Are UFOs a matter for the scientific community?

Question

Why does the scientific world look at UFO researchers with such contempt.And should science take the study of UFOs more seriously.I wonder what they are scared of finding out!

Answer 1

As with a lot of questions, yours really can only be answered 'yes' or 'no'.

That's two sides.

Everyone that answers 'yes', go to the right side of the room. Everyone that answers 'no' go to the left.

Now, look at the people you are siding with...

If for whatever reason, scientific curiosity, a traumatic experience with a weather balloon, you answered 'yes', you are still standing next to a fellow with a tinfoil hat. Not the best company.

The guys over on the 'no' side, might be haughty and closed-minded, but they are still better looking in a photo-op.

Personally, I don't give a bucket of rat feces for what anyone thinks about me (especially if they are wrong), so I tend to vote 'yes'. Science should be interested in UFOs, heck, investigation is what science is about. Saying "Every sighting of ANYTHING is delusional" is no better than someone claiming the Earth is flat because their God told them it was.

On the other hand, if you believe that every encounter with a little green man... grey, blue, pick your own color... is a sign of delusion, then you got my vote.

Answer 2

If you are talking about spacecraft from alien planets, it is only a matter for the scientific community when they can observe them under controlled conditions. Unless you believe in the whole "alien autopsy" stuff, that has never happened.

Scientists can't study UFOs unless they can observe and preferably catch them. Until then, they have nothing to study.

A "UFO researcher" can only compile lists of sightings. Since he cannot adjust for observer bias it isn't a very scientific process at all, and is hardly compelling evidence scientifically.

So no, UFO's are not a matter for the scientific community.

Answer 3

The problem is that the term "UFO" has gotten so mis-used that it's just assumed now to mean "spaceship from outer space with little green men on it".

So anyone using the term UFO in the legitimate sense (meaning, Unidentified Flying Object) is thought of as a quack.

There are scientific efforts being made to find other life out there. The SETI project uses radio telescopes to search for other life. Some exoplanet-hunters are now trying to do spectral analysis on the atmosphere's of exoplanets to look for signs of biological processes (such as an abundance of oxygen in the atmosphere).

I think it would make good sense to quit using the term UFO and let the "alien spaceships and little green men" folks out there keep it for themselves.

I think the scientific community should adopt a new term, such as OSUO (Object in the Sky of Unknown Origin).

Answer 4

flying saucer….
Everyone keeps wondering whether there is someone out there… some kind of highly evolved civilisation… or some highly sophisticated technologies…. in brief… are we alone in this huge universe???
Well many people in the past have claimed about seeing Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO) mainly in the form of saucers… for long people have been accepting and denying, debating and bashing upon the reliability of such declarations…. and till now no one can say for sure if those claims are founded or not….
For one thing… it’s scientifically proven that saucers at least saucer shaped objects can fly without big fuel as such… the only thing needed is a hyper powerful source of laser light… the saucer is made to react to the laser light by spinning on a horizontal plain while its centre of gravity is kept on a verticle one… and there it is leaving the earth gravitational field (saucer size was about 50 cm in diameter and it rose to like a meter or so… for a time period of about 15 secs)
But this shows that Saucer shaped objects could actually fly if proper energy sources are available or proper air drift is given (difference of pressure)… so flying saucers are not so much an invention of a rich imagination… could it really be that we were visited by aliens? or was it just one of those NASA secret tests that people have seen…

Answer 5

Scientists aren't "scared" of finding out anything. They are, however, reluctant to waste scarce time and grant money investigating a phenomena as sketchy as UFO sightings. There are thousands of UFO sightings every week, and yet not a single one can be backed up with solid evidence. Most, if not all, of these sightings are actually satellites, aircraft, planets, and even meteors. There are much better ways to spend research money than to prove that little green men aren't visiting Earth.

Answer 6

Many do not believe that there are actual ufos meaning carrying life from another parts of the universe, There are just to many incidents and real photos and investigations to deny it, Mexico along with canada and france as well as switzerland has opened up their ufo files to the world and those governments sure are not lying about what they have on film,, So I dont know why some folks have trouble believing in it,, It is in fact science and space that has to deal with it,, as for me i believe but i dont critisize anyone who dont,,


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Another thing is not all these crafts are saucer shaped, there are many many different shapes and sizes,

Answer 7

not really assuming aliens are visting earth in space ships there is little need or even ability to research them unless we could actually obtain a ship however that would not exactly be a wise option considering how an alien species might react to an abduction of one of there own
coverups are more likely to involve hiding the truth from other nations than the public especialy if the research was along military lines

Answer 8

The very nature of science demands that objects can be studied. And studied again. and again. UFOs are usually lights in the sky that don't stand still for researchers to study them once, much less over and over. Anything that cannot be studied isn't science. It's that simple.

Answer 9

They are a fit subject for the psychology of perception. The technology used by extraterrestrial spacecraft visiting this planet would be so advanced that there would be no chance contemporary human technology could detect them. If they are sophisticated enough to get here from a distant star system, it seems unlikely that they wouldn't be able to hide themselves perfectly from any means humans currently have to detect them.

Answer 10

From the answers here, you can see how the public take the issue of UFOs. It is a laughing stock.