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UFOs, Abductions, and Ancient Astronauts
By Ben Bova
Excerpted from the book, "Faint Echoes, Distant Stars: The Science and Politics of Finding Life Beyond Earth." Written by Ben Bova, copyright 2004. Some portions have been edited for context. See Interview with Ben Bova
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Ben Bova.Image Credit:benbova.net
I can relate three incidents in my own experience that have shaped my attitude about UFOs: my own UFO sighting, a laboratory analysis of a metal sample purportedly taken from a UFO, and an encounter with the redoubtable Erich Von Daniken, author of "Chariots of the Gods" and similar books.
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Digital cave painting has been part of signals sent into deep space as indicators of human perception and representation Credit: SETI Institute/ Arecibo
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The first popular science book devoted to the question of extraterrestrial life was written in 1686. In the preface to his Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds, the French poet and philosopher Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle wrote: "I've tried to treat Philosophy in a very unphilosophical manner; I've attempted to bring it to the point where it's neither too dry for men and women of the world nor too playful for scholars."
Credit: David Grinspoon, Lonely Planets
Full Story at Astrobiology Magazine
Sir Ulli
UFOs, Abductions, and Ancient Astronauts
By Ben Bova
Excerpted from the book, "Faint Echoes, Distant Stars: The Science and Politics of Finding Life Beyond Earth." Written by Ben Bova, copyright 2004. Some portions have been edited for context. See Interview with Ben Bova
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Ben Bova.Image Credit:benbova.net
I can relate three incidents in my own experience that have shaped my attitude about UFOs: my own UFO sighting, a laboratory analysis of a metal sample purportedly taken from a UFO, and an encounter with the redoubtable Erich Von Daniken, author of "Chariots of the Gods" and similar books.
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Digital cave painting has been part of signals sent into deep space as indicators of human perception and representation Credit: SETI Institute/ Arecibo
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The first popular science book devoted to the question of extraterrestrial life was written in 1686. In the preface to his Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds, the French poet and philosopher Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle wrote: "I've tried to treat Philosophy in a very unphilosophical manner; I've attempted to bring it to the point where it's neither too dry for men and women of the world nor too playful for scholars."
Credit: David Grinspoon, Lonely Planets
Full Story at Astrobiology Magazine
Sir Ulli