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Since 2001? The CIA was actually trying to spy on the Russians via psychic powers in the late 1970's: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargate_Project https://en

by parsimo2010 7y ago

Since 2001? The CIA was actually trying to spy on the Russians via psychic powers in the late 1970's: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargate_Project https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargate_Project (edit- I suppose it was the US Army and the CIA) There was a group of people that committed suicide to try and get their souls on a magical spaceship in the early 1970's: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven%27s_Gate_(religious_group) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven%27s_Gate_(religious_gro... Weird stuff has been going on forever, it's just that our capacity to report meaningless stuff has grown over time. A few decades ago you would have never heard about two ships colliding with zero casualties unless you worked in the shipping industry or maybe the Venezuelan government.

nradov 7y ago
That reminds me of a funny story. Back in the 90's before they all killed themselves, the Heaven's Gate UFO cult actually tried to recruit at my college by passing out flyers titled "Last Chance to Advance Beyond Human". Of course we all thought it was hilarious. Next week some guys threw a kegger and put up flyers to advertise: "One More Chance to Advance Beyond Human!"
perl4ever 7y ago
"A few decades ago you would have never heard about two ships colliding with zero casualties unless you worked in the shipping industry or maybe the Venezuelan government." "You" being someone who didn't read printed material like newspapers and magazines before the internet became mainstream.