UFO study finds no sign of aliens
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Britain’s Defence Intelligence Staff have come up with "a reasonably justified explanation" to solve the mystery of UFO. After a four-year inquiry, they have concluded that most sightings can be explained by a little-understood atmospheric phenomenon.
Glowing "plasmas" of gas are created by charges of electricity. Air flows then sculpt the plasmas into round or cigar-shaped objects which appear to fly at extraordinary speeds through the sky. Such plasmas can play tricks on the mind, creating vivid impressions. In addition, because plasmas are electrically charged, they can change shape or colour if hit by another energy source, such as a radio signal sent by a UFO spotter. "This has led ‘ufologists’ to imagine that an ‘alien response’ is being given to their signals," the report adds. As a result, UFO witnesses may not be mad but instead suffering from "extended memory retention and repeat experiences" induced by the plasmas. The report goes on to recommend that the findings on UFOs could be developed for "novel military applications", adding that Russia is already investigating such weapons.
It has been a bad year for fans of UFOs and green invaders. Last month, Special effects expert John Humphreys claimed he was one of the hoaxers behind the Roswell incident, footage supposedly showing an autopsy on alien corpses in 1947. Related: UFO landing pad, Gallery of UFO images and US government documents (more UFO pics), British SF series UFO. Via BBC news and The Times. |
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And don't forget Susan Clancy's new book that debunks memories of alien abductions: .
Such plasmas can play tricks on the mind, creating vivid impressions. In addition, because plasmas are electrically charged, they can change shape or colour if hit by another energy source, such as a radio signal sent by a UFO spotter. "This has led ‘ufologists’ to imagine that an ‘alien response’ is being given to their signals," the report adds. As a result, UFO witnesses may not be mad but instead suffering from "extended memory retention and repeat experiences" induced by the plasmas.
Um, say what?
Possibly some of my problems with this paragraph come from the way it combines reports from two articles, but we're talking about visual tricks rather than tricks on the mind, I hope. I'm not a student of UFO reports by any means -- nevertheless, the phrasing in the articles strikes me as no less mumbo-jumbo than anything you might read in Fate magazine.
Quoting from the Times article: "Instead, the scientists say such plasmas can play tricks on the mind, creating vivid impressions. They note that “local [electromagnetic] fields . . . have been medically proven to cause responses in the temporal lobes of the brain�. These fields have been medically proven to cause responses at what distance and intensity level? How local are we talking? What kind of responses have been medically proven again? I thought we were largely talking about reports of watching objects move at considerable distance. Nobody here is privy to what the report actually said, but as written this is nothing but handwaving.
As a result, UFO witnesses may not be mad but instead suffering from “extended memory retention and repeat experiences� induced by the plasmas. I went back and forth from this page to another URL several times, and also had an "extended memory retention and repeat experience." Can someone point me at a cite that explains what this could be, something different from calling a dustman/garbage collector a sanitation engineer?
I'm all for natural explanations of phenomena, but not for grasping at straws.
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