Here we have a shift from [justifiably] disparaging conspiracy stuff that has not produced any evidence over decades, to celebrating or expressing enthusiasm for a belief-based endeavor that likewise has failed to produce any evidence over a similar period of time. (Though the skepticism pertains to the lofty strata of complex life and technologically advanced intelligent life, not simple instances arising temporarily before snuffed out. Or never developing further due to persistent unfavorable environments, constant extinction-blow stellar cataclysms in the crowded parts of the galaxy, and evolution not being inherently devoted to progress to such things to begin with.)
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Here’s what a scientist makes of Congress’ UFO hearing
https://bigthink.com/13-8/uap-ufo-congressional-hearing/
EXCERPT: . . . All that said, I’m all for a transparent investigation into what the government has in its UFO/UAP file cabinets. There is no doubt that during the Cold War, they were happy to play UFOs for misinformation in their endless back and forth with our main adversary, the USSR. But I wouldn’t be surprised if 70 years from now, we are still rummaging around in these files and not really getting anywhere. If you want an analogy, think of the JFK assassination, an event for which no file dump ever really resolves the question.
But here’s the thing: I really do want us all to get somewhere when it comes to life in the Universe. That’s why I’m putting my cards down on the explosion of possibilities happening right now in the actual-factual science of astrobiology. I’m happy to be wrong about UAPs, but I know that the astronomical telescopes, technologies, and techniques coming online now mean we will soon be able to sniff out life in the atmospheres of alien worlds... (MORE - missing details)
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Here’s what a scientist makes of Congress’ UFO hearing
https://bigthink.com/13-8/uap-ufo-congressional-hearing/
EXCERPT: . . . All that said, I’m all for a transparent investigation into what the government has in its UFO/UAP file cabinets. There is no doubt that during the Cold War, they were happy to play UFOs for misinformation in their endless back and forth with our main adversary, the USSR. But I wouldn’t be surprised if 70 years from now, we are still rummaging around in these files and not really getting anywhere. If you want an analogy, think of the JFK assassination, an event for which no file dump ever really resolves the question.
But here’s the thing: I really do want us all to get somewhere when it comes to life in the Universe. That’s why I’m putting my cards down on the explosion of possibilities happening right now in the actual-factual science of astrobiology. I’m happy to be wrong about UAPs, but I know that the astronomical telescopes, technologies, and techniques coming online now mean we will soon be able to sniff out life in the atmospheres of alien worlds... (MORE - missing details)
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