Robert Scott Lazar first came into the public spotlight in November of 1989, during a series of interviews on KLAS-TV in Las Vegas. In these interviews, Lazar told of being hired as a physicist for an extremely secret project at Papoose Lake, a few miles southeast of Groom Lake. He told of working on disc shaped craft, presumedly of extraterrestrial orgin, as part of his work there. His actual time on the project was quite short, and went public with the information to protect himself (or so he claims).
I started looking into his story because it (and he) seemed so believable, if you can for a moment overlook the subject matter. However, what I found seems to be at odds with the straightforward individual protrayed in his interviews.
Does that mean I think he's a fraud? Well, first of all what I think shouldn't really matter to you...think for yourself! However, I have to say the preponderance of evidence leads to that conclusion. That said, I also should say I have a gut feeling something very odd went on with Bob Lazar. Just what, I don't know. So I'm somewhere in the middle.
I do find one aspect of this very amusing, however. We are all basically working from the same pool of information about the Bob. Some of us believe his story implicitly, while others of us see him as a liar and charlatan. With a story (well, actually a legend by now) such as this, I personally think either position is a foolish one.
A series I did examining in detail certain "problems" with aspects of Lazar's story. Its posting on the alt.conspiracy.area51 newsgroup resulted in the posting of "counterpoints" by Gene Huff. Unforunately, I neglected to save all of Gene's replies (I didn't think it would be any big thing!), but I've included those I have. If anyone has any of the missing responses of Gene's, fire them at me and I'd be happy to include them. Note: Some of the pieces have been updated due to additional information received since they were originally done. I've tried to identify where this is the case, both in my piece and also Gene's response.
Glenn Campbell's Area 51 site: Glenn has links to a whole array of stuff on the Great Bob.
Wit and Wisdom of Gene Huff: No, it's not a contradiction, but rather a fun collection of some of Chairman Gene's best.
Oh nooooo! I can't take any more of this! Get me out of here, back to the main Bluefire page!
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