There is an ongoing battle on the Internet and on the UFO UpDates List regarding Linda Moulton-Howe supporting and offering authenticity to a Brazilian Farmer, Urandir Oliveira, in his claims to have been abducted by aliens, in contact with aliens and if we are to believe him, the chosen one by the aliens to represent all of us poor unwashed masses to the alien races that are out there.

On the opposing side of this battle is a gentleman that we had on Strange Days... Indeed last week, A.J. Gevaerd, the MUFON Director for Brazil who matter of factly states that Oliveira is a fraud.

Now the battle has been quite entertaining because it appears that Ms. Moulton-Howe journeyed to Brazil at the request of Oliveira to investigate his claims. The problem here is that it would appear that Ms. Moulton-Howe's investigation ended up not being much more than a proclamation of Oliveira's validity.

I should point out that I respect anyone's right to make a living and if they can make a living from something dealing with UFO related events, so much the better, but I get downright pissed-off when someone, regardless of where they live in the world, attempts to try and present outright lies and fabricated evidence as bonafide UFO and Alien events.

Now, anyone who wishes to follow this battle can go to the program grid for tonight's show and you'll find some compelling evidence that shows how preposterous Senor Oliveira's story truly is.

The problem here is that Ms. Moulton-Howe is a well-known and respected ufological investigator and it appears that she not only believes this outrageous story but is ignoring any and all evidence that has been brought forward to show how this story is bogus.

A. J. Gaevard and Charlette LeFevre, President of the Seattle UFO/Paranormal Group have gathered considerable evidence to show how Senor Oliveira is nothing less than a con-man and a fraud if he maintains that his story of being beamed up through his home into some alien spaceship is truth.

Two items have recently come up to prove that Oliveira is a liar and Ms. Moulton-Howe is doing her best to say they're not true.

It has been pointed out that there are two, not one bedsheet that has supposedly been scorched by something not from this world.

Linda Moulton-Howe says - and I quote from her website - "Only one bedsheet"

BUT, if we take a look at the photographic evidence at the Seattle UFO/Paranormal Group you can clearly see two bedsheets with different burn patterns on them. I'm not making this up.

Additionally, Oliveira was interviewed by a Brazilian Newspaper and told them that he never had any trouble with the police - other than being arrested because of some domestic fight with his ex-wife and another woman.

Uh, sorry Oliveira, you must have forgotten about being arrested by the police and charged with fraud and ideological falseness - gee, sorry about that. Something to do with trying to sell land that wasn't yours, was it? Have to make a buck somehow, huh?

To check both of these items, go the showgrid for the show tonight at the Virtually Strange Network webpage and you can see the evidence for yourself.

Now, one last thing that has been bothering me forever with Oliveira's claim because obviously I seem to be the ONLY one that noticed this little item. The burned outline of a body on whichever bedsheet you want to look at has been examined by Linda Moulton-Howe and she has posted her conclusions on her website... based on asking some scientific types whether this thing could be... uh... done by humans. She asked if it could have been done by an iron or by a soldering gun or the like and was told that nope, would be impossible to do it like that.

So, I'm going to let the genie out of the bottle because I'm almost one hundred percent positive that I have the solution to how it was done.

Senor Olieveira brushes down his body with a solution of either alcohol or kerosene and when he is good and wet, he lays down very carefully on a nice fresh sheet. He moves around a little to let some of the fluid get into the sheet and then very carefully gets up_ignites the residue of what is on the sheet which burns very quickly and nicely away because it was just residue and voila, instant body outline. Yeah, more than likely, it took more than one sheet to get just the right look and uh... real simple by the way, don't do it on the bed, do it someplace else and simply put the bedsheet on the bed after the fact.

Linda, I don't know WHY you're supporting this hoax that is being perpetrated on the UFO community nor do I know why you're ignoring the evidence in front of your face. But I DO know a rat when I smell one and Senor Oliveira is a rat of the biggest kind.

But that's just my take on it.....