Sheldan Nidle
Sheldan Nidle (born November 11, 1946 in New York City) is the founder of the Planetary Activation Organization. He states he is capable of telepathic communications and is in contact with extraterrestrials.
December 17, 1996 prediction[edit]
Nidle is known for his prediction that the world would end on December 17, 1996. Nidle, then residing in Walnut Creek, California, predicted that it would happen with the arrival of 16 million spaceships and a host of angels from the "photon belt".[1][2][3] When this did not occur, Nidle claimed the angels had transferred humanity into a holographic projection in order to give it a second chance.[3]
Following his prediction's failure, Nidle removed all reference to it from his website.[4]
Nidle was "awarded" a Pigasus Award, an award designed to expose psychic frauds, for his failed prediction.[5]
Planetary Activation Organization[edit]
Nidle founded the Planetary Activation Organization (PAO) in 1997, a movement which grew out of his Ground Crew Project group of the 1980s. The PAO predicted that 10,000 alien ambassadors would arrive on Earth in 1997.[6] The PAO also predicted that benevolent extraterrestrials would help transform the earth into a terrestrial paradise by the end of the year 2012.[7] As of August 2019[update], Nidle's website still claims that the planet would be "moving towards a new reality" at this time.[8]
References[edit]
- ↑ Randi, James (July–August 1997). "Randi Foundation Announces 'Pigasus' Awards". Skeptical Inquirer. Center for Inquiry. 21 (4): 6–7.
The award for the "psychic" performer who fooled the greatest number of people with the least effort went to "psychic" Sheldon Nidle of Walnut Creek, California, who predicted that the end of the world would come on December 17, 1996, when "millions of space ships" accompanied by angels would arrive along with "the Photon Belt." He assured us that we would have "16 years of light 24 hours a day" after the Photon Belt "hits [our] DNA." When December 17 apparently came and went without the promised events being evident, Sheldon explained that we naturally were unaware of the fulfillment of his prophecy, since we are now living in a special holographic projection created by the angels, and we've been given another chance to make good. What a relief!
CS1 maint: Date format (link) - ↑ Lortie, Arthur (December 19, 2012). "Knock, Knock, Knocking on Heaven's Door". Taunton Daily Gazette. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved January 5, 2013. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 Jones, Ian; Young, Andy (May 23, 2011). "Apocalypse… not just yet". MSN News. Archived from the original on July 13, 2012. Retrieved January 5, 2013. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ deVega, Jessica (2013). Guesses, Goofs & Prophetic Failures: What to Think When the World Doesn’t End. Thomas Nelson. pp. 136–139. Retrieved January 5, 2013. Search this book on
- ↑ James, Randi (April 1, 1996). "The Pigasus Awards: 1 April 1997". James Randi Educational Foundation. Archived from the original on March 16, 2013. Retrieved January 5, 2013. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Alien Worlds: Social and Religious Dimensions of Extraterrestrial Contact. Syracuse University Press. 2007. p. 311. ISBN 978-0815608585. Retrieved January 5, 2013. Search this book on
- ↑ Partridge, Christopher (2003). UFO Religions. Routledge. p. 294. ISBN 978-0415263238. Search this book on
- ↑ archived version of the website
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