The Wingmakers Hoax: More than proof of Bielek's delusions
by Marshall Barnes
Editors Note: We received a lengthy statement by Mark Hempel, owner of the web
site www.wingmakers.com. This statement
was commented by Marshall and is displayed below Marshall's article.
During the Coast To Coast interview, Al Bielek revealed some new information about the so-called
"Wingmakers" that answered some questions I had had about their appearance on his website when
it was created, as well as confirming that his condition as either delusional or being a
pathological liar is far worse than I could have ever imagined.
For those of you who don't know anything about the Wingmakers I'll begin there. In late
November of 1998 a series of emails were sent out asking people both in usenet newsgroups,
and members of the UFO research community, if they were aware of a new website called
wingmakers.com . All the emails were sent out by a man calling himself Mark Hempel. For
the UFO community the question was asked if they could look at it to determine if the site
was a hoax or not. The impetus for asking such of the seasoned investigators was the
mysterious nature behind how the Hempel was contacted to create the site and weird things
that began to happen to his phone lines, etc after he had done so. Or so he claimed.
I have obtained a series of links from the website of Citizens Against UFO Secrecy or
CAUS which document the unfolding of the WingMakers saga. I have placed them in what
appears to be chronological order so that you may be able to take your own "time travel"
trip and see things as they had originally happened, and not from hearsay.
November 27, 1998: A Very Provocative Website -- Fact or Fantasy?
November 28, 1998: Wingmakers--The Plot Thickens -- Webmaster Speaks
November 28, 1998: Wingmakers Update -- Music
November 28, 1998: WingMakers Update...More Evidence of Marketing Ploy
November 28, 1998: WingMakers Update -- Jury's Verdict -- It is a Marketing Ploy
November 30, 1998: 98 WingMakers -- An Experiment ?
December 2, 1998: WingMakers' Webmaster -- Mark Hempel's Posting
December 2, 19 98: WingMakers & Soulfood -- Food of the Future or Food for Thought
and finally this: The Wingmaker's Hoax Revisited
Below is a howl of protest as the original text of the WingMakers site is changed after
it becomes co-opted, I believed, by individuals connected with Vince Barbarick.
http://valentinesdesigns.com/wwwboard/messages/1625.html
Vince Barbarick, by this time, had seen the potential for Sky Books to become the
central clearing house for all things time travel and transdimensional as quoted from their website:
"Sky Books, the publisher of the Montauk series and Ong's Hat, exists to serve the
growing demand for literature on the topics of time travel and interdimensional realities."
However, in the Ong's Hat book that he wrote with Joe Matheny, Barbarick expresses
suspicions of the WingMakers site due in part to the amazing synchronicities between
it and other things that he has been involved with. He mentions that his suspicions
were heightened when a certain well known speaker on the UFO circuit added their link
to his website and claimed that Incunabula meant "den of vipers". I know that that
person was Al Bielek. There is currently no mention of the Wingmakers at the Sky Books
site, though there is at Alexandra Chica Bruce's site: http://www.chica.bruce.net as one
of the links listed there. Bruce's book, "The Philadelphia Experiment Murder" is
published by Sky Books. At this point one can never be certain of the truth when dealing
with information coming from the dim rubik of Sky Books.
Bielek embraced the story after everyone else in the UFO field knew better.
Here is the time line from Bielek's website, http://www.bielek.com/ab_timeline.htm from
1999 and the page where the first reference to the WingMakers website is made:
http://web.archive.org/web/20010616132603/www.albielek.com/ab_edcameron.htm (see box on right, last item down)
(this was obtained from an archive.com link from 2000, but it's the same as the one from 1999).
Bielek there claims for the first time to have met the WingMakers (remember he has NEVER
mentioned such a thing until then, a year after they made their debut on the web) in the
year 2749! Yet, Bielek is right there working it into his own story. He never even
bothered to check the background of the issue, he just plows right in, making it up as
he goes along, thinking that no one will ever bother to check up on the facts and hold
him accountable.
"I'd be curious to know what you think. I assume you've seen hoaxes before similar to
this, and I guess I'd just like to know if I should shut the site down and totally get
uninvolved, or stick to my agreement with the client "Anne". I did make a CD of the music
from the 24-bit files they sent me. That's my favorite part of the whole thing. You
should hear the quality of the sound. It's unbelievable. It's the one part that makes
me think there may be some truth to the whole thing. The writings themselves go over my head."
