
(5,Drax) Tracy
Torme, one of the producers of the special, will be calling me
voice soon wants
to respond to your comments. GA
(Ted) Ok. Are we all ready? Ok. This seems as good as spot as any to get
started....
(5,Gregg
Gallagher) Question: Why no media coverage of allegations made in
special??
(Ted) For those
new to our Sunday night CO we operate under formal CO rules
(particularly
with this many people!) Ok. The hot
topic tonight is the "UFO
Coverup" TV
special presented last Friday night.
Several messages expressing a
variety of
opinions have already appeared on the Issues Paranormal message
board. Tonight, my co host [DRAX] will be in touch
via voice line with one of
the principals of
the show, Tracy Torme. Ok, let's open up the Floor. GA
(5,Gregg
Gallagher) ?
(5,DON) ?
(5,Bert) ?
(Ted) Ok. Gregg
was first. GA GREGG
(5,Gregg
Gallagher) Thanks - My family and myself were somewhat blown away by
the special-
question is why no media attention??
(Ted) Good
Question. I know that DON was trying to get some [media] attention
locally, DON can
you comment (then DRAX) ga
(5,Drax) May I?
(5,DON) Ok, I
contacted the local station that was broadcasting the special, in
order to see if
they would be interested in a hook up, with myself, Don Mason,
the Idaho State
MUFON Director, who is here tonight for the first time and
although the
staff was interested, they had to get the General Managers after 4
phone calls from
me....still no response. I feel that it is like many things
connected with
this phenomenon.... if they thought that
it would help ratings.
GREAT!! however, they never responded back. Now for my comment. The special
was special in
many ways more information than I would have believed, from two
intelligence
operatives. At last, an appearance of
believability from someone
associated with
the US Gov. However, how much was left
out? I think that there
were generous
amounts of disinformation given out very freely, so as not to
alarm the
public?? Hopkins, I feel sold out for
the almighty $. He wasn't shy
about what really
happens to the victims in his books, why not where it would
really generate
some curiosity? ga
(5,Jim) ?
(Ted) Ok. Jim,
er... DRAX... now has Tracy on line and besides DRAX had a
comment. GA DRAX
(5,Drax) Well, I
was going to type in what Tracy had started to dictate to me
for the message
base, but since he's here now, lets go right to his opening
comments....
[From here on
Tracy Torme will actually be DRAX typing his responses while in
contact over the
telephone - ed.]
(5,Tracy Torme)
As the show was being developed a major split in philosophy took
place between
Seligman (producer) on one side and Brubaker and I on the other
Seligman is
basically LBS, so there was no question of who would have the final
say. KB and I
both backed away from the project, concentrating on "damage
control"
etc. In answer to certain comments. The
"huge" GB audience actually
WAS huge. We had
an overflow crowd that filled another room who were not on
camera. We had to
partition off that room for technical reasons. Because the
rest of the show
ran long GB was cut nearly in half, which explains brevity and
superficiality of
presentation of that segment. Also, AGREED that never-ending
music was
TERRIBLE, and pace of show was WAY too fast. KB and I were dead-set
against use of
teleprompter but were overruled. My problem with the show was
that we tried to
squeeze too much into too little time. BUT DISAGREE about lack
of meaningful
content. Basically, this was the first show to present MJ-12,
Roswell, FALCON,
CONDOR, Emenegger film, Coleman sighting, Russian UFO interest,
etc. etc. Hope these
firsts were not overwhelmed by certain problems caused by
live broadcast
remember, live TV leaves one wide open for clumsy looking
mistakes. Tape
doesn't. GA
(5,DON) ??
(Ted) First Tracy
(via DRAX) I want to say that I think the show gave the
general public
what it has never seen before. I think
the first-time "problems"
should and can be
forgiven.. Next is Bert GA
(5,Bert) Tracy,
have you or the other producers gotten any inquiries from other
parts of the
media on the show. I would think the
hook up with the Russians
alone would
constitute media interest, regardless of the subject matter. ga
(Ted) Ok, Tracy
Torme GA
(5,Tracy Torme) I
did several interviews including AP and UPI before the show
nothing
immediately following show. I'll know more when I get back to LA on
Tuesday (I'm
still in Gulf Breeze). GA
(5,DON) ??
(Ted) Ok Jim is
up next ga Jim
(5,Jim) I found
much of the program presented information already known to the
general public
and found the testimonies of both Condor and Falcon extremely
unbelievable
specially the parts consisting of allowing the ETs to have complete
control of an
military base and having their favorite food being strawberry ice
cream. GA
(5,DON) ??
