“It's unfashionable to admit, but playing music makes us happy and makes us smile.” Quote by Chris Hesse
“Sanity remains defined simply by the ability to cope with insane conditions.” AbilityConditionsRemainsMental HealthIllnessMental IllnessInsaneDefinedSanityBipolar Author:Anna Castillo
“Cut through the ridicule and search for factual information in most of the skeptical commentary and one is usually left with nothing. This is not surprising. After all, how can one rationally object to a call for scientific examination of evidence? Be skeptical of the skeptics.” LeftCuttingInformationObjectsEvidenceSurprisingRidiculeExaminationSkepticalUfoSkepticCommentaryFactual Author:Bernard Haisch
“A 1977 poll of American astronomers, published in JSE, showed the following. Out of 2611 questionnaires 1356 were returned. In response to whether the UFO problem deserved further study the replies were: 23% certainly, 30% probably, 27% percent possibly, 17% probably not, 3% certainly not. Interestingly, there was a positive correlation between the amount of reading done on the subject and the opinion that further study was in order.” DoneProblemOrderReadingOpinionStudySubjectsAmountPercentResponseFollowingPollsUfoAstronomersCorrelationQuestionnaires Author:Bernard Haisch
“Most scientists never look at UFO evidence, which leads to their conclusion that there is no evidence.” LooksEvidenceScientistConclusionUfo Author:Bernard Haisch
“It seems from my unique vantage point as both scientist and editor of JSE that substantial evidence exists of "something going on".” SeemsUniqueEvidenceScientistEditorsUfoVantage Point Author:Bernard Haisch
“If every UFO report could be convincingly credited to some conventional astronomical or atmospheric phenomenon, there would be no UFO mystery. It is precisely because so many UFO reports cannot logically be blamed on stars, planets, satellites, airplanes, balloons, etc., that a UFO mystery has existed since at least the mid-1940s.” IfsWould BeStarsMysteryPlanetsReportsEtcPhenomenonAirplaneConventionalUfoBalloonsSatellites Author:Don Berliner
“In those same decades, most UFO sightings were made in the daytime and frequently at close range, when shapes and surface features could be distinguished, thus making positive identification of normal sights easier and the descriptions of unusual sights more detailed. When all normal explanations had been eliminated, the witnesses could concentrate on those aspects of the experience which were most abnormal.” MadeEasierShapesNormalAspectSightSurfaceDecadesWitnessRangeFeaturesExplanationDescriptionUnusualDistinguishedUfoIdentificationAbnormalDaytime Author:Don Berliner
“These abnormal aspects included the shapes of UFOs and their behavior. Most of the UFOs seen in the daytime were said to have had simple geometric shapes-discs, ovals, spheres, cylinders-and surfaces that looked like metal. Such shapes are not only nonexistent among known aircraft, but contrary to all known theories of flight, in most cases offering control and performance disadvantages rather than advantages.” SaidSimpleKnownCasesTheoryShapesBehaviorAdvantageAspectPerformancesSurfaceContraryFlightSpheresMetalsOfferingUfoDisadvantagesAbnormalAircraftDaytimeDiscsOvalGeometricCylindersGeometric Shapes Author:Don Berliner
“At first glance, the idea that some UFOs may be vehicles from outside the Earth seems utterly preposterous, the baseless result of wishful thinking by highly unscientific minds.” ThinkingMindFirstsMayIdeasSeemsEarthResultsVehicleGlancesUfoWishful Thinking Author:Don Berliner
“When authoritative reports of radical-design craft having spectacular performance are viewed in the light of a stream of astrobiological discoveries, the possibility that some UFOs are alien does not seem quite so farfetched. Serious-minded scientists in astronomy and other disciplines estimate there could be billions of planets in the universe, and millions that could harbor life. If even a few of those planets were occupied by technological civilizations, their ability (if not desire) to explore other worlds, such as ours, must be a possibility.” IfsWorldDoeLightSeemsDesireUniverseAbilityMillionsDesignPossibilityPlanetsSeriousDisciplineCivilizationDiscoveryPerformancesScientistBillionsAstronomyCraftsAliensRadicalStreamsReportsTechnologicalSpectacularHarborsUfoOther Worlds Author:Don Berliner