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UFO HYPOTIiSSIS }.1"D SUEVrlAL QUESTIONS

~ is the purpose of this monograph to consider briefly some of thehuman survdval, i .r.plications suggested by i;.hevarious principal hypobhesLsc o n c e r n ~ ~ the nature of the phenomena loosely categorized as UFO (1)

1 pJL1 UFO I S .AE HOAXES: From the ti.i1e rThen hoazea ~ ; e ! ' e f i r s tnoted i.Tl history, they rTere' characterized by infrequency of c c c u r r ~ c e

, and usually by a considerable restr ict ion of the i r geographical extent.Rarely have men of science, l\"hile act;ng "i'rithin their professional.capacities, perpetrated hoaxea,' The 'fact that UFO phenomenon have beenwitnessed all over the w o ~ l d irom ancient times,and by considerablenuinbers of reputable scientis ts in recent times J ; i . n d ~ c a t e . . s r a t h ~ r

i : ; . - r ~ i?1{ T",....... C l ' , 4 1 ' I J I ~ 1 t I 1 J 1 ,strongly tha t u"ro1s are not_.All ~ e s . ( ~ ) 4 I anything) the modern trendis tow-ard increased ~ e p o r t , s : ; , irom a l l sources. In one three month per-iod in 1953 (June, July, and Aug-Ilst) ~ H Force records show 35 sightir.gsvhose n:.ture cC1.':1.-i z=.ot be detc::.'":1lined ~ 3 If ' tJ7C's; corrcrcry to a l l

"(1). All fl"ving. sail ing or maneuve:'ing aerial objects "i'lhether glOlTing,pulsati.."lg,- or of a constant metalic hue, whose shape is somewhat, circularorcigarish .(2) k1:.to::lY of a P l : e n o = ~ t l o n J J a c q : ~ t e s Vallee, E ~ n r : ' - Re::;;nezo:r Co. ChicC.f;O,1;;$5. P 7-17. (Va.llee ac s d e G l c : : : ~ in hS-:loO:lo:l:" and E1j'sics en-a. i s

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:2. .ALL liFO I S .ARE E A L L U : I E A ~ ' T I O n S : Peop'le, of course ,. do hallucinc.te.AJ.:thou::rh g r o ~ t : p s of people hal.Lucdnatd.ng i s rare, it has been known tohappen , l1achines have t h ~ i r ovn form of hallucination; the radar, inp a r J ~ i c u l e . r , II see s temperature inversions. But a ccnsddezeo.Ie nuabe rof: insta..""lces exis t Ln which there. are groups of people a n a radar orradars seeing the Serle thing a t the sa.::e t iza; soroeti.-nes a person and ag u n c ~ e r a c o ~ i r c each o t h e r t s ~ t e s t i c o n y ( 4 ) .e..-icience of a circ1r.1stantial nature "WE.S reported to have been founi to.---- . -support ~ ~ t n e s s e d sightings (5). A continuing high percentage o f re po rtsof unusual aer i a l objects ere b e i ~ & reported by people in responsible--_.-posit ions in science, government, and indust::-.r. ($) . The sum of suchevidence seems to argue strongly against &11 WO's being hc.llucinaticns.

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I spite of a l l the evidence to._the ~ o n t r : ; . r ; i , i f UFO I s d.:i:d turn out t j ~ . c . . .a'" , be largely i l l u ~ i o n a r J , the psycholoGical implications for can \-Tould t-r

(4) ib id . , p 208, 192, 149, 146(5) Ope . c i t . , Vs.:!..lee, p. 70,71, 74.(6) T:'1e Report on Unidentified F l ~ ' = . i . n J Ob ~ e c t s , E:l...re.rd. J . R'.lppelt,D O - . l b l e ~ : - , l ;ei\ ' Yo:-k 1956. p 242. (Ru:ppelt vas C ~ i e f oi'-tSe : a l u ~ b o o k.::::..... ,c......+ O.... ... .;r.!... ). . . , V ,; >J -L _ " , ~ r . . . ; .


