For the video as shown complete, he didn't need the fishing line.And some fishing line.
And the other bizarre thing about all of that is that if the Prophet just showed up with one or two armed body guards, and they just did their job without making a stink, I'm not sure anyone every would have known they were armed much less cared.
If you read the bizarre letters, it's clear that old Yaweh was just getting ready to toss out a bunch of odd, impossible to satisfy requirements so he could claim JREF backed off, rather than having the venerable Mr. Randi look up and see a couple of balloons.
Don’t you remember the original threads on this guy? You can search the forums. If I recall correctly, there were not only videos of “UFOs” that were obviously balloons, but even videos of him carrying weather balloons to and even releasing balloons at his “summing” sites. For which he had some several excuses.One video?
That does not sound like a very through investigation.
We can say it is obviously fake just because we think it must be. But where is he debunked?
I was reading the history of his application for the million dollar prise, the Randi guy suddenly says, "oh, you cannot have any personal security there". Well, if he WAS the real deal, he WOULD have personal security preventing REAL wackos from attacking him. It is a catch 22. He shows up alone and is mobbed and we say "well, if he was for real, wouldn't he had some personal security" On the other hand, if the JREF finds that he has personal security his application is turned down. So the guy says, ok, thanks but no thanks. I say the score is this:
Wacky UFO Guy: 1
JREF: 0