From: Steven Kaeser <steve.nul>
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 16:18:44 -0400
Archived: Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:48:29 -0400
Subject: Re: Bigelow Backs MUFON


>From: John Rimmer <j.rimmer.nul>
>To: <post.nul>
>Date: Sun, 08 Mar 2009 18:34:08 +0000
>Subject: Re: Bigelow Backs MUFON

>>From: Richard Hall <richardhall37.nul>
>>To: post.nul
>>Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2009 11:43:43 -0400
>>Subject: Re: Bigelow Backs MUFON

>>All I can say is lots of luck to MUFON, and may the UFOs
>>cooperate by showing up and leaving physical trace evidence
>>within the next six months.

>>Snicker, snicker!

>Mr Hall, you old cynic, you! Don't I remember another
>millionaire offering to throw money at ufologists? What was his
>name now, Joe... Joe Firmage?

>Whatever happened to him?

John... do you know anything more about Joe Firmage or the other
"angels" of the field, other than what you're read on Updates?
The picture is far more involved than most would want to go into
publicly.

Joe is still trying to promote his web concept, but he hasn't
really made it as big as he did when the dot com business
exploded in the 90's. He, like many others, lost his shirt (I
believe). But I don't believe that Firmage ever came up with
financial assistance for any of the research organizations. He
wanted to promote a web site that could be used to promote well
vetted material, and then promote it (while Joe ran the site and
charged for the information).

Ufology was only one of the areas covered by the site and I
believe that everyone nodded politely when it was proposed.
Let's not compare a web promoter with an actual businessman
trying to make prudent investments in technology discovery.

I believe that the UFO Research Coalition was formed as a
requirement for funding from Bigelow, and the framework
continues to this day in a limited form. But the point is that
substantial funds were made available to coordinate research,
which Bigelow believed was stifled by the infighting that took
place between the three major research groups at that time. His
corporate answer was to bring them into the same tent and give
them all common goals and funding.

But Bigelow has not been the only funding entity that ufology
has been able to tap over the years, but just as they didn't
seek publicity in making those contributions, I'm not sure that
their kindness needs to become the subject of debate and
discussion.

Over the years there have been a very few that have given large
support to ufology, and each has their own reasons for making
that contribution.

I sincerely hope that MUFON's experience with Bigelow's support
is positive and leads to creation of a rabid investigation
group.


Steve




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