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Originally posted by mmiichael
Originally posted by Frank Warren
we're aware of experimental aircraft of the day (back then), and there was nothing "then" or now pertaining to one of our aircraft that resembles the exotic debris as described by witnesses.
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the "Flying Disk" [sic] report ordered by Blanchard and written and distributed to the media by Haut would have never taken place, and given the fact that everyone in the country wanted to know "what the Flying Disks [sic] were," using them as a cover story to "hide" an "experimental aircraft" would not have been prudent . . . to say the least!
Staying in the "experimental/secret military" tenet, an official response stating just that would have sufficed--end of story.
Forgetting all that for a moment, this excuse for Roswell, might as well be the balloon story, as it fails to explain so many points; for example the "exotic debris"; the fact that the men who were involved in the latest and most significant technology known at the time, i.e., the A-Bomb could recognize our own aircraft, experimental or otherwise. Moreover, it doesn't account for the bodies.
Finally, in June/July of '47, very few folks were talking "aliens" if at all, and it certainly wasn't presented that way by the media (yet). Flying Saucer didn't equal ET, so the argument is flat on its face.
I do lose my bookmark in discussing this Frank. sorry if I keep bringing up points repeatedly.
I'm not clear any more what you accept and reject in all this. The balloon story is out for you. The alien aspect I'm unclear of. An otherworldly craft implies alien visitation. Even before the "War of the Worlds" 1938 broadcast based on Wells's 1898 novel, the notion was in the air, usually confined to popular fiction.
Somewhere from one of the sources quoted, the writer asserted there were two crashes and the events have been blended by witnesses and researchers. In one, there were supposed recovered bodies.
This would be of enormous significance to the medical establishment and again invokes my argument of why no one seems to know about it.
My guess is that someone accepting the Roswell story can compromise in believing the military was uncertain initially of whether they had found something from a foreign power or beyond terrestrial origin.
I admit a lot of confusion now on exactly which scenario you find meets the criterion. The problem my be solely on my end. If it's not too much of a demand, could you reiterate for us?
Thanks,
Mike
[edit on 21-6-2009 by mmiichael]
"Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth."
Originally posted by mmiichael
Originally posted by Frank Warren
I'm afraid Jeff's explanation for Foo Fighters, i.e., being a "nocturnal illusory sensation" is as weak as the "experimental craft" for Roswell.
First, and foremost Foo Fighters (UFOs) were not exclusive to "night time sightings." Moreover, there are reports of the Foo Fighters affecting electrical systems on planes, and they have in cases given "returns" ala radar.
Additionally, they were also sighted over the pacific (no ground lights).
Finally, if this were a physiological and psychological issue why hasn't it been "consistent" all throughout man's history of flight?
Frank,
You might want to ask him those questions. I think he was providing examples for a good number of reports. The basic point has more to do with how people interpret what they see in different personal and cultural contexts.
His approach to the UFO phenomenon, from a psychological and folklore perspective, is highly insightful. I recommend a full reading and digestion.
Mike
"Pilots do not have sufficient information about phenomena of disorientation, and, as a corollary, are given considerable disorganized, incomplete, and inaccurate information. They are largely dependent upon their own experience, which must supplement and interpret the traditions about 'vertigo' which are passed on to them.
When a concept thus grows out of anecdotes cemented together with practical necessity, it is bound to acquire elements of mystery. So far as 'vertigo' is concerned, no one really knows more than a small part of the facts, but a great deal of the peril. Since aviators are not skilled observers of human behavior, they usually have only the vaguest understanding of their own feelings. Like other naive persons, therefore, they have simply adopted a term to cover a multitude of otherwise inexplicable events."
(Vinacke, Edgar. 8 May 1946. "The Concept of Aviator's 'Vertigo.'" Report No.#7. U.S. Naval School of Aviation Medicine, Project (X-148-Av-4-3). Reprinted in Journal of Aviation Medicine. 1948. 19:158-190)
My inclinations actually lean in this direction more than the purely scientific data accumulation approach.
I've tried my best to address issues in objective terms in this thread. But there is also subjective component, much larger than most realize. We see it in the choice of sources, the interpretation of evidence, how witness testimony is elicited, what is accepted or rejected, etc.
We we integrate the two approaches we get more comprehensive results - and better answers.
Mike
[edit on 21-6-2009 by mmiichael]
Originally posted by Frank Warren
there is most certainly a subjective component re the Roswell event and Ufology in general; you mentioned it earlier in the thread--you labeled it "Attitude Polarization" . . . my label is "societal programming," in regards to the masses, and "cognitive bias" in regards to the educated.
Where we differ (in this particular instance) is that I would argue we "acknowledge" these facts; however, that we separate these so-called, "approaches" and stick with a scientific methodology.
Originally posted by MAC269
Now now Mike you can’t start to unravel a mystery from the middle as with all the best detective novels like the hero you have to start from the beginning. That is the route to the truth.
However I can see that by wishing to ignore the beginning, my slant on the logic of the story must be getting to you a little. After all if it where not for the beginning we would have nothing I whole heartedly agree.
Originally posted by mmiichael
Originally posted by Frank Warren
there is most certainly a subjective component re the Roswell event and Ufology in general; you mentioned it earlier in the thread--you labeled it "Attitude Polarization" . . . my label is "societal programming," in regards to the masses, and "cognitive bias" in regards to the educated.
Where we differ (in this particular instance) is that I would argue we "acknowledge" these facts; however, that we separate these so-called, "approaches" and stick with a scientific methodology.
Thanks for your thoughts Frank,
As you can see, I'm kind of rolling with the punches in this debate. If I read something that sounds convincing, I try it on for size. Weather balloons, experimental Nazi design craft, space ship and aliens, etc.
