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:::Otherwise, BON has a point: NASA has had some management problems in the last decade (e.g. the cancelled Constellation program and, recently, the ballooning budget of the James Webb space telescope). Their chief problems seem to be political, though.
 
:::Otherwise, BON has a point: NASA has had some management problems in the last decade (e.g. the cancelled Constellation program and, recently, the ballooning budget of the James Webb space telescope). Their chief problems seem to be political, though.
 
:::There's also the fact that for the average <s>conspiracy theorist</s> US citizen, spaceflight = NASA, ignoring the fact that there are private launch providers. If you really want a secret project, the military is the place to go, not NASA - it is a civilian and quite open agency. --[[User:ZooGuard|ZooGuard]] ([[User talk:ZooGuard|talk]]) 12:17, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
 
:::There's also the fact that for the average <s>conspiracy theorist</s> US citizen, spaceflight = NASA, ignoring the fact that there are private launch providers. If you really want a secret project, the military is the place to go, not NASA - it is a civilian and quite open agency. --[[User:ZooGuard|ZooGuard]] ([[User talk:ZooGuard|talk]]) 12:17, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
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::::Maybe it's all a tyop and it should be NSA?--[[User:Bob_M|Bob]][[User_Talk:Bob_M|<sup>Spring is sprung!</sup>]] 14:34, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
  
 
== Rivaling Poe's Law ==
 
== Rivaling Poe's Law ==

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Popular

This is bringing in a lot of search engine traffic last month or so, worth expanding I think if people know about it. tmtoulouse 19:13, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

Never heard of this before but after reading the page I think it sounds fantastic! GO PROJECT BLUE BEAM! Acei9 19:19, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
This site is growing rapidly! The Foxhole Atheist (talk) 19:28, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
It was made by CUR. Countdown till deletion and massive flaming.... --75.35.180.7 (talk) 00:20, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

Um

...what the fuck? I mean, I've heard some pretty whacked-out-insane conspiracy theories before - I once talked to a guy who thought the Pearl Harbor attack was a false flag operation by Australia - but this takes the cake. I'm tempted to call Poe on this one. I Eat Glue (talk) 20:14, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

It buys into the entire conspiracy cluster. The gibbering appears quite believable as far as I can tell - David Gerard (talk) 19:27, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

...opinion please http://www.abbaswatchman.com/Project%20blue%20beam.jpg — Unsigned, by: 91.120.104.224 / talk / contribs

Opinion about what? If this is supposed to be some kind of "leaked" document, it is not - it looks like a scan of Serge Monast's book, or at least the text is from it. It is quoted here, for example.--ZooGuard (talk) 18:18, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

Thatis just lol

It's like a bad scifi

the reality

Notwithstanding the humor of this article, Project Blue Beam is real and existing *planned* multi-phase project.

If it weren't, there would be no significant testimony,no evidence, nor a need to publicly discredit it as a wild "conspiracy theory."

As it turns out, there is a modicum of testimony and supporting evidence.

Even if the project never actually gets completed, which of course is what the majority of humanity will aspire towards, the existence of a thorough plan should make those aware take pause.

It's worthy to note that it can take a leap of consciousness to go from being skeptical about such "wild" theories, to accepting them as at least a potential reality. Hence humor is a great way to break the ice. In this way, ironically, this article may actually increase awareness.

I recommend by starting with the original account by Serge Monast, and then branching from there for more information.

The rational person, upon reading all the information, will assess the probability of its truthfulness, and plan either way. Hence I wanted to include this perspective on rational wiki. — Unsigned, by: Drationalwiki / talk / contribs

Thank you for your contribution. ħumanUser talk:Human 05:19, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, and best of luck on your journey.

Entry point

This is bringing in search traffic, would be worth working on if anyone has knowledge/interest in the topic. tmtoulouse 17:40, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

Did a quick polish. TinWiki has of course died, their forum has much undoubtedly useful information on it. educate-yourself.org is obviously the Canadian whale.to.
BTW, how PITA would it be to put up the top search terms of each week or month regularly? - David Gerard (talk) 18:32, 31 July 2010 (UTC)
They all come from reading log files, so it could be automated. I will think about it. tmtoulouse 18:48, 31 July 2010 (UTC)
I can tell when I've been doing serious research for a RationalWiki article: I feel stupider - David Gerard (talk) 19:25, 31 July 2010 (UTC)
HA! If this is so secret how come it's not on Wikileaks?--BobSpring is sprung! 20:48, 31 July 2010 (UTC)
Because the war in Afghanistan is a FALSE FLAG operation to DISTRACT Wikileaks with hundreds of thousands of pages of documents to go through - David Gerard (talk) 20:53, 31 July 2010 (UTC)
Good one. Please add in some way to snartikle? ħumanUser talk:Human 02:27, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
This article I think works well just accurately describing the stupidity. I did chuck the quote into Conspiracy theory - David Gerard (talk) 14:45, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
I hit French Wikipedia and cribbed from the article with the help of Google Trashlate. I can now confidently state that we have the best article on the topic and its originator in English - David Gerard (talk) 15:16, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
I have moved the Monast bio to Serge Monast - apparently he's popular with Francophone conspiracists even if he's barely been heard of in the English-speaking world outside Project Blue Beam - David Gerard (talk) 19:05, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

