Han
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I agree with all of what you say and see a sliding scale of guilt and culpability. Sentry points out there is a mystery regarding why it was not deblurred earlier by the owners of the slides and certainly the issue of seeing a low res copy could be to blame but who builds a research case on anything without seeing the primary evidence first? So all that blah blah blah about Kodak experts, and Dew claiming he thought he did due diligence is all very suspect at best.
There are different levels of response to a UFO event which are on a sliding scale from armchair speculator all the way to paid government scientist. The response will be the best it can be given the levels of access to information, and evidnce processing abilities available to the body doing the processing. The right tools for the right job was what RSRG did - so the capacity is there for some tasks.
Heidi, if you find a UFO in your backyard, hide it from your neighbours, contact Christopher O'Brien O'Brien who will put you in touch with Bigelow so you can sell it for big ca$h. I would use IsaacKoi to represent you and arrange for an appropriate escrow process to unfold. That is unless you feel like you want to engage in some weird science all your own. And in that case I would open source it here on the forums and make way for some interesting people to set up tents in your yard & get ready for some experiments. I would also encourage you to get manxman to run the bar and all around crowd supplies, get pixelsmith to manage the music lineup. Get stonehart in to headline. For chefs I'm not sure who is out there but i would pitch in to support a hell's kitchen. I'm hoping an eclectic collection of frenemies join in that cause.
Depending on the size of the ship you caught, and what kind of arrangements you can make with neighbours, you should still be able to get in a decent sized stage and lab facilities in place. Do you have a greenhouse? Anyways, I'm suggesting you go with a full on UFO culture festival, host a Paracast conference while you're at it. You'll have no end of guest speakers and hilariously wicked roundtable sessions (I'm seeing Constance , Angel of Ioren , Gene Steinberg , Tyger and George Wingfield as the big draw) with Wade Ridsdaleand Han to act as moderators to maintain sanity and decorum. Should be good times, a kind of UFO Mecca at the Lemmer's place. Please post pictures & video for those who can't make it.
I have enough trouble moderating myself! maybe cooking or tea detail would be more appropriate
Also would there be a TV deal? and who would play me in the Hollywood version? My preference would be a hologram of
Groucho Marx. (if the budget allows)
In all Seriousness, why is a Bigelow type not all over the "Roswell" slides?
Maybe the "government" is buying time to cover the tracks? or get rid of the evidence?
Or maybe the parks service etc are overstretched and under funded, and don't have time or resources to waste on wild goose chases?