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Parts of Bradley Manning trial to be closed to public
Bignews Portugal Lind also dealt the defense a setback by ruling prosecutors can call witnesses concerning any damage caused by WikiLeaks' release of documents to provide context and evidence of damage. Lind said, however, she would impose limits so the trial would not … |
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When Dr. J. Allen Hynek visited Winnipeg, Canada, in 1976, he met with a prestigious group of academics to discuss the formation of a scientific panel to study the UFO phenomenon.
Although I didn’t qualify to be among the elite group, since I was only in my second year of university, I was later asked to join the group’s discussions because I had been investigating UFO sightings reported to the department of mathematics and astronomy. The professors themselves were far too busy to spend time investigating or talking with witnesses. Since I had some scientific curiosity about the subject, I had volunteered to take the calls and speak with witnesses.
I had been puzzled because, although I could explain most of the reports, some sightings did not seem to have explanations. Furthermore, most witnesses seemed rational and not at all like the way they had been painted by most scientists who often dismissed UFO witnesses out of hand.
Hynek inspired me. Here was a scientist who had a solid reputation in his field, and yet he was openly discussing and investigating UFOs. What’s more, he had started out as a skeptic and debunker, even acting as the US Air Force’s “point man” to explain UFO reports as Venus and, most notoriously, “swamp gas.”
Dr. J. Allen Hynek, the “Grandfather of Ufology”
I got to know Allen well over the years. In fact, when he visited Winnipeg, he met with me and even slept at my apartment once.
Hynek visiting at my home
A very young version of me with Hynek at a conference in 1977
Anyway, the UFO group that manifested following Hynek’s first visit with the academics was called the Manitoba Centre for UFO Studies (MCUFOS, essentially the Manitoba chapter of CUFOS, his own group in the USA). However, because the academics were not investigating UFO reports themselves, they relied on myself and a few others to report back to them on what we had learned from witnesses.
In late 1977, I had been asked by one of the professors to brief his department on cases I had been investigating, and also the current state of science’s view on UFOs. It was suggested I present this at a formal departmental colloquium. Now, you have to understand that this was not something that happened regularly. Students don’t normally present departmental seminars, and certainly not a 2nd year undergraduate student. I was honoured, and petrified. As it turned out, because I had exams, I couldn’t present when they wanted me to appear, so they postponed my presentation until January 1978.
And that changed everything. Word had spread that I was giving the colloquium, and soon the department had many requests for outsiders to attend. My presentation venue was moved to the largest lecture hall in the entire university. Not only was it SRO, but local newspapers, radio and TV media showed up too. That never happened with departmental colloquia.
I was nervous, but held my composure. I gave my illustrated talk in a straightforward, but entertaining manner. The questions were thoughtful and relevant. Not a single heckler or negative comment was voiced. It was a serious, scientific presentation on UFOs. And I had become “that UFO guy” in Winnipeg.
Here’s a newspaper clipping of the review of my lecture:
And that’s how it started.
[Oh, and MCUFOS died a natural death a few years later, mostly because the original academics had lost interest. But I started my own group, Ufology Research of Manitoba (UFOROM), which still exists today, as Ufology Research.]
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WikiLeaks cables: US felt public rage over Emergency may cost Indira Gandhi …
Indian Express According to WikiLeaks cables, the US had predicted an increased threat of assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her son Sanjay during Emergency. The cable from the US embassy here to State Department in Washington in February 1976 … |
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Cong needs to explain, Govt should make public documents: BJP
Economic Times A newspaper report today claimed that as per secret cables leaked by Wikileaks Rajiv Gandhi may have been a middleman for the Swedish company Saab-Scania, when it was trying to sell its Viggen fighter aircraft to India in the 1970s. His mother Indira … |
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SETI Institute Sponsors Public Contest to Name Two Pluto's Moons : Space …
Science World Report California-based SETI Institute is organizing a contest to name two of Pluto's five moons. Contestants have until Feb. 25 to visit the contest's website and either vote to one of the competing names or suggest their own name. Like Us on Facebook … Perfect Valentine's Day Gift – Name Pluto's New Moons After Them Your Chance to Name Pluto's New Moons Why can Hubble get detailed views of distant galaxies but not of Pluto? |
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Astronomers Ask Public to Help Name Pluto's New Moons
SETI Institute Mountain View, Calif. (SETI Institute) – The discoverers of Pluto's two tiniest moons are inviting the public to help select names for the new moons. By tradition, the moons of Pluto have names associated with Hades and the underworld. Beginning today … SETI astronomers invite public to help name Pluto's new moons SETI scientists want help naming Pluto's two new moons Help Name Pluto's Newest Moons! |
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SETI astronomers invite public to help name Pluto's new moons
The Verge The SETI Institute has announced that it will seek public input to name new moons orbiting Pluto. The moons, currently named "P4" and "P5," were discovered between 2011 and 2012 thanks to the help of the Hubble Space Telescope. SETI says Pluto is … Astronomers Ask Public to Help Name Pluto's New Moons Help Name Pluto's Newest Moons! SETI Asks the Internet to Name Pluto's Smallest Moons, Is Probably Already … |
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Pluto moon names to be selected by public voting, we talk to astronomer Mark …
Engadget Beginning today, SETI will open up an online contest to name the moons, both of which were discovered via the Hubble Telescope fairly recently. As with the rest of the dwarf planet's moons, the organization's asking that the names be associated with … Help Name Pluto's Newest Moons! You Can Name Pluto's Moons of the Underworld Help scientists name Pluto's moons |
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Free Public Talk on Galaxies at Foothill College
SETI Institute … Foothill College, El Monte Road and Freeway 280, in Los Altos Hills, California 94022. Dr. Sandra Faber of the University of California at Santa Cruz, Lick Observatory, and SETI Institute Board of Trustee Emiti will give a free, illustrated, non … |
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UFO Festival Connected To Exeter Thanks To Unusual "Incident"
New Hampshire Public Radio Last week on All Things Considered we talked with Jason Claffey of Exeter Patch about a community effort – a successful one – to save the Exeter UFO Festival from cancellation. Listen. An update on last week's story about the Exeter UFO Festival … |
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