Web site files pointing out shortcomings in Korff's Spaceships of the Pleiades, Internet, January 2003
Shortcomings of Kal K. Korff's Spaceships of the Pleiades: The Billy Meier Story | |
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Kal K. Korff is one of the chief critics of Eduard "Billy" Meier. For about 20 years now, he has been attempting to prove that the case is a hoax. His second and most recent book on the case is Spaceships of the Pleiades: the Billy Meier Story, published by Prometheus Books in 1995. On this website you will find: On this page you wll find a table listing all (87) points of critique. This 87 points of critique can be devided in 46 examples of untruths, 17 examples of omissions of relevant data, 17 counter arguments against various claims by Korff and 7 examples of other failings. The points of critique are listed by chapter. If you want to find out more about a particular point of critique, click on the hypertext of interest in the "point of critique:" column in the table. |
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[#c1 Chapter 1: Eduard "Billy" Meier: The Man, the Claims ] [#c2 Chapter 2: The Undercover Trip to Switzerland] [#c3 Chapter 3: Genesis III's "Analyses" of Meier's Photographs. ] [#c4 Chapter 4: Conclusive Analyses of Billy Meier's "UFO" Photographs. ] [#c5 Chapter 5: Smoking Guns: Analyzing Meier's "Time-Travel" Photographs ] [#c6 Chapter 6: Analyses of Billy Meier's "Alien" Metal Samples] [#c7 Chapter 7: Other Meier "Evidence"]
CHAPTER 1: Eduard "Billy" Meier: The Man, the Claims (pp. 23-44) | ||
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| Korff on Meier's life and the history of the case |
[article.php?id=40&sn=1#1 -Omission of certain info about Meier's past] |
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[article.php?id=40&sn=1#2 -The evolution of Meier's contact notes] |
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[article.php?id=40&sn=1#3 -Error in translation] |
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[article.php?id=40&sn=1#4 -Why the term cult is unfounded amd misapplied] |
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[article.php?id=40&sn=1#5 -How fast Wendelle Stevens became a "believer"] |
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| Korff on Meier's claims |
[article.php?id=40&sn=1#6 -The amount of contacts] |
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[article.php?id=40&sn=1#7 -How Meier took his photos/films] |
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[article.php?id=40&sn=1#8 -"Meier saved Jesus from a beating one time"] |
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CHAPTER 2: The Undercover Trip to Switzerland (pp. 45-108) | ||
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| Korff at Meier's farm |
[article.php?id=40&sn=2#1 -Why Korff's "channeling garden"-story is a lie] |
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[article.php?id=40&sn=2#2 -Elisabeth Gruber] |
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[article.php?id=40&sn=2#3 -The name "Zafiriou"] |
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| The Talmud of Jmmanuel |
[article.php?id=40&sn=2#4 -"The Talmud Immanuel..." ] |
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| Soil samples of landing-tracks |
[article.php?id=40&sn=2#5 -Why Korff lies about having seen landing-tracks] |
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[article.php?id=40&sn=2#6 -Why Korff didn't obtain any soil samples of the landing-tracks] |
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CHAPTER 3: Genesis III's "Analyses" of Meier's Photographs (pp. 109-133) | ||
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| Original negatives |
[article.php?id=40&sn=3# -"There are no original negatives in existence"] |
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| Neil Davis' analysis |
[article.php?id=40&sn=3#2 -More than one positive comment in Davis' report] |
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CHAPTER 4: Conclusive Analyses of Billy Meier's "UFO" Photographs (pp. 135-231) | ||
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| Frecht Nature Preserve photos |
[article.php?id=40&sn=4#1 -Wrong total of photos (1)] |
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[article.php?id=40&sn=4#2 -Korff omits Meier's comments relevant to focus discrepancy] |
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[article.php?id=40&sn=4#3 -150 meters is not 162.5 feet] |
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[article.php?id=40&sn=4#4 -Korff omits Meier's comments regarding focus discrepancy in second photo] |
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[article.php?id=40&sn=4#5 -An example of faulty reasoning by Korff] |
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[article.php?id=40&sn=4#6 -Incorrect reference] |
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[article.php?id=40&sn=4#7 -Korff's Fig. 22 doesn't show the whole picture] |
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[article.php?id=40&sn=4#8 -Korff omits Meier's comments regarding suspicious aspects of 4th picture] |
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| -Unter-Balm photo -Jacobsberg-Allenberg photos (2-27-75) -Vrenelis Gärtli GL UFO Model photo |
[article.php?id=40&sn=4#9 -The Unter-Balm Photographs (plural?)] |
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[article.php?id=40&sn=4#10 -Korff's false claim of finding "the exact same spot"] |
