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Subject: 
       THE REAL TRUTH ABOUT JREF, JAMES RANDI AND A ONE MILLION DOLLAR
       PARANORMAL CHALLENGE
   Date: 
       Mon, 10 Jun 2002 19:57:36 -0500
  From: 
       "Guillermo Swett" <labodeguita@porta.net>
    To: 
       <alex@disinfo.com>, <bsiano@cceb.med.upenn.edu>, <jha@bigfoot.com>, <opa@aps.org>,
       <joshr@att.net>, <program@www.scifi.com>, <feedback@www.scifi.com>, <pur@ap.org>,
       <iemail@kingworld.com>, <kwwebmaster@kingworld.com>, <ovnis@corp.terra.cl>,
       <web@ovnis.com.mx>, <lanavedeloslocos@hotmail.com>, <jeff@innovation-design.com>,
       <bdzeiler@sprynet.com>, 
    CC: 
       <labodeguita@porta.net>, <swettcarlos54@hotmail.com>, <edithvonfuster@hotmail.com>




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THE REAL TRUTH OF A ONE MILLION DOLLAR PARANORMAL CHALLENGE


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FEDEX GUIDE: 30-MARCH-2002

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FEDEX RECEIPT ON JREF BY "F. ALVAREZ" frnt dsk: 04-APRIL-2002 ( 09:43 h)


PERSONAL LETTER TO MR. JAMES RANDI

Randi Letter


EMAILS FROM CARLOS SWETT, JAMES RANDI AND JREF

From: Carlos Swett

Date: Friday, April 12, 2002 08:50:55 PM

To: jref@randi.org

Cc: randi@randi.org

Subject: JAMES RANDI´S CLOCK UPDATE (9 DAYS)


I SEND YOU A CHALLENGE.

YOU RECIEVED IT ON APRIL 4, 2002, THURSDAY´S MORNING.
I HAVE THE GUIDE OF FEDERAL EXPRESS THAT COMFIRMS THAT IS WAS RECIEVED ON 
THE FOUNDATION.

IF YOU THINK THAT I AM THE SAME KIND OF PEOPLE THAT YOU OFTEN TALK IN YOUR 
REPPORTS, YOU ARE WRONG. I DON´T BELIEVE IN UFOS OR OTHERS. I AM 
RATIONALISTIC AND I DEMAND AND ANSWER FROM YOU, THE AUTHORS OF THE 
CHALLENGE.

DON´T TELL ME THAT YOU DON´T UNDERSTAND MY CONCLUSIONS ( I REMEMBER YOU THAT 
IN FLORIDA THE SPANISH IS THE SECOND LANGUAGE, IT IS NOT JAPANESSE ). IT IS 
MORE DIFFICULT TO ME TO WRITE YOU IN ENGLISH, BUT I DO MY BEST EFFORT, I 
GUESS THAT YOU CAN DO THE SAME.

I REMEMBER YOU THE WORDS THAT JAMES RANDI SAID ON A TV PROGRAM: " ES MI 
DEBER DEMOSTRAR QUE ACONTECIMIENTOS QUE PARECEN SER REALES, EN REALIDAD NO 
LO SON".

DON´T FORGET TO LOOK IN THRU THE SMOKE THE PARANORMAL ACTIVITY AND THAT WILL 
SHOWS YOU THE REAL "TRAYECTORIA" OF IT.

FORGET ABOUT THE MONEY.......IF THAT IS YOUR REAL PROBLEM.

CARLOS SWETT
GUAYAQUIL-ECUADOR

 


  

>From: "James Randi" <randi@randi.org>
>Reply-To: "James Randi" <randi@randi.org>
>To: "Carlos Swett" <swettcarlos54@hotmail.com>
>Subject: Re: JAMES RANDI´S CLOCK UPDATE (9 DAYS)
>Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 10:00:56 -0400
>
>Who are you, and what in hell are you raving about?
>
> James Randi




From: Carlos Swett

Date: Saturday, April 13, 2002 05:05:13 PM

To: randi@randi.org

Cc: jref@randi.org

Subject: Re: WHO ARE YOU, AND WHAT IN HELL ARE YOU RAVING ABOUT?



JAMES RANDI, OCTOBER 12, 2001, WEEK´S COMMENTARY:
IMAGINE OF JOHN LENNON:
Imagine there´s no heaven
it´s easy if you try
NO HELL BELOW US
above us only sky........"THIS DOES IT FOR ME".....SIGNED JAMES RANDI
.......................................................................

