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	<title>Comments on: Why astronomers don&#039;t report UFOs</title>
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		<title>By: Astronomers and UFOs &#124; David Reneke &#124; Space and Astronomy News</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/09/01/why-astronomers-dont-report-ufos/#comment-251809</link>
		<dc:creator>Astronomers and UFOs &#124; David Reneke &#124; Space and Astronomy News</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2012 23:52:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Such sweeping statements from well regarded scientists are endlessly frustrating to the UFO researcher. Particularly given that interest in UFOs actually drives some people to study astronomy! Unfortunately the idea that only kooks see UFOs is prevalent. [...] </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Such sweeping statements from well regarded scientists are endlessly frustrating to the UFO researcher. Particularly given that interest in UFOs actually drives some people to study astronomy! Unfortunately the idea that only kooks see UFOs is prevalent. [...] </p>
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		<title>By: Filmmaker Dan Mack&#8217;s Response to Lord Martin Rees &#171; Dad2059&#039;s Webzine of Science Fiction, Science Fact and Esoterica</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/09/01/why-astronomers-dont-report-ufos/#comment-251808</link>
		<dc:creator>Filmmaker Dan Mack&#8217;s Response to Lord Martin Rees &#171; Dad2059&#039;s Webzine of Science Fiction, Science Fact and Esoterica</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 14:14:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Such sweeping statements from well regarded scientists are endlessly frustrating to the UFO researcher. Particularly given that interest in UFOs actually drives some people to study astronomy! Unfortunately the idea that only kooks see UFOs is prevalent. [...] </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Such sweeping statements from well regarded scientists are endlessly frustrating to the UFO researcher. Particularly given that interest in UFOs actually drives some people to study astronomy! Unfortunately the idea that only kooks see UFOs is prevalent. [...] </p>
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		<title>By: Djin</title>
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		<dc:creator>Djin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2012 21:03:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I suppose in theory there should be millions of space faring civilizations in the milky way galaxy alone which by averages we should have been visited thousands of times already if science is to be believed, but the fact that we havent detected any signs of et life is very odd. But i suspect that if an alien landed and went up to a astronomer and stuck a probe up his ass he would still say it was just the planet Venus. Just the same there are UFO spotters that claim my fake ufo vids on u-tube are genuine and have seen them also. But i have seen unexplained UFOs myself and alot of disbelievers and professional people like pilots and policemen have also experianced them also.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I suppose in theory there should be millions of space faring civilizations in the milky way galaxy alone which by averages we should have been visited thousands of times already if science is to be believed, but the fact that we havent detected any signs of et life is very odd. But i suspect that if an alien landed and went up to a astronomer and stuck a probe up his ass he would still say it was just the planet Venus. Just the same there are UFO spotters that claim my fake ufo vids on u-tube are genuine and have seen them also. But i have seen unexplained UFOs myself and alot of disbelievers and professional people like pilots and policemen have also experianced them also.</p>
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		<title>By: Arne</title>
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		<dc:creator>Arne</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 13:06:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What a crazy argument imho?

Astronomers don´t usually move around in the actual space do they?

...you see this is extra funny when thinking about the real astronauts comming forward with info on the subject. Astronauts and Pilots are imho the very best reliable witnessess there is, not astronomers but sure lets say them to then?

I´m sure a lot of crap in the sky (on photos) are fakes, but really, just to beleive we are alone in the entire universe is just plain stupid to me! That if anything shows how silly humans are and just cause our tech would be as advanced as a monkeys poking-stick compared to what potential alien visitors would need to have in their arsenal to get here just show how crazy it all sounds , get it now? Hmm most likely not! Agreed 100% charles, what about UFO disclosure project, I think they must have been exposured to swamp gas, lol..  In space, hahahaha...

Clearly there is a huge force in ancion here making sure we normal people don´t have a chance to expose this but why? Lets just speculate shall we, far, far superior tech on the line if UFO´s are indeed alien ships, US goverment, military  (hiding behind private corporations, aka weapons manufacturer) and they wouldn´t be interested in keeping that a secret to take it all by them selfd? Naa doesn´t sound like human behavioiur to me, lol.

But sure for all what it´s worth let´s just stay were we are and not make progress as a species shall we? The earth was round 500 years ago and you could be burned for saying otherwise, yeah we are really civilised aren´t we? We have a long way to go and if there is a force greater then us up there then I´m glad cause it might be our only protection against blowing our selfs up or destroying our selfs before we can get there to.