The above commentary from Mark Hempel is so similar to the way that Joseph Matheny
promoted the Incunabula hoax on the internet that the comparison must be made. Matheny's
M.O. was to always present the material as if he had nothing to do with it and then,
instead of giving his own opinion as someone who had supposedly researched the thing as
he claimed, he would always ask people what they thought. "Curious" was a word that he
always used. The other thing that Hempel says that reminds me of Matheny is the comment
about the "writings" being over his "head". Likewise, Matheny downplayed the hard sciences
role of the Incunabula and Ong's Hat material, instead concentrating on the philosophical
aspects. Here Hempel is raving about the music from the project, ignoring the technological
claims of the Wingmakers "Blank Slate" time travel method. It's also worth noting that both
Hempel and Matheny have a background working in the computer and IT industry. Eventually
Matheny admitted that the whole Incunabula/Ong's Hat thing was a hoax concocted by himself,
Peter Lamborn Wilson and Nick Herbert -
http://www.darkplanetonline.com/whatreally.html
and of course we see the now familiar motives of hoaxing to accomplish some "so-called"
higher purpose or reveal some other "truth" which is too myopic, esoteric, illuminated,
snobbish, ridiculous or whatever, to just be told in plain english in a straight forward manner.
Personally I knew the WingMakers story was a hoax after I read the interview with the
so-called Dr. Anderson and listened to some of the music. As a musician/producer who
has invented new music technologies and received recognition for such efforts by Casio,
Inc, I recognized immediately that what was being offered up as highly sophisticated music
from the distant future wasn't even as imaginative or technically sophisticated as the
early works of Isao Tomita or say the 2nd side of Todd Rundgren's "Initiation" album from
the 70s. Don't just take my word for it, have a listen yourselves - here is a page of
Tomita sound clips http://www.isaotomita.net/sounds.html that sound much more like they
were created by a distant, futuristic society than the earthy, new age sounds from the
Wingmakers site.
Unlike Hempel, the writings were not only *not* over my head, but located somewhere along
the lines of what I saw and read in junior high school. The idea of "Blank Slate Technology"
as the method of time travel was obviously another sci-fi hoax, in fact the Montauk version
of time travel is closer to the truth than Wingmakers! "Blank Slate" was the term that Dr.
Anderson used to describe the type of time travel whereby only major events in the past can
be travelled to. Here's a quote from 1999 version of the website from one of the alleged researchers:
"Having decoded most of the text contained on the optical disc, we have concluded that if
their intentions are hostile, WingMakers could, at their complete discretion, time-travel
to any of our military installations and deliver a fatal blow to national security. Their
signature technology appears to be time-travel, not weapons of mass destruction, and as we
all know, there is no imagined technology more advanced than interactive time-travel."
This is ridiculous because any time travel must involve parallel universes. So going back
in time to attack a military installation would only have an effect on that time line or
universe in the past and not us here now. As I demonstrated on the page on Larry James here
at this site, the quantum mechanics for time travel demand such a result, and there are plenty
of Ph.Ds in physics who would agree. To be more exact, here is the statement from the so-called
"Dr. Anderson" first discussing Blank Slate Technology time travel:
Dr. Anderson:
Let's look at what he just said. BST is supposed to enable the "re-write" of history at so
called "intervention points" which are supposed to be "causal energy centers" that create
major events. This is clearly written for a New Age type audience and not spoken like a
scientist would. To interpret a bit, a causal energy center would actually be what is
called a "catastrophe", which in math and science means the point where a sudden change
in a system is manifested. When a spinning top finally loses momentum and begins to
wobble, that final point where the momentum drops below the required threshold is called
a catastrophe
"BST is the most advanced technology and clearly anyone who is in possession of BST, can
defend themselves against any aggressor."
Well actually this is wrong too. If those with BST are surprised by the aggressor and
destroyed, they can't use it to go back and stop the aggressor, even if time travel worked
the way they say. Which it doesn't. This is what I call the "Terminator" scenario, where
the machines in the future send a robotic assassin back in time to kill the hero of the
humans before he is born. "It is, as Fifteen was fond of saying, the freedom key.
Remember that the ACIO was the primary interface with extraterrestrial technologies
and how to adapt them into mainstream society as well as military applications. We were
exposed to ETs and knew of their agenda. Some of these ETs scared the hell out of the ACIO."
This of course sounds like much of the wild alien stories that we've heard from Preston
Nichols, Al Bielek, and others. Placing this information into the story only serves to
blend it more effectively into the current mainstream of UFO paranoia, or at least that
was the intention originally. Remember, it was members of the UFO community who were
originally contacted about this website, not members of a physics news group despite
the fact that the veracity of Blank Slate Technology and its use is a physics question.