(5,Tracy Torme)
I'm a skeptic on "the birds" stories as well suspect
disinformation.
However, I think you're flat wrong about saying the general
public knew most
of what was presented I made a short list of some of the things
which were new to
the public. Can you say otherwise? (in a follow-up)? GA
(Ted) Any follow
Jim? ga
(5,Jim) Ted to
follow up. Well to begin with I suspected Blue Book to be a front
for a larger
operation so the MJ-12 was not a surprise. Most of the information
presented has
been published previously in one form or another as well as being
channeled by
people who claim to be in contact with ets...the only thing that
caught me off
guard was the claim for the military base under alien control and
the supposed ship
the military has. Why would advanced
civilizations allow us
to carry our
problems...ie war and discord into space on one of their vehicles.
GA
(5,Tracy Torme)
First you said, "I found much of the program presented
information
already known to the general public".
Do you honestly believe that
because SOME of
this material was published somewhere the general public is
familiar with
it? Again, I say that criticism that
there was nothing new is
unfair and untrue
GA
(5,DON) ??
(5,Mike) ?!
(5,Jim) Well
how's this. What "may" have been new REEKED of the National Enquire
type journalism.
GA
(5,Tracy Torme)
OK. I am critical in many ways of the other night's show
however, you
continue to make broad statements which don't seem to have
specifics behind
them. Even at its worst, this show was certainly much higher
journalistically
than the National Enquirer...don't confuse the format with the
content. GA
(5,Bert) ?
(5,Jim) ?
(Ted) People we
must move on. Gerry was next then DON and BERT ga Gerry
(5,Gerry) I agree
with some that this was a history making event even though
much of the
material was already in print such as in *Aztec*. I would like to
ask tracy if he
thinks this was somehow "permitted" to be aired as a damage
control
maneuver. Also acknowledge that a pretty
face was put on what may be a
very sinister
situation for all of us. What about
that? ga
(5,Tracy Torme)
OK, first not to belabor point, but please keep in mind that
most UFO
literature, especially books like "AZTEC" reach a TINY percentage of
the population.
To say "I read that before in Len Stringfield's book, therefore
its not new
information," is to be wildly unrealistic. Second, all kinds of
rumors abound
regarding ulterior motives or...
(5,Gerry) i agree
(5,Tracy Torme)
higher involvement with this special. I can't say for sure
they're untrue,
but my personal opinion is, this was just a show made for profit
by a TV
production company. GA
(5,Gerry) follow?
(Ted) Quick
follow Gerry? ga
(5,Gerry) ok...
but wouldn't there have been interference in other efforts in
the past? ga
(5,Tracy Torme)
Very hard to say. The line between Big Brother-type involvement
and paranoia
(which frankly runs rampant in this field) is a fine one. GA
(5,Gerry)
thanks ga
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
(Ted) Next is DON
ga
(5,DON) Tracy,
two things first, why was not Phil Imbrogno on the telecast, and
Hudson Valley for
the purposes of the transcript all all of the material think
it is much more
important than Gulf Breeze and second, why no information out to
the public about
the real phenomenon of what really occurs during abductions?
ga
(5,Tracy
Torme) pushed hard for"hybrid"
theory of abductions to be explored and
also for
Imbrogno's involvement failure to include them was simply the
producer's
decision based on time constraints and personal taste. Also, I
disagree that HV
is more important than GB. In fact I think just the opposite.
GA
(Ted) Bert is
next GA
(5,Doug) !
(5,Bert) Tracy,
despite certain rough aspects of the show, I suspect the ratings
will be found to
be fairly high I would think there might be strong interest in
a mini series
documentary, perhaps focusing on different stories such as GB and
Hudson Valley,
etc as separate one hr programs (not necessarily live). Have you
considered doing
anything like this? ga
(Ted) Ok, added
to that what were the ratings and how many callers. GA
(5,Tracy Torme)
Would like to see something like that too. No knowledge of
anything in the
works. Too early to tell about ratings,
callers, etc. GA
(Ted) Jim you're
up again ga
(5,Mike) !!!
(5,Tracy Torme)
(that's too bad!)
(Ted) keep it
BRIEF!!! ga doug
(5,Doug) have found reaction among friends to be
positive and most have little
knowledge of the
subject most are starting to read now Isn't that the desired
reaction? ga
(5,Tracy Torme)
Yes, absolutely! GA
(Ted) Mike, yer
up! ga
(5,Mike) first, I
applaud your efforts in getting this stuff OUT THERE...a
frequent comment
I've heard was that the 900# was a scam to make $.GA
(5,Tracy
Torme) In my humble opinion, the 900
number idea was simply STUPID.
