O? ?ll t?? ????l? in t?? w??l? w??’v? cl?im?? t? ??v? ? ?? UFO si??tin?s ?? ?nc??nt??s, ?c???mics ??n’t s??m like? t?? lik?li ?st ??nc? — ??t ? n?w s??v?? s??ws t??t ?v?n t???’v? s??n t ?in?s t??? c?không ?x?l?in.
Trong ? s????isin? n?w st???, w?ic? s??v???? t?n???? ?n? t ?n???-t??ck ??c?lt? ?c??ss 144 US ?niv??siti?s, ?n? ở ?iv? ?c? ??mics ??mitt?? t??t t???’v? ??s??v?? s?m?t?in? t??t c??l ? ?it t?? US ??v??nm?nt’s ???initi?n ?? ?n Uni??nti?i?? A??i?l P ??n?m?n?n (UAP).
P??lis??? trong t?? j???n?l H?m?niti?s ?n? S?ci?l Sci?nc?s C?mm?nic?ti?ns , t?? s??v?? ?sk?? ?c???mics ????n? t?? c??nt?? ?n? ?c??ss ?isci?lin?s ???n-?n??? ???sti?ns ????t w??t??? t??? ?? ????l? cl?s? t? t??m ??? “?v?? ??s??v? ???? s ???initi?n ?? ?n ?ni??nti?i?? ???i?l ???n?m?n?n (UAP), w?ic? ??? ???? ?l? ??sc?i??? ?s “?i????n? ??j?cts n?t imm??i?t?l? i? ?nti?i??l?.”
J?st ?n??? ?n?-?i?t? — 18.9 ???c?nt — ?? ??s??n??nts s?i ? t??? s?w s?m?t?in? t??t ?it it??t ???initi?n.
W?il? đó là ? s????isin? ??s?lt, ??lvin? int? t?? n?m???s ? littl? ??ints ? ?i?????nt ?ict???. F?? ?n?, t?? ??s??ns? ??t? ?? t?? ?m?il?? s??v?? w?s ?xt??m?l? l?w.
Onl? ????t 1.500 ??t ?? t?? n???l? 40.000 ?c???mics w?? ??c ?iv?? t?? ?m?il ??s??n???, s????stin? t?? ??s?lts c??l ? ?? sk?w?? si?ni?ic?ntl? t?w??? ??s??n??nts w?? ??lt st? ?n?l? ????t?? t??ic ?n? like?l? ???không ??n???liz??l?, s?m?t?in? t?? ??s???c???s ??mitt?? t??ms?lv?s ở t?? ? ????.
N?n?t??l?ss, t?? st??? is ? ??scin?tin? ?lim?s? int? t?? ???sist ?nt t???? s?????n?in? t?? t??ic ?? UFO, w?ic? ??v??nm?nt ? ??nci?s bao gồm??in? NASA ??? st??tin? t? ?????ss ????-?n.
T????? t???? w??? s?m? ?ns????isin?l? t?n???-in-c? t t ???? s t? t?? ???n-?n??? ???sti?ns ????t ??c?lt? ?x???i ?nc?s, t??.
“M? ?nti?? ??mil? ?n? I witn?ss?? ? UFO ????n? 1976,” ?n? ??s??n??nt w??t?. “It w?s ?v?? ??? ???s? in t?? ????l n??t???st [st?t? ????ct??]. Tw? ?? m? si?lin?s s?w it, w?il? t?? ??st ?? ?s in t?? ???s? ??lt it s??k? ?n? ????? ? l??? n?is?. W? w??? ??tin? ?inn?? ?n? t?? s??kin? w?s s? int?ns? t??t w? ?ll ??n ??tsi??.”
An?t??? s?i? t??t ?lt????? t???’? ??? tw? UFO si??tin?s, t??? n? l?n??? t?l? ????l? ??c??s? “t??? t?????t I w?s c??z? ?? l?in?.”
“S? n?w I’m sil?nt,” t?? ??s??n??nt ?????.
B?t ???s t?? ??t? ???ll? s??w t??t ?v??? ?i?t? ?????ss?? ??t t???? ??li?v?s in UFOs? N?t ???ll?, ?n? ?s t?? ??s???c???s ????? t??ms?lv?s, t??t w??l? ?? ??si?? t?? ??int.
Es??ci?ll? ?iv?n t?? sti?m? ?ss?ci?t?? wit? t?? t??ic, t?? ??s???c???s ??mitt?? in t??i? ????? t??t “t?? ??s?lts ??? ???limin???” sinc? m?n? ?c???mics m?? ??v? t?????t t??t t?? s??v?? w?s s??m.
“M?st ??c?lt? ?????t?? s?m? ?????? ?? c??i?sit? ????t t?? UAP/UFO t??ic, ??????s s????stin? t??? w??? m??? ???n t? ???tici??tin? ?n? l?ss inclin?? t? t?ink t?? s??v?? w?s s??m, t??s int????cin? ?i?s,” t?? ??s???c???s w??t?.
T?? ?v??w??lmin? m?j??it? ?? ??s??n??nts ?ls? ?????t?? ?t l??st s?m? l?v?l ?? sk??ticism.
“T?is s??v?? w?s ?n ?x?l???t??? st??? ?n ? t??ic t??t t? ??? kn?wl???? ??s n?v?? ???n inv?sti??t??,” t?? ????? ????s. “T?? ?????s? w?s t? t?k? t?? ??ls? ?? ??c?lt? ?n ? s??j?ct t??t c?ntin??s t? ???w in m?inst???m s?ci?t?.”
V??? ??w ??s??n??nts s?i? t??? w??? “n?t ?t ?ll ?w???” ?? t?? ???win? m??i? c?v????? ?? UFO si??tin?s in t?? n?ws, ?s??ci?ll? ?v?? sinc? t?? N?w Y??k Tim?s ???lis??? ? ???nt-???? ?????t ????t t?? P?nt???n’s s?c??tiv? UFO ??????m.
T?? st??? is ? ??scin?tin? l??k int? t?? sti?m? s?????n?in? t?? t??ic ?? UFOs — ?n? t?? ??s???c???s ??? ???in? t? s?t t?? st??? ??? ? ?????ctiv? c?nv??s?ti?n.
“Giv?n t??t ??c?lt? in ??? s?m?l? t?ink ?c???mic ?v?l??ti?n ?? UAP ?n? ??l?t?? ??s???c? ??? im???t?nt, w? ???? t??t t?is st??? ???s c???i?ilit? t? ?isc?ssin? t?? t??ic ???nl?,” s?i? c?-??t??? B?t??n? B?ll, ?ss?ci?t? ?????ss?? ?t t?? Univ??sit? ?? Vi??ini?, in ? st?t?m?nt.
“Wit???t ?n???in? in ? c?nv??s?ti?n ????t w??t is ?cc???in? in ??? ??????l ??v??nm?nt, ??w c?n ??c?lt? ???in t? ?v?l??t? in???m?ti?n ??l?t?? t? t?is t??ic?” s?? ?????.