Billy Meier

:''Not to be confused with the slightly less out-of-touch [[Bill Maher]].''
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 Billy Meier in 2010]]
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'''Eduard Albert "Billy" Meier'''<ref group=note>He reportedly got the nickname from an American female friend, because his "cowboy" style of dress reminded her of Billy the Kid.</ref> {{lived|1937}} is a [[Switzerland|Swiss]] guy who has claimed, since 1975, to be [[contactee|in contact]] with humanoid [[alien]]s from the Pleiades. (Well, since 1995 they insist that they actually are from the Plejaren star system that is beyond the Pleiades and in another dimension.)<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20130126003624/http://www.steelmarkonline.com/pleiadians.htm The truth about the Pleiadians], Steelmark</ref><ref group=note>Somewhat confusingly, "Plejaren" and "Plejaran" are used interchangeably.</ref>

Along with the contact transcripts, Meier has produced a lot of [[UFO]] photographs and videos that look suspiciously like fakes. Apart from these, Meier also published pictures which he photographed during his alleged space and time travels. But most of these photos were shown to be taken from magazines, TV, etc.<ref>[http://www.billymeieruforesearch.com/photos-and-videos/#Space_and_Time_travel_pictures Space and Time travel pictures], Billy Meier UFO Research</ref> A series of photos of attractive female humanoids turned out to be pictures of a TV screen showing a 1970s TV show.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20091109024202/http://forgetomori.com/2009/aliens/asket-and-nera Asket and Nera], forgetomori</ref> Another photo, of a pterosaur, supposedly taken when Meier traveled back in time on a Plejaren spaceship, was simply a photo of an illustration in a book about [[dinosaur]]s.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081012045930/http://www.iigwest.com/investigations/meier/dinosaur_deconstruction.html Billy Meier - Dinosaur Photo Deconstruction], Independent Investigations Group</ref> When some people pointed out that a purported interstellar spaceship looked like a bunch of Christmas tree ornaments glued on top of the lid of a garbage can,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090225211902/http://www.iigwest.com/investigations/meier/wedding_cake_ufo_deconstruction.html Billy Meier - Wedding Cake UFO Deconstruction], Independent Investigations Group</ref> 
Meier
 the Plejaran Ptaah gave the following [[bullshit|explanation]]:
{{cquote|As far back as the 1920s we worked with flying devices you have named the 'Wedding Cake Ship,' but they were only available for operations on Earth toward the end of the 1970s. This particular type of flying device was designed specifically for the Earth, and for this reason we endeavored to transmit all of the necessary data regarding the vehicles' shape to terrestrial scientists, in the form of telepathic impulses, to assist them in developing flying disks on Earth. (...) We thoroughly investigated the entire situation and discovered that the old, newly re-emerged drawings were used for the design and production of these receptacle covers.|||Ptaah|254th Contact Report}}

In 1997, Meier's ex-wife revealed in interviews that his photos were actually of spaceship models he created using everyday items such as trash can lids, carpet tacks, and other household objects. She also claimed that the tales of his encounters with aliens were equally fabricated.<ref>Clingbine, Graham, 30 October, 2015. Disclosure: The Future is Now. Troubador. p. 341.</ref>

Meier founded his own UFO [[cult]] called ''Freie Interessengemeinschaft für Grenz und Geisteswissenschaften und Ufologiestudien'' (Free Community of Interests for the Border and Spiritual Sciences and Ufological Studies, or FIGU for short), and also [[insanity|claims]] to be the direct reincarnation of [[prophet]]s Enoch, Elijah, [[Book of Isaiah|Isaiah]], [[Book of Jeremiah|Jeremiah]], [[Jesus]], and [[Mohammed]]. Seems legit.

==See also==
* [[Pleiadians]]
* [[George Adamski]]
* [[Juhan af Grann]]

==External links==
*Multiple coverage on the ''Exposing PseudoAstronomy'' podcast: (all links are to show notes)
**[http://podcast.sjrdesign.net/shownotes_032.php Episode 32: Interview About the Billy Meier UFO Case with Derek Bartholomaus]
**[http://podcast.sjrdesign.net/shownotes_049.php Episode 49: Billy Meier, Michael Horn, and Asteroid Apophis]
**[http://podcast.sjrdesign.net/shownotes_090.php Episode 90: Investigation into Billy Meier's Alleged Foreknowledge About Stuff About Jupiter and Saturn]

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