George Knapp

[Major Ed Damien]

"Wouldn't it be ama-zeen if a crop circle got abducted by an alien?  Unbelievable."

[Juan Cena]

"Is the corn GMO?  As we all know, I don't believe in coincidences."

"Some-theen's gotta be doo-een these crop circles."

I actually tried to call in to ask if these "abnormalities" in her samples could be explained away by being from GMO crops. No one answered the phone.

Now your question from "Snorge" makes me feel embarrassed for wanting to ask it. 

[Juan Cena]

"Wouldn't it be ama-zeen if a crop circle got abducted by an alien?  Unbelievable."

"My friend Billy Muny could send people into "the cornfield" in that "Twilight Zone" episode. Could that be related to crop circles? There are no coincidences, after all."

[Major Ed Damien]

I actually tried to call in to ask if these "abnormalities" in her samples could be explained away by being from GMO crops. No one answered the phone.

Now your question from "Snorge" makes me feel embarrassed for wanting to ask it. 

In your defense, I didn't think it was one of my best efforts.  I thought it sounded too intelligent for George to ask.  Hence, the "no coincidences" addendum.

[GeorgieForPresident2216]

Noory can mention he knows Billy Gibbons two times a week but Knapp actually plays ZZ Top.  Awesome

[Juan Cena]

The aliens call it "the Dog Star Sybian."

Or the "Streiber poker"

[Major Ed Damien]

Or the "Streiber poker"

I wonder if they refer to it as "space . . . the anal frontier."

[zeebo]

This guest has a new definition of certainty, when he's talking about the mystery metal's existence:  "almost for sure".

[Major Ed Damien]

This guest has a new definition of certainty, when he's talking about the mystery metal's existence:  "almost for sure".

"Almost maybe for sure kinda sorta."

[Juan Cena]

"Memory metal?" On some level, I would wonder if actual ETs would have already developed non-metallic materials to build spacecraft out of.

[Juan Cena]

I wonder if they refer to it as "space . . . the anal frontier."

Some porno probably has.

[Major Ed Damien]

Some porno probably has.

"Coast-to-Coast Insiders . . . the nation's biggest crop circle jerk."

[Major Ed Damien]

This guest means well, but it's hard to believe aliens could get this far and then turn out to be such lousy pilots.

Yep, they were as bad as George Noory would have been at dentistry, and thus they crashed in the wastelands of New Mexico.

Right.

[Major Ed Damien]

Jeff in Culver City always reads a statement first and then reads a question -- which he will then take the answer to off the air.

[21st Century Man]

This guest means well, but it's hard to believe aliens could get this far and then turn out to be such lousy pilots.

Yep, they were as bad as George Noory would have been at dentistry, and thus they crashed in the wastelands of New Mexico.

Right.

I believe lightning was involved if I remember the story correctly. 

[Major Ed Damien]

I believe lightning was involved if I remember the story correctly.

Crossing light years of space is a simple task, but that Earth lightning is a bastard.

[GeorgieForPresident2216]

They really need to take these regular callers and make them correspondents, kind of like Dave Letterman used to take some guy of the street and send him to Tierra Del Fuego or somewhere so we could all watch him humiliate himself.

[21st Century Man]

Crossing light years of space is a simple task, but that Earth lightning is a bastard.

Many ufologists think that the aliens may not be visitors from another planet but interdimensional.  Jacques Vallee is a proponent of this theory and I think he may be right.

As far as lightning goes, it is rather unpredictable and also a rather powerful force. 

[zeebo]

They really need to take these regular callers and make them correspondents, kind of like Dave Letterman used to take some guy of the street and send him to Tierra Del Fuego or somewhere so we could all watch him humiliate himself.

This is a great idea.  I can just see them say "We're sending Bill the AAA to Kazakhstan to view the partial solar eclipse.  Bill's also going to fill us in on all things cultural and religious as well with his 'Man on the Street' inteviews."

[GeorgieForPresident2216]

This is a great idea.  I can just see them say "We're sending Bill the AAA to Kazakhstan to view the partial solar eclipse.  Bill's also going to fill us in on all things cultural and religious as well with his 'Man on the Street' inteviews."

That's perfect.  I can see you're way ahead of me on this.

[Major Ed Damien]

Many ufologists think that the aliens may not be visitors from another planet but interdimensional.  Jacques Vallee is a proponent of this theory and I think he may be right.

As far as lightning goes, it is rather unpredictable and also a rather powerful force.

