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U F 0 H!POT!iSSIS A1"D SUF.VrlAL QUESTIONS

~t is the purpose of this monograph to consider briefly some of the

human SUT'lival ir.plications suggested by ~he various principal hypothesis concern:L'"lg the nature of the phenomena loosely categorized as UFO ( 1)

1 ? J.]IJ. UFO 1 s .AE HO.AXES: From the ti.ile when hoaze:; we!'e first

noted in history, they were characterized by inf'requency of cccurr~ce

? and usually by a considerable restriction of their geographical extent.

Rarely have men of science, ?while act;ng within their professional. capacities, perpetrated hoaxes"." The ?fact that UFO pheno~on have been

witnessed aJ.+ over the world from ancient times,and by considerable

numbers

of

reputable

scientists

in

recent

r,,.,._..... times, ;ind~cate;; rath~r .

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strongly that tJ"R) IS a...-e not_.AJ,l ~es. (~)4 I~ anything) the modern trend

is toward increased ~epor'~~; . from all sources. In one three month per-

3 iod in 1953 (June, July, and Aug-u.st) ~H'. F?orce records show 35 sightir.gs

whose n:.ture cctt:Li :::.ot be detc::.'":1lined ~3) If' UFC' S; contrm7 to all

?(1} All f1,.ving. sailing or maneuve~:ing aerial objects whether glo~Ting, pulsati..."lg,- or of a constant metalic hue, whose shape is somewhat circular or cigarish.

(2) k1Zto::iy of a Pl:e:i.o=;!.1!0n 1 Jacq,"i.tes Vallee, E~nr:: Re::;::ner:.r co. Chicc.f;o,

i;:S5. p 7-17. (Vallee ~::s deGJ_?c:::~ i:n .hs-:1?ono:i:.' a.:-.d E1ysics cn.d is

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(3) U:l:;.";ed. States Air ?orce Pl?o~ects Grue!.:.~c and Eluc'book Reports 1-12 ( l95l-195 3) :;:::.:-:;:.c?:"lal In~.:-~ s~i3;Z:."'~:.on Cor;z::ii?tte~ on .:a.crial PliC:-!o:iene.. l-l:.s~i::~t.O:l J:l::~ l9f)8. p 216 ?

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2. .ALL u"FO 1 s .ARE EALLU:IEA:'TIOlIS: People?' of course,_ do hallucinc.te .

.AJ.:thou::rh gro~t:ps of people halluci:::ia.ting is rare, it has been lmown to

r..appen. l-1achines have th~ir own form of hallucination; the radar, in

par?~icular, ::sees., temperature i::iversions. But a considere;ble num'ber

of insta...~ces exist in?vhich there.are groups of people an~ a rad.er or

radars seeing the sarie thing at the sa.::e ti!:e; someti.-nes a person and a

gunce.::iera co:ll'ir.::i each other's~testioony(4). On occasion, physical

- e?.-icience of a circir.lstantial nature w&s reported to have been founi to

support

~'i.tnessed

sightings

?(5).

A continuing high percentage of reports

- - - ? - of unusual aerial objects ere bei~g reported by people. in responsible

positions in science, government, and i~dust::-f.(6). The sum of such

evidence seems to argue strongly against &11 UFO's being hc.llucir..a~icns.

In spite of all the evide~ce to._the ~ontr:=.ry, i:f' UFO 1 s fil:d turn out t / r." ~-l(...?~'f ~

( be largely illu~ionar-J, the psycholoGicel implications for can would

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(4) ibid., p 208, 192, 149, 146

(5) op ? .cit., Vs.::!..lee, p. 70,71, 74.

(6) The Report o~ Unidentified Fly:.i.n3 Ob ~~cts, E:lws.rd. J. R'.ippelt,

Do-..ible?!a:-?, l!zi-.- Yo:-k 1956. p 242. (R:.::ppelt ?.ra.s C~ief oi'-tSe :Clu~book

s~~dy ~to~~ ~imc.)

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