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Jordán Peña confesses to Ummo
In 1993 the parapsychologist José Luis Jordán Peña admitted he had created the Ummo letters, calling it an experiment in collective paranoia.
1993 CE · 40.42, -3.70 · status: hoax
The account
Over almost three decades thousands of pages of 'Ummite' letters had been mailed to writers, scientists and ufologists. Some believers rejected the confession and the letters still have followers.