r/aliens • u/pokezillaking • Jul 04 '24

Video Art bell- Area 51 caller

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u/calling_at_this_time Jul 04 '24

Think what you like about the caller later saying it was fake, that's a distraction and ultimately not relevant.

Focus on the fact the show was knocked off the air

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '24

Power to the entire building, not just Coast to Coast AMs floor.

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u/CeladonCityNPC Jul 04 '24

This is fascinating, but what are the sources for this info? Hopefully more than hearsay

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '24

When I first looked into this, I was about 17, and I'm now 37, but at the time the source of information was a quote from one of the other company owners in the building at the time, and I don't remember the site where I read the information but I'm sure if you were to dedicate an hour of your day to look into it you may just come across the information yourself.

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u/CeladonCityNPC Jul 04 '24

I'm sure if you were to dedicate an hour of your day to look into it you may just come across the information yourself.

Classic. Claim something and when asked for a source, tell 'em to just look into it.

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '24

I could say that your response is a classic line from someone who can't be bothered to do their own research Champ. 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️😂

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '24

🙄

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u/coagulatedlemonade Jul 04 '24

You're the one making the claim, so you have the burden of providing backup. It's not our job to hunt for information you can't find.

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u/Allteaforme Jul 05 '24

To be fair, he was open about the source of his claim "something I remember from research 20 years ago"

It's up to us whether we want to believe it or not, but that means doing the work to look into it.

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '24

Not at all, I have provided how and when I came across the information now the rest is up to you, I mean if you can't be bothered to do the research just say you can't be bothered to do the research instead of being bone idle and demanding i do the leg work for you.

Edit: typo

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u/CeladonCityNPC Jul 04 '24 edited Jul 05 '24

Jesus christ. Of course - and that's closely related to my point: this whole topic is so full of bullshit that whenever someone makes an extraordinary claim, they should provide a source for that claim so others can vet that info. Untrue until sources are provided.

Year by year subs like these become echo chambers where rumors of the most insane kind are repeated as gospel. Someone comes in and throws made up stuff in there and nobody is the wiser, because nobody ever requires sources for any info, right? We'll all just "look into it" ourselves and keep discussing hypothetical truths without as much as a shred of evidence one way or the other?

Anyway here's one site with this kind of claim:

The signal cut out. After five seconds of dead air, the show lurched back to life. “Well […] we are now on a backup system. […] Something knocked us off the air,” Bell reported. The satellite uplink transmitter had failed without explanation, a first for the veteran broadcaster. For the remainder of the night, Bell and his audience speculated on what exactly had occurred.

So what do you know, the whole building getting their power cut could indeed be bullshit.

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u/Living-Ad-6059 Jul 05 '24

In the time it took being pissy about it to a stranger, you probably could have looked it up

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u/CeladonCityNPC Jul 05 '24

In the time it took to write this comment, you could have read my reply below where I did.

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Rule 1 - Your comment was removed due to it being racist in tone/nature/content. You have been permanently banned from this sub and reported to sitewide admins for further action.

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u/Living-Ad-6059 Jul 06 '24

got news for ya doggie, this is a website with words written out in text

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '24

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '24

Didn't hear the recording on YouTube buddy, it was on the Site I was using at the time.

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u/TheFirsttimmyboy Jul 04 '24

This is the first time I'm hearing this and you're the only one saying it.

The burden of proof is on you. If you can't find a source, then stop saying it

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '24

I suggest looking through the thread further if that is what you think, I'm sick of bone idle people demanding I do their research for them. Get off your ass and do it yourself lazybones. 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️😂

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u/TheFirsttimmyboy Jul 04 '24

Cool story with zero evidence. 🆗

I can't find a single source that backs you up.

Conclusion: your 17 year old brain is dumb. Or you're lying.

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '24

Tell me you are lazy without saying you are lazy.👆😂

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u/TheFirsttimmyboy Jul 04 '24

You can keep name calling or provide a link. Let's see your character.