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- From: gblack@midland.co.nz (George Black)
- Newsgroups: alt.alien.visitors,alt.paranet.ufo,sci.skeptic,sci.physics
- Subject: Re: Dr. Paul Hill's repulsive force field
- Date: Fri, 21 Jun 96 11:12:24 GMT
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- >Second, your assumption that observers are "unreliable" and that their
- >knowledge is "invariably insufficient" is utter hogwash and betrays
- >*your* total void of knowledge. Many UFO witnesses have been the best
- >observers on the planet -- physicists, rocket scientists, pilots with
- >half a century of flying experience, astronomers, and so on. This
- >doesn't mean that experts are immune to errors, of course, but it DOES
- >mean that your assumption is quite objectively and verifiably incorrect
- >when you say that witnesses' knowledge is "invariably insufficient".
- >This is wrong. Again, deal with it.
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- Now, with all due regard Brian but you have to be a little cautious.
- Britian's former Astronomer Royal Sir Arnold Wolfendale gave a lecture in
- Hamilton New Zealand last night.
- Amongst the many things that he said was that the radio waves eminating from
- Earth will not arrive ANYWHERE as they are only 70-80 lightyears in their
- outward travel.
- Now Sir Arnold is the -14th- Astronomer Royal and retired last year. This post
- has been in existance since the reign of King Charles 2 back in 1675 when
- ships used to go astray and accurate star maps were deemed as -very-
- necessary. (you, of course, realise that the reign of Charles ll preceeds
- American settlement by some years)
- One of the most famous of these gentlemen was Mr Halley (1682) so, if you
- might, imagine the following..... The Heavens/skies/stars have been under
- observation by the british astronomers both royal and commoner since 1675.
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- So, for 320 years there has been NO sightings by this august body to raise the
- slightest doubt that there is SOMETHING out there and 'visiting' us.
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- George Black Hamilton New Zealand
- gblack@midland.co.nz
- 3:774/605.112
- If you think you have a problem
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