Last year a committe of high-ranking French government and military officials issued a report to the the French government that concludes that some UFOs are indeed extra-terestrial and that urges cooperation and sharing of information between the countries of the world. The report also recommends that planning for self-defense begin as soon as possible.
Here’s a link:
http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Archives/Archive-000008/HTML/20000401-7-000291.html
I shouldn’t feed the troll, but…
From the Nov. 1999 Skeptics UFO Newsletter, by Phil Klass: “The report was issued by COMETA–The Committee for In-depth Studies. … The COMETA report is based on a several-year study by a group of former ‘auditors’ of the Institute of Advanced Studies for National Defense (IHEDN) and by ‘qualified experts from various fields,’ according to [French UFOlogist Gildas] Bourdais. More than 20 years ago, the same Association of Auditors of IHEDN recommended that France create a national UFO-investigation agency, leading to the formation of GEPAN in 1977, which reports to France’s highly respected space agency, CNES. In 1988, GEPAN was renamed SEPRA and its scope was expanded to include reentering space debris and meteor-fireball reports. During the 21-years of GEPAN/SEPRA’s operation, it has received about 3,000 UFO reports, has investigated about 100 of these, and has found prosaic explanations for all but a few cases.
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COMETA’s report ignores the fact that more than 20 years after GEPAN/SEPRA was created per its earlier recommendation, GEPAN/SEPRA has failed to produce any scientifically credible evidence that any UFOs are ET craft.
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COMETA’s report (seemingly) rejects possible prosaic explanations for UFO incidents that it finds most impressive. For example, the 1956 incident at Britain’s Lakenheath air base, and the 1957 incident in the U.S. involving an RB-47. (My book, ‘UFOs Explained’ offers prosaic explanations for both.) … COMETA also finds the Trans-en-Provence case impressive, ignoring critics who cite evidence that it is a hoax. COMETA claims that hoaxes are rare and ‘easily detected.’”
So, they ignore evidence contrary to their positions and then claim UFOs must be aliens. Gosh, what a surprising thing for UFO believers to do…
(BTW, for anybody reading the thread that Krispy linked to above, it might be handy to note that he was posting as “Contestant #3” at the time.)
So, they ignore evidence contrary to their positions and then claim UFOs must not be aliens. Gosh, what a surprising thing for UFO skeptics to do…
Do the skeptics send you royalty checks for hawking their books?
The French also think that Jerry Lewis is a comedic genius.
Thanks for yet another intelligent and insightful on-topic post there Wall…isn’t someone calling you over in MPSIMS?
My post was on topic, KO.
And I’ll post wherever I please.
Have a mediocre day.
Yeah…I noticed…
Sorry, Krispy.
I didn’t mean to cast your fine debating skills in a negative light. But your moronic “French” post was so incredibly and profoundly stupid that I was compelled to put it in the proper perspective.
Here’s a tip: "The movie “Men in Black” was not a documentory.
Have a rotten day.
You don’t sound sorry to me. Nice name-calling.
Eat a big plate of fried foods…Ok Wall?
Thanks David B for that evidence to the contrary of the Krisp’s
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For the record, I like Phil Klass.
This part is worth noting:
Yup they do, good money too, and all I had to do was get an implanted chip behind my left ear which bends my will to theirs routinely. This isn’t alarming though, seeing as Saturn did the same to me when I bought my car from them in order to ensure I get to the local company picnic every year.
Bodysnatchers r’ us,
Jai Pey
Well, Krispy, you apparently did not like my Jerry Lewis reference and implied that I wasn’t fit to be in this thread, so I fought back. You didn’t like that either. Looks like your up to your old tricks of pushing buttons again.
By the way, please show me where I called you a name.
Anyway, you’re boring me, so I’ll just mosey along before you start with the alien implants and crop circles.
Sure wish they had room for a few more on the Halle-Bopp spaceship.
Regarding the whole Krispy vs DavidB, Krispy vs Wally, Krispy vs everybody thing:
It’s just what I hoped for… I’ve heard from the Loony Extreme (Krispy), the Wacky Non-Believers (David, you subscribe to something called The Skeptics UFO Newsletter?) and the fun, level-headed ones in-between (the illustrous Wally, who can’t spell documentary)!
Fun fun fun! 
Really, thanks all for your posts. Informative and entertaining. I still need to think about this stuff… I’m off to read that thread in MPSIMS about the implications of ET’s.
“I was not making fun of you personally; I was heaping scorn on an inexcusably silly idea – a practice I shall always follow.”
-Robert A. Heinlein
Good idea. Get thee back over to MPSIMS…some teenybopper probably needs a sig or something…
OK,KO. I’m gone.
Okay if I drop in here once in a while to see how you’re doing? Maybe make a short comment or two on your posts? You know, in case things get too turgid.
Thanks, pal.
Have a wonderful day.
No probs Wall, just be ready to get back what you dish out…
Anything’s possible…It’s a really big universe and an “awful waste of space” if we are alone.
I choose to follow Sagan’s lead; I’ll believe when they come knocking at my front door. However, I am intrigued with the lights over Phoenix. What was the final take on that?
sigh Pulled it again!
KO, you trying to be a jerk or does it just come naturally? :rolleyes:
BTW, I followed the link you gave above to the Archived Thread regarding the French Press Release (the same one you brought up, again, here). Here is some of what I found there about Contestant#1 (aka YOU):
Then, from manhattan:
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Then Slythe chimed in with:
Finally, Wally summed the entire affair up this way:
So, way back in October of '99 you brought this up and were challanged by:
[ul][li]pldennison[/li][li]manhattan[/li][li]slythe[/li][li]wally[/li][li]and others.[/ul][/li]
You brought the same article up here with the same notable lack of external, third-party, objective, primary-source support.
How’s about you stop trying to make fun of me and start trying to make an intellectual point?
I’d like to believe you. Help me. If you can’t, please shut up and go away.
Sheesh. :rolleyes:
“I was not making fun of you personally; I was heaping scorn on an inexcusably silly idea – a practice I shall always follow.”
-Robert A. Heinlein
sdimbert shoots and scores!
:: :pulling up a chair, opening a beer, and getting ready for overtime:::
The Sleeper has AWAKENED!
Note to self:
Don’t climb into the ring with sdimbert. He’s one of those guys that checks the facts.