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In article <NELSON.89Mar29145346@sun.soe.clarkson.edu>, nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) writes:
> In article <7751@pyr.gatech.EDU> ccoprmd@pyr.gatech.EDU (Matthew T. DeLuca) writes:
> 
>    This is patently ridiculous, thinking that this is actually an
>    alien spacecraft sighting.  Most likely, this was either a bit of
>    humor, or the 'alien' spacecraft is 'alien' only in the sense that
>    it was not made in the US (most likely Soviet).
>
> How do you know that?  I counter your skepticism with my
> skepticism.
> 
> I think that a piece of hard evidence could be found if several people
> can be found who heard the report of the "fire" and the "alien craft"
> transmissions, AND they are missing from official NASA recordings.
> If that's the case, then it lends substance to Stanford T. Friedman's
> accusations of a government coverup.
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I will admit, the evidence for my conclusion is as skimpy as the evidence for
the UFO theory, but let's be realistic.  Astronauts have been seeing 'UFO's'
since the dawn of the space age, and the vast majority, if not all, have been
sightings of expended booster segments, ejected garbage, and frozen urine.
Each time, the UFO crowd came running, and each time there was a very reasonableexplanation for the phenomenon.  Each time, the UFO crowd then claimed that 
there was a massive coverup.  Well, it's been a quarter of a century now
since these sightings from sapce have started, and I find it difficult to 
believe that an event of such magnitude as contact with alien life or alien
technology could be kept secret.  When alien life *does* contact us (and I
am of the opinion that we are not alone in the universe, although I am not
on the edge of my seat, waiting for them to come along), it will hit us 
like a ton of bricks.  Two tons of bricks.

A very possible explanation of this occurrence comes to mind: since the 
frequency of the alleged transmission is in the middle of the commercial
radio band, it is possible that someone with a radio set to that frequency
broadcast the two items to see what happened, knowing that someone might be
listening.  A pretty good joke, if you ask me.


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