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Note: The following was sent to UFONET I by Dr. Willy Smith.
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OPEN LETTER TO JERRY CLARK
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Dear Jerry Clark:
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I have received from several UNICAT associates a copy of your opus
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magnum THE SMITH PRINCIPLE. To paraphrase and immortal line: "The
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'gentleman' doth protest too much, methinks." Here is why.
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(1) Whoa! I must have touched a raw nerve to rate such a
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lengthy and passionate reply! Or perhaps, as Michel (sic) Corbin
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and others have put it, I might be on target. Remember, you are not
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supposed to be emotional; that is my province, according to you. At
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any rate, words can't describe the satisfaction that you have given
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me with your piece, for which I thank you. I hope you will find a
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place to publish it (other than the IUR).
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(2) While I regret that you did not have the integrity
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(others would have say manhood) to send me directly a copy of your
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paper, I must admit that I was also pleased by your pusillanimity.
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(3) You can't really expect that I will release confidential
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correspondence from Dr. Hynek just to make a point, do you? But
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maybe you do.
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(4) Sorry for calling you a "weekend ufologist". Mea culpa!
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I didn't know your fortunes had improved enough to obviate the need
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for honest renumerated work, and I will refer to you from now on as
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the "pseudo-ufologist", unless you tell me otherwise. What about
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that?
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(5) Your statements about Fuller et al, are foolhardy, as
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documented evidence exists that the anti-UNICAT article was
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solicited more than a year ago by you. For which I thank you, as
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it has made me many friends around the world. I assume that you
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have seen the many versions published abroad (sorry, I forgot that
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you know only English!).
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(6) My legal advisers have told me that your statement,
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"...has consistently misrepresented his educational background..."
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besides being false, is libelous and actionable. But don't fret,
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Jerome! I know that education --- specially others' --- has always
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been a sore point with you, and I have no intention of hurting you,
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as you are such a source of fun! Besides, it would be a pyrrhic
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(consult dictionary if in doubt) victory, because you have no
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visible resources to pay if I were to obtain a judgement -- a rather
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easy thing, since your source is very likely a well-known forger
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of signatures and other things.
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Do me a favour: please do NOT reply to this open letter.
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And when you feel the urge to write against me, or UNICAT, or
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Dr. Hynek once again (perhaps the next full moon, or when you have
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a new row with wife Nancy) be more manly and mail me a copy. OK?
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Dr. Willy Smith
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UNICAT Project
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September 1, 1989
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27/235
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