Now I don´t say I know there are aliens here but that is a potential explenation which to me makes perfect sence just like we are studuing other animals. The UFO phenonomen is real though and we all should chase the truth, incl US goverment

Sorry for my bad language, misspells, grammar etc.. Not english native.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What a crazy argument imho?</p>
<p>Astronomers don´t usually move around in the actual space do they?</p>
<p>&#8230;you see this is extra funny when thinking about the real astronauts comming forward with info on the subject. Astronauts and Pilots are imho the very best reliable witnessess there is, not astronomers but sure lets say them to then?</p>
<p>I´m sure a lot of crap in the sky (on photos) are fakes, but really, just to beleive we are alone in the entire universe is just plain stupid to me! That if anything shows how silly humans are and just cause our tech would be as advanced as a monkeys poking-stick compared to what potential alien visitors would need to have in their arsenal to get here just show how crazy it all sounds , get it now? Hmm most likely not! Agreed 100% charles, what about UFO disclosure project, I think they must have been exposured to swamp gas, lol..  In space, hahahaha&#8230;</p>
<p>Clearly there is a huge force in ancion here making sure we normal people don´t have a chance to expose this but why? Lets just speculate shall we, far, far superior tech on the line if UFO´s are indeed alien ships, US goverment, military  (hiding behind private corporations, aka weapons manufacturer) and they wouldn´t be interested in keeping that a secret to take it all by them selfd? Naa doesn´t sound like human behavioiur to me, lol.</p>
<p>But sure for all what it´s worth let´s just stay were we are and not make progress as a species shall we? The earth was round 500 years ago and you could be burned for saying otherwise, yeah we are really civilised aren´t we? We have a long way to go and if there is a force greater then us up there then I´m glad cause it might be our only protection against blowing our selfs up or destroying our selfs before we can get there to.</p>
<p>Now I don´t say I know there are aliens here but that is a potential explenation which to me makes perfect sence just like we are studuing other animals. The UFO phenonomen is real though and we all should chase the truth, incl US goverment</p>
<p>Sorry for my bad language, misspells, grammar etc.. Not english native.</p>
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		<title>By: charles</title>
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		<dc:creator>charles</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 02:56:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What does everyone think about the 2010 UFO disclosure conference? Do you all believe these men are lying, telling the truth or simply dont know.</description>
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		<title>By: Roy Nuzzo</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/09/01/why-astronomers-dont-report-ufos/#comment-251804</link>
		<dc:creator>Roy Nuzzo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2010 00:50:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This was a lot of years ago so my details will be off but the gist of this is true. I was at a users group meeting in Florida of Gould Computers (used 99% for aerospace &amp; nuclear energy control units) [with analog and hybrid configurations] for reasons of insane real time computation of complex stuff. The RTM (real time core) was hard. - ie- not software but built-in binary code to maximize throughput.  Questions from floor revealed that the downrange unit of air force tracking was having problems with a &#039;purple cursor&#039; . Suddenly a purple cursor would pop up and begin tracking UFOs which were ASSUMED to be hostile incoming rockets - maybe even nuclear attack.

It seems on the first such scramble the interceptor pilot radioed back that he had the object in direct view and was locked on. &#039; It is the moon - shall I destroy it?&#039;

Say again.

&#039;I have the moon in my sights. Should I shoot it down?

It took counter programming to predict when this mysterious purple cursor would appear and put out a warning to ignore it. This counter measure made us open to a real attack that would follow the moon in - say from Cuba???

It turns out the programmer of the purple cursor was now working for General Motors. As is the case with straight binary code, nobody else could read it and being so integral with other stuff not removed lest handskakes get fouled and cause shut downs. So this code was marked in the manusl (5 feet thick manuals) as &#039;unsupported code&#039;.


So, if somebody saw a nice piece of memory sitting there where a scratch calculation could be made - and maybe activate this bit of hardwired code - a UFO was created, and planes sent to intercept yadda yadda yadda.

