Jack Kimball, from N.H. GOP political boss to wide-eyed conspiracy theorist: ‘Planet X does exist’
Four years ago, Jack Kimball was being courted by presidential contenders and was profiled in the New York Times as the state’s new political boss. Today, the 2010 gubernatorial candidate and former chairman of the New Hampshire Republican Party is one of the state’s most prominent conspiracy buffs, taking to social media to warn of apocalyptic schemes involving secret governmental plots and cover-ups.
Kimball has written extensively about Jade Helm 15, the Obama administration plot to invade Texas, declare martial law and wage war on the American people. He has claimed the Charlie Hebdo shooting was a fake, “false flag” operation and warned of a United Nations invasion of the Granite State.
Kimball’s latest warning concerns the Nibiru cataclysm, an impending doomsday event involving a supposed collision or near-miss with a heretofore secret planetary object named Nibiru or Planet X. “They are no longer attempting to hide it,” Kimball wrote on Facebook yesterday. “Planet X does exist and is being seen by the naked eye all over the world.”
To backup up his claim, Kimball posted a YouTube video from online theologian Paul Begley. “This video is further proof as Google Sky has now revealed the blacked out area that it has been blocking for a very long time,” explained Kimball. “Take a look at what is there. Astounding revelation but no surprise to those of us who already knew.”
Nola Taylor Redd explains the origin of the Nibiru/Planet X myth:
The story began in 1976, when Zecharia Sitchin wrote “The Twelfth Planet,” a book which used Stitchin’s own unique translation of Sumerian cuneiform to identify a planet, Nibiru, orbiting the sun every 3,600 years. Several years later, Nancy Lieder, a self-described psychic, announced that the aliens she claimed to channel had warned her this planet would collide with Earth in 2003. After a collision-free year, the date was moved back to 2012, where it was linked to the close of the Mayan long-count period.
Needless to say, astronomers cite the lack of any scientific evidence to back up the claim and reject it as an internet hoax.
