UFO Pilot Under-Reporting Bias.

[Karl12]

Thought there was some pretty thought provoking data found in this article regarding a 'reality check' on just how many people actually report their UFO sightings (I know I didn't) and when it comes to military/civilian pilots there's always been serious concerns about under reporting bias due to fear of ridicule, perceived competence, job security, witness intimidation etc.
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After the CIA 'Robertson Panel led to the implementation of the JANAP 146 directive which basically made the reporting of UFOs to the American public an 'act of espionage' then I suppose fines of up to ten thousand dollars (and/or one to ten years in prison) also deterred quite a few pilots from discussing their experience.


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Over the years there's been some truly revealing UFO surveys and polls conducted on professionals in the aviation industry (including this rather interesting one involving 1000 radar operators) but did think there was a really relevant report below concerning 'under reporting bias' from NARCAP's Ted Roe.




• Aviation Safety in America: Under-Reporting Bias of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena and Recommended Solutions.

Excerpts:


"We didn't say anything. We figured nobody would believe us."
Charter Pilot



"Upon return to my domicile, JFK, I reported our sighting to the proper authorities. I was shortly visited by two federal investigators who evidently thought I was hallucinating for one of them stated he had seen spaceships while fishing in Great South Bay and was quite obviously trying to prove that I was a loony."
Captain, Pan Am (ret.)



"It must have been Huge! We were all due back at JFK about the same time two days later so I waited in the crew ready room to talk to them. None of them wanted to talk! They were afraid management would take them off of flying status and have them tested for booze and drugs. The story never came out!"
Flight Engineer, TWA (ret.)



"a group of lights in the air appeared at our 12o'clock position. I called departure control and asked them if they had any traffic in that area. When they came back and said NO, what do you see, I said no, just checking. For at that time when a pilot reported seeing a UFO he was in a lot of trouble."
Captain, Ozark Airlines (ret.)



"I, and Flight crew saw something (in broad daylight) that did things that no known aircraft could do without killing any living thing inside. I will only give sketchy details to protect the privacy of the rest of the crew. If you are interested, and all information (is) kept anonymous, contact me. I will not present myself for public ridicule."
Captain, NW (ret.)


Technical Report - PDF File

Pentagon USAF UFO Officer Al Chop (described as 'one of the last honest men') also made a few relevant statements and although being initially skeptical gradually came around to accepting the UFO mystery based upon his 'ringside seat ability to review highly intriguing military reports about strange flying objects with apparent intelligence behind their control'.

His 'Clearance List' can be found here and contains some truly intriguing Air Technical Intelligence UFO reports.

• "You must remember that I was privy to the project files. These contained hundreds of official reports of UFO encounters made by military personnel from all branches of the service. They were all classified with a high degree of security classification. Almost all of these made pretty scary reading from the verbatim descriptions of the pilots concerned"

Albert M. Chop, Air Force UFO Public Information Officer at the Pentagon.

Chop also pops up in this vid but there's a good section on UFO pilot under-reporting bias featuring NICAP's Richard Hall and NARCAP's Richard Haines found around 10:30.

• "Airlines don't like to employ people who see strange things".

Dr. Richard Haines, Ames NASA Research Center - Chief of the Space Human Factors Office.