Sheldan Nidle

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Sheldan Nidle (born November 11, 1946 in New York City) is the founder of the Planetary Activation Organization, a UFO religion. He states he is capable of telepathic communications and is in contact with extraterrestrials.

December 17, 1996 prediction

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.[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

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]

References

  1. ↑ Skeptical Inquirer 21: 4. 1997. 
  2. ↑ Lortie, Arthur (December 19, 2012). "Knock, Knock, Knocking on Heaven's Door". Taunton Daily Gazette. Retrieved January 5, 2013. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Jones, Ian; Young, Andy (May 23, 2011). "Apocalypse… not just yet". MSN News. Retrieved January 5, 2013. 
  4. ↑ deVega, Jessica (2013). Guesses, Goofs & Prophetic Failures: What to Think When the World Doesn’t End. Thomas Nelson (publisher). Retrieved January 5, 2013. 
  5. ↑ James, Randi (April 1, 1996). "The Pigasus Awards: 1 April 1997". James Randi Educational Foundation. Retrieved January 5, 2013. 
  6. ↑ Alien Worlds: Social and Religious Dimensions of Extraterrestrial Contact. Syracuse University Press. 2007. p. 311. ISBN 978-0815608585. Retrieved January 5, 2013. 
  7. ↑ Partridge, Christopher (2003). UFO Religions. 978-0415263238: Routledge. p. 294. Retrieved January 2012. 

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