It seems every conspiracy,UFO,alien,assorted paranormal websites has at least one of their sources as an “ex-NASA” employee.
A little googling can dig up ex-NASA employees backing things like lizard overlords,new world order/nazi type conspiracies,alien visitation,angels flying around outside the space shuttle etc etc.
It seems no matter how ridiculous a theory or claim there is a former NASA employee backing it.
So whats up with that? Are the names just ficticious? Do former employees see an income opportunity by writing books for the conspiracy/UFO crowd or back theories in exchange for money from authors?
Is there something put into the water supply for NASA buildings:D
I’d certainly want to know if the employee worked there in a scientific or engineering capacity. The admin assistant in my office believes in the effacacious power of reflexology, but I’d hate to see that view imbued with my employer’s name for credibility.
People get a job sweeping floors in a NASA Administration office in Langly, Virginia.
They work there 30 days.
Then, they can refer to themselves as “ex-NASA employees” without violating Truth In Advertising. :rolleyes:
And get rich quick selling Donkey-Doody to the weak-minded & the gullible.
As Bosda suggests, it might be best to find out what these people did at NASA.
Also remember that NASA employs thousands of people. In that large of a pool of humanity it garaunteed you’ll find nutjobs and/or outright con artists.
More than one of them has a good sense of humor, too.
One of my old man’s good friends was a control-room guy back in the Apollo days. When my father was out of the room or not paying attention, he used to love telling me stories, like about how Alan Shephard’s golf balls were actually grenades, which he used to fight off the swarms of Lunatics which would periodically attack the astronauts exploring the moon. After he’d leave, I’d naturally ask my old man about it, and Dad would shudder with laughter as he tried to set me straight again.
As a six-year-old, I found those yarns to be somewhat incredulous. Some adults, it would appear, are not nearly so discerning.
NASA has hundreds of sub-contractors all over the world. With a little creative interpretation, all their employees become NASA’s too!
Well, for one thing, due to budget cuts, there are an awful lot of ex-Nasa employees. Do you steal bread for your children, or do you milk a few suckers?
Budget reasons aside. There may be other reasons they are ex-NASA workers.
Yeah, if I’m a 100 miles up in something built by the lowest-bidder, the absolute last thing I want is some whack job on the ground running things from that end!
Well, one man who believes in UFO’s flew the Faith 7 mission.