First off, we had
a number for those who HAVEN'T seen UFOs how many people are
going to bother
to tell us what they HAVEN'T seen. The entire idea was silly,
but was
"commercial," therefore was in from the very beginning its called
"Living in
the USA." No knowledge of direct profit motive, therefore can't
confirm nor deny
but I doubt it. GA
(Ted) Still I
would be interested in how many total callers there were. This
will give some
idea of the interest level. ga
(5,Tracy Torme)
Couple more questions, then we've got to skedaddle. GA
(5,Mike) do you
know anything about the people behind the new War of the Worlds?
(5,Tracy Torme)
Yeah, they're friends of mine. What would you like to know?
(5,Mike) I just
noticed that they are incorporating a lot of UFO lore and
wondered who they
were.ga
(5,Tracy Torme)
Yes. Greg Stranges is the main guy behind it, and is very
familiar with
Hopkins' work. Another driving force on the show is an abductee.
GA
(Ted) I have a
quick one. What do you see in Jim
Speiser???? We have found him
to be a
egocentric guy. (HAH!) ga
(5,Tracy Torme)
the lovable dean of Ufology, Hal Starr to be his personal
sidekick and
traveling companion. GA
(Ted) Tracy we
thank you for your time and attention tonight we hope that you
can visit us
again soon (and you don't have to drag Speiser with you !!!) Thanks
again - and all
kidding aside Jim, that for a wonderful evening. ga
(5,Drax) Tracy
says Thanks for the opportunity, and I say your welcome. GA
(5,Gerry)
(Ted) I thought
it might be interesting to do a quick survey of the thoughts on
the show, but
first where is everybody from? GA
(Ted) NJ ga
(5,Gerry) Oakland
CA
(5,samuel
lamerson) w. palm beach ga
(5,Mike) CA
(5,Bert) MI
(5,Mark) Salem,
OR
(5,Doug) DC
(5,Dave Peyton)
Huntington WV
(5,Drax) Fountain
Hills, AZ
(5,samuel
lamerson) ?
(5,DON) Boise, Id
(Ted) First
survey ? How many though the show was valuable? ga
(5,Drax) Me!
(5,DON) ?
(Ted) ME
(5,Gerry) yes!!
(5,Bert) yes
(5,DON) Me
(5,Mike) Me too!
(Ted) How many
called in for further government investigation? ga
(Ted) ME
(5,Drax) Me!
(5,DON) me
(5,Doug) nah!
(5,Gerry) didn't
but should have
(5,Bert) should
have also
(5,Mike) ditto
(Ted) How many
have seen a UFO CE I
(5,DON) How about
Government disclosure
(5,Mike) Me
(5,DON) me
(5,Doug) no
(5,Gerry) nope
(Ted) How many
have been involved in a CE II
(5,Doug) no
(Ted) Any
abductions? ga
(5,DON) I think
Dale was!
(Ted) Any one
else want to take a vote on a ? ga
(5,DON) How many
think there was disinformation
(5,DON) me
(5,Drax) Me
(Ted) ME
(5,Mike) maybe
(5,Dave Peyton)
bound to be some
(5,Gerry) by
selection of material
(5,Doug) pass
(5,Drax) You
mean, "official" disinfo, right Don?
(5,DON) Yes
(5,Mike) How
about discussing that?
(5,Drax) !
(5,samuel
lamerson) ?
(Ted) Samuel has
been waiting, GA SAM
(5,samuel
lamerson) I am new to all of this and would like to know where to find
more information
(periodicals etc.) ga
(5,DON) ??
(Ted) Try
"Intruders" by Budd Hopkins (Drax?) ga
(5,Drax) OK,
briefly, (because my girlfriend is mad at me). Or Try MUFON UFO
Journal ( Seguin
TX). Some best info comes from Citizens Against UFO Secrecy
(CAUS) contact me
by EMAIL for their address -- 72135,424. Of course, ParaNet,
but I don't like
to toot my own horn...
(5,DON) I'm not
shy
(5,Drax) Don's
not shy...
(5,Drax) heheh...
(5,Doug) !
(5,samuel
lamerson) I call the para-0n in Phoenix is that the one?
(5,Gerry) I'd
give my reading list but I read only discredited material
(Ted) Where can
he reach ParaNet? ga
(5,DON) ??
(5,Drax) that's
one of them, Samuel, but Don's board is just as good...
(5,Bert) MUFON,
103 Oldtowne Rd., Seguin, TX 78155-4099
(5,samuel
lamerson) I live in Florida, anything close?
(5,Drax) I
believe that the entire MJ-12 scenario as painted by Moore is
disinformation,
to cover something similar. GA
(5,DON) ??
