See CSETI. They more on the ball.

On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 09:45:30 -0400, Imperishable Stars wrote:

Subject: Budd Hopkins' UFO Seminar Announcement - October 9 (NYC)

Intruders Foundation Seminar Series Announcement

Saturday, October 9, 2004

SETI versus UFOLOGY: An Illustrated Lecture by Stanton T. Friedman

On Saturday, October 9, the Intruders Foundation presents its opening
seminar of the 2004-2005 season at the new ARE Center on West 30th St. It
will feature a presentation by author, nuclear physicist, and prominent
UFO researcher, Stanton Friedman.

Stan Friedman, a resident of Canada, is internationally known as "The
Flying Saucer Physicist." He received his BS and MS degrees in physics
from the University of Chicago in 1955 and 1956, and for over 14 years
worked on the development of a wide variety of classified advanced nuclear
and space systems for companies such as GE, GM, Westinghouse, McDonnell
Douglas, and Aerojet General. He has lectured internationally on his UFO
research since the 1960s, and in the mid-1970s began an extensive civilian
investigation of the crashed flying saucers near Roswell, NM in 1947, a
fascinating project that is still in process. Stanton has authored and
co-authored books on Majestic 12 and Roswell, respectively, and has spoken
at more than 600 colleges and over 100 professional groups throughout the
world. He has also appeared on hundreds of TV and radio programs and
helped produce numerous UFO documentaries.

Concerning the topic of the upcoming seminar, Mr. Friedman comments,
"Although SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) has been getting
a free ride from the popular press and the scientific community, a closer
examination of its assumptions (there is no evidence to examine) clearly
indicates it is basically a cult movement with the acronym really standing
for Silly Effort To Investigate. Ufology traditionally gets a very hard
time from the press and the scientific community, but, in contrast with
SETI, has facts and data that lead directly to the conclusion that some
UFOs are alien spacecraft and that there is a Cosmic Watergate. It is
useful to note the contrasting underlying assumptions of SETI and ufology.
Unfortunately, it appears that SETI proponents are totally unwilling to
review the UFO evidence and are suffering from the Crown of Creation
Syndrome. Our current methods of long distance communication and travel
seem to them to be in the forefront of those of all life in the galaxy
despite the fact that we have only had advanced flight, electronics, and
nuclear technologies for roughly a century and that there are sun-like
stars just down the street which are a billion years older than the sun.
It is time to realize that the emperors of SETI have no clothes."

http://www.intrudersfoundation.org/a...onference.html
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