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Having seen two more episodes of “Mysteries Decoded”, it is a major disappointment. In the episode on “Roswell” for example, Marshall takes it for granted that the photographs of Major Jesse Marcel holding the wreckage of the “weather balloon” were a government coverup. The only investigation she does is take photo to a photoanalyst in order to enlarge and enhance a typewritten memo that General Ramey is holding in his hand, in an effort to prove it is a coverup. Unfortunately once it has been enlarged and enhanced it is completely unreadable. That doesn’t stop them from finding some suspicious “words” in the document and convincing themselves that they have found proof anyway. The problem is that she only talks to UFOlogists. She never gets the other side by talking to skeptics. Here’s an example. In the “Area 51” episode, she asks one of her “experts” if he believes the government is studying aliens at Area 51. He scoffs, “Of course not! The government has lots more secret bases than Area 51. That’s where they keep the aliens.” In other words, Area 51 is just a “front” to draw everyone’s attention from the real conspiracy. Next week: The Bermuda Triangle — if you think a dead horse can’t be beaten any more.