I THOUGHT YOU DIDN´T BELIEVE IN HELL,SO WHY YOU SEND ME THERE????????

JUST RELAX, AND INVESTIGATE IN "YOUR FOUNDATION" WHO I AM. REMEMBER I HAVE 
COPIES OF THE "NOTHARIZED FORM" THAT YOU RECIEVED FROM ECUADOR(NOT THE LINE, 
IT IS MY COUNTRY IN SOUTHAMERICA), AND ALSO I HAVE THE FEDERAL EXPRESS GUIDE 
SIGNED BY JREF THAT CONFIRMS THAT IS WAS RECEIVED ON THURSDAY 4 OF APRIL IN 
THE MORNING.

THIS IS NOT A FIGHT BETWEEN YOU AND CARLOS SWETT, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING 
IS THAT YOU MUST KEEP ALL YOUR SENSES CLEAR AND DON´T INSULT ME IN YOUR 
ANSWERS, PERHAPS YOU HAVE NO INFORMATION ABOUT MY CHALLENGE, OR THEY(JREF) 
DON´T WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT IT YET(I HOPE THAT).

RAVING=MADNESS????????????
WE ARE NOT MAD PEOPLE, WE ARE WELL EDUCATED, I WAS AN EXCHANGE STUDENT IN 
THE USA(1969), I WON ARTISTIC CONTEST IN MY COUNTRY, MY FATHER WAS AWARDED 
BY THE NATION FOR HIS CULTURAL WORKS AND LIFE, ETC, ETC, ETC...

I REPEAT YOU, I DON´T BELIEVE IN MAGIC, I DON´T BELIEVE IN UFOS, I JUST 
BELIEVE IN ME..........................................................

POST DATA: YOU ARE A FAN OF JOHN LENNON AND THE BEATLES AS I AM.

CONGRATULATIONS

CARLOS SWETT
GUAYAQUIL-ECUADOR

593-04-2391025
593-04-2391655

  


From: "James Randi" <randi@randi.org>
>Reply-To: "James Randi" <randi@randi.org>
>To: "Carlos Swett" <swettcarlos54@hotmail.com>
>Subject: Re: WHO ARE YOU, AND WHAT IN HELL ARE YOU RAVING ABOUT?
>Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2002 10:58:50 -0400
>
>I get hundreds of such pompous claims every week. I don't remember yours.
>Refresh my memory.
>
>I want to deal with you, make you shut up, and get back to my life.
>
> James Randi

 

  


 

>From: "JREF" <jref@randi.org>
>To: "Carlos Swett" <swettcarlos54@hotmail.com>
>Subject: RE: JAMES RANDI´S CLOCK UPDATE (9 DAYS)
>Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 15:00:44 -0400
>
>We have received your application and video tape. I've seen this tape
>before and pointed out what was taking place to others.
>
>You have made two assumptions, one following the other. Both are incorrect.
>
>Your first assumption is that the object comes from behind the second 
>tower.
>This is not the case. I've gone frame by frame through a copy of this 
>video
>that's available on the Internet. You can clearly see that the object is 
>IN
>FRONT OF THE TOWERS when you look at it frame by frame. The object is dark
>and difficult to see at some points against the smoke, but it is there. A
>bird could certainly be the culprit.
>
>You have no claim. There is nothing supernatural taking place.
>
>Andrew Harter
>Researcher
>James Randi Educational Foundation
>201 SE 12th Street
>Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316
>Phone (954) 467-1112
>Fax (954) 467-1660
>www.randi.org

 


  

 

From: Carlos Swett

Date: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 12:55:15 AM

To: jref@randi.org

Cc: randi@randi.org

Subject: RE: JAMES RANDI´S CLOCK UPDATE (12 DAYS)


I AM VERY GLAD AND HAPPY THAT YOU FINALLY ANSWERED MY APPLICATION TO THE ONE 
MILLION DOLLAR CHALLENGE. THAT MEANS THAT YOU RECIEVED AND ACCEPTED IT, WITH 
NO OBJECTIONS AS LANGUAGE, NOTARIZED FORMS, ETC., BUT THE CONCLUSIONS YOU 
MADE ARE VERY POOR AND DEFICIENT.
YOU ARE A LIAR, MR. ANDREW HARTER(JREF RESEARCHER).I HOPE YOU PUT YOUR 
ANSWER AND MY DEMAND OR CLAIM(THE WHOLE THIRD PAGE OF MY APLICATION THAT 
EXPLAIN MY DEMAND AND DEMOSTRATION OF THE PARANORMAL ACTIVITY), SO THE 
PEOPLE THAT VISIT YOUR WEB PAGE CAN TELL WHO IS LYING.

