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UFO believer Ashton Forbes falls for $3k scam with fake evidence (www.youtube.com)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Ashton Forbes, a healthcare IT consultant turned UFO/UAP proponent, gained attention for promoting videos claiming Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared due to alien interference, despite evidence debunking the footage. Later, Forbes fell victim to a $3,000 scam involving fake evidence supporting his beliefs, but continued to assert a conspiracy against him.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (3 children)

It’s frustrating that the UAP scene is infested with grifters.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 10 months ago

Take away the grifters and the idiots, and there is no UAP scene

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's because the UAP scene is otherwise full of people who are willing to believe in almost anything with minimal, flimsy evidence.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Existence is scary and we grab on to things that make us feel better.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They don't though, they grab on to things that terrify them... wait, are conspiracy theorists just psycological self masochists?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Well, there may be that. But to the point about comfort. A lot of the UAP community is focused on the metaphysical these days. The whole thing is considered a phenomenon and not just flying space ships. So they leave room for a wide range of reasons for it all apart from aliens from distant galaxies.

So it’s basically an answer/ key to understanding existence and the afterlife for them.

But yeah. Then there are the people who think it’s some secret collusion plot with 8 races of aliens and ruling earth or something.

The variety of personalities actually lead to strife too.

I find the scene interesting because there are laws being passed about UAPs. And I can’t help but be curious about the scene now that I’ve observed so much of it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

You hit the nail on having an explanation, but it also needs to be an exciting, movie script like explanation. Something where the bit players have outsized roles and are somehow special. The gonzo shit some of these fuckwits come up with astounds me that anyone believes it!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

It makes sense though, doesn’t it? A community of people that refute reality in favor of what they want to believe, gets taken by people willing to use that against them?

Play stupid games…