CNET Top 5: Strange tech claims Video

CNET Top 5: Strange tech claims Video Transcript

Welcome to the CNET Top 5, where each time we meet we count down another hot CNET list. I'm Tom Merritt. Technology is driven by imagination and innovation. One moment a geek thinks, "What if?" and suddenly we've got cell phones and robots and Mentos explosions. Sometimes, though, that imagination gets out of hand, producing theories so fantastical they are not to be believed...or are they? Let's count down the Top 5 strangest tech claims. At number five, well, it has to be alien implants. (Nothing to do with Pamela Anderson). According to Dr. Roger Lein, the truth isn't just "out there", it's also under your skin. If you've been abducted, chances are you have a souvenir of your trip somewhere in your body. Good news everyone! You can have that pesky extraterrestrial device removed through Dr. Lein's Web site: alienscalpel.com. Coming in at number four: S-4! Area 51 is for suckers and tourists. Physicist Bob Lazar claims that Dr. Edward Teller hired him to work at this ultra-secret outpost where UFOs are reverse-engineered by the Navy from extra-terrestrial wreckage. Lazar even saw a successful test flight. Don't laugh! He risked his top secret 'eyes only' status to let you know. Up to number three: John Titor, Time Traveller. No one's certain if this guy really exists, but back in 2000 someone using that name and claiming to be an American soldier from 2036 started posting on various online message boards. Titor claimed to have been sent back to 1975 to retrieve an old IBM 5100. And then stopped off at a rest stop in 2000 to blog, apparently. You can read his postings at johntitor.com Sliding in at number 2: Joe Firmage. He was a 29-year-old multimillionaire, co-founder, and CEO of USWeb when, in 1999, he turned his back on it all, claiming he'd been visited in his bedroom by an otherworldly figure who encouraged him to spread "the Truth" and prepare mankind for aliens. I've experienced the first half of that. Before we get to number one, let's take a look at the top 5 conspiracy sites according to votes cast at top-site-list.com. Remember, just 'cause you're paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't after you. All right. Let's get to our number one, the strangest of strange claims in the world of tech: At number one: the Moon Landing Hoax. That's right. Easily the most elaborate hoax in the history of humanity, involving hundreds, if not thousands, of co-conspirators who have all dutifully remained silent ever since. What the world watched on their fuzzy TVs in 1969 was the biggest special effects triumph ever. When Buzz Aldrin was confronted with this theory by independent filmmaker Bart Sibrel, he did what you might expect: he slugged him. But I know the truth. I've seen Capricorn One. Well that's it for this edition of CNET's Top 5. Or is it...? I'm Tom Merritt. See you next time... Or will I?