YOU SAID THAT YOU HAVE SEEN THIS TAPE BEFORE AND POINTED OUT WHAT WAS TAKING 
PLACE TO OTHERS. ¿WHEN, TO WHO,WHERE, AND WHAT?

YOU SAID THAT I MADE 2 ASSUMPTIONS, ONE FOLLOWING THE OTHER,BOTH 
INCORRECT.........YOU ARE A LIAR.
I DON`T MADE ASSUMPTIONS, I TOLD YOU ABOUT A PARANORMAL ACTIVITY WITH HAT 
FORM, THAT IN ITS TRAVELLING AND ITS PATH ACROSS THE SMOKE ENTRY IN THE HOLE 
OF THE FIRST TOWER AND GET OUT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TOWER.

YOU SAID THAT MY FIRST ASSUMPTION IS THAT THE OBJECT COMES FROM BEHIND THE 
SECOND TOWER..........YOU ARE LYING AGAIN. I TOLD YOU IN THE FIRST PARAGRAPH 
OF MY DEMAND THAT THE PARANORMAL ACTIVITY GIVES A WRONG FIRST IMPRESSION 
THAT CAMES FROM BEHIND THE FIRST TOWER.

YOU SAID THAT YOU STUDIED FRAME BY FRAME TO A COPY OF THIS VIDEO THAT IS 
AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET................WRONG METHOD. I TOLD YOU THAT MY 
TAPE IS A REFERENCIAL GUIDE, SO YOU MUST COMPARE WITH THE IMAGES OF TV 
NETWORKS IN YOUR COUNTRY. I GIVE YOU A HELP: VISIT TELEMUNDO(FLORIDA) OR THE 
TV NETWORK THAT YOU PREFER, SO YOU CAN SEE THE PARANORMAL ACTIVITY ON A BIG 
SCREEN, WITH A BEST RESOLUTION, AND THE BEST TECNOLLOGY EQUIPMENT. YOUR 
METHOD OF WATCHING THE IMAGE ON A LITTLE COMPUTER OF AN UNKNOWN VIDEO OF THE 
INTERNET IS NOT THE APPROPIATE.

I AM GLAD THAT NOW YOU CAN SEE "THE DARK OBJECT" AT SOME POINTS AGAINST THE 
SMOKE, WITH SOME DIFFICULTS, BUT IT IS THERE. THOSE ARE YOUR WORDS.

YOU SAID: A BIRD COULD CERTAINLY BE THE CULPRIT.
¿WHY A BIRD, AND NOT AN INSECT?
¿WHAT KIND OF BIRD?
¿A PARANORMAL BIRD?
REMEMBER THAT I TOLD YOU ON MY DEMAND THAT IT CAN NOT BE A BIRD OR AN 
INSECT, BECAUSE THE IMAGE OF IT DOESN`T LAY ON TOP THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE 
HOLE OF THE FIRST TOWER AND "SEEMS" TO APPEARS FROM BEHIND THE TOWER.


YOU SAID: YOU HAVE NO CLAIM???????????????????????????
YOU SAID: THERE IS SOMETHING SUPERNATURAL TAKING PLACE??????????????'
I SAY: ¿WHO ARE YOU?
I SAY: YOU ARE NOT A REALLY RESEARCHER, YOU DIDN`T DEMONSTRATE NOTHING, YOU 
ARE LIAR. YOU DON`T WANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH OR YOU CAN NOT SAY THE TRUTH. YOU 
ARE THINKING IN THE MONEY. FORGET ABOUT THE MONEY IF THAT IS YOUR REAL 
PROBLEM.

DID YOU GAVE THE PERSONAL LETTER TO MR. JAMES RANDI? I GUESS NOT.IT DOESN`T 
MATTER, NOW I UNDERSTAND WHY MR. RANDI FIRST SEND ME TO HELL, THEN ASKED ME 
WHO I AM, THEN HE WANTS TO MAKE A DEAL WITH ME TO SHUT ME UP.

