Area 51 former engineer says UFOs were us (U.S.)

William Atkins
Sunday, 12 April 2009 20:04

Science - Space

However, on the other hand, anything is possible and nothing should be dismissed totally.

The Los Angeles Times article “The Road to Area 51” goes into more details and would be interested to read for those wanting more information on Area 51 and comments from five former insiders to Area 51 during the time these UFO sightings first occurred.

It states in part, “The problem is the myths of Area 51 are hard to dispute if no one can speak on the record about what actually happened there. Well, now, for the first time, someone is ready to talk—in fact, five men are, and their stories rival the most outrageous of rumors.”

the NASA article "UFO No Longer Unidentified" states, "UFOs aren't necessarily alien spacecraft. And some purported UFOs aren't UFOs at all. Take the example from Apollo 16."

From England: "Newly released UFO files from the U.K. government."

It states, "The files contain a wide range of UFO-related documents covering the years 1987–1993. If you want to find out more about close encounters over Heathrow Airport, alien abductions, stray satellites - and what the UK Government thought of it all - then this is the place to be."

As a person with a science backround, alien UFOs are a possibility--anything is possible. However, I am skeptical by nature. Wikipedia.com sums it up pretty well, as far as I am concerned. Whether you believe or don't believe in UFOs or in anything else for that matter, I think the key word is "question."

From Wikipedia.com "Both military and civilian research show that a significant majority of UFO sightings are identified after further investigation, either explicitly or indirectly through the presence of clear and simple explanatory factors."

"Studies have established that only a small percentage of reported UFOs are actual hoaxes, while the majority are observations of some real but conventional object – most commonly aircraft, balloons, or astronomical objects such as meteors or bright planets – that have been misidentified by the observer as anomalies. A small percentage of reported sightings (usually 5 %-20 %) are classified as unidentified flying objects in the strictest sense."

"UFO reports became more common after the first widely publicized US sighting – reported by private pilot Kenneth Arnold in 1947 – that gave rise to the popular terms "flying saucer" and "flying disc". Since then, millions of people have reported that they have seen UFOs."

"Some scientists have argued that all UFO sightings are misidentifications of prosaic natural phenomena and it has been stated that most of the scientific community supports this position. A scientist and prominent UFO researcher argued that most UFO research is scientifically deficient, and that mythology and cultism are frequently associated with the phenomenon. Historically, there was debate among certain prominent scientists, including members of the AAAS, regarding whether serious scientific investigation was warranted given available empirical data."