Theorist said:and your opinion of the video gene?
i started flying and building remote controlled airplanes way back in grade school. my 6th grade teacher turned out to be my inspiration and later became my partner. he had thousands of dollars worth of remote controlled air craft.
in the '70s most ufo sightings were the typical saucer shaped craft. he had built a craft from a kit that mimicked the typical saucer shaped ufo. the craft was big, seven feet in diameter using fans to give it lift. it was very hard to fly. he could fly it but he got a lot of wobble when he hovered like the one in the video. i don't think the video shows a model on a string; i think it may be a remote controlled craft because of the manner in which it flew. they did have remote controlled stuff at that time.
also wondering gene, in your opinion what ufo stories do you find most credible? i think the walton case is worth attention and surely the hill case. like you, i put very little credibility in the meier claims.
At this point, I have little interest in how Meier and his people created their photos. Models? Remote control devices? It doesn't matter anymore really. There's only so much time in a day to examine the subject, and I'm trying to concentrate on the things that might reveal some real answers.
I met Betty Hill years ago, and she seemed friendly and sincere. This is definitely a case worth examining, particularly as the apparent progenitor of the abduction scenario. There are lots of possibilities here, and one is that it may be, as represented, a meeting with entities from another world. Or it may be some effort at government misinformation or a government experiment just to see how people can be manipulated -- or brainwashed if you will.
Travis Walton? A fascinating story and one worth further investigation.