Seeking reporting on Steven Greer

August 31, 2023 5:26 AM

A co-worker told me about watching Dr. Steven Greer's latest documentary, The Lost Century and How to Reclaim It, and I'd like to counter with some well-reported writing about his claims and whether (haha) he's a grifter/liar/scam artist.

I wasn't able to find much in my admittedly half-assed searching. Please no podcasts, unless they are doing original reporting and not just reading other people's work. I had never heard of him until yesterday, and it seems glaringly obvious (to me anyway) that he's full of shit, but a well-documented case for his full-of-shit-ness would be very much appreciated.

posted by computech_apolloniajames to Science & Nature (5 answers total)

Here's one sentence from an IMBD review: "Shocking to hear about the Shadow government wth a fully equipped super airforce operating on our tax dollar money's to reverse engineer other star system technologies for their greedy power and control of the world."

No one has done a thorough take down because for virtually all people, it's clearly ridiculous. For the few (at least I hope it's few) who believe him, no documentation will suffice. Don't waste your time engaging, as the evidence shows that it's incredibly hard to convince people who believe in conspiracy theories that they are wrong. If the topic comes up again, simply say that the story doesn't seem plausible to you, and then ask how the TPS reports are going.
posted by Mr.Know-it-some at 6:09 AM on August 31, 2023

well, his older movie Sirius apparently went in on the Atacama skeleton nonsense, which has been reliably debunked several times: it's a skeleton of a human fetus, not a space alien.
posted by BungaDunga at 6:49 AM on August 31, 2023

Here are rather lengthy comments from some Redditors.

I'm having a hard time finding a lot of mainstream media coverage of him, but here are a couple reviews of his movies.
posted by box at 10:24 AM on August 31, 2023

Anti-fascist researcher David Emery did a lecture series over 20 years ago titled UFOs and the ET Myth.,
posted by hortense at 9:06 AM on September 1, 2023

I spent no less than SIX HOURS tearing his BS apart with him in real-time on a former podcast show of mine.

Do a search on ufowatchdog and his name, you’ll find his page in the Hall of Shame. And some good backing data on his grift.

Total charlatan. Hard stop.
posted by dbiedny at 4:00 AM on September 3, 2023