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Well Angel you are correct. Astronomers don't appear to report UFOs very much.

In addition to a much lower likelyhood of misidentification there could be a couple of other reasons for that.

1. A fear of being ridiculed. Jacques Vallee has recounted in his writings and on this very show an incident where data was destroyed by a senior scientist he was working with. The reason? He didn't want to look stupid for relaying strange data. How often does this sort of thing happen? The curtain of laughter surrounding this topic is very powerful and should not be underestimated.

2. The thinking that Astronomers should be seeing all kinds of UFOs, may be seriously flawed on it's face. How many Astronomers are there in the world? They are a very tiny subset of the general public. The article you refer to also makes the assumption of alien spacecraft. What if UFOs are not alien spacecraft? What if they are not travelling the interstellar void to get here? Should great numbers of astronomers be seeing them then?

Most UFO reports are indeed the result of error on the part of the witness. Most, not all. It is the the tiny percentage that cannot be explained that are of interest to me.

<blockquote data-quote="stphrz" data-source="post: 97603" data-attributes="member: 1921">Well Angel you are correct.&nbsp; Astronomers don&#039;t appear to report UFOs very much.&nbsp;In addition to a much lower likelyhood of misidentification there could be a couple of other reasons for that.&nbsp;1.&nbsp; A fear of being ridiculed.&nbsp; Jacques Vallee has recounted in his writings and on this very show an incident where data was destroyed by a senior scientist he was working with.&nbsp; The reason?&nbsp; He didn&#039;t want to look stupid for relaying strange data. How often does this sort of thing happen?&nbsp; The curtain of laughter surrounding this topic is very powerful and should not be underestimated.&nbsp;2. The thinking that Astronomers should be seeing all kinds of UFOs, may be seriously flawed on it&#039;s face.&nbsp; How many Astronomers are there in the world?&nbsp; They are a very tiny subset of the general public.&nbsp; The article you refer to also makes the assumption of alien spacecraft.&nbsp; What if UFOs are not alien spacecraft?&nbsp; What if they are not travelling the interstellar void to get here?&nbsp; Should great numbers of astronomers be seeing them then? &nbsp;Most UFO reports are indeed the result of error on the part of the witness.&nbsp; Most, not all.&nbsp; It is the the tiny percentage that cannot be explained that are of interest to me.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="stphrz, post: 97603, member: 1921"] Well Angel you are correct. Astronomers don't appear to report UFOs very much. In addition to a much lower likelyhood of misidentification there could be a couple of other reasons for that. 1. A fear of being ridiculed. Jacques Vallee has recounted in his writings and on this very show an incident where data was destroyed by a senior scientist he was working with. The reason? He didn't want to look stupid for relaying strange data. How often does this sort of thing happen? The curtain of laughter surrounding this topic is very powerful and should not be underestimated. 2. The thinking that Astronomers should be seeing all kinds of UFOs, may be seriously flawed on it's face. How many Astronomers are there in the world? They are a very tiny subset of the general public. The article you refer to also makes the assumption of alien spacecraft. What if UFOs are not alien spacecraft? What if they are not travelling the interstellar void to get here? Should great numbers of astronomers be seeing them then? Most UFO reports are indeed the result of error on the part of the witness. Most, not all. It is the the tiny percentage that cannot be explained that are of interest to me. [/QUOTE]

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