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. ' . ".. ."r CRAFT:i'ro:J f a : : - : a s ~ ~ . T'.:le nec;ative effect on :man's ab i l i t: r to SiL"l'"V"i y Ln ani : l c r e a s i ~ l y conplex world would be c O l l s i ~ e r ~ b l e - ~ a ~ i n g it i ~ p e r a t i v et ~ ' l 2 . t such a gro:ling mpair::lent of the human capacf ty for rat ional j".ldgJ:lentbe subje;-ted t o ' i m m e d i a t e ' a ~ d thorough scient if ic study - so tna t thei l lness could be controlled before it rea.ches epidemic proportions (7).(For coaaent.s on mass hystezoia and. UFQ"s see SO'LlIce 8 beLov '\ihich con-t a i n s a statement b:,r Dr. Robert L. Hall, a socfal, p s : ~ c h o l o g i s t formerly\-lith the 1>3 Personnel and Training Research Center and the ProgramD i r e c ~ ; o r , Sociolog;y- and ps;rchology, liational Science Foundat ion .)

z: 3. ALL uro: s ARE r ~ A T l J P . . u . PEEliOMEHA: I f th is h : ~ o t h e s i s is correct

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t ~ capabilitj- of a ir 1-Tarning s-jsteos to correct ly d i a g n o s ~ an attacksi tuat ion is open to ser ious quest ion .\ .... ' 1 ~ ) a . Many UFO's have been reported by t ra ined . militar:,r observers

to behave l ike high speed, high performance, hig...'1 alt i tude rocket s or-_.--:a i rcraf t . The apparent solidit:: and c!'&ft-li!::c shcpe of the ob jectshave often been s ~ b j e c t to radar c o r ~ i ~ t ~ c n (9 ) I f such objects canappe::u- to trained i!lilitary Den as rockets or a i r craf t and. i f S-';'C:1 o b ~ e c t s

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OJ?. c i t . , R " J . ~ p e l t p 237 (D.ltch Liner, ".RO!:1e, I taly)

nr 7 ~ l i ~ u s e C o ~ i t t e e on Science and Astronautics).u ly 29, J.958.( ) '7 ')/ .cr op . c ~ t . , Project Grudge, 192 _, 49, _, I . ~ .pp., 'to


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:;70' s . ( Such an att i tude i s an' o p e ~ invita t ion to enemy to bu ilda replice. of t:1e phenoI!ler..a in o!"u,er to penezratie the "hole" in h isa d v e ~ s a r i e s t d e f e ~ s a s Was th is the ~ u r p o s e of the lens s h a p e ~ reentz-jve]: ' icletested by the U.S. Air Force in 1960 and recently featured inthe 'ttlasr:.in;3ton, D.C. Evenins Star; elated 24 Septe::l1ber 1968J ~ a [ e A4'?

c . Someti!:les the phencnena appear to defy radar detec tion andto cause massive e l e c t r ~ a & D . e t i c interference. Surely i t i s ve ry : i m ~ o r t e . n tto di:3cover the nature of these..objects or ~ l a s I J c , s befcre any prospec tdveenemy can use the i r propert ies to bui ld a device or system to circuDyentor jam our a i r space detection systens - A:ny na;',ion certainly could.use va system or .device to penetrate eneny def'errses , (ia)

4. ---- --Oi:!E; 'U"FO' s .ABE S3Cfu.""T EA..=tm PROJECTS: The above r-eferencedU.S. P.ir Force reentr:r ....ehicle and an often pUblicized C a n a ~ i a n "saucer"~ : : - o j e c t (9) leave l i t t l e doubt as to the valid:i:t:r of t::is h j " l ' ) o t ~ 1 e s i s .

e l l ' UFO I s should be careful.ly-(or

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a . disco ..er you; it i s an old. but : ~ c . : : " c l l j r inval idr'Ule or tllt.u:ib, :rtlle;:r" are your ~ . ; c c h : l o l o g i c a . l superiors. H ~ ~ n his torJ hass n o ~ ~ us time and again the traGic results-of a confrontation b e ~ T e e n atechnolOGically superior c i ~ r . i l i z a t i o n and a tecnnoloGically il1ferior

