Calling Don Simon! We have a conspiracy on our hands!
You may recall our report about a meteorite crashing to Earth and sickening locals in Peru. The mystery crater was rumored to be radioactive, landing residents and investigators in the hospital.
Well, well. New press release comes out today with PLAUSIBLE DENIABILITY written all over it: the incident never happened, there is no meteorite, no one has gotten sick. It’s all just MASS HYSTERIA.
Think we’re crazy? How about this guy?! In the words of the same Peruvian official:
September 17: “Between 10 and 12 people have reported dizziness, migraines and in some cases vomiting. They assure that after having had close contact with the object the symptoms began,” stated Tejada [ Jorge López Tejada, from the Regional Health Directorate in Puno].
September 19: “Jorge Lopez, a health director in Puno, told Reuters news agency he had an irritated throat and itchy nose after visiting the site.”
September 27: “Those who say they are affected are the product of a collective psychosis,” Jorge López Tejada, to the Los Angeles Times.
Read the copy of articles (linked by date above) and judge for yourself. The story starts to erode slowly over time, the hallmark of a disinformation campaign. Someone really doesn’t want you to be looking too closely at that radioactive crater in your backyard. The question is, who?
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October 4th, 2007 at 8:04 pm |
I found this WTF in a dry riverbed in Santa Cruz, CA. It weighs 450 grams measures 4 3/4″L x 3 1/2″H x 2 1/4″W. It is no response to my el cheapo metal detector but magnets stick to it. Is it a neanderthal baked potato, a dinosaur turd, Bush’s brain or a meteorite?
here’s the pics; http://picasaweb.google.com/cam.halford/Extraterrestrials