Xref: utzoo sci.space:10337 rec.ham-radio:9758 talk.rumors:2541 misc.headlines:7453 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!gatech!gitpyr!ccoprmd From: ccoprmd@pyr.gatech.EDU (Matthew T. DeLuca) Newsgroups: sci.space,rec.ham-radio,talk.rumors,misc.headlines Subject: Re: Discovery - UFO Close Encounter? Message-ID: <7765@pyr.gatech.EDU> Date: 29 Mar 89 23:38:48 GMT References: <4440@drivax.UUCP> <7751@pyr.gatech.EDU> Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology Lines: 43 In article , nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) writes: > In article <7751@pyr.gatech.EDU> ccoprmd@pyr.gatech.EDU (Matthew T. DeLuca) writes: > > This is patently ridiculous, thinking that this is actually an > alien spacecraft sighting. Most likely, this was either a bit of > humor, or the 'alien' spacecraft is 'alien' only in the sense that > it was not made in the US (most likely Soviet). > > How do you know that? I counter your skepticism with my > skepticism. > > I think that a piece of hard evidence could be found if several people > can be found who heard the report of the "fire" and the "alien craft" > transmissions, AND they are missing from official NASA recordings. > If that's the case, then it lends substance to Stanford T. Friedman's > accusations of a government coverup. > -- I will admit, the evidence for my conclusion is as skimpy as the evidence for the UFO theory, but let's be realistic. Astronauts have been seeing 'UFO's' since the dawn of the space age, and the vast majority, if not all, have been sightings of expended booster segments, ejected garbage, and frozen urine. Each time, the UFO crowd came running, and each time there was a very reasonableexplanation for the phenomenon. Each time, the UFO crowd then claimed that there was a massive coverup. Well, it's been a quarter of a century now since these sightings from sapce have started, and I find it difficult to believe that an event of such magnitude as contact with alien life or alien technology could be kept secret. When alien life *does* contact us (and I am of the opinion that we are not alone in the universe, although I am not on the edge of my seat, waiting for them to come along), it will hit us like a ton of bricks. Two tons of bricks. A very possible explanation of this occurrence comes to mind: since the frequency of the alleged transmission is in the middle of the commercial radio band, it is possible that someone with a radio set to that frequency broadcast the two items to see what happened, knowing that someone might be listening. A pretty good joke, if you ask me. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Matthew DeLuca : Georgia Institute of Technology : Remember, wherever you go, there you are. ARPA: ccoprmd@pyr.gatech.edu :