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I dont see why everyone gets so excited about those other country's release of UFO reports. Sure you might get some fascinating reports from time to time, and this may even make its way into the news cycle, but we all know that they arent really admitting to, or acknowledging, anything.
These are reports from the general public that have no bearing on an official interest. And on top of that its extremely probably that some of the most interesting reports are not even being released.
So even if the States did start releasing public reports from the last 30yrs, I dont think that would amount to much of anything at all.
Dave and Gene! One of your best shows yet! You could have this guy back everyday for the next month and still not cover it all. What a great source of knowledge! UAP is the the new UFO
~A
We should make t-shirts that say "You down with UAP?"
Ouch. That's so old school it has dust on it...
Dave and Gene! One of your best shows yet! You could have this guy back everyday for the next month and still not cover it all. ~A
Great show, just finished listening.
You know, I play in a band occasionally and the bass player happens to be a commercial pilot. When I first started playing in this band I asked him about seeing UFOs while flying. He responded with a "no", and explained that you really don't have to watch the skies too much once you're up and flying because the electronics take over. He says that most of the time he just sits there and reads a magazine.
Agreed!
So have Haines on again, then have more Hastings on, then have more Don Ecker, then back to Haines, Hastings, Ecker..Oh and then have Frank Warren back, too.
If you just had them on for the rest of the Paracast, it'd be fine with me!
UFO is a term loaded with a lot of baggage. It is also, unless you happen to be an adherent of the ETH or EDH, inaccurate - for those of us who maintain that the phenomenon remains a mystery (worth study), the "O" presents a problem, because "object" carries with a certain conclusion that the evidence doesn't yet support (and maybe it never will).
So, some folks, myself included, maintain that UAP - Unidentified Aerial Phenomena - is a better, more scientifically descriptive term, and one that doesn't have the stigma attached to it that "UFO" does.
Widespread acceptance of this term would probably help with the promotion of the serious study of the phenomenon. "UFO" could be left for the fringers, and the true believers.
If someone who studies UFOs is a "ufologist", practicing "ufology", then logic dictates that someone who studies UAP is a "Uapologist", practicing "Uapology".
Which makes perfect sense, no doubt, to those, like Stan Friedman, who have no time for "apologist ufologists"!
Then again, Stan still insists on using "flying saucers", a term of even more questionable lineage and applicability than UFO.
All things considered, perhaps the status quo isn't so bad after all!