Ssshhh!
What I am about to tell you is a secret. Do not tell anyone.
On Saturday, March 19, many people on the internet will hoax the world with the biggest mass UFO sighting in years. The craft will zoom around the United States and the world. What will they see?
A craft with 4 lights, 2 of which blinked several colors. They will then report their sighting
as happening at APPROXIMATELY (not exactly) the appropriate time, and that's it.... Report the sighting to the National UFO Reporting center by calling 206-722-3000. Do not post this information online. Only share it with 'real life' friends.
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I don't know if he would have done anything, because I know him not, but generally that's a better route to go for stuff like this.
Or you can take the alternative to that and look like a bunch of jerks and tools.
Unless you're on gLUE.
Somehow, some other sites found out about it. Exopolitics or something. So they posted an article about how Neg0 thought up this hoax. An LLer found the article and then the link back to the Neg0 blog. Some angry LL users, who probably have too much time on their hands, proceeded to find everything they could about this Rashid character. Through the great wonders of the google and people search, they discovered his parents house. They then proceeded to call the house using threatening comments and probably sent many thousands of boxes to them.
Eventually, the exopolitics site credited LL/LUE with the hoax and the Rashid guy apologized, claiming it was just supposed to be for his group of friends in his blog. I found that to be pretty damn stupid. Here we have a private community and then someone goes and steals an account and copies the hoax to a place that is very public. And then when he changed the LL/LUE reference to his own, that was seen as being wrong in itself by LLers.
Me? I just find this all funny and slightly interesting. I agree that some of the members of LL are probably going too far with this, but I can see why they would be upset. It was a pretty good plan... might've actually made some sorta news. But meh... whatever.
Sad, really...
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The new intern at our clinic of course, Doctor.
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LL/LUE doesn't really care for the actual hoax, just the news. Hell, some happy its beginning to spread as a hoax to be. Yet others are still going with the what ifs. Still trying to see if anything else can be done.
Whatever... LL/LUE will think of some other way to get in the news... one day. I mean, probably 5000+ unique users... someone on there cared enough to think of something this elaborate. I'm sure there's someone else who would think of something as or even more creative.
And I'll be sitting here, with the popcorn, watching.
Next time, they should just tell everybody on their site that something's in the works, but not say a word about what. Then they should just post the actual info on their site right before "the event" is supposed to start.
That would avoid any chance of a leak, if only a very small group talked about it, and only on the phone. Shit, people, to pull something that big off (and it's actually a hell of an idea) you need to think of all the little crap, or it'll get out too soon every time.
I think mayhaps it should read "If you can't join em, beat em."
"JoeSixpack - YOU GOIN GET RAPED!!!111"
CJayC - YOU GOIN LEARN ENGLISH!!!111 And I, for one, can't wait untill that happens.
And then there's the Widow. I'm sorry to hear about the death of your husband, I'm sure you must miss him. The loss seems to have made you a bit incoherent and irrational.
And that's all LUE/LL really wants... just some fun. Any threats are definently not serious. Improper grammar use is, 98% of the time, used to have a comical effect. And the boxes thing is just a joke way of trying to scare someone. They will do it, however. But its all in fun... eventually they get bored and move on.
http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36%257E53%257E2715867,00.html
A link to the original story was posted on LL/LUE and some members were outraged(probably because of boredom). I'm sure that it wasn't just LL/LUE that participated, but I wouldn't doubt if the woman was sent a few hundred boxes or called by a few LLers.
Just the kind of thing that would happen when LL/LUE gets bored.
Hey, its kinda like that movie The Skulls... I guess, I kinda saw a trailer and decided not to watch it.
Just a heads up, and quoting Shakespeare makes you feel cool and original, eh?
Zero.
But my basements's awfully empty, except for the crawlspace.
That's to discredit an actual event that would take place on the very evening in question.
Govts/individuals know the best way to discredit something is by acknowledging in advance of a 'Real' event taking place and thus describe that a hoax would take place thus everyone who was reporting a 'Real" event would be automatically discredited. In advance certain Institutions/individuals declare a 'Hoax'would be taking place. Many people who would report the real event would not be taken seriously or would not be able to report the event due to huge communication traffic jamming the phone lines.
This unfortuanately won't work because the 'Event' in question will be so Extraordinary Large it will not be able to be contained,discredited nor covered up! Instigators of the hoaxs best be prepared cause sometimes they get more than they bargained for!
And where the hell are my boxes that you guys promised?
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And funny to see nothing became of this hoax at all.
If you want to learn about a truly "great" UFO hoax, with an "expert" photographer pronouncing the image a "genuine" UFO, the UFO community getting highly excited, reading all sorts of implications about the "alien" technology into the event, then read:
http://www.magonia.demon.co.uk/arc/70/hoax.html
Of course, the hoax involved some real work, not just a daft post on a web-page.
Ya did done said it best, Jethro.
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http://www.worldwidetopsites.com/php/in.php?id=ufoman
Plenty of hoaxes are out there 😜