FREE A PERFECT HOAX PDF Italo Svevo,J. G. Nichols,T. Parks | 112 pages | 01 Oct 2003 | Hesperus Press Ltd | 9781843910589 | English | London, United Kingdom The Hoax | Film review UFO hoaxes became more and more prevalent after the Roswell incidentwhen UFO reports became more and more widespread. Some supposed contactees used the new popularity as a way to A Perfect Hoax conspiracy theoriesor sometimes just to make money. Check out these articles to learn more about UFO hoaxes, hoaxsters, and crackpot theories about alien life:. Ina famous Cow Abduction story took hold across the United States and even in Europe, and the tall tale held until the s. Majestic 12 was an elite, top secret government squad dedicated to UFO research. Richard Sharpe Shaver was a popular writer and contactee who heard aliens talking through his welding equipment. Bob Lazar claimed to have studied alien hardware at Area The A Perfect Hoax Island Incident is known as the "dirtiest hoax in UFO history" for it's cross-cutting involvement of celebrities like Kenneth Arnold, Ray Palmer, and several government officials. Mon-Ka of Mars is one of the most famous aliens who has psychically communicated with humans A Perfect Hoax the s. George Adamski was an occult leader, and one of the most popular and most controversial of all UFO contactees. Ashtar is one of the most powerful aliens in the universe The Straith Letter was forged on government stationery, encouraging UFO contactees in their research. Howard Menger was a space communicant who even released an album of interplanetary music. Ever seen a Naked Alien? There have been several reports over the years of extraterrestrials arriving A Perfect Hoax Earth sans spacesuits. The Nebraska UFO Crash caused quite a stir in the Midwest, making news in local and state A Perfect Hoax until the craft mysteriously dissolved. Star People are human- appearing aliens who live on Earth to prepare for the arrival of their brethren. Men in Black are dark agents thought to be in contact with UFOs. Who do they work for? The Men in Black Encounter is the famous story A Perfect Hoax the meeting that "Michael Elliot" had with a mysterious stranger. John Lear is a pilot and "Dark Side" conspiracy theorist. Otis Carr was known for marketing an exotic spaceship in the s. The two eventually admitted that the object was a model A Perfect Hoax from the branches of a tree. Related Content " ". Venus: Earth's Blazing-hot and Bizarre Twin. 15 of the Biggest Scientific Hoaxes Who among us hasn't been fooled? Balloon Boy. Gay Girl in Damascus. Alien autopsy. War of the Worlds. Aborted fetal cells in face creams oh wait, that one's true. Jen is pregnant. Paul is dead. A Nigerian prince needs your help. The big hoax has never been easier to achieve, and these days, a little cynicism is only smart. But in a strange twist, it turns out the cynics — and everyone in their address books — might be missing some really great stuff. Even the craziest stories can turn out, on occasion, to be worthy of a mass-forward. Here, 10 tales that can't be true — the irony is too perfect, the romance too romantic, the absurdity over the top. And yet, here we are. Did you hear the one about Elvis meeting with Nixon in the Oval Office? One of them showed up in a velvet suit, and that's probably the least ridiculous part of the story. Elvis Presley was flying from L. President Nixon, not known to be a rock fan, this was long before Obama invited Common over to his housesurprisingly agreed to the meeting. Elvis had a thing for both guns and law-enforcement badges, and witnesses say the latter drove the desire for the sit-down. Elvis offered to help out the country he didn't mention how in exchange for one small thing: a badge from the U. Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs [source: Carlson ]. That's like today's Drug Enforcement Administration. The King, wearing a purple velvet suit, joined the president in the Oval Office and proceeded to suck up. Elvis claimed the Beatles were a bad influence, and he verily agreed with the president that drugs were destroying American society. He asked again about the badge. Nixon said he could have one. Elvis hugged A Perfect Hoax good-bye. Elvis died in with at least 14 controlled substances in his system, including morphine, Demerol, multiple barbiturates, several sedative hypnotics and Xanax [source: Lathan ]. Ex-wife Priscilla Presley later claimed Elvis wanted the drug-enforcement badge so he could take his drugs across borders without being searched [source: Carlson ]. Everything was a race during the Cold War. From the '50s to the early '90s, communism and democracy duked it out in the Space Race, the Nuclear