https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kj8l1Fyfd1gTop UFO Researcher (Stanton Friedman) Talks Tom DeLonge, Steven Greer and evil aliensAt the Alien Cosmic Expo in Toronto, 2017
Notes that astronomers are not really equipped very well to be experts on the topic. They need to do their homework or shut up. They've virtually never studied the evidence. Fewer than 2% of people have read the evidence--including the astronomers. They certainly haven't read the scientific studies.
"Technological progress comes from doing things differently in an unexpected way."
Magellan's ships took 3 years to go around the world. The space station does it in 95 minutes.
He worked as a physicist on interstellar travel issues for the government.
Worked on nuclear airplanes in 1958 with a $100 million budget.
Bluebook sham study. The unknowns were not 3% but were 21% contrary to what the fiercely biased leader tried to claim. The better quality of the sighting, the more likely to be an unknown. The duration of observation for the unknowns were greater than for the knowns. I don't like being lied to by the Secretary of the Air Force. That's what motivated me to get involved. That's 700 lectures since.
Congressional hearings in July 29 1968--Stanton's birthday. He was one of the contributors.
The Condon report over 800 pages with a lot of baloney.
30% of 117 cases studied in detail could not be explained.
Dr J Allen Hynek's book, an astronomer--chairman of the astronomy dept NWestern Univ.
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It's a talk rather typical in Stanton's style with his dry humor and caustic wit. His memory for details is still considerable.
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Astronomers' observations are planned. They aren't standing outside considering what to look at. They don't deal with witnesses. They deal with instruments and data.
Caustic about SETI "Don't bother me with the facts, my mind's made up."
JFK'S was on the Board of Oversears faculty member to work with was astronomer faculty member Donald Menzel
30 years with the National Security apparatus ... no one knew about this. He suggested to Kennedy after he was President that once Kennedy was cleared, maybe Menzel could be of help to him about such things. Menzel pretended there was nothing to UFO's etc. though he loved the topic.
Menzel had seen memos etc. about Stanton. He was a 'nasty noisey negativist' because that was his assigned role.
Menzel was listed as a member of "Majestic 12." THE group studying UFOs. Set up by Truman.
StantonFriedman.com
Seems to be old enough to be a bit forgetful about what he's already said.
I don't think he got around to commenting that much about Tom DeLonge etc.