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Bob Zim is EXCELLENT. He knows his stuff, explains it well, and makes it entertaining.

For bonus points, last night he even managed an interesting answer to "Noory Q101" -- What got you started in this business?

This nauseating person, who once called a female critic a cunt and advised her not to have children -- who insinuated that two male critics must be homosexual (to him, that's an insult you see) -- this person who makes ridiculous errors every time he writes about science --- is going to do the full C2C show next Monday, plugging his new book Ancient Aliens on Mars.

Bad timing, because the book isn't even out yet, so how can we possibly phone in with relevant questions? Instead, here's a point-by-point critical review of his previous book. Please try and get past Tommy to ask Mike to explain himself.

Wilbur Allen and George Noory, 4/10 /12... where to start???

Let's start with the "Apollo 11 UFO," which LONG, LONG AGO passed from the status of UFO to that of ICO (Identified Cruising Object.) It was one of the panels of the SLA (Spacecraft-to-LM Adapter.) Buzz Aldrin has never at any time said otherwise, nor has he ever at any time said he saw anything else in space that appeared to be extraterrestrial technology.

Gordon Cooper indeed claimed to have seen very inexplicable things (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Cooper#UFO_claims) BUT NOT DURING HIS MERCURY OR GEMINI FLIGHTS.

Allen and Noory gave a correct account of Ed Mitchell -- namely, that he has said he's been told by high-ranking military officers that "we've been visited" but he has always denied seeing any extraterrestrial activity during Apollo 14. But they deduced all the wrong things from that account. Wilbur Allen said "How can he believe one thing and not the other?" -- to which the swift answer should have been "Very easily." Noory said that Aldrin and Mitchell between them added up to a case that was "incontrovertible." Oh yeah? Two astronauts who both say they never saw any woo-woo, and that's incontrovertible??

Then, of course, we got to the part where they make unfalsifiable statements. "Oh yes, all the astronauts have obviously sworn an oath of secrecy." That's the equivalent of putting hands over ears and going LAA LAA LAA I CAN'T HEAR YOU. Highly persuasive...NOT!

Pathetic. A totally irresponsible use of the public airwaves.

Surprising that we don't already have a "Cotterell is mad" thread. Well we do now.

Light intensity IS NOT MEASURED IN VOLTS.
Love is not a factor in the equation E = mC2.

That's just for starters.