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Volume 13: Number 3: Article 4
Atmosphere or UFO? A Response to the 1997 SSE Review Panel Report
Bruce Maccabee, 6962 Eyler Valley Flint Rd., Savillasville, MD
21780
Radar and radar-visual sightings were among the various types of UFO
sightings discussed by the review panel sponsored by the Society for
Scientific Exploration in the Fall of 1997. Although several well-described
cases involving radar were presented to the panel, including cases in
which apparently structured objects were seen coincident with radar
detection, the opinion of the panel was that, whereas a few of the cases
might represent "rare but significant phenomena," "rare cases of radar
ducting," or "secret military activities," none of the cases represented
"unknown physical processes or pointed to the involvement of an extraterrestrial
intelligence." One of the panel members (Eshleman) proposed a general
explanation for the radar cases in terms of atmospheric effects including
refraction and ducting. There is no indication in the complete report
that the panel members offered specific explanations for any report,
or that any panel member was able to prove that atmospheric effects
of any sort could account for the radar and radar-visual sightings.
This paper, a response to the panel opinion, demonstrates that careful
consideration of atmospheric effects is not sufficient to explain at
least some of the radar, radar-visual, and photographic sightings that
have been reported over the years.
Keywords: UFO, radar, visual, sighting, New Zealand, Switzerland
FULL TEXT:
Atmosphere or UFO? A Response to the 1997
SSE Review Panel Report
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