CPification

I see Kenimg has volunteered to do CP's article. Can't wait to see 'Does NASA have machismo' cross-posts. I also like his self-fulfilling prophecy "I would love to see this article featured on the main page of Conservapedia." Like they'd have a choice otherwise. --PsyGremlin講話 14:37, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

I was joking when I said that. If Trent does run a regular search queries list, I predict Ken will be its most avid follower - David Gerard (talk) 14:42, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
I see scope for Trent making a list of all our naughtiest articles so we can sit back and watch Ken create them over there. --PsyGremlinSnakk! 14:45, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
Running my own crap site, I get to see all the server logs and they are quite comprehensive. It would indeed be great fun to see all RW's logs in detail, although that might divulge more personal information than we usually tolerate here. Redchuck.gif ГенгисRationalWiki GOLD member 13:02, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

Rant

(moved from article)

Who is this idiot that claims almost all details of fundamentalist religion has been proven wrong. Blanket statements like that are proof that this clown just wants to mock people instead of using facts to back up this statement. Is everythiung they say true? of course not but specificsare in order needed otherwise as I stated the blanket statement means nothing except that we are probably dealing with an atheist. No big deal just showsarrogance and ignorance by making such a blanket statemenrt without suporting details so one can refute if needed.— Unsigned, by: 65.67.102.98 / talk / contribs

Information on who writes our articles can be found here.--BobSpring is sprung! 11:52, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

Is it just me, or is this article totally poorly written and not objective?— Unsigned, by: 66.104.250.34 / talk / contribs

It's probably just you. Who said objectivity was a target? 22:11, 2 November 2010 (UTC) SusanG Toast
If we were aiming for objectivity, the word "retarded" would be used far more often. Although it does need a little bit of polish in places. Scarlet A.pngpathetic 00:59, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

snark

Project Blue Beam is likely all bunk, but do we really need the snide remarks? Stick with the facts - those kinds of comments come off as immature and reduces credibility.— Unsigned, by: 24.136.232.60 / talk / contribs

See RW:SPOV. If you think that any individual example of snark is too much, please identify it.--ZooGuard (talk) 14:09, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

I'm great at seeing correlations, how about you?

Oh, snap, I was born in 1983. I must be the simulated second coming of Jesus Antichrist! Aphoxema (talk) 14:15, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

T' web

I've noticed this getting some mention round the websphere, I wondered when there'd be some comments. 20:57, 15 October 2010 (UTC) SusanG Toast

Simulated second coming

I had a girlfriend like that once. Redchuck.gif ГенгисRationalWiki GOLD member 14:05, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

Not plausible

If the antichrist was going to use a government agency to take over the world, i really hope he would have chosen something a little more secretive and successful than NASA. I mean seriously, NASA? — Unsigned, by: 71.233.246.217 / talk / contribs

I dunno. NASA has done some pretty cool things, like landing menpeoples on the Moon and bringing most of them back alive, and those Mars robots were like totally cool and pwnsome a few years back. They also sent naked pictures of people into the near-galactic space, along with some music and instructions how to find us to destroy us. ħumanUser talk:Human 08:40, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
The Mars rovers are still mostly going, too. Although I'm 80% sure Spirit is dead now, after getting stuck. And the next planned one looks awesome. Scarlet A.pngpathetic 12:01, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
There's a live webcam in the clean room where they are assembling it: http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl
Otherwise, BON has a point: NASA has had some management problems in the last decade (e.g. the cancelled Constellation program and, recently, the ballooning budget of the James Webb space telescope). Their chief problems seem to be political, though.
There's also the fact that for the average conspiracy theorist US citizen, spaceflight = NASA, ignoring the fact that there are private launch providers. If you really want a secret project, the military is the place to go, not NASA - it is a civilian and quite open agency. --ZooGuard (talk) 12:17, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
Maybe it's all a tyop and it should be NSA?--BobSpring is sprung! 14:34, 26 November 2010 (UTC)

Rivaling Poe's Law

This is now starting to rival Poe's Law not only in terms of search engine traffic but also link ins from blogs/forums. We are now the go to site for this term, as the consistent random edits are probably showing. Anyone care enough to bump up its quality some? Tmtoulouse (talk) 16:28, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

Yes, I've noticed it. There's also "Atheism FAQ for the Newly Deconverted" & "9/11 conspiracy theories". 16:51, 25 November 2010 (UTC) SusanG Toast
I look at icerocket on several things daily. 16:55, 25 November 2010 (UTC) SusanG Toast
Those do get some attention, and agree they are strong articles and placement that merit attention, however this page (for whatever reason) is pulling in significantly more traffic the last few months based on server logs. It currently ranks number three in pages that actually serve as entry points to the site. Tmtoulouse (talk) 16:56, 25 November 2010 (UTC)
see #T' web above predicted from icerocket. 17:11, 25 November 2010 (UTC) SusanG Toast
Any suggestions on how to improve it?--ZooGuard (talk) 17:16, 25 November 2010 (UTC)
I have no idea. Although perhaps assembling quotes and more primary sources. It's too unbelievable to merely report, people will assume it's parody. Scarlet A.pngpathetic 01:42, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
While searching in Spanish I turned this up. Surprisingly it's in English but has more information than anybody would ever want. (There are quite a few references in Spanish to Proyecto Rayo azul--BobSpring is sprung! 08:05, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
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