Talk:Great Oil Sniffer Hoax

Bonassoli
What happened to Bonassoli after the affair, and where is he now? The last we hear of him in this article is his brief reappearance in 1984. Beorhtwulf (talk) 22:06, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

Lacks clarity
Upon reading this article, I can't say I have any idea what the Great Oil Sniffer Hoax was. Most of the text in this article assumes the reader already has some background knowledge on the topic. --50.4.162.0 (talk) 20:07, 23 November 2012 (UTC)


 * "The Great Oil Sniffer Hoax was a 1979 scandal involving French oil company Elf Aquitaine. The company spent millions of dollars to develop a new gravity wave-based oil detection system, which was later revealed to be a scam.." Seems pretty clear to me. 184.94.55.126 (talk) 22:09, 21 October 2014 (UTC)

The journalist and (confessed) CIA Liaison Brian Crozier (Australian, but living in London and internationally) writes in his memoirs "Free Agent" that James Goldsmith rang him and complained he had lost 11 million $ in the hoax - and he wanted it back. Crozier got the money from elf Aquitaine within 2 days, he writes. Must have a look if I still have that book). 2001:8003:A070:7F00:75DA:A10:AFDA:D5AD (talk) 03:52, 23 August 2022 (UTC)