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I've noticed this happens a lot in UFO discussions. Someone questions a speaker's credibility, standards of evidence, or past claims, and it immediately gets reframed as a personal attack. Evaluating whether a presenter is reliable, skeptical...

Loeb is rather unscientifically binary in his approach: "Either we are dealing with a serious breach of national security or with the biggest scientific discovery in history." Very much rules out misperception and hucksterism.

Perhaps there is nowhere to go?

The number of skeptics on the team will not change what he sees everywhere, I'd think.

Shermer is the token skeptic on the Galleo Project and has a standing bet with Avi that we will not have proof of alien civilization before 2030. He's also not that confrontational these days so they get along.

According to Avi Loeb's Medium post from yesterday, he has been tasked with the creation of a new "UAP Science Advisory Council". The three UAP file releases thus far attracted more than a billion views and a lot of chatter on social media...

I feel like this case deserves real emphasis when we talk about pilots being reliable witnesses. This was not an object in the air with no references. They knew the approximate distance and speed (on the ground at road speeds at most), and they...

I mean it's still gonna drive the clicks

It is, however, an attainable booby prize. ;)

Military pilots are trained to identify other aircraft by their known visual characteristics (also ground or maritime targets, depending on role). It's a fair assumption they have good eyesight, are in good health, are bright, pay attention to...

Scott Kelly, astronaut and 'trained pilot', observed an unidentified object which his back seat observer was convinced was a UFO. Kelly circled back and found it was a Bart Simpson Balloon. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-canada-65771398

How long do you reckon identifying balloon training is?

I guess there are exceptions... https://edition.cnn.com/2012/04/17/travel/canada-disoriented-pilot

French National Assembly - first notes A few notes from the French parliamentary colloquium on UAPs/PANs, based only on my memory. I did not take detailed notes, so there may be omissions or minor inaccuracies. The event was recorded, but it...

I feel like this case deserves real emphasis when we talk about pilots being reliable witnesses. This was not an object in the air with no references. They knew the approximate distance and speed (on the ground at road speeds at most), and they...