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[article.php?id=40&sn=4#11 -Why the interior of the beamship should not necessarily have shown up in photo #41] |
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[article.php?id=40&sn=4#12 -The middle photo on p. 156 shows admitted model] |
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| Fuchsbüel photos (2-27-75) |
[article.php?id=40&sn=4#13 -Other photos of these sequence don't show the suspicious aspects] |
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[article.php?id=40&sn=4#14 -Korff's inconsistent listing of photo numbers] |
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| Jakobsberg-Allenberg photos |
[article.php?id=40&sn=4#15 -Wrong total of photos (2)] |
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[article.php?id=40&sn=4#16 -Why the photos are not double exposures] |
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[article.php?id=40&sn=4#17 -Korff is wrong about the purpose of this photo event.] |
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| Fuchsbüel photos (7-9-75) |
[article.php?id=40&sn=4#18 -Wrong total of photos (3)] |
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[article.php?id=40&sn=4#19 -Why the cloud formations do not necessarily change too fast] |
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[article.php?id=40&sn=4#20 -False claim] |
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[article.php?id=40&sn=4#21 -Korff omits the data which support the "disapearing tree story"] |
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| Bachtelhörni-Unterbachtel photos |
[article.php?id=40&sn=4#22 -Unsupported claims] |
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[article.php?id=40&sn=4#23 -False claim] |
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[article.php?id=40&sn=4#24 -Upward arced "suspension line" in Korff's Fig. 66] |
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[article.php?id=40&sn=4#25 -More problems with Korff's "suspension lines"] |
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| Hasenböl-Langenberg photos |
[article.php?id=40&sn=4#26 -Self-contradictionary statements by Korff] |
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[article.php?id=40&sn=4#27 -Another error] |
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CHAPTER 5: Smoking Guns: Analyzing Meier's "Time-Travel" Photographs (pp. 233-271) | ||
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| General remarks by Korff about "Time-Travel" photos |
[article.php?id=40&sn=5#1 -Misleading statement by Korff] |
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-[article.php?id=40&sn=5#2 Not second but first trip] |
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-[article.php?id=40&sn=5#3 No visits to the Pleiades or to alien worlds in DAL Universe] |
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-[article.php?id=40&sn=5#4 Incorrect reference] |
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-[article.php?id=40&sn=5#5 No contradiction] |
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| Venus photos |
[article.php?id=40&sn=5#6 -False reference] |
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[article.php?id=40&sn=5#7 -Another false reference] |
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[article.php?id=40&sn=5#8 -And... another false reference] |
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[article.php?id=40&sn=5#9 -Meier didn't use "special alien photographing device"] |
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| Apollo-Soyuz docking photos |
[article.php?id=40&sn=5#10 -Korff omits Meier's comments regarding curved screen] |
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[article.php?id=40&sn=5#11 -Possible explanation for out-of-focus aspect] |
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[article.php?id=40&sn=5#12 -Meier's time for Apollo-Soyuz link-up is correct] |
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[article.php?id=40&sn=5#13 -Unfounded claim] |
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[article.php?id=40&sn=5#14 -Does Korff's Fig. 94 show the Soyuz in space?] |
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| "DAL Universe cosmonauts" photos |
[article.php?id=40&sn=5#15 -Not Pleidian but DAL spaceship] |
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[article.php?id=40&sn=5#16 -Possible explanation for curved screen] |
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[article.php?id=40&sn=5#17 -Korff ignores info in favor of curtains] |
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| Korff on some of the other "time-travel" photos |
[article.php?id=40&sn=5#18 -Meier didn't photograph Neberian dino's during space trip] |
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[article.php?id=40&sn=5#19 -Meier didn't photograph Neberian cave-man during great space trip] |
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[article.php?id=40&sn=5#20 -Don't take "God's Eye" story literally] |
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CHAPTER 6: Analyses of Billy Meier's "Alien" Metal Samples (pp. 273-296) | ||
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| Korff claims Vogel gave him "other half" of unique metal sample in May 1980 and that a new analysis shows it's merely silver soldier |
[article.php?id=40&sn=6#1 -Why Korff never received a piece of the mysterious metal sample] |
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[article.php?id=40&sn=6#2 -No analysis by Vogel in "early 1980"] |
