I don't really have a problem with his overall message and would definitely say there is some truth to it. However, despite all these believable elements, there are a number of things which I feel insult my intelligence and are completely absurd.
Photos look bad
The early photos Billy Meier took appear to hold a little bit of credibility and look like they could be somewhat believable. They have a typical areodynamic saucer shape and seem like they are in alignment with science and physics. I still think they look a bit plasticy and close to the camera. The lighting and focus doesn't quite seem natural.
The later photos, on the other hand, really start to question his credibility as they don't even look like something advanced or from a higher level of intelligence. I mean the wedding cake beamship doesn't even look like it came from a higher intelligence. It looks like a 60's vehicle with all the useless "hip" looking features trying to make it look advanced. Advanced things are usually simple and with function. This looks like a gaudy attempt for somebody to try to convince people that this really is something important but in this day and age it just looks plain retarded. I can't even come close to believing this to be real.
There is also some evidence of photos where people show the similarities between some of the things laying around his farm and in his UFO photos.
It also seems like everything I read from people claiming his photos are real say that since people can't recreate these photos with their own models that they are real. The fact that people haven't reproduced photos similar or better than his means nothing and is a terrible way to prove something as being real. That's like me claiming Christianity is the truth because nobody has come up with a better religion. You have got to be kidding me if that's the main argument FOR the photos. Just hearing such an argument sounds like a cry of desperation to me.
No negatives found. If these are legitimate photos why aren't there any negatives? Could it be that they were composited together?
Beamship movement looks bad in videos
The movement of the UFOs look like a model attached to a string. Why would a UFO only fly in a pendulum type pattern? Maybe that's the case, but I highly doubt it.
The Metal Samples
The metal samples were tested by Marcel Vogel, a chemist, and he states that the metal was forged with some type of cold fusion method which is beyond our current level of science. According to Kal K. Korff, Vogel's analysis claiming that the metal sample contained thulium turned out to be incorrect. And somehow the metal vanished from the IBM lab not too long after Vogel's work. I shouldn't have to go out of my way to believe this type of a thing. These types of events just make it sound like bologna.
Ex-wife said the UFOs were models
His ex-wife has said the UFOs were models, although I have not seen the actual document where she claimed this.
The fact that he sells his info
The very fact that his stuff is for sale on his website should raise an eyebrow. If your goal really is to present the truth and help others you should be content in doing so without needing them to buy it. I mean, sure you need to get by and live, but living off your work by forcing people to buy it is not the way to gain credibility. If he was all about educating people why wouldn't he have free ebooks like all the other truth oriented sites out there? Is he in it for the knowledge or the money?
Overall
I think the general message of Billy Meier is a good one and hold true to this day and age. I agree that we do need to raise our consciousness and learn to live together as one. My gut feeling would be that his message and conversations may be real and authentic, but I have great doubts about his photography and UFOs. I also think his conversations were probably more telepathic than in person. He seems like a bright guy and like he is definitely enlightened by the right vibrations, but I am skeptical on his actual meetings and photos, I think he is trying too hard to get attention.
Like most things the truth never appears naked and on its own. It is always clothes with lies and deception and I think the Billy Meier case gives credence to this. There are just too many leaps of faith on the Billy Meier case and I'm not willing to take them on the grounds that I am presented.
Comparison Test
For those of you looking for a replication of the Billy Meier photos they have been reproduced by IIG found here: http://iigwest.com/investigations/meier/ufopix.html
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