Thursday 3 May 2018

Why is the UFO phenomenon significant? Prof. McDonald probably had the best answer


Published by SpaceTimeForum on YouTube, 19th of May 2014, under the heading "James McDonald explains UFO debunking."

In a brief video clip, Professor James E. McDonald shares his thoughts on why the US government dismisses the scientific importance of UFOs.


Professor McDonald is one giant in the field of ufo-research. Anyone seriously interested in finding out if there is anything important with the UFO phenomenon or not, has to study at least some of the work about the phenomenon by prof. McDonald.

Explore the links below to learn about James E. McDonald's significant work on UFOs and its relevance to everyone still today.

Make sure to check out the University of Arizona Libraries link (the second link from the top), as it contains McDonald's data on various UFO cases, correspondence with military officials, etc.

This post about James E. McDonald's ufo-research is meant as another piece of the puzzle to the question about the strange discrepancy between the overwhelming evidence of the reality of the UFO phenomenon (the physical aspect of the phenomenon) and the government's/military/intelligence agencies official denial of the UFO phenomenons significance for national security and science.

Enjoy and take care!

Janne


By Arizona Archives Online under the heading "Scope and Content Note:"
Papers, 1904-1997 (bulk 1958-1971). Mostly correspondence, cases, reports, interviews, and printed materials relating to James E. McDonald's investigations, 1958 to 1971, into unidentified flying objects and similar sightings, and governmental investigations, responses and reports, including the United States Air Force's Project Blue Book, and Edward U. Condon's 1969 report, A Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects, relating to these phenomenon. Correspondence, 1958-1971, is between McDonald and various government and military officials, other scientific and professional UFO researchers. Case files, 1945-1970, include investigations, mostly in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, on sightings by military pilots, tower control officers, law enforcement officers, scientists and citizens.
 Contains photocopies of approximately 580 Project Blue Book sighting reports, mostly by pilots, and some with airborne and ground radar verification. Also includes four handwritten journals, 1958-1971, describing UFO investigative activity; papers and talks, 1966-1977, given before conferences, symposia, and groups; research materials, including his 1967 trip to Australia and New Zealand; a referenced outline of an unpublished book; over 80 audio-tapes of interviews, talks, and conversations on UFO topics; photographic materials on various subjects; and supplemental materials.









Following said by James E. McDonald on page 5/12:
On the basis of my examination of the UFO problem during the past three years, I regard it as probably the outstanding scientific problem of the century. I believe the evidence clearly shows that Dr. Condon, like a number of other scientists who have previously had responsibilities in advising the Air Force on its task of sorting out the mysteries of the steady flow of UFO reports, really never opened his eyes to the significant evidence, never dug in and undertook the kind of extensive case-checking and witness-interviewing that leads one to see that in the UFO problem we are probably confronting a phenomenon of unprecedented scientific significance.

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