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[article.php?id=40&sn=6#3 -Why the Olgilvie analysis never took place] |
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[article.php?id=40&sn=6#4 -Korff's confusion between thallium and thulium] |
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| Additional points of critique |
[article.php?id=40&sn=6#5 -Example of innuendo by Korff] |
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[article.php?id=40&sn=6#6 -Korff copies obvious error from pro-Meier literature] |
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[article.php?id=40&sn=6#7 -The Swiss lab was informed of alleged ET origin of sample] |
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[article.php?id=40&sn=6#8 -Walker's analysis is mentioned in more than one pro Meier-book] |
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[article.php?id=40&sn=6#9 -Korff omits mysterious aspects of metal sample disappearance] |
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CHAPTER 7: Other Meier "Evidence" (pp. 297-310) | ||
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| Korff on the landing-tracks |
[article.php?id=40&sn=7#1 -Korff omits important landing-track data] |
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[article.php?id=40&sn=7#2 -Korff omits testimonies of witnesses who studied landing-tracks] |
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[article.php?id=40&sn=7#3 -Korff omits important characteristics of Pleiadian landing-tracks] |
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[article.php?id=40&sn=7#4 -What Korff's experiment fails to explain] |
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[article.php?id=40&sn=7#5 -Korff's pressboard is too small] |
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[article.php?id=40&sn=7#6 -No swirl in Korff recreation] |
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[article.php?id=40&sn=7#7 -Not all Pleiadian landing-tracks consisted of three circular shaped impressions in the grass] |
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[article.php?id=40&sn=7#8 -Korff omits non-Pleiadian landing-tracks] |
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[article.php?id=40&sn=7#9 -Insect infestation not a characteristic of Pleiadian landing-tracks] |
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| Korff on the UFO witnesses |
[article.php?id=40&sn=7#10 -Korff omits important sources of UFO witness information] |
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[article.php?id=40&sn=7#11 -Korff omits several UFO witnesses] |
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[article.php?id=40&sn=7#12 -Not all UFO witnesses are or were members of Meier's group] |
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[article.php?id=40&sn=7#13 -Not only "blobs of light rising in the night sky"] |
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[article.php?id=40&sn=7#14 -Korff omits the non-UFO witness testimonies] |
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Omission of certain info about Meier's past
On p. 23 Korff writes:
"Later, when he [Billy] was arrested and charged by the police for thievery and forgery, he was ordered to serve six months at the Aarburg correctional facility in the town of Rheinau.”
Critique: In Billy's autobiography contained in the ("Geisteslehre #1"), Billy states the following: "When anywhere a robbery or theft happened, the Police automatically seized me and accused me of the deeds I had never committed... ...I even signed Police reports accusing me of offenses I had not done." None of Meier's personal texts make mention of "forgery" as being one of the charges, and Korff's statement, as is, suggests Meier's guilt.
The evolution of Meier's contact notes
On p. 26 Korff writes:
"What began as a simple series of "contacts," with the first allegedly occuring on January 28, 1975, soon evolved into a much more detailed and elaborate scenario complete with religious overtones."
If one reads the contact notes of the first contact, one can read that a large part of the alleged first conversation with Semjase is about the subject of religion, so contrary to what Korff claims the "religious overtones" were not later introduced in the contact notes.
Error in translation
On p. 28 Korff writes that the translation of Züricher verblüfte Erich von Däniken : Ich filmte Besucher aus dem All" is "Zürich man amazes Erich von Däniken: I filmed Visitors and All".
The correct translation is: "Zürich man amazes Erich von Däniken: I filmed visitors from outer space".
Why the term "cult" is unfounded and misapplied
On p. 29 Korff writes:
"Within the next two years Meier would transform both the farm and his informal metaphysical study group into his own private religious cult, complete with visitor’s parking! As of this writing, the situation remains unchanged, although the members of Billy Meier’s Semjase Silver Star Center (as it is now called) prefer not to think of themselves as a 'religious cult'."
Critique: Defined by Random House's American College Dictionary: "cult n. 1. a particular system of religious worship, esp. with reference to its rites and ceremonies. 2. an instance of an almost religious veneration for a person or thing, esp. as manifested by a body of admirers: a cult of Napoleon. 3. the object of such devotion. 4. Sociol. a group having an exclusive sacred idealogy and a series of rites centering around their sacred symbols."
