Izmo Guglich Affair

The "Bosnian Pyramid" Project: Izmo Guglich Affair is a hoax by a blogger known as Izmo Guglich perpetrated on the pseudoarchaeological project of Semir Osmanagic, a Texas-based metal-worker who claims to have found ancient pyramids in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

In February 2008, Izmo Guglich submitted two papers of nonsense camouflaged in pseudoscientific and New Age jargon, signed by a "Dr.Phil. Amer Kovacevic", for publication on Semir Osmanagic's web site , as an experiment to see if that web site, claiming to be dedicated to serious and scientific geo-archaeological research of Bosnia-Herzegovina's cultural and historical heritage, will accept it for publication. On personal recommendation from Semir Osmanagic, both articles were published immediately and one of them subsequently translated into English by his staff member. This was followed by publishing of another similar article, written by Mr. Osmanagic's associate Davorin Vrbancic, clearly inspired by the nonsense written by "Dr.Phil. Amer Kovacevic". Since Izmo Guglich announced on his blog that both articles were a hoax and that a "Dr.Phil. Amer Kovacevic" is a fictitious person, there was no reaction from Semir Osmanagic's project web site nor were those articles removed from it.

The "Bosnian Pyramid" Project: Izmo Guglich Affair goes in the same category of efforts such as the Sokal Affair or the Project Alpha, devised to expose pseudoscientific conduct.