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Alexander Wendt. (2019). Wanted: A Science of UFOs. TEDxColumbus.
What's Up with UFOs?
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- Flying Objects
- Do we really need to take UFOs seriously?
- Since encounters have been going on since at least the 1940s, they can’t all be “ours.”
- For many, the UFO topic broke into the mainstream in 2017 with disclosures by the US Navy and Department of Defense.
- Three mass sightings in the 1980s and 1990s add credibility to UFO claims.
- Strong evidence points to a connection between UFOs and nuclear weapons since the 1940s.
- Evidence shows that some UFOs can also operate underwater.
- No wonder it’s confusing. Hoaxes intermingle with scientifically verified pictures and videos.
- Hard Science
- Every year scientists get closer to discovering simple life in our solar system and beyond.
- The US government actively funds research in esoteric science traditionally associated with science fiction.
- There is special interest in “anti-gravity” to help explain the extraordinary performance of UFOs.
- The analysis of “metamaterials” is currently a hot topic.
- Bob Lazar claims he worked near Area 51 in the 1980s to reverse engineer an alien craft. Is he telling the truth?
- There is an extensive history of alleged UFO craft retrievals around the world.
- Direct Experience
- Don’t make the mistake of dismissing “abductions” without weighing the evidence with objective criteria
- Here are 15 “abduction” cases from 1964 to 2007 that meet our criteria.
- John Mack’s work at Harvard provided early credibility to the abduction phenomenon.
- Contemporary abduction stories continue to include the seemingly absurd idea of hybrid children involving Gray aliens.
- Close interactions with humanoid figures have been reported in conjunction with alien craft, going back to the 1950s.
- Healings are common to many UFO encounters.
- Abduction-like experiences are not isolated phenomena.
- ET encounters have many similarities with near-death experiences.
- The military has long been associated with remote viewing. More recently, it has funded paranormal research at Skinwalker Ranch.
- Numerous studies and reports suggest there are dozens of ET types.
- Participants using the CE-5 protocol claim to have telepathically contacted extraterrestrials.
- Most important: What is the nature of non-human intelligences? What do they want?
- Institutional Dynamics
- Are the world’s religions ready for E.T.?
- Hollywood strongly shapes our images of UFOs and aliens, sometimes under government influence.
- These four alien movies represent the spectrum from military confrontation, to scientific curiosity, subtle dream-like engagement, and deep friendship.
- Despite notable academic conferences, publications, and academics who specialize in UFO phenomena, the social taboo against UFOs remains firmly in place.
- Astronomers do, in fact, see UFOs, and a growing minority thinks that they ought to be seriously studied.
- Silicon Valley is beginning to show interest in UFOs.
- The US government has had long-standing concerns about UFOs.
- Should we be concerned with the size of the black budgets and the military-industrial complex?
- There are different views of the national security apparatus: “Nothing to see here” versus a “breakaway group.”
- There have been periodic attempts to persuade the government (and mainstream media) to be more transparent and formally acknowledge UFO phenomena, with little effect.
- Media coverage and transparency began to change in 2017.
- Stepping back: What’s happened in the last three years? Where is this all heading?
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Institutional Dynamics > Despite notable academic conferences, publications, and academics who specialize in UFO phenomena, the social taboo against UFOs remains firmly in place. > “The first responsibility of science is to tell the truth” argues academic Alexander Wendt. We don’t know what UFOs are
