Posted on 05/07/2006 12:25:53 PM PDT by oxcart
UFO study finds no sign of aliens Mark Simpson BBC News
The 400-page report was kept secret for six years Alleged UFO sightings A confidential Ministry of Defence report on Unidentified Flying Objects has concluded that there is no proof of alien life forms. In spite of the secrecy surrounding the UFO study, it seems citizens of planet Earth have little to worry about.
The report, which was completed in 2000 and stamped "Secret: UK Eyes Only", has been made public for the first time.
Only a small number of copies were produced and the identity of the man who wrote it has been protected.
His findings were only made public thanks to the Freedom of Information Act, after a request by Sheffield Hallam University academic Dr David Clarke.
The four-year study - entitled Unidentified Aerial Phenomena in the UK - tackles the long-running question by UFO-spotters: "Is anyone out there?"
The answer, it seems, is "no".
HAVE YOUR SAY Never in thirty years of working out of doors at all hours have I seen anything that cannot be explained by a few seconds reasoned thought Barry P, Havant, UK
The 400-page report puts it like this: "No evidence exists to suggest that the phenomena seen are hostile or under any type of control, other than that of natural physical forces."
It adds: "There is no evidence that 'solid' objects exist which could cause a collision hazard."
So if there are no such things as little green men in spaceships or flying saucers, why have so many people reported seeing them?
Well, here is the science bit.
"Evidence suggests that meteors and their well-known effects and, possibly some other less-known effects are responsible for some unidentified aerial phenomena," concludes the report.
"Considerable evidence exists to support the thesis that the events are almost certainly attributable to physical, electrical and magnetic phenomena in the atmosphere, mesosphere and ionosphere.
"They appear to originate due to more than one set of weather and electrically-charged conditions and are observed so infrequently as to make them unique to the majority of observers."
People who claim to have had a "close encounter" are often difficult to persuade that they did not really see what they thought they saw. The report offers a possible medical explanation.
"The close proximity of plasma related fields can adversely affect a vehicle or person," states the report.
"Local fields of this type have been medically proven to cause responses in the temporal lobes of the human brain. These result in the observer sustaining (and later describing and retaining) his or her own vivid, but mainly incorrect, description of what is experienced."
There are, of course, other causes of UFOs - aeroplanes with particularly bright lights, stray odd-shaped balloons and strange flocks of birds, to name but a few.
Yet, it will be difficult to convince everyone that there is a rational explanation for all mysterious movements in the sky.
Some UFO-spotters believe governments will always cover up the truth about UFOs, because they are afraid of admitting that there is something beyond their control.
It is not clear how much time and effort the MoD has spent looking at the skies in recent years, but it appears there are no plans for an in-depth UFO report like the one written in 2000.
A MoD spokesperson said: "Both this study and the original "Flying Saucer Working Party" [already in public domain in the national Archives] concluded that there is insufficient evidence to indicate the presence of any genuine unidentified aerial phenomena.
"It is unlikely that we would carry out any future studies unless such evidence were to emerge."
Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/uk_news/4981720.stm
Published: 2006/05/07 12:35:27 GMT
© BBC MMVI
There are no 'aliens' because they are not alien...they have been here since the beginning...
But their end and those who have enabled them is getting closer and closer....
cue the 'Jepardy' soundtrack....
This is the new position for ufologists. Before many religious people began accepting the possibility that life may exist elsewhere, ufologists said the release of the information would destroy religion. I wonder what their next tin-foil excuse will be?
I'm not a fan of the UFO club, but I do not buy confusing a flock of birds with a UFO.
But that doesn't explain the phenomena....why should these folks have had such shared dreams when exposed to even artificially induced EM....memory triggers?
It would be more logical to expect that each individual should have had varied experiences and not the shared imagery types(aliens doing medical research) based on each individual's psyche. Something stinks about the stated Sudbury research...or the report is a smokescreen!
"cue the 'Jepardy' soundtrack"
Who are Satan and his demons, Alex?
They invoked modern "magic" to explain away the certainty of witnesses...
Are you suggesting that Ken Jennings was a space alien???
"Proof"? No. But it is very likely that life exists out there somewhere.
Ping.
Given the physics involved, I find it more likely that the objects in the sky are time travelers from our own future than interstellar travelers from our own galaxy
Q: Ever see a cow hide?
A: See how good they hide!
Seriously, any aliens advanced enough to come visit would be more than capable of remaining completely hidden, if such were their desire. Any aliens incompetent enough for us to find traces of them should be ashamed of themselves.
Ummm!! Thanks for the tip. I was just about to let my guard down.
I just have to believe that if "they" were here that they surely would have contacted me by now.
I hear that his fingers were webbed together before he got fixed....
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