F.I.G.U.'s views on their non-affiliation and distancing from any religious, sectarian, sacred and god/Jesus/saint/personage-vernerating ideologies and practices are clearly outlined in their English publications “Our Manifesto” and "FIGU in a Nutshell" in addition to many other texts. Veneration of an extraterrestrial, person, object, obedience-demanding entity or any controlling force is contrary to their tenets and negates their basic principles as the “Free Community of Interests.” Korff’s repetitive labeling of F.I.G.U. as a “cult”, in addition to his overuse of the term “compound” in reference to F.I.G.U.'s Center, is unfounded, misapplied and appears to be an indoctrination tactic.
How fast Wendelle Stevens became a "believer"
On p. 30 Korff writes:
"After spending four days at Meier's farm in Hinterschmidrüti, Stevens became convinced that the experiences of Meier had actually happened, that the disc-shaped craft photographed is really a UFO and that the case is legimate."
Korff refers to pp. 27-28, of Stevens Preliminary Investigation Report. If one reads those pages in Stevens' book, one will see that this statement has been taken out of context by Korff. Stevens didn't arrive at this conclusion after four days of investigating the case, but after 5 years of investigating the case.
The amount of contacts
On p. 37 Korff writes:
"Between January 27, 1975, and August 18, 1991, Meier has had more than seven hundred contacts with aliens, most of which have been with a ‘Pleiadian female cosmonaut’ named Semjase (pronounced sem-YA-see)."
Critique: In an information sheet released by F.I.G.U. in October, 1994, titled "Randolph Winters: New Lies, Misrepresentations, Errors and Intrigues from the USA", Meier states the following about his contact history: "Concerning the contact reports it must be stated that the 115th contact took place on October 19, 1978, and that Billy has since had 174 additional contacts. Of these 174 contacts, 135 were official and the basis for contact reports; 39 were of an unofficial nature and no contact reports were written on them. At this time, late 1994, 250 official contact reports are in evidence." "Seven hundred" may have been incorrectly heard, stated, or mis quoted.
How Meier took his photos/films
On p. 37 Korff writes:
“Meier took his UFO photographs and 8mm films not only with the handicap of having just one arm, but did so by shooting most of them ‘from his right hip’ (since the viewfinder on his camera was broken).”
Critique: Meier did not take his photographs “from his right hip” as stated by Korff, especially the 8mm movie camera used a tripod as support. This is an incorrect statement, whatever the source, since his photographing technique of holding the camera near his face is displayed in the video documentary The Meier Chronicles and the docu drama, Contact. Also, p. 224 of Wendelle Stevens’ UFO... Contact from the Pleiades, A Supplementary Investigation Report, 2nd paragraph states “... and he had to shoot his pictures without aiming and by guess "from the hip" so to speak.” This colloquialism is obviously not meant in the literal sense of "from his right hip."
"Meier saved Jesus from a beating one time"
On p. 38 Korff writes:
"During one of these alleged time-travel adventures, he [Billy] met with Jesus Christ! Meier even saved Jesus from a beating one time. "
Critique: It is documented by Meier that he met with Jmmanuel, a person whose name was changed to “Jesus Christ” by Paul years after the crucifixion. The personage, Jmmanuel, and his teachings, as presented in the book Talmud of Jmmanuel edited by Meier, differ greatly when compared to the historical Jesus portrayed in the New Testament and do not depict him as the “god-like” saviour of mankind that is attributed to him today (see also the book Celestial Teachings by James Deardorff, and his posting "A Refutation of...." herein under the chap. 2 heading.) An actual encounter between Meier and Jmmanuel, viewed in this light, does not seem as extraordinary as Korff makes it out to be, excluding, of course, the actual mechanics of time travel. Korff's statement concerning Meier saving Jmmanuel (Jesus) from a beating was footnoted in his book as originating from Randolph Winters, just as were many other footnotes of Korff's. This easily refutable fabrication is one of many lies distributed by self-proclaimed “Meier representatives” such as Winters. The only "beating" that ever took place during this specific time trip was when, according to the verbatim reports of Asket in 1956, Meier hit a fellow in the nose by the name of "Jitchi" for going into a state of panic during their trek to meet Jmmanuel. It's apparent this blow was not even close to a beating. Meier states the following in his writeup entitled A Truthful Rectification of Lies Based On Half-Truths and Twisted Information, Which Were Presented by Randolph Winters in a Compuserve UFO Forum Conversation on 1-29-95: "Apparently, Winters' fantasies, his twisting of the information, and his inability to assimilate information he has gleaned from Meier's experiences are limitless; ..." It is a well-known and documented fact that Randolph Winters was neither endorsed by Billy or FIGU as being a representative of Meier, nor was he ever "sanctioned" to speak on Meier's behalf. In view of this, Korff's frequent use of Winters' statements cannot be regarded as corresponding to actual facts.
