Outstanding questions about UFOs

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Contents 1 Questions 2 Notes 3 References 4 Further Reading 5 External Links

Questions

1. UFO: What does it mean?
2. How do we know UFO sightings represent anything extraordinary?
   1. What are the best UFO cases?
   2. What projects have existed in the past to scientifically investigate UFOs? (ie/ Project Twinkle, Sign, Grudge, Blue Book, Magnet, Identification, Hessdalen)?
   3. Historically how many cases are there describing a heavenly body changing direction mid-flight (with sources to the original work)?
3. Why is the subject not receiving more attention?
   1. Is the subject of UFOs worth serious study?
   2. Is there a Grand foul-up or Conspiracy cover-up afoot?
      1. Why is the USA so secretive about UFOs? What's the motivation for hiding UFOs? Why go through all the effort?
         1. Is there a cover-up? Or is the USAF simply incompetent or unwilling to deal with this particular issue?
      2. How good is the US government at keeping secrets? What's the longest the US has kept a secret before revealing it (that we know of)? Historically what is the longest kept secret that's eventually been revealed to the populace?
      3. What techniques do governments use to ensure secrecy (compartmentalization, secrecy oaths, counter-intel)?
         1. What are some good examples illustrating the capabilities of US counter-intelligence task forces?
   3. Is the lack of interest due to ridicule and the shenanigans of people involved in the study of UFOs?
      1. What's the solution for ridicule / shenanigans?
4. What are UFOs?
   1. What are common UFO sighting misidentifications?
      1. Why is Venus mistaken for a UAP?
      2. How do people confuse meteors for UAPs?
      3. What are common tools / techniques used to help explain misidentifications?
   2. If UFOs are extra-terrestrial crafts does that necessitate (scrape to 5:40) that they somehow break the laws of physics (FTL travel) to get here?
   3. How possible is it that all sufficiently unexplainable UFO sightings are secret military crafts?
      1. Is it possible the government is still concealing an aircraft-design dating as far back as the 40s?
   4. Do UFO sightings give any indications of intelligence?
      1. Do UFO sightings give any indications of observing us?
      2. Do UFOs sightings ever coincide with hostility?
      3. Is there any evidence whatsoever that there's life outside of earth?
         1. Is there any evidence of intelligent life outside of earth?
      4. Why the non-interventionist policy of UFOs?
         1. If there is a non-interventionist policy in place, why are there abductions?
            1. Are there bonafide abductions?
            2. For the people who are abducted why are their memories typically fuzzy? While this is obviously the polar opposite of non-intervention there's a clear motivation to mask the fact that a person was abducted. Why?
   5. Is there a genuine correlation between nuclear sites and UFOs?
   6. Is there a link between UFOs and bodies of water?
   7. Are there any other correlations between sightings and UFOs? Can we use logic to predict / locate other relationships?
   8. Are there any UFO hot-spots?
      1. Is Great Falls, MO considered a hot-spot?
   9. Is it statistically true that most sightings occur at dawn and dusk? Are there any conclusions that can be drawn from this?
   10. Is there a common thread that relates UFO flaps over the last several decades? Do flaps happen at a regular interval?
   11. Is there any tangible connection between other paranormal subjects and UFOs?
       1. Are there any evidenced connections of UFOs and crop-circles or is the connection based on supposition?
       2. Is there any tangible connection of UFOs to animal mutilations?
5. What's the best way to advance our understanding of this subject? What are the best testable hypotheses? How do we approach the study of this field?
   1. What is the best way to make progress and not fall into the many traps that so many ufologists have fallen into?
   2. What other mechanisms can we use to detect, analyze, identify, & report UFOs?
      1. Are there cine-theodolites that are controlled by radar ranging (google)?
   3. What techniques do Intelligence agencies use to improve the quality of the information they work with?
   4. Should it be the responsibility of the USAF to investigate UFOs? Academia? NASA? A non-profit organization? A for-profit organization? A new international body setup specifically to investigate this phenomenon?
   5. How do we motivate our countries leaders to encourage scientific institutions to investigate this subject?
   6. How to verify a hypothesis?

Notes

References

Further Reading

External Links

• ATS - UFOs: Asking the Right Questions ...