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Science, UFOs and the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (Video)

Posted: 07/02/2012 3:49 pm

Seth Shostak, senior astronomer at the SETI Institute, recently wrote in a The Huffington Post blog that UFOs are "a phenomenon worthy of attention," and I agree. SETI is in the business of searching for signals from intelligent extraterrestrial civilizations, and although Shostak's story continued to highlight some of the wild email correspondence he receives from people convinced that ET is already visiting us, SETI was once viewed as fringe itself. However, devoted scientists worked hard to make their case and in the process have gathered other scientists from multiple disciplines to join in the discussion and research topics related to SETI. Now their work is accepted by the mainstream, so much so that it seems hardly a week goes by without some major media outlet writing about what SETI is up to lately.

I think this is a great model for what needs to happen in the UFO research community, so I am working to make that happen. Just like the brilliant, forward-thinking scientists that helped develop the field of scientific study we now refer to as SETI, there are brilliant, forward-thinking scientists from multiple disciplines who are interested in looking deeper into the UFO mystery. I am gathering some of these academics and members of the mainstream media to take a serious hard look at the phenomena in relation to other space mysteries. This event is called the Cosmic Exploration Conference: Science, UFOs and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life and is being held in Las Vegas in October. I have also launched a Kickstarter project to seek funding to video tape the lectures and post them on YouTube.

The conference includes speakers in the field of astronomy and aerospace to talk about the state of the search for life on other planets, including the current boom in the discovery of planets outside of our solar system possibly capable of harboring life. There will also be professors of psychology, sociology and theology who are experts in examining the effects on society should we find evidence of life on another planet, whether that be microbial or an advanced civilization.

Members of the mainstream media who have taken a serious look at these topics and retired military officers that can speak to how governments have or have not reacted to these topics will also be on hand. This includes retired Major General Wilfried De Brouwer, who, while in the Belgian Air Force, was in charge of the investigation of multiple sightings of strange triangular craft throughout the 1990s.

The Huffington Post blogger Lee Speigel will also be presenting on hearings held at the United Nations in the 1970s on UFOs. Speigel created an audio visual presentation for the U.N. delegates as part of an initiative championed by Sir Eric Gairy of Grenada that resulted in the passing of an official U.N. UFO decision.

Recently U.S News and World Report released a special issue titled "The Mysteries of Space," which among the topics of solar storms and the arms race in space, included a serious look at the UFO phenomenon. I think this is another example that mainstream science and media are ready and willing to pay attention to a sober examination of the UFO question. Famous theoretical physicist Michio Kaku put it well in an ABC special on UFOs when he said, "90 percent of the UFO sightings are probably misidentified and prosaic, however, the other 10 percent beckons further exploration and serious attention from the scientific community, so let their investigations begin."

Link to the Conference Exploration Conference

Link to the Conference Kickstarter project

 

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05:29 PM on 08/04/2012
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09:51 PM on 07/04/2012
People often wonder why UFO sightings are so brief and erratic, an explanation has just been provided by NASA, portals do exists and they could be the perfect vehicle for transporting over great distances very quickly. It could also explain why UFOs can shoot off in a split second. To read more and watch NASA video
http://www.educatinghumanity.com/2012/07/nasa-says-portals-are-real-does-this.html
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Never make an apology for your intelligence.
03:58 PM on 07/03/2012
I got a cell-phone text from them just today. They said, "Your ex-girlfriend called and says she wants her Blu-rays back."
01:23 PM on 07/03/2012
UFO AND THE FUTURE OF THE WORLD - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgicFDhS7t0
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Darren Perks
11:07 AM on 07/03/2012
Interesting comments from Seth there. He didnt say this when we interviewed him on camera face to face at the Mount Wilson Observatory back in May 2012. He skipped the subject completely and would not entertain it at all. We were filming for a new BBC feature documentary which is to be aired later this year. Read more on my blog about this here www.ufoshropshire.co.uk
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09:34 AM on 07/03/2012
While I believe it's possible that some UFOs are ET, I am still not convinced that any of them are. The thing we can say for absolute certain is that true UFOs exist and are real, and it's a sure bet that not all of them are conventional or even advanced test aircraft. I just don't know that we can declare certainly that they come from space, and therefore it seems a little presumptive to link UFOs to SETI.
05:36 PM on 07/06/2012
Seems pretty simple to me. Just follow that chain of reasoning. If they aren't from here, then by definition, they are extraterrestrial. It also seems very clear by now that these craft are intelligently controlled. Now. What is SETI looking for? I mean, it's all right there in the name. 'Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence'.

The problem comes from the two main camps concerning the subject matter, and their views on the necessary scope of the search, and how to conduct it.

The SETI camp are largely shoving their heads up their butts to avoid looking at the circumstantial (but overwhelming in aggregate) evidence of E.T.I.'s on our doorstep, because of the absurd, arrogant notion that they'll first be formally introduced through a radio telescope.
Which provides great job security, but doesn't scientifically address the issue.

The UFO camp similarly shoot themselves in the foot. They have the aforementioned evidence, but few if any scientists will even take a serious look, because they're all terrified that they'll never be taken seriously, or get funding for a project again. It is in fact, scientific cowardice. In their clamoring for proper attention, it's become a problem for many in the UFO camp that SETI get's all the credibility and funding. Not in spite of it's pathetically narrow scope, but because of it. So both camps just sit there heckling and talking right past each other.

The UFO phenomenon and SETI are not only linked. They are inextricably bound.
08:46 AM on 07/03/2012
the unknown is always the hardest truth to except, and prove because people fear it and the facts that come with it
06:14 PM on 07/02/2012
UFOs are interesting, but may or may not be relevant to intelligent or alien life. There's no guarantee we've located all intelligent species on Earth yet, for that matter. If mosses, bacteria colonies in clouds, or squids were intelligent, how would you know? Intelligence does't always mean "tool use." Look at dolphins. They happen to be able to use some primitive tools like sponges, but their environment allows little more.

UFOs, if they exist, may not be intelligent either. Space born life that occasionally wanders our way might look to us like a spaceship, when in fact, we might be seeing the equivalent of a space paramecium.