Talk:Alternative 3

message: There is an excellent article on alternative 3 here: http://www.forteantimes.com/articles/121_a3.shtml. Perhaps worth investigating. I have also read an article in FT where the original author goes to an A3 conference but doesn't really have the heart to say it was all a hoax, it ends with a tongue in cheek comment that he was beginning to beleive it all himself having heard the 'evidence' and been subjected to the zeal of the participants!—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.29.102.57 (talk) 14:53, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: More info

message: This article takes three paragraphs to get to the point. It is not clear what "Alternative 3" is until that point. There's nothing really wrong with the text, it just needs to be improved structurally to explain what Alternative 3 is in the first paragraph, then get on to the explaination of it. --Sam
This article presents one point of view. It should be neutral. 128.250.6.243 04:56, 24 Mar 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Early Comments

message: I saw this, and even kept the Radio Times for some years (I hesitate to suggest I may still have it!).  It was not transmitted in April (too obvious), and stretched the credulity of a 15 year old. The copyright date was a clear admission of a hoax.  It is amusing that people still believe this, they are probably the same ones who believe that the apollo missions didn'y go to the moon, an that the Earth is flat.  Does anyone mind if we remove the NPOV tag now?  Rich Farmbrough 17:14, 6 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: I was there - NPOV ?

message: While this has all been admitted as a Hoax. There are reasons to believe that it was not just a Hoax, but something more. I first saaw the show in Hamilton, Ontario Canada. it was aired by CHCH channel 11. There were NO actor credits at the end of the movie what so ever. 
Being an avid UFO buff at the time, I called some friends at CHCH tv including Tom Cherrington and asked about the program. Interestingly enough, the Feds had confiscated the original tape and replaced it with the one with the actors credits!
In 1981, Alternative 3 was in the bookstores here. My friend bought 3 copies for us at Book Villa on King street. More of our friends wanted copies and when he went back a few days later, the bookstore lady told him the book was banned and the Feds confiscated all remaining books.
Now thats what I call a HUGE Hoax.. Or none at all..
BadBoris (talk) 17:14, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: BadBoris:  Check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True-believer_syndrome.  I actually think THIS article should be referenced there.  --75.178.83.29 (talk) 19:47, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Thats quite a HOAX! 

message: Seems crammed full of too much speculation. Which is frowned upon for Wiki. Lots42 (talk) 10:38, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Too much speculation 

message: I've trimmed that article to remove completely unsourced rubbish, and to remove most of the conspiracy angle which frankly is only believed by complete and utter loonies. --TS 21:38, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Trimmed

message: Not sure if this the place to post this, however I tried the 3 external links with streamed copies of the movie:
* Alternative 3 Streamed in full and available for download for free at Archive.org
* Alternative 3 Streamed in full for free at Blinkbox.com
* Alternative 3 Streaming Video at the The Anomalies Network
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* Archive.org returns an error (The item is not available due to issues with the item's content.)
* Blinkbox.com says its not available from my country - Canada (Sorry, we don't have the rights to sell this movie in your country)
* Annomalies Network has rearranged its site so the link no longer works. (Oops!  Can not find that page)
I guess the conspiracy continues?
74.15.111.239 (talk) 22:46, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  External Links not working 

message: Did the Anglia TV series "Science Report" actually exist?  I can find no references to it anywhere other than in articles about Alternative 3 itself, and I have no recollection of the series despite having clear memories of the original broadcast.  It has been suggested on a forum for archive TV enthusiasts that it was a fictional series created purely for the purpose of the Alternative 3 hoax. 
Also, it has been suggested that the broadcast was delayed until June 20th not by industrial action, but by the fact that Anglia TV couldn't obtain a networked slot for the programme.  At the time the ITV network was dominated by the "big five" companies and it was often difficult for regional broadcasters to get the slots they wanted.  
GDBarry (talk) 11:24, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Details of original broadcast 

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