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Critics dumbfounded by reality TV star Travis Taylor's position as “chief scientist”
Taylor’s critics are simply astonished by what they call his antiscientific embrace of the supernatural—and the Pentagon’s willingness to work with him. "I'm starting to see why [the government's] task force was so unsuccessful in identifying its UAPs!" wrote Robert Sheaffer, a UFO skeptic and author, on his blog.
While the Pentagon began to “de-conflict” Taylor in 2021, he only left government service two months ago, when he immediately joined Radiance, a defense contractor, telling George Knapp in a May interview that he did so in order to continue to the work—paranormal and otherwise—that he had started at UAPTF. Shortly after, Radiance hired Taylor’s former UAPTF boss John Stratton—who believes he is haunted by Skinwalker Ranch dogmen—and the two now work together at Radiance.
About Radiance Technologies: Radiance Technologies is an employee-owned small business prime contractor founded in 1999. Radiance has over 900 employee-owners across the United States serving the Department of Defense, national intelligence community and other government agencies. From concepts to capabilities, Radiance leads the way in developing customer-focused solutions in the areas of cyber security, systems engineering, prototyping and integration as well as operational and strategic intelligence including scientific and technical intelligence.
originally posted by: schuyler
Nothing wrong with that. Most serious UFO researchers have come to the conclusion that UFOs are not simply mechanical devices from space. As Jacques Vallee has often stated. We are encountering a phenomenon that wants us to BELIEVE they are aliens from space. The idea makes sense to us because we are a near-space faring species who has grown up with Star Trek as an integral part of our popular culture. In the past faeries may have assumed the same role.
The point is that we are not going to understand this phenomenon until we admit the supernatural as part of the answer. That does NOT mean Jesus or God or angels and satan. It DOES mean that there is a part of our reality that we do not understand that goes beyond classic physics and a strictly material view of the universe. Those who insist on that sort of interpretation and deride those who suggest there is more to this than their equations are doomed to failure. Those folks are not part of the solution here.
originally posted by: Archivalist
Honestly, I'm not even surprised when someone like the Pentagon makes a questionable, potential misstep like this one. At least they're doing something, I guess.
US Government, US Military, either get serious about solving the UAP question or not. Open all data, or open none and forget about it. You won't solve this by "guesses" from experts. And that's all you're going to get if you can't give them ALL the data. You won't get anywhere without field work, and actually looking for these things. Acquire DATA. Investigate interstellar objects that approach Earth. The odds of interstellar objects coming into this solar system and hitting anything but the orbit of the Sun or Jupiter, is astronomical. If something comes here, we need to follow up on it. Why is some random Harvard professor doing the legwork (ON DONATIONS) that my tax dollars should be doing?!?!