WHAT KIND OF DEAL????????????????????????????????????????????????????

THE CLOCK IS TICKING AGAIN..........................................


I THOUGHT THAT JAMES RANDI AND HIS PEOPLE WERE RATIONALISTIC, BUT I AM 
BEGGINNING TO THINK DIFFERENT. I SUPPORT YOUR WORK, BUT DON`T LOOSE ENERGY 
FIGHTING WITH PERSONS THAT DON`T WANT TO CHALLENGE WITH YOU, LIKE SYLVIA 
BROWNE. USE THAT ENERGY GIVING ME SMARTS ANSWERS.

I GIVE YOU MY EXCUSES FOR MY POOR ENGLISH, BUT I AM DOING MY BEST EFFORT.

REMEMBER, I DON`T BELIEVE IN MAGIC, I DON`T BELIEVE IN UFOS, I DON`T BELIEVE 
IN "BLACK BIRD", I JUST BELIEVE IN TRUTH.

I AM NOT ALONE.....................................................

I CHALLENGE YOU TO PUT MY ANSWERS OF YOUR CONCLUSION IN YOUR WEB PAGE. I 
HOPE YOU HAVE THE HONESTY TO DO IT.


CARLOS SWETT
GUAYAQUIL-ECUADOR-SOUTHAMERICA-EARTH


POSTDATA: MR RANDI IF YOU DON`T UNDERSTAND MY CHALLENGE, YOU CAN CALL A REAL 
TRANSLATOR. I AM GIVING YOU A SECOND CHANCE. I AM NOT HURRY.IF YOU WANT I 
CAN SEND YOU A COPY OF THE LETTER YOU NEVER RECEIVED.

 


  

From: Carlos Swett

Date: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 11:20:29 AM

To: randi@randi.org

Cc: jref@randi.org

Subject: Re: REFRESHING YOUR MEMORY


I´m sure that you get hundreds of pompous claims every week, but also I´m 
sure that you DON´T GET MANY OFICIALS APPLICANTS TO THE CHALLENGE.
Well, I´m that kind of applicant.

Sorry,if your JREF DIDN´T TELL YOU ABOUT IT (?????), that explains why: you 
send me to hell, don´t remember me ,want to make a deal to shut me up, etc.

I received yesterday an e-mail with the oficial answer (by ANDREW HARTER) 
for my aplication to the challenge. Is poor, deficient,and full of lies. I 
HOPE (AS YOU USE TO) YOU PUBLICATE THAT POMPOUS ANSWER IN YOUR WEB PAGE BUT 
WITH MY NOTHARIZED DEMAND. People will decide who is telling the truth.
I SEND TO YOU(in the same package )a letter giving you aditonal information 
of my application. Ask for it, if you want,at the JREF.

I admired your work, but don´t loose energies making FREE PUBLICITY(?$) to 
people(lyke SYLVIA BROWNE)that never applies to the official challenge.

Mr.ANDREW HARTER said that he saw this tape before and pointed out what was 
taking place to others.
I ASKED IN YOUR WEB PAGE FOR THAT ESPECIFIC COMMENTARY.
RESULTS:NOTHING
¿WHO ARE OTHERS? ¿A SELECTED GROUP?

THE CLOCK IS TICKING AGAIN.........13 DAYS

FORGET ABOUT THE MONEY.....IF THAT IS YOUR REAL PROBLEM.

CARLOS SWETT.-
GUAYAQUIL, ECUADOR,S.A.

P.S. USE A REAL TRANSLATOR , NOT A VIRTUAL TRANSLATOR.

  


>From: "James Randi" <randi@randi.org>
>Reply-To: "James Randi" <randi@randi.org>
>To: "Carlos Swett" <swettcarlos54@hotmail.com>
>CC: "Andrew Harter" <jref@mindspring.com>
>Subject: Re: REFRESHING YOUR MEMORY
>Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 16:47:19 -0400
>
>Andrew made the right decision, with my approval. What you presented is
>nothing mysterious.
>
>
>
>Your application is closed.
>
> James Randi

 


  

From: Carlos Swett

Date: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 01:09:13 PM

To: randi@randi.org

Cc: jref@randi.org

Subject: RESULTS WILL BE SELF-EVIDENT TO ANY OBSERVER.....james randi

 