I wonder if the folks who were directly involved know more detail here. But this is the first that I am aware of &#039;Ghost in the machine&#039;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This was a lot of years ago so my details will be off but the gist of this is true. I was at a users group meeting in Florida of Gould Computers (used 99% for aerospace &amp; nuclear energy control units) [with analog and hybrid configurations] for reasons of insane real time computation of complex stuff. The RTM (real time core) was hard. &#8211; ie- not software but built-in binary code to maximize throughput.  Questions from floor revealed that the downrange unit of air force tracking was having problems with a &#8216;purple cursor&#8217; . Suddenly a purple cursor would pop up and begin tracking UFOs which were ASSUMED to be hostile incoming rockets &#8211; maybe even nuclear attack.</p>
<p>It seems on the first such scramble the interceptor pilot radioed back that he had the object in direct view and was locked on. &#8216; It is the moon &#8211; shall I destroy it?&#8217;</p>
<p>Say again.</p>
<p>&#8216;I have the moon in my sights. Should I shoot it down?</p>
<p>It took counter programming to predict when this mysterious purple cursor would appear and put out a warning to ignore it. This counter measure made us open to a real attack that would follow the moon in &#8211; say from Cuba???</p>
<p>It turns out the programmer of the purple cursor was now working for General Motors. As is the case with straight binary code, nobody else could read it and being so integral with other stuff not removed lest handskakes get fouled and cause shut downs. So this code was marked in the manusl (5 feet thick manuals) as &#8216;unsupported code&#8217;.</p>
<p>So, if somebody saw a nice piece of memory sitting there where a scratch calculation could be made &#8211; and maybe activate this bit of hardwired code &#8211; a UFO was created, and planes sent to intercept yadda yadda yadda.</p>
<p>I wonder if the folks who were directly involved know more detail here. But this is the first that I am aware of &#8216;Ghost in the machine&#8217;.</p>
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		<title>By: steve boltzman</title>
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		<dc:creator>steve boltzman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 07:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&gt;&gt; Kean’s new book, “UFOs: Generals, Pilots &amp; Govt Officials....&lt;&gt; The Null Hypothesis for UFO reports, of which I am one of a handful of champions, states that no extraordinary stimuli are required to produce the entire array of public UFO perceptions in all their rich variety, wonderment, and terror. Known phenomena have produced all types of what is commonly known as &quot;UFO reports&quot;, including apparitions of flying disks, radar and radio interference, terrifying chases and &quot;intelligent maneuvers&quot;, telepathic messages, &quot;missing time&quot; and hypnogenic narratives, recollections of participation in military UFO retrievals, actual &quot;secret documents&quot;, and so forth. There seem to be no types of reports which have not been, on record, produced at some point or another by prosaic stimuli and/or circumstances.&lt;&lt;

The Null hypothesis of &quot;UFO&quot; reports: Everything&#039;s the same, there just aren&#039;t any REAL &quot;UFOs,&quot; and there never were.

http://www.debunker.com/texts/black_box_approach_to_ufo_perceptions.html</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&gt;&gt; Kean’s new book, “UFOs: Generals, Pilots &amp; Govt Officials&#8230;.&lt;&gt; The Null Hypothesis for UFO reports, of which I am one of a handful of champions, states that no extraordinary stimuli are required to produce the entire array of public UFO perceptions in all their rich variety, wonderment, and terror. Known phenomena have produced all types of what is commonly known as &#8220;UFO reports&#8221;, including apparitions of flying disks, radar and radio interference, terrifying chases and &#8220;intelligent maneuvers&#8221;, telepathic messages, &#8220;missing time&#8221; and hypnogenic narratives, recollections of participation in military UFO retrievals, actual &#8220;secret documents&#8221;, and so forth. There seem to be no types of reports which have not been, on record, produced at some point or another by prosaic stimuli and/or circumstances.&lt;&lt;</p>
<p>The Null hypothesis of &quot;UFO&quot; reports: Everything&#039;s the same, there just aren&#039;t any REAL &quot;UFOs,&quot; and there never were.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.debunker.com/texts/black_box_approach_to_ufo_perceptions.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.debunker.com/texts/black_box_approach_to_ufo_perceptions.html</a></p>
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		<title>By: Mark Hansen</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/09/01/why-astronomers-dont-report-ufos/#comment-251802</link>
		<dc:creator>Mark Hansen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Sep 2010 03:31:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Shalom, if you are the same Shalom Einstoss, please show &lt;b&gt;where&lt;/b&gt; Nigel claimed that scientists are some kind of gods. If you cannot, I think an apology would be the honourable thing to do, wouldn&#039;t it? Or is it standard practice for lawyers, if indeed you are one, to lie when convenient?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Shalom, if you are the same Shalom Einstoss, please show <b>where</b> Nigel claimed that scientists are some kind of gods. If you cannot, I think an apology would be the honourable thing to do, wouldn&#8217;t it? Or is it standard practice for lawyers, if indeed you are one, to lie when convenient?</p>
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		<title>By: kuhnigget</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/09/01/why-astronomers-dont-report-ufos/#comment-251801</link>
		<dc:creator>kuhnigget</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Sep 2010 21:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;Science is ok, but scientists proved themselves wrong in many, many occasions.&lt;/i&gt;

Shalom thus explains for himself the OPINIONS of Ed Mitchell, et al.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Science is ok, but scientists proved themselves wrong in many, many occasions.</i></p>
<p>Shalom thus explains for himself the OPINIONS of Ed Mitchell, et al.</p>
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		<title>By: Shalom</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/09/01/why-astronomers-dont-report-ufos/#comment-251800</link>
		<dc:creator>Shalom</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Sep 2010 17:47:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Just remembering how perfect is scince: the flaws in data on the UN Climate Panel...</description>
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