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originally posted by: intrptr
I'm a witness of one, believe me, when you see them you will know its not earth tech. They do too many things that violate the accepted laws of physics, regardless if experienced observer or not.
originally posted by: angryhulk
I just googled 'astronomer ufo' and blew the premise of your thread to pieces.
originally posted by: markymint
"An illuminated object that appears in the 30-60,000ft region that moves from the farthest point of the Western horizon, goes overhead to the fartherst point of the Eastern horizon in 6-7 seconds flat with no apparent change to altitude"
originally posted by: _BoneZ_
Why a Large Group of People (Astronomers) Rarely Report UFO sightings.
An Astronomer Looks at UFOs: A Lot Less than Meets the Eye
...there are objects in the sky that the average person may not be able to identify. This does not mean, however, that no one can identify these objects. It only means that they could appear “unidentified” to someone who is not familiar with the sky or with the full range of sky phenomena that can surprise a novice.
Indeed, upon more careful investigation, many so-called UFOs turn out to be perfectly natural objects or processes in the Earth’s atmosphere or beyond.
originally posted by: _BoneZ_
This is not to say that aliens are not or have not visited Earth. Just simply that most UFO sightings are not of alien origin.
we have still to see Mog from Zog even although we have been doing this for a long long time.
I will refer you back to this old chestnut that forms the majority of claims about ufo's..
If YOU don't actually KNOW what you are looking at that's what you may think…
how many threads/posts do we have on here with that claim only to find out it was a simple terrestrial explanation.
Or how about the claims made for speed and distance when you don't have enough information to work those out?
originally posted by: AlexJowls
'UFOs' (i.e., "aliens") have become a religion unto themselves; with people desperate to believe there is more "out there" than meets the eye of the average work-a-day Joe Halfpenny trudging his way, inexorably to a pauper's grave.
It's little different to why so many spurn their "God" -given logic and espouse fanciful religious dogmata -- they need a crutch and reason to maintain hope. That is to say, a job, car, home and the occasional shag really doesn't do it for most people.
I'm not the one who thinks they've seen a UFO.
originally posted by: _BoneZ_
originally posted by: Kandinsky
I'm thinking of Sturrock's Survey on the Membership of the American Astronomical Society (pt.1 pdf) for starters.
Where only 5% of respondents (62 out of 1356) saw something they could not explain. That's a very low percentage.
I didn't say you didn't see anything. I said you didn't see a UFO and by that I certainly do mean a craft from another planet. You saw something you and your friends couldn't identify.