Anything that advanced has no incentive to visit us -- any more than we have a need to shrink ourselves so as to visit bacteria.

It's planetarily narcissistic to believe that this planet -- a virtual Stuckey's of the universe -- requires being dropped in on by intergalactic or even interdimensional truck drivers.

[21st Century Man]

This is a great idea.  I can just see them say "We're sending Bill the AAA to Kazakhstan to view the partial solar eclipse.  Bill's also going to fill us in on all things cultural and religious as well with his 'Man on the Street' inteviews."

Send Michael to Antarctica or better yet he can be on the new manned probe to Mars.  Noory and Hoagland can go along for the ride.  Schraeder and Knapp can take over hosting duties.  Noory always wanted to be a real reporter.  Now here's his chance.

I can dream anyway.

[21st Century Man]

Anything that advanced has no incentive to visit us -- any more than we have a need to shrink ourselves so as to visit bacteria.

It's planetarily narcissistic to believe that this planet -- a virtual Stuckey's of the universe -- requires being dropped in on by intergalactic or even interdimensional truck drivers.

We all have our opinions and I'm not the sort of person to rule anything out unless its ridiculous.  There's plenty of level-headed people like George Knapp who believe we have been visited.  I've read too much on the subject to believe it is nonsense. 

[Juan Cena]

They really need to take these regular callers and make them correspondents, kind of like Dave Letterman used to take some guy of the street and send him to Tierra Del Fuego or somewhere so we could all watch him humiliate himself.

Most of the regulars are probably ringers anyway, so why not?

[Juan Cena]

We all have our opinions and I'm not the sort of person to rule anything out unless its ridiculous.  There's plenty of level-headed people like George Knapp who believe we have been visited.  I've read too much on the subject to believe it is nonsense.

I won't rule it out, but most of the UFO stories I've heard lack the imagination that you find even in the most of the SF I've read or seen.

[21st Century Man]

Well, as usual another great Knapp show.  I had not listened to his shows for a couple of months as I'm rather burned-out on the UFO topic due to the incompetence of the main host but it was nice to hear Knapp tonight.

[21st Century Man]

I won't rule it out, but most of the UFO stories I've heard lack the imagination that you find even in the most of the SF I've read or seen.

Its funny you mention that because I've been reading UFO literature since the mid 80's and I really don't care for science fiction unless its the old stuff like HG Wells.  If I read fiction, its usually horror or a good historical novel. Like I said, to each his own.

I saw Close Encounters of the Third Kind when it first came out when I was 11 and that movie had a huge impact on me.  I even bought the novelization but I didn't start reading the actual UFO literature until Budd Hopkins and Strieber's books came out.  I am a bit more skeptical of Whitley now than I was then because he's a bit of a nut sometimes.

[Major Ed Damien]

We all have our opinions and I'm not the sort of person to rule anything out unless its ridiculous.  There's plenty of level-headed people like George Knapp who believe we have been visited.  I've read too much on the subject to believe it is nonsense.

It's pleasant to think that we as a planet are somehow special and deserve to be visited.  It's nice to think that George Knapp is special for believing that we are special.  I guess I'm just not level-headed enough.

Also, the fact that there's a large quantity of stuff to read about a subject isn't much proof of its validity.  A person in an earlier time could have "read too much on the subject" of alchemy to believe that it was nonsense.  But it is nonsense to believe that base metals can be magically transformed into gold.

[21st Century Man]

It's pleasant to think that we as a planet are somehow special and deserve to be visited.  It's nice to think that George Knapp is special for believing that we are special.  I guess I'm just not level-headed enough.

Also, the fact that there's a large quantity of stuff to read about a subject isn't much proof of its validity.  A person in an earlier time could have also "read too much on the subject" of alchemy to believe that it was nonsense.  But it is nonsense to believe that base metals can be magically transformed into gold.

Well I maintain its better to be well-read rather than being only vaguely knowledgeable about a subject.  I like to think I have pretty good discernment.

[Major Ed Damien]

Well I maintain its better to be well-read rather than being only vaguely knowledgeable about a subject.  I like to think I have pretty good discernment.

Yeah, but it all depends on the subject.  It didn't matter how well-read a person was on the subject of alchemy back in the Middle Ages -- magic doesn't turn base metals into gold. 

You could also be well-read on the topic of secret spells that turn shit back into food.  But it would make more sense to be well-read on the subject of agriculture, so as to grow more food. 

In that case, it would be better to be only 'vaguely knowledgeable' about magic spells that turn shit back into food.