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Date: Tue Apr 12 10:42:09 1988
From: NEIL GOULD (aa330)
Subj: Re: Eastlake UFO report - Neil
Well, I personally find the report of the sighting from the
Coast Guard to be rather interesting. As has been suggested in
the last upload ( ASTRONOMERS..UFO ), I haven't the foggiest
idea what they were looking at.
At the same time, what was observed doesn't necesarily imply
the existance of extraterrestrials, either. While I agree that
the report does make me rather skeptical that the observers
were looking at Jupiter/Venus, it is important teocognize
that we live in an age of mistrust, secrecy, and undercover
operations as a way of life.
UFO means exactly: "UNIDENTIFIED Flying Object". Given the
objectives of our military; stealth aircraft, jts that can fly
in unusual deflections from a given course, and so forth, there
could be some terrestrial explanations as well.
Yes, in my opinion, the sighting report may qualify as a UFO
sighting. But to go any further than that without empirical
evidence would be difficult to support.
To be objective about this will require time. Time to absorb
and compare, as well as to verify and test the accuracy of
these reports. But without a way to repeat the event,
conclusions will be hard to come by.
Perhaps that is the real reason there isn't a lot of chatter
about these things?
- Neil
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