Friday, October 29, 2010

Colorado ghost hunters oppose Ballot Initiative 300

Ballot Initiative 300 would require the city to set up an Extraterrestrial Affairs Commission to "ensure the health, safety and cultural awareness of Denver residents" when it comes to future contact "with extraterrestrial intelligent beings or their vehicles."

Promoting the initiative is Jeff Peckman, a silver-haired entrepreneur who lives with his parents. Mr. Peckman is a firm believer in intergalactic life, though he has never been personally contacted by an alien.

Peckman faces an impassioned opposition led by Bryan Bonner, who dismisses the unidentified-flying-object buffs as delusional if not outright frauds.

Mr. Bonner is a ghost hunter who has rallied his colleagues at the Rocky Mountain Paranormal Research Society to fight Initiative 300 as an embarrassment to science—and to Denver.

The logic behind Initiative 300 drives the ghost-hunters at Rocky Mountain Paranormal nuts. Mr. Bonner, a founder of the group, says he has no problem with anyone scanning the skies for UFOs. But he does object to giving the saucer seekers credibility by setting them up with an official commission and posting its findings on the city of Denver's website, as Initiative 300 requires.

Compared to that, he says, his profession is a model of discretion.

"The world is full of ghost-hunters," Mr. Bonner says, "but we're not trying to get ourselves affiliated with the city government."

1 comment:

  1. Bryan Bonner is a total fraud. He is a government plant and an MKUltra piece of MInd control filth. We know ALL about his agenda and his is nothing but a low paid disinfo agent. Bonner- go away, we have had enough of your lies.

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