Talk:Varginha UFO incident
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This may be worthy of an encyclopedia article, but there are some rather gross deficiencies as it stands:
- No source(s) provided for an unusual claim
- Not NPOV (i.e., it's presented as fact)
I'm going to reapply the npov tag; if someone has some information to make this a balanced article, as well as sources, please add. I'm sure somewhere some government has blamed it all on weather balloons ;) I guess I should read more carefully... it's all blamed on a lack of growth hormone??? Anyway, still needs sourcesGwimpey 01:02, Nov 15, 2004 (UTC)
Edited some spelling and grammar. --Poorpaddy 01:51, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
I was able to find about 2,000 references to this incident, but not a single objective source for any of the statements made on this page. These references cross-link between themselves, using each other as "sources". They prop up the ever-expanding story by claiming that all true sources of information were covered up by "the government." It is a perfect tautology: "The lack of proof for the conspiracy proves the depth of the conspiracy."
In fairness, I do not speak or read Portuguese, the language of origin for several hundred of the links. Another few hundred were in Spanish, which I read poorly. Someone fluent in one or both of these languages might be able to find a link to a news story or objective source that was lacking from every English page. Barring that, the only salvation I see for this article is the placement of "supposedly", "rumored" and "unsubstantiated" in innumerable places throughout the piece. - Kevin Wells 15:55, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- I'm Brazilian, and haven't found any big difference between the common brazilian version and this one. In fact, it looks like a merely translated page instead of a new article. --Omega2 11:53, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Brazilian names
As a Brazilian, I'm surprised that the majority of the people involved doesn't have Brazilian names. Strange thing.
- Those are real names, as far as I know. They were frequently mentioned when the case was still high on media. --Omega2 11:53, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Awful article.
This article reads as if it supports the UFO claim. And I'm pretty sure it has weasel words in the form of "some critics argue" etc.
The External Links are dead but they too only supported the UFO theory. Needs a complete re-write in my opinion. Eica 16:04, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
