CLASS ACTION AGAINST BILLY MEIER?

[Jan 19, 1995] -- After more than 15 years of controversy, the stories and spectacular photographs of Swiss farmer Eduard "Billy" Meier, purporting to document his repeated contacts with visitors from the Pleiades, remain the subject of heated debate. In the early 1980's, soon after the Meier photos became widely distributed, the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) took the official position that the Meier case represented "the hoax of the century." Since that time, Meier has had many staunch defenders, but claims of hoax refuse to die and may in fact be gaining the upper hand.

CNI News has just received from Glen Hoyen, president of Underground Video, an announcement that extensive new analysis of Meier photos has produced impressive indications of hoax. On that basis, Hoyen intends to institute a consumer fraud class action suit against Meier. Hoyen says his claims are the result of work done mainly by himself, Gary LoConti of UltraMatrix Corporation, and Kal Korff of Total Research. ISCNI and CNI News take no position on the accuracy of the announced findings. The text of Hoyen's announcement follows:

"Recently Underground Video began an in-depth inquiry into the most sensational UFO case in history. Our investigation first began as a supportive effort to verify the known facts of the Meier case to present the truth of alien-human contact to skeptics.

"With the assistance of members from the Hollywood special effects team of the UltraMatrix Corporation, we studied the Meier photographs and claims made by Meier's 'Talmud Jmmanual,' Genesis III Publishing, 'Light Years' by Gary Kinder, 'The Pleiadian Connection' by Randolph Winters, and the movie 'Contact.' We also spent considerable time tracking the claims of computer expert Jim Dilettoso, as well as claims made through Michael Hesemann by Guido Moosbrugger from Meier's FIGU cult in Switzerland.

After six months of intense inquiry, with the assistance of cinematographers, physicists, and computer analysts from Total Research, we found the claims of the representatives of the Meier case to be absolutely untrue. We discovered miniature models, and a variety of deceptive methods used to create this hoax.

Underground Video was one of the foremost defenders of the Meier material. We are disappointed to now learn the entire case is a hoax. Representations of any authenticity with regard to this case made by alleged scientific examination has proved to be totally unreliable and misleads the general public into believing a carefully fabricated lie. The persons who authenticated the Meier case are not credible scientists nor investigators.

Any previous representations of authenticity of the Meier case in the Underground Video product catalog should be ignored. Our findings will be presented to the Attorney General to see if a consumer fraud case can be instituted against the Meier cult in Switzerland. Underground video will continue to make the Meier material available to investigators and the general public who desire to study the hoax and how it has been sold to the public for nearly twenty years.

Anyone who has previously purchased any Meier materials may write Underground Video to be included in a Consumer Fraud Class Action Suit.

Write to: Underground Video, Meier Class Action Suit, Box 527, Beverly Hills, CA 90213-0527.

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