We also have evidence of another pattern - the "myth making" pattern. This is seen here
in the context of the following link which is part of the "revised" version and clearly
aimed at creating some kind of cult: http://www.olypen.com/harmon/wm/disclosure.htm
We have witnessed this same twisted logic in the emails and message board posts of our
detractors. It goes like "So what Bielek lied. Why don't you leave him alone?", or "The
only reason you're attacking Bielek is you can't make up you're own story!" Hmmmm. The
point comments like this are missing is that we're not here to "make-up" stories. There
is no need to make-up stories as the real world contains enough real mystery and wonder
on its own without concocting lies on the graves of heroes or wasting people's time with
half-baked sci-fi physics just to try to hook 'em into some sociological consciousness
experiment. Soon, new information will be revealed about the Philadelphia Experiment that
will shock the critics and solidify it as a real event. All without the need of one word
from the Bielek fiction which has done more to keep people from taking the event seriously
than it ever has made people believe it. I myself was shocked at how many have privately
admitted to me that they doubted the Bielek bunk all along but just didn't say anything.
And so it goes. Bielek and the WingMakers. It's more like Bozo and the WingFakers.
From: "mark hempel" mhempel@southbaygroup.com
For what it's worth, I have two things to say about this email and the
attached link:
1. Al Bielek is not affiliated in any way to the WingMakers.com website. His
actions and words relative to the WingMakers materials are his own and carry
absolutely no endorsement from the WingMakers site or its creator.
In no way did I insinuate that Al Bielek is associated with you or WingMakers,
let alone make such a statement. In fact, it's from the information in the
story that Bielek is shown to be a liar and is lying about his adventures
with the so-called "WingMaker"s.
2. As is common in the UFO environment, the so-called "researchers" or
"debunkers" feed on their own materials and not the source of the
controversy. By this I mean the following, in five years I've only been
approached directly by one researcher who made inquiries into the source of
the WingMakers materials. This researcher wanted to know about James, the
anonymous man who is credited for creating/translating all of these
materials (books, essays, poetry, music, DVD, art, etc.). It continues to
amaze me that "researchers" have their focus on the state of the site in
1998 rather than its more current information, especially since there has
been dramatic new information released.
Perhaps the reason why they have their focus on the site as it was in 1998
is because that's when it was proven to be a hoax. If anyone wanted to know
about "James" then it was clearly someone who was ignorant of how the
wingmakers.com came into being and how the UFO community was originally
contacted about it. Otherwise, what's the point? The website was fake then
but it's not fake now? Commenting on the content of all the so-called "books,
essays, poetry, music, etc." would be a waste of time since t he entire
collection is less than compelling and only impresses those open to such
mind games as 5/5/2000, Planet X and other New Age catnip.
The WingMakers website is not about UFO and conspiracies, it never has been.
Not once did I make that claim in the report. Nonetheless, it was the UFO
community that was initially contacted about it. Oh, and the video art
community, to whom it was described as a new kind of "immersive" experience
ready made as a pilot for TV. As for it not being about "conspiracies", who
are you kidding. The whole story involves conspiracies, the conspiracy to
keep the cave and its contents secret, the conspiracy to try to use the BST
(b*llsh*t technology) to affect the future, and on and on. T he initial
creation was a conspiracy, the secretive art group contacting you to create
the site and then all the mysterious phone tapping, etc that followed. Give
me a break. The more you plead your case, the more disingenuous you appear.
People have been obsessed by these elements of the overall mythology of the
WingMakers site and have completely lost sight of what it is really about.
All of this is made quite clear in the Creator section of the
WingMakers website and has been available to read for over 3 years now.
Since it's a hoax, what's the point of trying to understand what the
"mythology" is "really about"? If people want to read it as an interesting
myth, then so be it. I was simply pointing out how it's no more real than
the fantasies of Al Bielek, who, in his never-ending spiral of creating a
false life for himself, he took on as yet another facet.
I have had one meeting with James, shortly after Thanksgiving last year, and
from my meeting he is not a quack or a man interested in hoaxes. He has an
incredible understanding of new physics and the structure of the universe.
He is meeting with scientists and is not someone who aspires to be in the
limelight. His materials have expanded the belief systems of thousands of
people based just on the number of emails I've received.
I'm nonplussed by all of this. The standards by which you are impressed
by things, like the so-called WingMakers music, are below mine. Likewise
what you may think is an "incredible understanding of new physics" is
highly suspect since the information about the nature of BST and how it
functions was so clearly fake as I pointed out in the article. If BST and
the comments that "Dr. Anderson" made about its operation didn't strike
you as false (that is if you didn't make all of this up on your own, as
I believe) then anything that uses the right amount of buzz words in a
dense enough arrangement of simple ideas, will impress you. I'm not
interested. I also don't believe that "James" even exists, but that
was not the focus of the article nor did I mention him and how much he
resembles another character that pops up to impart mysterious information
to another person from the net who's obsessed with creating bogus mythologies
in an egostical attempt to get a point across.
