SCIENCE
"From time to time in the history of science, situations have arisen
in which a problem of ultimately enormous importance went begging for adequate
attention simply because that problem appeared to involve phenomena so far
outside the current bounds of scientific knowledge that it was not even regarded
as a legitimate subject of serious scientific concern. That is precisely the
situation in which the UFO problem now lies. One of the principal results
of my own recent intensive study of the UFO enigma is this: I have become
convinced that the scientific community, not only in this country but throughout
the world, has been casually ignoring as nonsense a matter of extraordinary
scientific importance."
Dr. James E. McDonald, senior physicist of the Institute of Atmospheric
Physics and Professor of Meteorology at the University of Arizona, to the
House Science and Astronautics Committee, 1968
Interstellar Travel and Unidentified
Aerial Phenomena:
Science Fiction or Science Fact?
Symposium at The George Washington University
November 8, 2002
Moderated by Ray Suarez of The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Bios of symposium participants
UFO Incident Involving a Japanese B747 in the Alaskan Region
John Callahan
Former Division Chief of Accidents and Investigations for the FAA
Comments on Skepticism, Theorectical Arguments and Special Access Programs
Dr. Bernard Haisch
Director for the California Institute for Physics and Astrophysics
Human Beings in the Galaxy . . . or Babes in the Woods
Dr. Richard Henry
Professor of astrophysics at Johns Hopkins University
Physics of Interstellar Propulsion
Dr. Michio Kaku
Professor of theoretical physics at the City College at the City University of New York
The Scientific Reality of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP)
Ted Roe
Exective Director of the National Aviation Reporting Center for Anomalous Phenomena
Science, Scientists and the UFO Problem
Dr. Peter Sturrock
Emeritus professor of applied physics at Stanford University
Report from the Field: Scientific Issues in the UFO Phenomenon
Dr. Jacques Vallee
Astrophysicist and computer scientist, now in the private sector
Research Report
Science and the Failure to Investigate Unidentified Aerial Phenomena,
Leslie Kean
