The below exhibits a spirit of inclusiveness, in that it indirectly suggests or inspires expanding the designation of militant[1] skeptics or "skeptical activity" to embrace those with a pre-existing preference to reject proposals, evaluations, and evidence for a UAP being of more ordinary porvenance or non-other-worldly in origin. In the interests of social justice advancement, this is something to be cognizant of in the future -- of avoiding myopic focus on a single ideological population group to plug into the conceptual placeholder. (FOOTNOTE: [1] Seems pretty militant to me, anyway, if they're "attacking" committee members. )
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NASA holds its first public meeting on UFOs
https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/nation...211939d306
EXCERPT: “I want to emphasize this loud and proud: There is absolutely no convincing evidence for extraterrestrial life associated with” unidentified objects, NASA's Dan Evans said after the meeting.
Still, hundreds of questions from the public that poured in ahead of time were skeptical and veered into conspiracy theories.
NASA launched the study to probe what it calls UAPs — short for unexplained anomalous phenomena — in the sky, in space or under the sea.
Optical illusions can explain some of this, said Kelly, a former Navy fighter pilot. He recalled a Tomcat flight off Virginia Beach years ago during which his radar intercept officer in the back seat was convinced they’d flown past a UFO.
“It turns out it was Bart Simpson, a balloon,” Kelly said. “And in my experience, the sensors kind of have the same issues as the people’s eyeballs.”
Evans pointed out that the livestream of the meeting led to considerable trolling. That comes on top of “online abuse" directed toward several committee members.
Harassment detracts from the scientific process and reinforces the stigma surrounding the topic, said Evans, adding that NASA security is dealing with it.. (MORE - missing details)
NASA debunks UFOs seen in new video ... https://youtu.be/94nMAWcC-yU
https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/94nMAWcC-yU
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NASA holds its first public meeting on UFOs
https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/nation...211939d306
EXCERPT: “I want to emphasize this loud and proud: There is absolutely no convincing evidence for extraterrestrial life associated with” unidentified objects, NASA's Dan Evans said after the meeting.
Still, hundreds of questions from the public that poured in ahead of time were skeptical and veered into conspiracy theories.
NASA launched the study to probe what it calls UAPs — short for unexplained anomalous phenomena — in the sky, in space or under the sea.
Optical illusions can explain some of this, said Kelly, a former Navy fighter pilot. He recalled a Tomcat flight off Virginia Beach years ago during which his radar intercept officer in the back seat was convinced they’d flown past a UFO.
“It turns out it was Bart Simpson, a balloon,” Kelly said. “And in my experience, the sensors kind of have the same issues as the people’s eyeballs.”
Evans pointed out that the livestream of the meeting led to considerable trolling. That comes on top of “online abuse" directed toward several committee members.
Harassment detracts from the scientific process and reinforces the stigma surrounding the topic, said Evans, adding that NASA security is dealing with it.. (MORE - missing details)
NASA debunks UFOs seen in new video ... https://youtu.be/94nMAWcC-yU