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Planet X


5.14.3

For as long as I've been following the underground world of esoterica, which admittedly hasn't been all that long, one debate has raged on through moments of terror and insane hilarity. I am speaking of the great Planet X Debate.

It breaks down like this, Nancy Lieder is a woman claiming to be an abductee who speaks with extra terrestrials from Zeta Reticuli. Seriously, that's what she says. Anyway, she's been blathering on for the past 4 years about the impending arrival of a massive brown dwarf known as Plantet X. Creepy. Unfortunately for us, it's not a comical brown dwarf but rather an unsettling space cloud thing. She says the impending arrival will result in a pole shift, creating massive problems on earth, doom and gloom and all that shit.

What makes it terribly unscary is the way Nancy speaks telepathically with the Zetas. Without much fanfare, Nancy slips into a trance state beginning with "And this is Zeta talk ..." From there she speaks in the third person until finishing up with "End of Zeta talk." This process spawned Zeta Talk. Before you check that creepshow out, be forewarned that it is a massive document detailing 4 years of "Zeta Talks" between Nancy and her friends on Zeta Reticuli. Suffice it to say, Nancy has created or documented, depending on the truthfulness of her writings, a veritable ethnography of the universe answering just about any question you could think of to ask an alien. And if not, ask her, and I'm sure the Zetas will have an answer. How do you think I got these pants?

The reason this doom and gloom prediction has gained ground lies in the fact that Ms.Lieder picked a precise date May 15th, 2003, now stretched to a window of two weeks ending on June 1st. Ooooooh, that's like ... tommorrow-ish. Scary.

On the other side of this debate are the scientists, researchers, and plentiful amateur astronomers who claim that Planet X will not be stopping by in the next two weeks. There reasons are steeped in actual facts as opposed to Nancy's telepathic communications with the Zetas. First, they can't find Planet X despite looking for it where Nancy's specific coordinates. Second, they say it would be blatanly obvious in the sky by now if it were to exist. Third, despite Nancy's claims to a media conspiracy, with the vast network of amateur astronomists, the existance and impending arrival of Planet X would be widely known by now.

Before you run off and start hoarding water and monkey food, it's highly suggested that you check out Phil Plait's Bad Astronomy. Despite the name, Plait's site contains an equally massive amount of information debunking Planet X.

Of course in debates like this, Nancy spins facts to her point of view and the scientists debunk her claims with actual facts. She paints a very scary picture and seems frighteningly genuine which makes you almost believe her. And then the Zetas start speaking through her again and you realize this can't be right.

The hour is nigh for Planet X. I've always heard of these "end of the world" scenarios. This one makes it a bit more interesting because Nancy has specified a date and seems to be the specific source of this rumour. One rarely finds factors like this in a "end of the world" prophecy. Most of the time you just hear it from some creepy hippy who's on his way to Northern Finland to hide out.

I'd say I'm about 85% sure that Nancy is wrong, though I'm holding out sympathetic hope that she may be right and it would be rather interesting to see. Hopefully, there won't be a lot of creepy cultists committing suicide as a result of Nancy and her Zeta/X claims. I have a feeling the next 2 weeks will be rather boring with the possible exception of the fate of Nancy Lieder.

Stay tuned and watch the skies, you creeps.