 THANKS FOR TAKING OFF YOUR MASK.
KEEP ON GOING WITH YOUR BUSINESS. YOU WILL NEED IT.
YOU DON´T HAVE TO ANSWER THIS E-MAIL....C´est finit...
TIME IS ON MY SIDE.
CARLOS SWETT.-Guayaquil, Ecuador.

post data:
RESULTS WILL BE SELF-EVIDENT TO ANY OBSERVER.....james randi
....¨"..Y SIN EMBARGO SE MUEVE ".....GALILEO GALILEY

  


 

>From: "James Randi" <randi@randi.org>
>Reply-To: "James Randi" <randi@randi.org>
>To: "Carlos Swett" <swettcarlos54@hotmail.com>
>Subject: Re: JAMES RANDI´S CLOCK UPDATE (12 DAYS)
>Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 17:05:31 -0400
>
>Go away.

 


  

 

From: Carlos Swett

Date: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 01:23:31 PM

To: randi@randi.org

Cc: jref@randi.org

Subject: THANK YOU LIAR

 

 RESULTS WILL BE SELF- EVIDENT TO ANY OBSERVER......james randi(?????)
GO BACK TO YOUR BUSINESS ($$$$$$$)
YOUR CLOCK: 14 DAYS
YOU DON´T NEED TO ANSWER THIS E-MAIL...

CARLOS SWETT.- GUAYAQUIL, ECUADOR .....20/20 (?)

  




>From: "James Randi" <randi@randi.org>
>Reply-To: "James Randi" <randi@randi.org>
>To: "Carlos Swett" <swettcarlos54@hotmail.com>
>Subject: Re: THANK YOU LIAR
>Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 14:34:31 -0400
>
>Your address has now been blocked.

 


     
From: Carlos Swett
Date: Monday, June 03, 2002 07:13:30 PM
To: randi@randi.org
Cc: jref@randi.org
Subject: HI LOSER !
 
  

JAMES RANDI: 

I WANT TO CHALLENGE YOU AGAIN.

 DON¨T WORRY, IT WILL BE IN A DIFFERENT SUBJECT. 

THE QUESTION IS : ¿CAN  I ?

I DON´T  TRUST YOU ANYMORE, SO I NEED YOU TO DEFY ME ON YOUR WEB PAGE AS YOU USE TO WITH OTHERS (LYKE SYLVIA B. AND THE BRASILIAN).

REMEMBER THAT IS VERY SUSPICIOUS THAT AFTER 9 DAYS THAT YOU HAD RECEIVED MY TAPE AND NOTHARIZED APPLICATION AT THE JREF( APRIL 4) ,
YOU WERE ASKING ME WHO AM I, WHAT THE HELL I WAS RAVING ABOUT, TO REFRESH YOUR MEMORY, THAT YOU WANTED TO MAKE A DEAL WITH
ME(?$), AND JUST BECAUSE OF MY FIRST E-MAIL (APRIL 12) DEMANDING YOU AND YOUR FOUNDATION AN ANSWER FOR MY APPLICATION.

IT IS VERY SUSPICIOUS TOO THAT THERE ARE NO COMMENTS ON YOUR WEEK¨S COMMENTAIES ABOUT MY FORMAL CHALLENGE. THERE ARE NO
MOCKERY, JOKES, RIDICULE DECEIVE ABOUT MY NOTHARIZED APPLICATION AS YOU USE TO DO WITH OTHERS. WHY NOT?

YOUR SILENCE MEANS A LOT TO ME. GIVES ME AREASON TO BELEIVE I WAS RIGHT ON MY CONCLUSION. YOU LOST JAMES  RANDI.

ARE YOU A CHICKEN?

I AM GIVING YOU A SECOND CHANCE. REMEMBER ALSO THAT I DON´T DO IT FOR THE MONEY ,per se; THE MILLION DOLLAR PAPERS WERE GOING TO
SHARE BETWEEN THE VICTIMS OF THE TRAGEDY OF NEW YORK AND THE POOR PEOPLE OF MY COUNTRY ( BUILDING SCHOOLS OR SOMETHING LYKE
THAT ).REMEMBER:  I AM AN ARTIST AND MONEY IS NOT MY PRIORITY. ! LA VERDAD ANTE TODO ¡

I WILL WAIT FOR YOUR ANSWER. 

CARLOS SWETT

3 JUNE, 2002

YOUR  FIRST CLOCK¨S UPDATE : 60 DAYS

P.D. BE HONEST. SAY HELLO TO ANDREW 



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