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He states he is capable of telepathic communications and is in contact with extraterrestrials. Nidle is known for his prediction that the world would end on December 17, 1996. Nidle, then residing in Walnut Creek, California, predicted that it would happen with the arrival of 16 million spaceships and a host of angels from the "photon belt".
When this did not occur, Nidle claimed the angels had transferred humanity into a holographic projection in order to give it a second chance.
Following his prediction"s failure, Nidle removed all reference to it from his website. Nidle was "awarded" a Pigasus award, an award designed to expose psychic frauds, for his failed prediction.
Nidle founded the (PAO) in 1997, a movement which grew out of his Ground Crew Project group of the 1980s. The PAO predicted that 10,000 alien ambassadors would arrive on Earth in 1997.
The PAO also predicted that benevolent extraterrestrials would help transform the earth into a terrestrial paradise by the end of the year 2012.