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SUBJECT: NASA, SHUTTLE, UFO ON VIDEO TAPE.NASA FILE: UFO1898
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April 2, 1993
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NASATAPE.ASC
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This file shared with KeelyNet courtesy of Tom Tatom.
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C U F O N
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EDITORIAL
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Computer UFO Network
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Seattle Washington, USA
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(206) 776-0382 8 Data Bits, No Parity, 1 Stop Bit 300/1200/2400 bps.
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SYSOP - Jim Klotz Information Director - Dale Goudie
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UFO Reporting and Information Service
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Voice Line - (206) 721-5035
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P.O.Box 832, Mercer Island, WA 98040, USA
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This the first in a series of CUFON editorials: 07-JULY-1992
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The most talked-about material in UFOlogy so far this year has to be
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the "NASA Tape" first introduced to most of us by Mr. Don Ecker on
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the June 5, 1992 Hard Copy Show, and again later on the Larry King
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Show, June 26, 1992.
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In fact, this tape has completely taken over most discussions on the
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subject.
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Many theories have been put forward to explain the apparently
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anomalous change of an object's trajectory in the featured portion
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of the tape. Put simply, the explanations fall into two groups:
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(1) the event is normal and can be explained conventionally,
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and
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(2) a truly anomalous event is shown.
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Mr. Dale Goudie of the UFO Reporting and Information Service points
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out what is perhaps the most important part, certainly a neglected
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part of the event, which can be seen if one continues to track the
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object as it apparently moves out into space. Note that it * AGAIN
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* changes direction, back towards the Earth on yet another
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trajectory! (This is visible on the Hard Copy segment 3 minutes, 9
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Page 1
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seconds after the start of the segment on NASA tape, when Don makes
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the remark "... propulsion system not made in Detroit.")
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If the first change of direction and speed are the result of the
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shuttle's maneuvering thrusters as some have theorized, what caused
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the SECOND change of trajectory? We believe that this second
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direction change makes the "maneuvering jets" explanation untenable.
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We do not understand why this part of the event has not been
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discussed. Mr. Dale Goudie mentioned the second change of
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trajectory prior to the Larry King Show. during the Laura Lee Show
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(a Seattle radio call-in show), June 20, 1992, on which Mr. Don
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Ecker was the featured guest.
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Mr. James Oberg was positioned opposite Mr. Ecker on the Larry king
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broadcast. Much was made by all participants of Mr. Oberg's
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association with NASA, but no mention was made of his connection to
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CSCIOP. Mr. Oberg is a principal member of the UFO Subcommittee of
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the Committee on the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the
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Paranormal. He has been described as "(Phillip) Klass' right hand
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man." His Air Force career and position at NASA's Johnson Manned
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Spacecraft Center in Houston aside, the close relationship with
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CSCIOP establishes his position re. UFO.
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Also mentioned as being an anomalous object on a different portion
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of the same NASA tape, is the so called "domed disk", which
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supposedly appeared under digital video enhancement. If this is a
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truly anomalous object showing structure, why has this part of the
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tape not been center stage? Perhaps speculation about 'space wars'
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is more entertaining than mere existence of anomalous objects in
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near earth space?
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We believe that speculation about 'interplanetary wars' or SDI
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technology being brought to bear on 'aliens,' is harmful and futile.
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There is no frame of reference to judge the true velocities or
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object sizes in the NASA tape, much less any information which can
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support such speculations. We think that speculation, of which
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there is a great deal in the UFO literature and press, diverts
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attention into areas which do nothing to advance understanding of
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the phenomena.
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It is not wrong to speculate (or better to hypothesize and then test
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the hypothesis.) What is wrong, is to present speculations as fact.
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The UFO literature is abounds with unverified, unprovable assertions
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accepted and promulgated as fact. Many UFO books are primarily
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composed of previously published material rehashed. Hence the
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speculations of others are perpetuated as "fact."
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In this case, such a rush of people hungry for any UFO event has
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produced a storm of wide-ranging discussion and controversy in which
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this tape is now mired. It's value as documentation (or "proof", if
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you like) has been reduced to virtually nothing; it has become a
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non-event.
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Interested people, in these latter days of UFO popularity, rush onto
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any apparently interesting case en masse. Reports of
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"investigators" and the merely interested overrunning supposed
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"landing sites" and persons brave enough to report a close
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encounter, spark little concern or comment. Many good cases are
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Page 2
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damaged in this manner. It seems that this kind of thing happens in
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many "good" UFO cases; those in which there is valuable factual
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information to be had.
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The tape does, however, remain interesting, and should be
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investigated and whatever provable information which can be
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developed from it be carefully documented.
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Jim Klotz - CUFON SYSOP
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Dale Goudie - CUFON Information Director
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Jerry W. Decker.........Ron Barker...........Chuck Henderson
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