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Daily Archives: August 22, 2009
Blogging UFOs: The UFO Hypothesis (and Tom Cruise) on Trial
These past few weeks, as I’ve thought about UFOs as a phenomenon, I’ve found myself confused, going back and forth between the value of testimony v. the value of expert scientific opinion, and then it occurred to me: Juries frequently encounter the exact same dilemma. In … Continue reading
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Tagged agnostic, atheist, ETs, law, logic, Out of the Blue, reason, science, skepticism, tom cruise, ufo, UFOs
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Blogging UFOs: If UFOs are Indeed Buzzing about in Our Local Skies, Why Wouldn’t We Pick Up Radio Signals of their Interspaceship Communications?
This morning I thought of a rather strong presumptive reason not to believe that UFOs are really visiting Earth: The total lack of radio communication between alleged alien spaceships. You would think that aliens, like humans, would communicate over radio … Continue reading
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Tagged apologetics, Christianity, communication, ETs, extraterrestrial life, extraterrestrials, philosophy, Phoenix lights, radio, religion, science, UFOs
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Blogging UFOs: Why was the Military’s Response to Roswell Witnesses and the Local Story Disseminators So Heavyhanded?
This excellent video clip on the Roswell incident begins with Jesse Marcel’s son’s recollection of what his father showed him on the night that his dad had recovered debris from the Roswell UFO crash site, and how what Jesse Marcel’s son saw did … Continue reading
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Tagged aliens, astronomy, government, psychology, reason, roswell, science, skepticism, space, UFOs, witnesses
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Talk about Alien Contact! UFO Crashes into UFO Museum!
I don’t know where this little museum and gift shop is in the world, but I thought the image was amusing.
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Tagged alien contact, aliens, comedy, crashes, funny, humor, museums, UFOs
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1942 “The Battle of Los Angeles”: Did the U.S. Military Mistake a Phoenix Lights-Style UFO Incident for an Attack from Japan?
A curious event from February 25, 1942: And here’s an original news broadcast of the incident:
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Tagged extraterrestrials, Japan, Los Angeles, Phoenix lights, roswell, ufo, ufology, UFOs, World War II
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Prometheus Unbound 