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Originally Posted by Markubis  The thing is, we may have already been given proof but it has been masked with the "hoax" label, and then stuffed away in a cabinet. |
Could that be because MOST of the UFO claims really are hoaxes? The sane UFOlogists will be the first to admit to you that their field of study is bullet-ridden with charlatans and hucksters. They realize why people point and laugh. It's deserved.
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Whenever I hear someone start talking about the bible and creation on me, I ask them to explain dinosaur bones...
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And in the UFO field, we have no equivalent of dinosaur bones. Show me the bones and it'll be a lot easier to convince me.
Here's an interesting thought for you all. And I'm very reluctant to trot this out because it rubs against everything I hold to in terms of science and evidence. But it's propounded by a man I respect a great deal - Jacques Vallee.
Jacques Vallee Discusses UFO Control System Quote:
Vallee, who holds a master's degree in astrophysics and a Ph.D. in computer science from Northwestern University, was an early scientific proponent of the theory that UFOs are extraterrestrial spaceships. His first book, Anatomy of a Phenomenon (Henry Regnery, 1965), argued eloquently that "through UFO activity … the contours of an amazingly complex intelligent life beyond the earth can already be discerned." In Challenge to Science - The UFO Enigma (Regnery, 1966) he and Janine Vallee (who is a psychologist by training, with a master's degree from the University of Paris) urged the scientific community to consider the UFO evidence in this light.
But by 1969, when he published Passport to Magonia (Regnery), Vallee's assessment of the UFO phenomenon had undergone a significant shift. Much to the consternation of the "scientific ufologists" who had seen him as one of their champions, Vallee now seemed to be backing away from the extraterrestrial hypotheses and advancing the radical view that UFOs are paranormal in nature and a modern space age manifestation of a phenomenon which assumes different guises in different historical contexts.
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It's an interesting thought, but I keep going back to Arthur Clarke's quote from long, long ago: "
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic". I would add, "or the paranormal".