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“Nope-It’s Never Aliens,” published Monday. That title, so declarative in its contention, is incompatible with Plait’s later assertion that he “took up science as a career and critical thinking as a passion.” There isn’t much evidence of critical thinking on display in that title. Indeed, it’s a direct repudiation of that critical scientific interest. This is a shame. Plait’s writingPlait eventually admits that some UFOs remain unexplained and that they deserve some continued study.
To support this argument, however, Plait uses only an exceptionally limited pool of UFO reports and only a very thin layer of analysis. Assessing the three videos of UFOs recorded by Navy pilots in 2004 and 2015, for example, Plait relies wholly on science writer Mick West’s skeptical assessment that the objects in those videos are anything but interesting. To be fair to West, he puts his arguments forward for scrutiny and engages with critics. He deserves reciprocal engagement and respect.
I agree. Except, I would flip this contention on its head. After all, it would be one thing if the current interest in UFOs was based only on reports from today’s hypersonic vehicle era. The problem is that a litany of very similar reports and sensor returns of airborne objects performing in seemingly impossible ways have been recorded since the 1940s.
Then there are those military witnesses with impeccable credentials and security clearances reporting incredible things at military bases, training areas, and other locales. The comparative experience of Russian and U.S. military personnel reporting UFOs potentially interfering with nuclear weapons facilities is surely in and of itself worthy of open-minded investigation, no?
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