UFO study finds no sign of aliens

Discussion in 'Pseudoscience Archive' started by Avatar, May 7, 2006.

  1. Avatar smoking revolver Valued Senior Member

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    No, you have to explain the american nation to me.

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    The USA gov. is competent enough to handle its' own citizens.

    There is an ancient Roman saying: Qualis rex, talis grex.
    Literaly: like king, like people,
    meaning is that the government is no alien outsider, but one of you.
    And what people you are, such government you get.
     
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  3. Gustav Banned Banned

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    so!
    unidentified no longer!

    its a bird, its a plane, its a plasma ball
     
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  5. awdsci Registered Member

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    Skinwalker, thank you for the information ,I am in the process of studying it.

    My initial response is based on the BBC website summary ,which contained enough information to determine the ineptitude of it`s authors.
    The unproven assumption " considerable evidence exists to support the thesis that the events are almost certainly attributable to physical, electrical and magnetic phenomena in the atmosphere, mesosphere and ionosphere." is largely speculative.
    In my view ,to suggest this as the cause of all sightings is absolute nonsense,especially since atmospheric effects of this nature would be of a very brief nature .
    I will try to get through the report as soon as time allows and I look forward to further discussion.

    Regards,

    Awdsci.
     
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  7. Giambattista sssssssssssssssssssssssss sssss Valued Senior Member

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    Dear Gustav,

    Thou art sharp. Ouch.


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  8. Giambattista sssssssssssssssssssssssss sssss Valued Senior Member

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    Perhaps you're being a tad modest?

    Or as Skinwalker often says, "Poppycock."

    I once asked Kenneth Lay, former chief executive of the Enron corporation, if he ever did anything illegal. He said "No."

    Good enough for me.
     
  9. Giambattista sssssssssssssssssssssssss sssss Valued Senior Member

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    And how far has Skinwalker gotten into the approximately 400 pages?

    Just wondering.

    I suppose I could also not read it.
    I've never read any of Phil Klass's "excellent" treatises on the subject of unidentified flying objects, either. Though, on occasion, I have been treated to his ideas.
    Maybe someday I'll amuse myself with one of his works.

    Hmm...
     
  10. GeoffP Caput gerat lupinum Valued Senior Member

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    Sounds like that Reagan quote.

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    Crazy Ron. Almost miss the old days.

    Geoff
     
  11. Sci-Phenomena Reality is in the Minds Eye Registered Senior Member

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    If anything, any sightings of "great significance" are going to be nothing but man-made machines, and if you'be never seen one before, you're just seeing a manmade TOPSECRET flying machine.
     
  12. phlogistician Banned Banned

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    OK, so next time you see a hurricane twisting towards you, don't run, or take shelter, just tell yourself 'it's going to be brief'.

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    But it seems you are convolving phenomena; films of 'UFOs' which move, are over very quickly, and those of 'UFOs' that last a long time, appear stationary. So they are either shooting stars, or stars, or some other transient phenomena, or something mundane like a lighthouse, star, planet, whatever, or maybe a regular aircraft whose footage has been edited just to show the 'weird bit' (like defocussing).

    But if you have good footage, showing flight characteristics, some foreground objects for comparison, that is in focus, and a good length, please share.
     
  13. awdsci Registered Member

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    Phlogistician,
    It seems you are being perverse ,referring to well known natural phenomena in the context of ufo`s.
    I am not able to supply such films as you suggest ,since I do not have the resources to obtain them , although they may be available from other sources.
    Or are you just being facetious?
    I do have a serious interest in the subject, but trying to discuss it under these conditions of apathy and negativity is not pleasant .
    I shall reserve further comment until a later date .

    Regards

    Awdsci.
     
  14. Communist Hamster Cricetulus griseus leninus Valued Senior Member

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    If you encounter any apathy and negativity on these forums, it is not entirely intentional. It's just that we get a lot of "zomg aliens" nutters on here, so it is assumed that many people questioning the official stories without immeditaly providing an alternative are nutters. Please, show us the errors of our ways.
     
  15. phlogistician Banned Banned

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    Because most sightings of 'UFO's are natural phenomenon. I dislike the term 'UFO' anyway. Some take it to mean anything in the sky they don't recognise, whether it demonstrates 'flight' or not, and others hide behind the term meaning extra-terrestrial craft. What do you understand by the term?

    No they aren't, that's why I asked! I have never seen good quality footage, showing a craft actually flying, with either foreground or background objects to indicate any relative motion. All I have seen are blurry close ups, where any movement is obviously camera shake, and not controlled flight.


    Not at all, I've love to see some footage which challenged my world view. That would be awesome, but all I have seen, is rubbish. I won't settle for a wobbly out of focus dot, or a three second clip of a passenger jet where the running lights just happen to flash in order by coincidence. I alwys am suspicious of shorts clips; I wonder why the person showing them doesn't want us to see what happened before or after!

    Asking questions and asking for footage is not negative, it is a request for the positive.

    OK, to get the discussion going, what do you mean when you say 'UFO', and what would you accept as footage to illustrate one?
     
  16. GeoffP Caput gerat lupinum Valued Senior Member

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    zomg?

    Geoff
     
  17. awdsci Registered Member

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    Phlogistician,
    I think I`ve been down this rocky road before.
    To get a grasp of this subject requires a fairly long ,convoluted study of the material available, assessment of the evidence and sufficient time to allow all the factors involved to filter through one`s mind.
    Even then,the very fact of being aware of the many distortions,political spin,outright lies etc., makes it extremely difficult to arrive at a considered opinion .
    All I can say is, those people who do try to research thoroughly (that excludes me ,by the way) have to overcome an enormous amount of deliberate misconstruction from official sources.
    I `ll be back !

    Regards,

    Awdsci.
     
  18. Giambattista sssssssssssssssssssssssss sssss Valued Senior Member

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    You are correct. One person's word against another's.

    I believe the best example here is: glass half full VS. glass half empty.

    You mentioned assumptions earlier. The subject of UFOs is built on assumptions from both sides. Those that assume they exist, and those that don't.
     
  19. Giambattista sssssssssssssssssssssssss sssss Valued Senior Member

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    To the people who don't believe that any flying (or floating) object is truly unidentified, any sighting WILL be explained away as this or that.

    All of that is based on an assumption.

    The assumption being that nothing is truly inexplicable, and that no non-human piloted craft have visited or are visiting this earth.

    Assumptions, may I reiterate. That cannot be proven or disproven.
     
  20. Meantime Banned Banned

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    And, to further that, those assumptions are garnered—always—from a disadvantageous point of view: the ant trying to make sense of an Empire State Building. Also, what's never taken into consideration—and I've been trying to drill this possibility into your thick skulls—is that alien pilots of "UFOs" could conceivably (evidently) take exception to not being… identified.
     
  21. awdsci Registered Member

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    Hello all,
    You may be interested in this ;
    Despite serving officers confirmation of sightings during flights, with clear descriptions of what was seen and correlated by radar images of `bogey` activity, the uk MoD deny that ` UAP`s ` are solid objects.
    Their denial of facts leads me to doubt their integrity. I can only wonder what their reasons may be.

    Regards

    Awdsci
     
  22. Oli Heute der Enteteich... Registered Senior Member

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    It is not absolutely necessary for something to be a solid object to be illuminated OR give a radar return...
    So what "facts" are they denying?
     
  23. Gustav Banned Banned

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    i prefer the swamp gas theory to the plasma balls one
    how could those brits be so wrong?
     

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