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SUBJECT: B.LANGDON RESPONDS TO LEAR FILE: UFO1825
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PART 2
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Sec: 1 - UFOlogy
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08-FEB-88 06:51 PM
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Subj:Lear's Text
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From: Brad Langton
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To: Steve Gresser
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Hi Steve, I'm not sure you've been up on Lambda, but perhaps you
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have read my rather caustic response, LANG.RES regarding the
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Lear.txt that my initial reactions were inappropriate. I have been
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enlightened regarding the mission of these forums. Our impatience
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to get all the info yesterday has led many, including me, to be
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premature in drawing conclusion. I'm not sure we haven't pressed
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the reaction time. I have interviewed Mr. Lear and while I have
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many questions regarding the nature of his material, I'm willing
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to give him a chance to present his case. I have found him anxious
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to do so, and I'm sure he would be open to developing a similar
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professional manner on these issues, yet we tend to forget that
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we're human beings with fears, reflex reactions, an imprecise
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language, and whether we like it or not... our own biases regarding
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the UFO issue. At one time I too experienced a sighting, without
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putting anything on paper at the time. I never released it because
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I was afraid of just the reaction Lear.txt has received.
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Ironically, I was one of the first to put my emotions before my
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head in dealing with the issue... not a good position for the sysop
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of such a BBS! Why the idealized view of benevolent beings from
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space being necessarily committed[ to the same values and ideals
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as we here in western civilization. Examples from our own world,
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even our august group of open minded skeptics in the Paranet
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system, have altered this and do not take the time to give the guy
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a chance to support his views,, then what are we doing this for in
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the first place? Are we all, as Jim pointed out, fantasy prone even
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at the level of discussion? John has agreed to share this resource
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of evidence with us. Perhaps Alpha will be afforded the same
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opportunity if the climate here was a little less hostile. It took
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a few days for Lambda to come around, but we have... and now, with
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an OPEN mind, we're going to have the opportunity to see just what
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Mr. Lear has to show us.
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It can't hurt, as one of Lambda's and Alpha's users has said,
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"its time to put up or shut up." That's what we're about... that's
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why we're here. I will keep you up on events from this end, but it
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would be nice if we all could view the evidence that he is
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presenting Brad Langton
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