Why Korff lies about having seen landing-tracks
On pp. 67-69 Korff writes:
"... From where I stood, at the railing which prevented me from straying off the main gravel roadway, I could see down at the bottom of the hillside what were the faint remnants of three "UFO landing rings" that had been there since at least June 1980. ... Even though the landing tracks were eleven years old by the time of my visit and were barely visible to the naked eye, ... Even though my video camera has a 10x zoom lens, the landing-tracks proved to be too far away to observe any meaningful details from the location where I was standing. ... incredibly Gary Kinder [author of LIGHT YEARS] says he never saw any landing-tracks during the entire five weeks he spent living at Meier's place! Instead, Kinder claims he only "talked to several people who had seen them and who had photographed them while still fresh. It is doubtful that Gary Kinder's claim is true, since the three UFO landing-tracks on Billy Meier's property are directly behind his house and down the hill in his own back yard! Not only are they easily visible from numerous locations throughout the property, but are in fact impossible to miss most of the time when walking back and forth between the guest house and Billy meier's residence. ..."
The following comments were taken from a text on the FIGU website:
Fig. 7 on page 65 'clearly' shows
1) that the meadow where Menara landed her beamship on June 15, 1980, lies hidden behind bushes and trees;
2) the exact landing place lies hidden behind a knoll on the hillside, and would even be invisible to the naked eye if there were no trees to obstruct the view from the house;
3) The landing tracks - circles of grass pressed counterclockwise to the ground - "vanished" as soon as the meadow was cut and the cows were grazing.
Conclusion: Either Korff had hallucinations, or he is a damned liar!
Elizabeth Gruber
On p. 73 Korff writes:
"... Elisabeth Gruber, the wife of Guido Moosbrugger, ..."
Elisabeth Gruber is married to a Mr.Gruber. Elisabeth Moosbrugger is Guido Moosbrugger's wife (source: FIGU website).
The name "Zafiriou"
On p. 77 Korff states:
"... such as the "fact" that Billy Meier's full, true name is purportedly "Eduard Albert Meier-Zafiriou." However, a subsequent check of the local Canton Police for Meier's region in the town of Hinwil revealed that there is no record of Billy Meier's "true" name containing the word "Zafiriou" in it. ..."
In a footnote Korff writes:
"The name "Zafiriou" has been added by Meier in recent years as his "mission" has taken on more religious overtones. Zafiriou is supposed to be Meier's name as a prophet, reincarnated from a past life."
The truth: In Switzerland it is custom that a husband adds the name of his wife to his own. The maiden name of Billy Meier's wife was - in Greece - Kalliope Zafiriou (source: FIGU website). Scholars and theologicans know of no prophet with a name like 'Zafiriou', which is Greek, not Hebrew or Aramaic.
"The Talmud Immanuel..."
On p. 78-85 Korff discusses the Talmud of Jmmanuel, a document which is being distributed by Meier and which according to him represents the true testament of Jmmanuel (alias Jesus). In his book Korff fails to correctly spell the title of this document. The correct spelling is the Talmud of Jmmanuel and not Talmud Immanuel. Why Jmmanuel is written with a "J" and and not an "I" is explained by Meier in the introductory pages of the document.
Many more false and misleading claims in Korff's discussion of the Talmud of Jmmanuel document are pointed out by James Deardorff in his article A Refutation of false Claims and Distortions by Korff. You can take a look at this article by clicking [../d1999/d1999mai.htm here.]
Why Korff's "channeling garden"-story is a lie
On p. 91 Korff discusses a water pond which can be found on the land around the Semjase Silver Star Center. Korff claims that during his 1991 visit he learned from Simone (a FIGU member) that the water pond is part of a "channeling garden". Korff also writes that he was told that Meier himself has made this water pond and that "the crystals in the water pond are said to help Meier receive his instructions from the Pleiadians."
According to Christian Frehner (personal correspondence, 8 August, 1998) the water pond has no esoteric meaning at all, contrary to what Korff claims. "This is an ordinary, albeit beautiful pond, just like in other gardens. The simple reason of its existence is to bring pleasure to the people who look at it."
