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Skeptic Check: Saucer's Apprentice
They’re here! About one-third of all Americans believe we’re being visited by extraterrestrial spacecraft. But wait, you want evidence?
UFO sighting are as prevalent as flies at a picnic. But proof of visitation – well, that’s really alien.
Hear why belief in extraterrestrial UFOs persists … and why military sightings that “can’t be explained” don’t warrant rolling out a welcome mat for ET.
Plus, the most fab UFOs in the movies!
It’s Skeptic Check… but don’t take our word for it!
Guests:
Phil Plait - Keeper of the skeptical website badastronomy.com
Benjamin Radford - Research Fellow with the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry and managing editor of “Skeptical Inquirer Science Magazine”
Leslie Kean - Journalist, and author of UFOs: Generals, Pilots and Government Officials Go On the Record
Susan Clancy - Psychology Researcher, Harvard University
Thomas Bullard - Folkorist at Indiana University and author of The Myth and Mystery of UFOs
FIrst aired November 15, 2010.
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They’re here! About one-third of all Americans believe we’re being visited by extraterrestrial spacecraft. But wait, you want evidence?
UFO sighting are as prevalent as flies at a picnic. But proof of visitation – well, that’s really alien.
Hear why belief in extraterrestrial UFOs persists … and why military sightings that “can’t be explained” don’t warrant rolling out a welcome mat for ET.
Plus, the most fab UFOs in the movies!
It’s Skeptic Check… but don’t take our word for it!
Guests:
Phil Plait - Keeper of the skeptical website badastronomy.com
Benjamin Radford - Research Fellow with the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry and managing editor of “Skeptical Inquirer Science Magazine”
Leslie Kean - Journalist, and author of UFOs: Generals, Pilots and Government Officials Go On the Record
Susan Clancy - Psychology Researcher, Harvard University
Thomas Bullard - Folkorist at Indiana University and author of The Myth and Mystery of UFOs
FIrst aired November 15, 2010.
Descripción en español
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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