UFO Sightings

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improve understanding
of, and in some cases debunk, supposed UFO events.

For example, Earth science researchers have eventually accepted several
phenomena "originally dismissed as folk tales," including meteorites and
certain types of lightning, the panel noted.

The findings are from a four-day workshop held in Tarrytown, N.Y., followed
by a second three-day meeting in San Francisco, both last fall. The results
are published in the current issue of the Society for Scientific
Exploration, which was established by Sturrock.

The inquiry involved scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Cornell and Princeton universities, the universities of Arizona
and Virginia, and institutions in France and Germany, among others. A panel
of nine physical scientists analyzed presentations by eight UFO
investigators, who were encouraged to present their strongest evidence. The
project was funded by Laurance S. Rockefeller through his LSR Fund because
of a belief, the report ...

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