It shouldn't though, and it shouldn't stop them if they are trying to turn 'UAP Studies' into a serious and honest scientific effort. Identifying Type I errors (false positives) is one of the most important aspects of scientific research because...
SCU has a difficult task, avoiding 'firm conclusions' I fear is going to be their default conclusion. If they should firmly debunk some instance that has already been anointed as The Best UFO Evidence ever they risk being exiled from community...
"Our blessed Lady of acceleration don't fail us now!"
Possibly a bit of a paraphrase and against the rules, but it's the humor thread. Even better:
"We have a full tank of gas, 1/2 a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses...
SCU has a difficult task, avoiding 'firm conclusions' I fear is going to be their default conclusion. If they should firmly debunk some instance that has already been anointed as The Best UFO Evidence ever they risk being exiled from community...
"Our blessed Lady of acceleration don't fail us now!"
Possibly a bit of a paraphrase and against the rules, but it's the humor thread. Even better:
"We have a full tank of gas, 1/2 a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses...
Talking of injuries involving nuns and wooden objects, one of the things my mother told me about her time at a convent school, in the 1950's, was that they used to play cricket. Sport wasn't much of thing there at that time, but I guess, it being...
SCU has a difficult task, avoiding 'firm conclusions' I fear is going to be their default conclusion. If they should firmly debunk some instance that has already been anointed as The Best UFO Evidence ever they risk being exiled from community...
I was going to virtually attend this, but life intervened, and I didn't register to watch the videos. They also run the conference under "Chatham House Rules", meaning it's kind of confidential
However, Dr. Buettner did release the slides from...
SCU has a difficult task, avoiding 'firm conclusions' I fear is going to be their default conclusion. If they should firmly debunk some instance that has already been anointed as The Best UFO Evidence ever they risk being exiled from community...
Oooh, I know this one as I just watched a video on it, linked to from page 9 of the accidentally-attached PDF here: https://www.metabunk.org/threads/aguadilla-infrared-footage-of-ufos-probably-hot-air-wedding-lanterns.8952/post-374048 :
Source...
I respectfully disagree here Todd. At the very least, we need some agreed upon vocabulary. A "sighting" means seeing or perceiving something, an "experience" means there is a whole lot more than just seeing something.
Here is my UFO "sighting"...