The Fayetteville Freethinkers visit the Eureka Springs UFO Convention

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The Fayetteville Freethinkers visit the Eureka
Springs UFO Convention

• April 14-16, 2006
• Best Western Inn of the Ozarks
• Eureka Springs, Arkansas

Powerpoint presentation by Doug Krueger, FF
meeting, April 29th at the Fayetteville Public
Library, Fayetteville, Arkansas.
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The Men in Black
Doug Krueger (l) and Greg Klebanoff (r) dressed
up for the occasion. We gave the UFO people a
scare! FFers Darrel Henschell and Mike Tilley
also attended.
Doug brought a disk with an LED light hed wave
around from time to time just to keep them on
their toes.
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The Merchandise Room
The merchandise room was free. We didnt want to
pay to hear the lectures. It was the same stuff
anyway.
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Big Bird Comes to the Rescue!

• We met Bonnie Meyers party.
• She received contact from this birdlike alien.
  Her book is based on this aliens advice, she
  says.
• Her husband says he cant see it because hes
  her protector.

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The St. Joseph, MO, Delegation

• Several people had driven down from St. Joseph,
  MO.
• The woman could see aliens as reptiles, although
  to all others they look human. (Remember Roddy
  Pipers movie They Live?)
• He sold Ouija boards and other merchandise that
  they made. (They werent dressed for Halloween at
  the convention.)

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The UFO Ouija Board

• Doug bought a mini Ouija board. It must be the
  Ouija equivalent of a blackberry. You can use it
  on the go when you need answers away from the
  office.
• They had a UFO Ouija board, but that seemed too
  silly

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The Scientist
UFO picture he inserted for comparison

• UFOlogist Mike Brumfield claimed to be
  investigating UFOs scientifically.
• The rocks on the heads of Easter Island statues
  were obviously UFOs, he said.
• However, his picture is squeezed to distort the
  rock to make it look more like a UFO.

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A Hat or a UFO?

• Seen without distortion, the rock looks less like
  a flying saucer.
• Brumfield wouldnt admit that the hat explanation
  was a better explanation of the rock than the UFO
  explanation.

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Another Statue, for Comparison
This puzzle is interesting. Men often cant see
the statue for several minutes.
Model Jessie Lynn at Timexpo Museum in Waterbury,
CT
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FateMagazine

• Fate Magazines owner and Editor-in-Chief,
  Phyllis Galde, was there.
• This pro-paranormal magazine was founded in 1948.

Picture from 2004
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FATE Magazine

• Fate magazine has stories about UFOs, fairies,
  bigfoot, ESP, etc.

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• A student film crew was doing a documentary on
  the UFO community.
• Producer Jessica Sherlock interviewed Greg and
  Doug extensively. We gave her a skeptical
  earful.
• They also filmed some interaction between Fate
  magazine owner Phyllis Galde and the FF Men in
  Black when we first arrived.
• Another crew of their documentary was in Amherst,
  NY visiting the publishers of The Skeptical
  Inquirer.

Jessica Sherlock
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MUFONThe Mutual UFO Network

• Some MUFON representatives invited Doug to join
  and become a field investigator.
• They worked at the U. of Arkansas.
• 45.00 a year to join.
• 25.00 for field investigation training.
• They were very sincere.
• Doug is going to join and go in the field with
  them. At the very least hell get an article out
  of it.

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Dan Ackroyd Supports MUFON

• "... The reading within is always interesting and
  challenging as MUFON is recognized as the world's
  leading data assembler on what surely must be
  considered one of the most important and
  fundamental mysteries of our existence. Your
  subscription will help MUFON keep up their work
  in providing a realistic perspective on what
  these anomalies are and who might be controlling
  them."

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Summary
Now that weve been the Men in Black, how can we
top this next year..?

• The FF tried getting a booth at the UFO
  convention in 2003, but when they found out we
  are skeptics, they balked.
• The FF contingent had a great time.

Hmmm