Arms Race, the propaganda race Yes, psychic powers. Remote viewing the practice of "seeing" distant locations using nothing but mind power was a serious project carried out by A Perfect Hoax people in the military and intelligence communities. There were programs looking into telepathy, cybernetics and other psychic phenomena, but the one that ultimately succeeded in raising some typically-cynical eyebrows was remote viewing [source: Szegedy-Maszak and Fenyvesi ]. There was a big remote-viewing score in when a subject "saw" accurate details of the Soviet Semipalatinsk weapons site from a laboratory at Stanford University [source: A Perfect Hoax and Fenyvesi ]. But little came of it, and years later the CIA decided to scrap the whole project. InA Perfect Hoax. As is customary, she A Perfect Hoax a parting gift, actually several, including a locket with Gadhafi's face inside and an impressive diamond ring. The Colonel never hid his admiration for Rice. In a televised interview inhe claimed to "love her very much". He added that he A Perfect Hoax "very proud of the way she leans back and gives orders to the Arab leaders. I support my darling black African woman" [source: Malone ]. Despite these utterances, it's easy to dismiss the diamond ring. Surely that didn't indicate a proposal of any kind? Fast-forward a few years, and you can't help but wonder. After Gadhafi fell to the Libyan rebels, a search of his home revealed a stalker-style book filled with head shots and press photos of his darling Leezza he called her that for some reason in a variety of business suits [source: Malone ]. Was the ring a proposal? Probably not. We think. But the gung-ho crush makes the record book of dictator eccentricities. Hitler's military-issue Aryan blow-up dolls seem practically the slightest bit less insane. The love-it-or-hate-it restaurant, something of a Vegas landmark, pokes fun at the A Perfect Hoax focus on healthy eating with offerings like the Quadruple Bypass Burger, a record-setting 10,c alorie sandwich, served with Flatliner Fries proudly fried in pure lardand a policy of comping meals for "patients" more than pounds kilograms [source: Heart Attack Grill ]. Alleman was practically the place's mascot: He ate at the Heart Attack Grill every day, and often extolled its virtues to passers-by in his role as unofficial greeter [source: Jaslow ]. He was "patient John" to the restaurant's regulars and staff, the latter dressed as doctors and nurses working in a cardiac A Perfect Hoax. In Februarythe pound kilogram Alleman had finished his meal and was standing in front of the restaurant when he had a heart attack. He died soon after. It was the third heart attack at the Heart Attack Grill as of March The restaurant disputes the assumption that its food is to blame and continues its quest to "put the danger back into hamburgers" [source: Jaslow ]. Jacquie Hagler was throwing a jewelry party at her house when Lee walked in wearing a bandanna over his face A Perfect Hoax holding a gun. When he demanded her 15 partygoers turn over their money and cell phones, and then held his gun to one of their heads, they held their ground — religiously. Hagler turned to her faith for help. Rather than handing over the loot, she told the gunman to get out "in the name of Jesus. Her friends joined in the chanting, and Lee was soon faced with a room full of women calling "Jesus! Lee fled the house at a sprint. Despite the bandanna, the women later picked him out of a photo lineup. He was arrested, and Hagler forgave him. It's widely known the U. Less known is that the Army experimented with pot. It was the synthetic, concentrated kind, and A Perfect Hoax volunteered out of patriotism, of course to test the stuff. The A Perfect Hoax began in the s and ended in the early '70s, with disappointing results [source: Willing ]. Researchers noted such A Perfect Hoax as uncontrollable, hysterical laughter A Perfect Hoax no apparent cause; hallucinations that lasted for days; and soldiers just smirking for hours on end. And while it A Perfect Hoax such effects may indeed have hindered enemy ranks, the military was in the market for incapacitation, A Perfect Hoax researchers realized quickly that the initial "knockdown effect" of the drug A Perfect Hoax off when the soldiers lay down and rested A Perfect Hoax Willing ]. Again, seems like that would have slowed the enemy's progress, but ultimately the Army gave A Perfect Hoax on weaponizing weed. Celebrities — and the wealthy in general — have been known to do some wacky things with their riches, and actors Elizabeth Taylor and A Perfect Hoax Burtonone of the most famous Hollywood couples A Perfect Hoax all time, are no exception.