(5,Drax) Nothing
in FL, one in Atlanta.
(5,DON) the
segment concerning the EBE's alleged fondness for ice cream was just
TOO much an
obvious attempt to make them look "REAL AMERICAN" and benign.
Considering
what..
(5,Mike) (or
maybe they DO like ice cream)
(5,DON) has
occurred in the last few years, I found that very distasteful. ga
(Ted)Don. Do you
think that the "Dipping the Hands in Blood" is more or less
real that the Ice
Cream? GA
(5,DON) I have no
answer for that, and I never ascribed to that theory, however
while
investigating mutes as a police officer, and after what I was told this
summer by Paul,
and many of the similar points of view on Friday by Falcon and
Condor. Lear may be closer than many of us want to
admit. ga
(5,Doug) My point
was made ga.
(5,samuel
lamerson) price for mufon, also here would I find printed material on
gulf breeze and
mj-12? ga
(5,Bert) $25.00
per year.
(Ted) Try LIB 10
here and also MUFON publications. Mike
is next ga
(5,Mike) is quite
a bit of anecdotal data indicating neutral if not GOOD aliens
as well.ga
(5,Gerry) yes I
was going to make the mute point but Don did, and also the leaks
pertaining to
autopsies all seem to point to no digestive system as we know it.
In fact, the
mouth cavity dead ends. Also agree about
many different types of
aliens and
motives. Much more could be said about
this, but no room here to go
into it. ga
(5,Bert) Don
referred to his friend Paul who is the subject of a file that Don
loaded up on LIB
10. BTW there has been great interest in that file as it has
had over 60
downloads in abut 10-15 days (probably a major record on CIS)...
(5,Gerry)
agent.txt?
(5,Bert) I was
wondering, Don, if you've had any contact with Paul about the TV
show last
Friday. Also any possible connections
between Falcon, Condor, Lear
and Bill English?
ga
(5,DON) first
Paul is recovering from a very serious illness right now I have
not had any
direct contact with him since his illness as to Lear. Paul took ill
when he heard his
story was on CIS. John called me this weekend, and we had a
long conversation
as a matter of fact I am now writing a file that I hope to
have posted this
week that concerns Lear, the broadcast, and how much of this
ties
together. ga
(Ted) Great. We
look forward to reading it when do you think you will upload it?
ga
(5,DON) I hope to
have it completed and posted by Weds.
(5,samuel
lamerson) can you recommend a couple of files that would give me kind
of an overview of
who lear is, more about mj12 and other things?ga
(Ted) First DIR.1
and DIR.2 contain a brief description of all Lib 10 files.
Try KEYWORD
searching on LEAR and MJ-12. ga
(5,Bert) LEAR.TXT
on LIB 10
(5,samuel lamerson)
thanks very much for the help, goodnight all
(5,Doug) I
noticed three different types of aliens described new to me was the
two russians
(sounded like a little too much vodka) and the AF "Training film
landing" Any
comments? ga
(5,DON) The Landing
at Holloman as alleged to have taken place in 1964 now one
element of
disinformation is this. A number of
years ago, Rod Serling did a
film that
explored the UFO enigma the climax of the docudrama was to have been
film shot during
the landing at the AF base. Then
according to some "cold feet"
prevailed,
because of what the EBE's were found out to have been doing. Much of
what Lear wrote
about concerns the alleged "deal" that Uncle Sam was supposed to
have made with
the EBE's. Now, as of Friday, it appears
to have been proven by
the admission of
the two intelligence agents. At least
the part about the
"deal".
Who really knows, time will tell. ga
(5,Bert) Just
wondering about the possibility of getting Lear on as a guest here
in the near
future. Also what about the possibility of Linda Howe as a guest?
does anyone here
know Linda well enough to call her? ga
(5,Mike) I went
to school with her but haven't spoken in years.
(Ted) I'll call
Lear ga <gotta go people> ga
(5,DON) Ted, Wedge
may know how to contact her.
(5,Gerry) I know
a good friend of hers.
(5,DON) Ted, are
you going to talk to Lear tonight?
(Ted) No, I'll
try calling Tuesday or Wednesday. You wanna call him? ga
(5,DON) I thought
that I may speak to him tonight.
(Ted) Ok Great.
We'll get him a free PPN for the night. OK? ga
(5,DON) What
about a PPN for moi? Do you know what my
card said to me last time
I got the bill?
(Ted)
"Ouch!" ? ga
(5,DON) Ya.
(Ted) Nite all! ga
(5,Bert) nite
Ted!
(5,DON) Nite Ted
(5,DON) Nite all
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