You dismiss the possibility they did uncover MOGUL weather balloons, or were dumb enough or indulgent of high command to ship the stuff off, the possibility that Marcel changed his story to conform to interviewer expectations, etc. I don't.
Were it my investigation, and accepting a possibility of an alien crash, I would just forget about all this preliminary stuff from Brazel to Wright Patterson. The real story is what was uncovered and what they were able to extract and retroengineer from it.
Was there alien tissue? What kind of anatomy did it have? What was the biochemical makeup? Was in cellular? Was there a circulatory system? A genetic code? And a million other question.
Medical literature is scrupulously documented. These questions would have involved the world's leading forensic pathologists, hematologists, cardiologists, immunologists, geneticists, etc.
As far as I know, not a peep from anyone in any medically related field, not a rumor, not a whisper. And yes, I know, the big bad military psyops took control and swore everyone to secrecy. Ditto the advanced technology. But there's the memory metal and Corso's claims of leaking to people like Bill Gates. Neither of these I buy into in the least.
If this is the Great Event, I'm to believe there's potentially all this advanced scientific knowledge. But for the hundreds of thousands working away at scientific and medical advancements, there is no interaction, no consultation, no new fields opened, etc. And we're talking 60 years now.
It's supposed to be super hush-hush. But Marcel and a couple others blabbed, yet I'm to accept that all the scientific types, maybe thousands, were tight lipped.
It all doesn't wash for me, I'm afraid.
Maybe the world operates in a different way from what I've seen, maybe people are different from what I've been told. We've seen the US screw up every time they try a conspiracy like Bay of Pigs, Watergate, Iran-Contra, etc. They just can't keep a secret.
Anyway, you get my drift, I'm sure.
Mike
[edit on 22-6-2009 by mmiichael]
Originally posted by Frank Warren
Originally posted by mmiichael
Originally posted by Frank Warren
Frank,
Of course I unfairly vent all my latent hostility towards the Roswell event and UFO investigation in general. You, in kind, are polite, reasonable, rational, accomodating. You have the facts and data behind you. I spew out half-remembered often conflicting factoids which you can shoot down without even lifting your weapon off the table.
I gather you assessment is that the military did indeed find artifacts form something they concluded was outworldly and chose to conceal it by giving a series of explanations and cover stories.
My guess is there was little usable yield from examining the evidence. Possibly the limitations of technology were a factor.
(and wouldn't it be a hoot if for once the metal on their ships was actually an alloy commonly found on Earth)
That's the best scenario I can salvage given the information available to me, my way of organizing information, your counterpoints, and the environment in which this is being discussed.
I'm quite pleased to have you deservedly take the upper hand in this discussion. The rational UFO investigator vs the know it all skeptic.
So let me reiterate for the sake of clarity. They found something but couldn't make heads or tails of it.
Await your reply,
Mike
Originally posted by Frank Warren
I believe the men on the periphery (at the debris field) certainly couldn't make heads or tails of what they were looking at; the men further up the food chain would be a different matter of course.
Conversely, men (of any rank or position) at a crash site "with bodies" would have a different perspective altogether.
Originally posted by mmiichael
Originally posted by Frank Warren
I believe the men on the periphery (at the debris field) certainly couldn't make heads or tails of what they were looking at; the men further up the food chain would be a different matter of course.
Conversely, men (of any rank or position) at a crash site "with bodies" would have a different perspective altogether.
Frank,
Everything you say makes perfect sense. But in the context of there having been a momentous discovery for which documentation is not forthcoming.
I know it's vexing when I say that it doesn't gel for me. you in turn will say closer examination of evidence needed, baby steps have to be taken, correlation of other UFO events have to be considered.
I ask where is the evidence, indication, even hint that something of extraordinary importance was found beyond the initial discovery which still for me is clouded in ambiguities.
Skepticism, at least from me, is not an attempt to dismiss something that has a claim of historical importance, or to put down those who seriously track this matter.
It really is just a classic request for the evidence of an extraordinary claim.
I risk repeating myself. But the elusiveness of evidence here, as in any investigation, can be revealing.
It's either been successfully expunged from the records and covered up. Or it was never there in the first place.
Accuse me of having a closed mind and already coming to a conclusion.
But I await anything that will demonstrate my conclusions are not warranted.
Show me the MONEY (or MONEY SHOT)
Mike
Originally posted by mmiichael
Show me the MONEY (or MONEY SHOT)
Mike
Originally posted by mmiichael
The real story is what was uncovered and what they were able to extract and retroengineer from it.
Was there alien tissue? What kind of anatomy did it have? What was the biochemical makeup? Was in cellular? Was there a circulatory system? A genetic code? And a million other question.
Medical literature is scrupulously documented. These questions would have involved the world's leading forensic pathologists, hematologists, cardiologists, immunologists, geneticists, etc.
As far as I know, not a peep from anyone in any medically related field, not a rumor, not a whisper. And yes, I know, the big bad military psyops took control and swore everyone to secrecy. Ditto the advanced technology. But there's the memory metal and Corso's claims of leaking to people like Bill Gates. Neither of these I buy into in the least.
If this is the Great Event, I'm to believe there's potentially all this advanced scientific knowledge. But for the hundreds of thousands working away at scientific and medical advancements, there is no interaction, no consultation, no new fields opened, etc. And we're talking 60 years now.
It's supposed to be super hush-hush. But Marcel and a couple others blabbed, yet I'm to accept that all the scientific types, maybe thousands, were tight lipped.
It all doesn't wash for me, I'm afraid.