Why Korff's didn't obtain any soil samples of the landing-tracks
On pp. 98-99 Korff writes:
"... The perimeter of the Meier compound turned out to be fairly fortified; weaving my way through its defenses would prove to be a challenge. There was a high risk of being seen, due to the location of the tracks. For this reason, I decided to return to the compound at night, dressed in U.S. Army camouflage clothing so that I would minimize my visibility. As Tina and I drove back up the mountain past the Meier property, we parked our car just on the other side of the hill and walked very carefully back down toward the upper parts of the compound. For safety reasons, I made sure that Tina stayed behind, close enough to our car so that she could drive away in the event I did not return or was caught. When I approached one of the electric fences, I calmly slid underneath it, making sure that I did not touch any of its wires. After clearing the fence, I slipped on down the hill and around to where I saw the remains of one of the landing-tracks. Removing some plastic bottles from my pouch, I obtained both control and specimen soil samples. Now that I had my evidence, it was time to get out of there quickly before I got caught. With the existence of dogs at Meier's place, a weapons depot for use by his people when the end of civilization nears, security personnel, and the fact that Meier himself often carries a pistol, I am lucky I was not detected. ... I then ran to our car and Tina and I drove back to the ..."
The following comments were taken from a text on the FIGU website:
1.The only electric and removable fence (with only one wire) was installed around the pasture area where the cows were grazing. There is no road or path in the Center that is barred by a door or a gate, and there is even a public path (a "Wanderweg") that leads through our land and near the house.
2.According to Korff's descripition of his "nocturnal visit" he wasn't at the actual "landing site".
3.Questions: What soil samples did Korff obtain and take with him to America, since he a) wasn't at the correct location and b) wasn't able find even a single blade of grass left from the landing tracks (from 11 years earlier)?! If we FIGU members can't find non-existing landing tracks in broad daylight, how will Korff succeed at night?
4.For more than ten years we don't have a dog anymore.
5.And the "weapons depot"?
- OK, we have a depot of pitchforks; and if some group member would claim that we own an atomic bomb and store it in the cellar doubtlessly some idiots would believe this. In Switzerland, most males have to serve in the Army. They get a gun or a pistol and are allowed to take it home. After you quit the Army you may keep the gun as a present.- Yes, we have some guns and pistols, all legally registered by the authorities.
"There are no original negatives in existence"
On p. 110 Korff writes:
What most people don't realize about Billy Meier's case is that there are no original photographic negatives or source materials of any of Meier's UFO pictures in existence.
On one of the first pages of Verzeichnis - Authentischer Farb-Photos , at the listing of the "Technische Angaben" (technic information), Meier informs the reader that he shot his pictures on diapositive slide film and not negative film. So there are no original negatives in existence simply because the originals were not made on negatives.
Are there any original slides in existence? When I e-mailed Christian Frehner of FIGU in Swizerland and asked this question, I got the answer that there still are original slides in existence. It concerns the more recent UFO photos taken by Meier: those series which show the "wedding cake shaped space crafts".
In a letter of 14 April 1995, Wendelle Stevens informed James Deardorff about the subject of original negatives:
"It was in early 1978 that Bernadette Brand of Meier's inner core group and I took a number of original positive slide transparencies to a photo processing shop they regularly went to in Winterhur to have the internegs [internegatives] made. They were provided by Meier from a box of slides that he thought were originals. Since the internegs were rather expensive I "culled" the poorer slides having no background or no foreground, and blurring from motion of either the craft or the camera, or both, and did not have those copied. I had about 40 internegs made, which I still have. I have no original slides."
So this information indicates that Meier still had many original color slides in 1978, and that Wendelle Stevens inspected those original slides back in 1978.
Neil Davis' analysis
On p. 122 Korff writes:
"...What Kinder fails to mention is that this one sentence he chooses to quote from is the only sentence in Davis's entire four page report that is a positive comment about the Meier UFO photograph he examined."
When one takes a look at Neil Davis' report (Korff 1995, pp. 419-420; Stevens 1982, pp. 276-277) one can see that the actual report consists of 2 pages and not 4 pages as Korff implies.
Korff's claim that Kinder quotes "the only positive comment about the Meier photo in Davis's report" is simply not true. The truth is that apart from Davis' conclusion four more positive comments can be found in Davis' presentation of the test results in the report. Moreover, Kinder quoted those other four positive comments on pp. 149-150 of his Light Years.
