Should Scientists Take UFOs and Ghosts More Seriously? - Scientific American

We begin a series of questions and answers related to ufology with John Horgan's Q&A with journalist Leslie Kean, who has written major works on both subjects and co-written articles in The New York Times which may have changed forever the dialogue on UFOs. Skeptic Horgan allows Kean to lay out her views and investigative process on both UFOs and ghosts clearly. It's fair to say that Department of Defense communications pertinent to the UFO subject have raised about as many questions as they've answered. Roger Glassel recently posed queries to both spokespersons Susan Gough for the Pentagon and Joseph Gradisher of the Navy. The result: Pentagon Answers on Navy UAP Investigations. Other than clearing the proper application of acronyms, it's hard to feel much more enlightened, a point Danny Silva makes in asking himself Did the Pentagon Just Confirm the Existence of a Current UFO Program? Silva's answer is informed by comparisons of the government statements to those of Luis Elizondo. Well, in the absence of concrete, direct-to-the-point answers to questions, what have we left? Distrust, as Tobias Wayland says Suspicion Surrounds U.S. Navy Patent for Creation of Laser Induced Plasma 'UFOs'. Wayland is clearly affected by "the Pentagon's attempts to confuse and obfuscate the UFO narrative," and takes a closer look at the recent Navy patent as something the military wants to hide. (WM)

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