Astronomers Duped On UFOs?

[Karl12]

Luckily not all astronomers have fallen for the BS as Bluebook's Dr Hynek (Former Chairman of the Astronomy Department at Northwestern University) states below that quite a large number of astronomers believe the UFO subject is worthy of scientific study and have had unexplained sightings of their own.

There's also some relevant statements by astronomer Dr. Bernard Haisch (Director for the California Institute for Physics and Astrophysics) and reckon the second one just about sums things up.









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Quotes:

• "I have learned quite a bit about the UFO phenomenon over the years, certainly more than I had bargained for, and have met many of the leading figures, some credible, some deluded. When Professor Peter Sturrock, a prominent Stanford University plasma physicist, did a survey of the membership of the American Astronomical Society in the 1970s, he made an interesting finding: astronomers who spent time reading up on the UFO phenomenon developed more interest in it. If there were nothing to it, you would expect the opposite: lack of credible evidence would cause interest to wane. And the fact of the matter is, there does exist a vast amount of high quality, albeit enigmatic, data.

Dr. Bernard Haisch - Director for the California Institute for Physics and Astrophysics.








• "I propose that true skepticism is called for today: neither the gullible acceptance of true belief nor the closed-minded rejection of the scoffer masquerading as the skeptic. One should be skeptical of both the believers and the scoffers. The negative claims of pseudo-skeptics who offer facile explanations must themselves be subject to criticism.

If a competent witness reports having seen something tens of degrees of arc in size (as happens) and the scoffer, who of course was not there, offers Venus or a high altitude weather balloon as an explanation, the requirement of extraordinary proof for an extraordinary claim falls on the proffered negative claim as well.

That kind of approach is also pseudo-science. Moreover just being a scientist confers neither necessary expertise nor sufficient knowledge. Any scientist who has not read a few serious books and articles presenting actual UFO evidence should out of intellectual honesty refrain from making scientific pronouncements. To look at the evidence and go away unconvinced is one thing. To not look at the evidence and be convinced against it nonetheless is another. That is not science. Do your homework."

Dr. Bernard Haisch - Director for the California Institute for Physics and Astrophysics.


Scientists UFO/OVNI/UAP Statements.

Links:


• The Amateur Astronomer And The UFO Phenomenon - CUFOS Archive (PDF File)

• Sturrock Report On American Astronomical Society Concerning The UFO Problem (PDF File

• Astronomers And UFOs - Henry Cordova. CUFOS Archives (PDF File)