T":.le ""inferior" is usu.o.llj- sU:Jject to p h : " s i c ~ l conqcesc .b. Of'ten in the :past, 0. technologicall:r superior people are

also possesGors of a m o r ~ ~ ~ r i l e 9r a J s r ~ G s i v e cultu=c. In a conr'ron-

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T'nei::.fe::'o: to other nations have sur-..rived - have o.:l.in"cained tne i r ident i t : r

-_.. --:aave eqm::.lized the differences bei7...een t..i.en and the i r adversaries.Js.p:?nese people have giYen us 2..."1 excellent exenpl.e of' the methods requiredto ach ieve such-a s ~ ~ v e l :

--(1 ) f u l l and honest acceptance of the nature o f the in -fe r io r i t i es s e p a . r a ~ i n g you f'rOI!l the advarrtage s of the o th er peoples,

(2) complete national solidari ty in a l l positions t a l ~ e n ind.ec.ling '\on.th the other cuJ.ture,

C3} hiGhly controlled and l ; ~ ' ; '-"'d irr"o"'-co""'s'" ;.rj "-h "-he 0""1 0 ' " \:iide - doinS Onl:i t ~ o s e actions a d . Y a n t : [ : ; e o = - ~ : t h ~ " : : r e : n : r : ~ i C : you " ~ : : I~ ~ ~ . (a b s o l l : t e l ~ ~ :forced to do by c i r c ~ s t a . n c e s , ---

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to t11e o ~ : ; h c r ' s countr-J to become one of' h is kin=., or e-...en to help him inhis war3 cgainst other a d v e r s ~ r i e s .

:."."(6) Ac.opting 3.S ! : l ~ ~ ~ of the. edvantae;es of the opposing

people as j"OU C2..."1, and doing it as fas t as possible while s t i l l pro-tect ing ~ T o u r ovn i d e n t i t ~ ' by molding each ne ...... knO't'iledze incre:!!ent into:'our o-,I!: cu lt ur al c a st .

r6. COI-ilEI1T: Alt..'-loW'..;h th is ~ p e r has hardly exhaus'ted the possiblehY:9otneses r ela te d to t ~ tJFO phenomeaa, those nej,ltioned. above are theprincip3.1 ones presentJ.:,- put fc.;;la.rd. A ll o-r thel!1 113. ...te serious sur / ivali m p ! . ~ c a t i o : r L S . The f inal anS'i'er to th is tlyste!"'J '\-Till probaoly incl.ude:!lore t han one-o f the above hypotheses.

If ' you are vall :ing alongUp unt i l th is time, the ~ e i s u r e l y scient i f ic approach has too often

- _ . _ . - - :ta.ken precedence in dealing 1iith UFO questions.a fOTel:it pat!l and soneone Jo-ells, "rat t ler" :"our rca.ction ,Tould be iJ!!mediateand def'ensf,ve You would not take tir.le to specU1a.te before ycu act . You

'-~ T O u l d h a t e to t rea t the alarm as i f it were a rea l and im::lediate threat to .InvesUgation '"OU1d becoae arn intensh-e """'''';;;enel' ecUon1

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instead o a s e ~ s o l l U l madness.Dc t ~ c a p t i ~ ~ t y c h ~ a c t e r i s t i c s of m o d e l ~ c i v i l i z a t ~ o n cause a

similcT l e s s e n i r ~ of ~ a n ' s aa.e.nti ~ ! -.. ca.:;a.bility, of bois h.ealtll, o:f hise:oil:!:t:r to recoGnize rea1.it:t, of !ris aoi l i t:,l'" to curvt.".re

Perilli.ps the UFO question mizht even n:al:e man u..1'lde:-te.!:e s ~ . ; u d i c s ,rhi-=hcould e ~ a b l e h ~ to construct a society which i s most c o ~ d u c i v e to

-_0- --:c . e Y e l o p i ~ a. cOt:lpletely h'Ut12.n bei:l3, healthy in el ' :aspe: : ts of mind and"bod:- - and. nos't i:lporta.nt able to rec03lllze and ac.a.pt tc z-eal, envtz-on-~ e n t a l si tuat ions.

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