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Re: PBS show: Lost Archives



But where is Eric VonDahniken [sic] when you really need him?!

Kevin (really, 2 of every living thing into the Ark???) Bunker
Student Assistant
California State Archives

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> From:         Tom Berry[SMTP:tberry@HCEA.NET]
> Reply To:     Tom Berry
> Sent:         Tuesday, July 03, 2001 2:59 PM
> To:   ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
> Subject:      Re: PBS show: Lost Archives
>
> Exotic, bizarre, sensationalist paranoia (i.e., "what THEY don't want you
> to
> know!") sells. Mundane facts don't. "The X-Files" motto has it right: "The
> truth is out there." Trouble is, it's too dull to be of interest to far
> too
> many people who swallow this kind of claptrap hook, line and sinker. How
> sad
> that PBS is marketing this rot.
>
> Best wishes for the 4th,
>
> Thomas Berry, Archivist
> Historical Construction Equipment Association
> 16623 Liberty Hi Road
> Bowling Green, Ohio 43402
> Phone 419-352-5616
> Fax 419-352-6086
> tberry@wcnet.org
> http://www.hcea.net
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Tarabulski" <tarabuls@UIDAHO.EDU>
> To: <ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 5:14 PM
> Subject: Re: PBS show: Lost Archives
>
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Connie Jones
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 12:25
> > Subject: PBS show
> >
> > > First allow me to apologize if you have already heard of this, I am a
> bit
> > > behind on reading my email. Tonight, at least on my local PBS station,
> is
> > a
> > > series of specials called "Phenomenon: The Lost Archives." Tonight's
> > > episode: "Noah's Ark Found?" ..... In my listings it says it repeats
> on
> > > Sundays. There are definitely more than one episode, but I'm not sure
> how
> > > many... at least 5.
> >
> > Here's a description of  the series from Amazon.com.  As Daniel S. said
> > about the high school students who couldn't answer basic questions about
> > American history: "Sad.  Sad sad sad.  I shouldn't be surprised, but..."
> >
> > "UFOs, ancient mysteries and future science; fifty years of government
> > secrets kept, not only from our enemies, but from ourselves!
> "Phenomenon:
> > The Lost Archives" is the first program to delve into the forbidden
> > storeroom of lies, secrets and cover-ups used by powerful people and
> > governments to keep the public in the dark. From the stolen journals of
> > Nicola Tesla, to the anchors of Noah's Ark on the peaks of Mt. Ararat,
> to
> > the 40 megaton explosion in the wastelands of Siberia. "Phenomenon: The
> Lost
> > Archives" exposes the almost inconceivable stories of deceit,
> conspiracy,
> > sanctioned piracy and scientific knowledge hidden from the world for far
> too
> > long. Finally, all that you haven't seen about everything you shouldn't
> > know. 13 one-hour episodes on a two disc set, hosted by Dean Stockwell.
> > Episodes: Tunguska: The Russian Roswell; Noah's Ark Found?; Stolen
> Glory:
> > The Cover-Up of Cosmonaut Vladimir Ilyushin; Follow Me: Anatomy of a
> Cult;
> > Are We Alone in the Universe?; Abduction: A UFO Controversy; UFO
> Contact:
> > The Truth is Stranger Than Fiction; UFO Top Secret: The U.S.
> Government's
> > Secret UFO Research Project; Tesla: The Genius Who Lit the World; Tech
> > Deception: Inside the U.S. Government's HARP Program; Free Energy: The
> > Coming Energy Revolution; Phenomenon: The Footage Archives; Truth or
> > Consequences: The Space Station Scam "
> >
> > Tell me this tired nonsense is not really going to be on PBS!   Say it
> ain't
> > so. I demand my pledge money back.  Here's the real "phenomenon",
> quotidian
> > as it may be: An awful lot of people revel in consuming "almost
> > inconceivable stories of deceit, conspiracy, sanctioned piracy and
> > scientific knowledge hidden from the world for far too long" and would
> > sooner read or watch (and maintain a belief in) exotic, romantic,
> > pseudo-scientific, cloud-cuckooland claptrap that accords with their
> > misguided notions of the way things are (or at least oughta be) than
> accept
> > mundane proof to the contrary.  And, God, I know, I'm one. Unless I
> pinch
> > myself.  Such bruises I have.
> >
> > It's shows like these (and the myriad books that spawn them) that make
> me
> > wonder what good archives are when so many people see either nothing or
> only
> > what their preconceptions let them see. The numerous real instances of
> > genuine perfidious government conspiracies and cover-ups don't help, of
> > course, but for all of the accumulated knowledge in libraires and
> archives,
> > available for the asking, sitting around the fire telling big bad
> bogeyman
> > stories is as popular today as when Noah and sons built that ark.  Maybe
> the
> > real scarey story is that the greatest good for the greatest number--to
> come
> > from libraries and archives, I mean--is, to invoke the Rod, not that
> they
> > provide a path to the summit of our knowledge but rather to the pit of
> our
> > fears.
> >
> > Yours, come Heck (a bow to those who don't like foul language on the
> > listserv) or high water.
> >
> >
> > Michael "From the Tribe of  Ham*" Tarabulski
> > Archivist
> > International Jazz Collections
> > Lionel Hampton Center
> > University of Idaho
> > Moscow, ID 83844-4257
> > (208) 885-6355
> > -------------------------------
> > *F. Gerald
> >
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