Confirming MeierÕs Jupiter Information
and
Debunking the Incompetent, Incorrect
DebunkersÉAgain
I am revisiting the Jupiter-Io information in the Billy Meier case because someone on astronomer Stuart Robbins' blog recently reffered to the skeptical attack posted at the IIG website in 2004
As the information below will show, point by point, Meier's publication of the Jupiter-Io information - including that Io is the most volcanically active body in the solar system (the most important discovery of the Voyager mission) - was verifiably published long before "official discovery" by NASA.
Faced with this ironclad proof, Stuart Robbins still refused to even look at the information himself. Such is the level of prejudice, denial and religious fundamentalism of those who call themselves skeptics. It is clearly unscientific, to say the least.
Please also pay especial attention to points number 2. and 7. below, where the skeptic himself validates Meier's information. I had missed this the first time I saw the skeptical article, years ago. This alone means that the skeptics have actually confirmed Meier's accuracy.
In going over the skeptical
attempt, once should ask why Ike42, a dedicated, anonymous skeptic Ð using the internet and a huge library Ð couldnÕt find the other information that both corroborates and
vindicates Meier?
After all, Ike42 himself
says:
ÒMy research resources were the internet and the Marriott Library at the University of Utah.
I located most of the historical information using these databases:
JSTOR (Science journal)
LexisNexis Academic (major
newspapers and magazines)
ProQuest (New York Times Historical archive)
EBSCO (others)Ó
LetÕs go through the points
he raised, one by one. Since there is nothing significant in point 1. to
discuss, pro or con, letÕs go toÉ
2. 115th Contact:
Miscellaneous Facts
ÒAll of these facts are
still believed to be true. All of them were reported in news articles during
March 1979ÉÓ
Here Ike42 doesnÕt dispute that
MeierÕs right, he simply tries to evade the issue by referring to unknown and
unnamed sources, which he admits were dated after Meier was proven to have published the information!
Now donÕt go rushing to the
conclusion that heÕs secretly on Òour sideÓ. HeÕs not. HeÕs just trying to be dismissive of nine specific scientific facts that Meier published before they were "officially discovered" - effectively validating Meier!
3. 115th Contact:
Composition of Ring
ÒMichael Horn's article
claims that the first time scientists reported that Jupiter's ring was made of
small particles was August 1995. I found many articles before that. For example,
the ring is reported to contain particles in all of these:
Aviation Week, 12 March 1979 [AW1]
New York Times, 1 April 1979 [NYT11]
New York Times, 12 July 1979 [NYT12]
New York Times, 31 July 1979 [NYT13]
Science, 23 November 1979 [Sci3]
This information is still
believed to be true.Ó
É again, why Ð does he list sources verifiably dated after Meier was proven to have published the information? Stevens already had the information on March 9. The earliest date Ike42 mentions is March 12Éthe day of the Òofficial announcementÓ.
We have to remember that Meier's information was first published on October 19, 1978, five months before the earliest date cited by Ike42.
4. 115th Contact:
Amalthea
ÒThe moon closest to
Jupiter (Amalthea) Ôwould only measure approximately 200 km in length, which I
defined as a gigantic hen's egg.Õ"
Typical of the integrity
characteristic of pseudo-scientific skeptics, Ike 42 didnÕt include MeierÕs
actual quote (emphasis added), ÒI believe it was the moon closest to Jupiter, the name of
which I do not remember any more.Ó Meier forgot which moon it was but
Òapproximately 200 km in lengthÓ is still acceptable.
5. 115th Contact: Io's
Ocean
Regarding Meier stating that
Io once had water on its surface, Ike42 states, ÒMeier's incorrect information
again matches incorrect information reported in the media.Ó
Really? What about this, "Computer models suggest Io formed in a region around Jupiter where water ice was plentiful. Io's heat, combined with the resulting possibility of liquid water, could have made life plausible.
'There must have been quite a lot of water on Io shortly after formation, judging from the amount of water ice on Europa and Ganymede,' said Schulze-Makuch"?
CouldnÕt he find the true facts in the library and on the internet in 2004Éas easily
as he assumed Meier was getting them in 1979 from, well fromÉwhom or what?
6. 115th Contact:
Eruption Info
ItÕs almost too foolish to
comment on. Meier gave approximate figures for a phenomenon thatÉwasnÕt
even known at the time he published them. It turns out that his approximations were certainly close enough.
7. 115th Contact: Io
Plasma Torus
ÒIf Jupiter's ring is what Meier meant, then the described composition
is wrong. I have found no report that Jupiter's ring contains sulfur ions. The
Io plasma torus, on the other hand, is thought to primarily consist of sulfur
ions. This was widely reported in 1979 (and is still reported today)ÉÓ
I have skipped to the
second reference that he included, which couldnÕt be clearer but emphasis added anyway:
New York Times, 12 March 1979 [NYT8]
ÔThe extremely ionized
sulfur particles found in the
huge ring encircling Jupiter at the orbit of IoÕ*
So Ike42 absolutely
contradicts himself and includes published evidence thatÉMeier was correct! And Ð again Ð it wasnÕt published until the day of
the Òofficial announcementÓ.
8. 115th Contact: Source
of Jupiter's Ring
Yes, contrary to Ike42Õs
assertions, Meier was also correct about material in JupiterÕs ring being
composed of dust particles from volcanoes on Io, take a look: ÒIt is also
likely that volcanic particles from Io contribute to Jupiter's faint ring
system.Ó (Search: http://www.astronomy-education.com/ for "JupiterÕs moons and rings"; see last sentence). And note that itÕs already
established that the volcanic particles from IoÕs volcanoes indeed contain sulfur.
And there's even more information
about it here:
ÒAlthough dust always is
entering the solar system, it also is escaping, said Colwell. Research by CU's
Horanyi in 1993 using Ulysses spacecraft data indicated that some of the
microscopic dust particles originating from volcanoes on Jupiter's moon, Io,
were traveling in streams at more than 100 miles per second. This allowed them
not only to escape Jupiter's magnetic grip but to escape from the solar system
as well, said Colwell.Ó
And notice the information here about the discovery in April of 1979, which also would have been impossible for Meier to have access to.
Ike42 seems to have omitted one hugely important fact, i,e, that Meier specifically stated - on October 19, 1978 - that Io is the most volcanically active body in the solar system. This was not only confirmed by NASA five months later - on March 12, 1979 - but was announced as the MOST important discovery of the entire Voyager mission.
There is absolutely nothing credible or accurate about Ike42Õs so-called
ÒresearchÓ...except that he actually corroborates and validates Meier's information and just fails to notice it.
So is there any other conclusion that can logically be drawn other than that Meier got there first, with the help of the Plejaren?
Michael Horn
September 26, 2011