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Conspiracy Nation -- Vol. 10 Num. 15
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("Quid coniuratio est?")
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HALE-BOPP COMET BEING *FOLLOWED*.... BY ITS OWN TAIL
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Hale-Bopp Comet Also Being Followed By Its Own *Tale*
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An explanation for the supposed mysterious object following the
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approaching Hale-Bopp comet was given on "Sounds Like Science,"
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broadcast on National Public Radio (NPR) on Feb. 1, 1997. The
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following is my transcription of what was said. Because I don't
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have the names of the two persons involved in the discussion of
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Hale-Bopp and the "mysterious object," they are designated as "A"
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and "B."
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A: Let's talk a little about, looking forward to next
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month. And I know this spring is going to be an exciting
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time, not only for professional but for amateur
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astronomers, because we're getting close to Hale-Bopp comet
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time. Right?
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B: There is a new comet which is now well on its way
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toward the inner solar system: Hale-Bopp. It should be
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best seen in the evening sky in late March and early April.
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And I'm sure our listeners will be hearing much more about
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it as the weeks go on.
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A: I've got to share something I've discovered on the
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Internet. Now you've got to take this for what it's worth,
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since it came off the Internet. But there's an Internet
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story -- rumors -- that Hale-Bopp is being trailed by a
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UFO.
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B: Oh this is a wonderful story! We actually now know how
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it happened. An astronomer was looking at Hale-Bopp
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through a telescope and saw what was a perfectly ordinary
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star. But because he was using a computer program to
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predict what should be out there, he didn't set the setting
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for this program right, and the program didn't show that
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star. And he got all scared that there was a star his
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program wasn't showing. And he sent out this big message
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on the Internet: "I've discovered an unknown object!"
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Hale-Bopp has actually turned out to be a perfectly
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ordinary star. But this guy was so enchanted with his
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discovery, he refused to back down and went on national
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radio (not NPR, of course, but lesser radio stations) and
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announced this unknown object -- creating a huge, paranoid
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story which is still resonating on the wire.
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A: Next we're going to hear that the star had the face of
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Elvis [Presley] on it!
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B: [Laughs] That's right! And came from "the face on Mars!"
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There's nothing following Hale-Bopp, except its own
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tail.
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So there you have it. Conspiracy Nation is inclined to agree,
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that there is no UFO following Hale-Bopp.
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Not to say, however, that Hale-Bopp has no significance. A book
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named (as I recall) "Planetary Influence on Human Behavior" lends
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support to astrological ideas. The book shows statistically
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significant correlations between sample "birth charts" and
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professional careers. A group of famous actors, sports
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champions, and scientists was taken at random, and their birth
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charts were studied. A definite link between planetary positions
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and subsequent careers was established. So who knows? Hale-Bopp
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may influence human behavior and/or political events in some way.
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Aperi os tuum, decerne quod justum est, et judica inopem et
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