Al Bielek is not someone I have met nor have I studied his writings so I
cannot comment on him, but James I have worked with for nearly 5 years and I
do know his writings and purpose, and for him I can vouch. I only wish the
researchers would do their research and stop quoting information that is 5
years old and concentrate on the here and now. It only perpetuates confusion
and does not do justice to the real purpose of the WingMakers.com and
Lyricus.org materi als.
My article was not about Wingmakers.com as it has morphed since it's original
launch. It was about how it was proved to be a hoax in the few following weeks
after it was announced to the UFO community and how, despite that fact,
Al Bielek incorporated it into his own personal fantasy life, much like he
has other things which can be easily proved to be false, fake, corrupted and
or stolen once they are carefully examined. Whatever has happened, to make
wingmakers.com a more all encompassing or sophisticated mythology, is of no
interest to me nor was focus of the article. To the extent that there are
references to the fact it was changed from its original form and the names
and other data have been altered, was simply to indicate that said changes
had occurred and had been met with outcries of the site being a hoax, once
again.
Kind regards,
Mark
Mark Hempel
Gee, Mark. Am I to believe that this message really came from you? After
all, it was a "Mark Hempel" that contacted the UFO community about this
fascinating new web site he was asked to design called WingMakers, back in
1998, which you then simply *denied* ever having done.
Have fun playing with your "mythology".
Marshall Barnes
http://www.caus.org/updates/cu112798.shtml
This is the introduction of the existence of the Wingmakers website to the
members of CAUS, Citizens Against UFO Secrecy.
http://www.caus.org/updates/cu112898.shtml
This is where an email from Mark Hempel, at that time claiming to have been hired
to create the site, is wondering if there's something going on
besides just interesting art. Notice how he claims that he suspects involvement by
intelligence agencies, etc.
http://www.caus.org/updates/cu112898b.shtml
Here is a brief commentary on the subject of the music at the site.
(Note: The link to www.netradio.net shown on this web page is no longer available)
http://www.caus.org/updates/cu112898c.shtml
By this time everyone is suspecting that the website is a hoax meant
to market an entertainment concept.
http://www.caus.org/updates/cu112898d.shtml
Here the decision has been made - it's a hoax! Note also that Hempel uses the term
"immersive" to describe the concept behind the website. The immersive media concept
is one of a number of things that the WingMakers site shares with another hoax, the
Incunabula website and its owner Joseph Matheny who has a company called iMMersion New Media, Inc.
http://www.caus.org/updates/cu113098b.shtml
Now another possible motive for the site is considered - that it
seeks out certain people who may have specific responses to the
music and art there. By this time anyone familiar with the manipulations
both implied and admitted to by those promoting the Incunabula and Ong's Hat stories
can see the similarities. Also, the claimed intent of the Montauk
book series, as a way to open up people's channels of consciousness that are
suppressed by society, makes this hoax a perfect continuation of the
said concept, as promoted by Vince Babarick of Sky Books, AKA Peter Moon. As we will
see, eventually it would be incorporated into his sphere of influence.
http://www.caus.org/updates/cu120298b.shtml
In this post Hempel is alleged to have revealed in a video art newsgroup that his web
site is in fact an entertainment concept.
(Note: Mark Hempel's posting can be read here:
http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=djq&selm=an_415220848 )
http://www.caus.org/updates/cu120298c.shtml
Here CAUS has found the connection between the Soulfood music project and the WingMakers project.
Bernard Roy writes:
http://www.caus.org/membercomments/mc071300.shtml
Where Roy expounds on his views about how people easily are fooled by hoaxes like WingMakers.
"No one is absolutely sure. And his reasons may have changed over time. The accepted purpose
was to develop Blank Slate Technology or BST. BST is a form of time travel that enables the
re-write of history at what are called intervention points. Intervention points are the
causal energy centers that create a major event like the break-up of the Soviet Union or
the NASA space program."
(see http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/048669271X/ref=sib_dp_pt/103-2547707-7934205#reader-page ).
So what Anderson is saying is that BST allows you to go back to a catastrophic point in
history so that you can alter or "rewrite" it. Again, this would have no effect on the
time line that the time traveler originated from. History would be safe.
Reply by Mark Hempel
Note: Marshall's comments are displayed in green
To: gschelm@libero.it
Cc:
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 19:17:52 -0600
Subject: Subject: Re: The WingMakers Hoax
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