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September 2010_june_july_2009.qxd 29/09/2010 10:59 PM Page 4 4 No ET Ambassador, Says UN No ET Ambassador, Says them the appearance of a flying saucer. Some by various intelligence agencies, some of whom UN scientists believe lenticular clouds tell us a regularly detained him and his team on their change in the weather is coming, often meaning way to and from Meier's residence in a snowstorm. If you can find photos of Switzerland. But chief among those who VIENNA — The United Nations Office lenticular clouds in weather books, you’ll agree followed Stevens and his team's every step was for Outer Space Affairs on Tuesday dismissed that they are some of the strangest looking the CIA, whose station chief in London at the as "nonsense" a newspaper report which said it clouds produced by nature.” time, Mark Nathan, personally interrogated had appointed a new ambassador as a point of everyone, according to what Stevens publicly contact for extra-terrestrials. Legendary UFO Expert, told audiences. "The article in the Sunday Times is U.S. Air Force Lt. Colonel According to Michael Horn, Meier's nonsense," UNOOSA said in a statement, U.S. media representative, "Part of their referring to a report this weekend which said the Wendelle Stevens purpose was to make copies of all photographs UN was to appoint Malaysian astrophysicist, and information that the investigators were Mazlan Othman, to be the first contact for any Dies at 87 getting from Meier. Stevens not only faced aliens. harassment from the authorities," said Horn, Othman heads UNOOSA, a little-known "but enormous opposition from various UFO department of the UN based in Vienna with a organizations who were plainly envious of the staff of 27. stunning evidence Wendelle acquired from Under a mandate defined by the UN Meier. They were especially peeved that he General Assembly, UNOOSA's task is to chose to bring in top scientific experts to promote international cooperation in the analyze it and not the unqualified UFO peaceful uses of outer space and strengthen the enthusiasts." use of space science and technology In addition to being the preeminent UFO applications. investigator of all time, Stevens was well known "There are no plans to change the as a great storyteller, famous for recounting the current mandate," the statement said. details of his decades long investigation into According to the Sunday Times article, Meier's contacts. Horn says that without Othman was set to describe her potential new Stevens' courageous, pioneering work, the still role as chief alien ambassador next week at a ongoing efforts to discredit and suppress the scientific conference at the Royal Society's Meier case would have probably succeeded Kavli conference centre in Buckinghamshire, Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col was completely. [] England. But UNOOSA also rejected this. lead investigator in Billy Meier Wackiest insurance Othman would use the conference to UFO contact case, helped prove policies ever "raise awareness" about topics such as space still ongoing contacts with human debris, asteroids, "as well as the annual World Space Week celebrations from October 4-10." extraterrestrials are real Do you fear being abducted by aliens? In an interview with AFP a year ago, PR Web Have you ever seen a UFO? If your answer to Othman had joked that the UN Secretary any of the above questions is yes, getting an General would be the one to "represent mankind Lt. Col. Wendelle Stevens, USAF (Ret.), alien abduction insurance may not be such a bad ... if we do make contact with aliens." [] the lead investigator in the still ongoing Billy idea. Meier UFO contacts in Switzerland, died on However bizarre it may sound, you can Topic: UFO Clouds September 7, in Tucson, Arizona. Stevens, who actually get insurance against alien abduction. began researching UFOs for the Air Force in According toNewser, British Insurance has Texas A&M News & Information 1947, played a major role in bringing the Meier made $3 million selling this policy to gullible Service UFO contacts to public attention. Having Californians. But the company's managing learned of Meier's contacts and seen some of his director admits it's a joke. "Let's face it," he Q: There’s supposed to be a type of early UFO photos in 1977, Stevens organized a says, "Insurance is so tedious that if I can cloud that is often confused with being a UFO. team that included private investigators Lee and enlighten my dreary life with a bit of humour What kind of cloud is it? Brit Elders of Intercept, and photographic every now and again, I will." Apparently the expert Jim Diletosso and Tom Welch. Their weird insurance is purchased usually by the A: It’s most likely the lenticular cloud, findings were augmented and attested to by weak minded. says Brent McRoberts of Texas A&M numerous scientific experts when independent With most people having a health, car, University. Lenticular clouds are so-called author Gary Kinder (Light Years) also house and life insurance, companies are coming because they often look like a camera lens. investigated the case. up with wacky insurance policies. Here's a list They can produce some of the oddest shapes of Stevens first received Meier's transcripts of Asylum's wackiest policies ever devised, all clouds, many times looking like huge of his German language conversations with the reports Newser. pancakes stacked on top of each other, he Plejaren extraterrestrials, in 1978, and began Immaculate Conception: Three Scottish reports. “One reason they may be mistaken for having them translated into English. By virgins were so convinced that God might UFOs is their odd shape,” McRoberts explains. publishing the information in dated, impregnate them that they took out a policy that “Also, lenticular clouds don’t move like other copyrighted books Stevens effectively, and would pay them $1.5 million if it happened. clouds — they tend to linger in one spot for a probably unknowingly, established the Chest Hair: An unknown celebrity asked long time. They are often seen in the western prophetically accurate nature of much of the an insurance company to insure his manly chest U.S. but have been photographed all over the scientific information provided to Meier by the rug for $7 million. Alas, he never took out the world, including Spain, Australia and France.” extraterrestrials. This included Meier's advance policy. knowledge of Jupiter's rings, Io being the most Giant Crab: When the Birmingham Sea Q: What causes their strange shape? volcanically active body in the solar system, the Life aquarium took possession of a gigantic actual number of Saturn's moons, the two Japanese spider crab measuring 10-feet across, A: “Lenticular clouds are often formed planets beyond Pluto, the discoveries of water, they assured the public wasn't dangerous-then by waves of air moving over high mountains,” small life forms and the hostile environment on took out a $1.5 million policy against visitor McRoberts adds. “At the highest points in the Mars, etc., all well before "official discovery". death or dismemberment. cloud, moisture condenses in an outward Stevens investigation into the Meier Thailand Riots: To reassure tourists motion. By doing so, it tends to form a wave- case was, from the beginning, closely monitored about their eminently safe country, the Thai like appearance and the edges are round, giving government is offering visitors riot insurance.