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Scientific Ufology: Roswell and Beyond
s/tHow Scientific Methodology Can Prove the Reality of Ufos
For the last fifty years, there has been a consistent attempt to withhold solid information about alien visitation from the general public. Newly released letters reveal how time and again the U.S. government and its military forces have lied about their involvement in UFO research. Now, for the first time, noted author Kevin D. Randle--one of the most respected names in UFO research--examines the physical evidence of these visitors from beyond our solar system. Ignoring biased goverment documents and sensationalized media accounts, Randle mounts the first serious, independent analysis of UFO phenomena in this hard-hitting investigative report by using methods of scientific methodology to scrutinize, among other things, eyewitness reports, photographs and video footage, and radar images. Skillfully researched and detailed, Scientific UFOlogy provides, for the first time, accurate and riveting answers to questions to questions about alien life and UFOs that have puzzled mankind for decades.
For the last fifty years, there has been a consistent attempt to withhold solid information about alien visitation from the general public. Newly released letters reveal how time and again the U.S. government and its military forces have lied about their involvement in UFO research. Now, for the first time, noted author Kevin D. Randle--one of the most respected names in UFO research--examines the physical evidence of these visitors from beyond our solar system. Ignoring biased goverment documents and sensationalized media accounts, Randle mounts the first serious, independent analysis of UFO phenomena in this hard-hitting investigative report by using methods of scientific methodology to scrutinize, among other things, eyewitness reports, photographs and video footage, and radar images. Skillfully researched and detailed, Scientific UFOlogy provides, for the first time, accurate and riveting answers to questions to questions about alien life and UFOs that have puzzled mankind for decades.
- GenresScience
256 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published September 1, 1999
About the author
Kevin D. Randle
147 books30 followersUfologist and historic fiction & science fiction writer.
Within the UFO community he is often regarded as one of the preeminent experts on the reported crash of a UFO near Roswell, New Mexico in July 1947.
A professional writer with more than 80 books to his credit, Randle is perhaps best known for his books about UFOs and the Roswell story.
Within the UFO community he is often regarded as one of the preeminent experts on the reported crash of a UFO near Roswell, New Mexico in July 1947.
A professional writer with more than 80 books to his credit, Randle is perhaps best known for his books about UFOs and the Roswell story.
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May 21, 2024
RANDLE PROPOSES “PROPER SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION” OF UFOS
Kevin Douglas Randle (born 1949) is a prominent ufologist and author of science fiction, and a veteran of both the Vietnam War (Army), and the Iraq War (Iowa National Guard), as well as being a retired Captain of the U.S. Air Force.
He wrote in the first chapter of this 1999 book, “There is a problem with the so-called science of ufology: Those practicing it are anything but scientific in their approach to it. All too often we in the UFO community talk about applying the rigors of scientific methodology to our study, and then we fail to do so. For the most part, we believe in science but all too often reject it when it does not conform to our beliefs about UFOs. Scientists, on the other hand, reject UFOlogy because of our lack of scientific standards. To the scientific community, we fail to make our case within a proper scientific framework. Our information, according to them, is anecdotal, poorly documented, and without foundation. They claim we have presented no physical evidence for our beliefs in UFOs… It seems that we---the UFO community and the scientific community---are at opposite ends of a long spectrum, never to meet. Until or unless something spectacular happens, that is the way the situation will remain---neither side conceding a point to the other.” (Pg. 1)
Later, he adds, “I believe that the evidence has been recovered. It just has not been presented in a proper form for the scientific community. That is the purpose of this book: to present a few of the best cases that have the multiple chains of evidence and see if we can’t make the case for the UFO a little more… well, scientific.” (Pg. 10)
He notes, “Many debunkers and skeptics claim that they don’t believe UFOs represent anything solid because they have never been spotted on radar. Our own stealth technology has rendered that argument obsolete. But it should be noted that the claim is erroneous. There have been many good radar cases involving sightings of UFOs and later visual confirmation of an object, or objects, in the air.” (Pg. 33)
He points out, “The Condon Committee scientists wrote [about the Bentwaters case], ‘In conclusion, though conventional or natural explanations certainly cannot be ruled out, the probability of such seems low in this case and the probability that at least ONE GENUINE UFO WAS INVOLVED seems high.’ Here, in a scientific arena---one in which the scientific community has done the investigating and one in which the desire for prosaic answers runs high---we are confronted with a statement suggesting that a genuine UFO was involved at some level. Isn’t this the very sort of evidence that scientists have been demanding for decades? Isn’t this one case sufficient to suggest that a better scientific study be made?... No, we can no longer say that we do not accept the theory of alien visitation simply because nothing has been seen on radar. Yes, we must admit that these sightings do not PROVE there has been alien visitation. We can only say that the radar cases make it more difficult to ignore the UFOs and theories about them.” (Pg. 71)
He recounts, “The pictures taken by Rex Heflin… were labeled a hoax by the Air Force almost immediately after they were taken… They believed that the pictures were of a small model, about 3 feet in diameter, that had been suspended about 20 feet above the ground… The case is carried as a hoax in the Blue Book files.” (Pg. 114)
He continues, “The Air Force investigators also reported, ‘A test was conducted by the FTD Photo Analyst and Photo Processing personnel … The object seen in the photographs was a 9” diameter vaporizing tray, tossed in the air approximately 8 to 12 feet high at a distance from the camera of approximately 15 to 20 feet. The result of the test shows surprising similarities between the object on the test photography and the object on Mr. Heflin’s photography.’ On the other side of the coin, however, was the photographic analysis by Ralph Rankow, a NICAP member, who said that his preliminary findings supported the authenticity of the pictures. In all fairness it must be noted that no one expected the Air Force to conclude anything other than the fact that the pictures were some kind of fake. And no one expected NICAP to conclude anything other than the fact that the pictures were authentic. The political agendas of the two organizations are apparent in their analyses of Heflin’s pictures.” (Pg. 119)
He concludes, “We have seen, over the last fifty years, a real attempt to keep solid information about alien visitation out of the hands of the general public. We have seen the Air Force and the government lie about their involvement in UFO research … We have seen the flawed scientific studies of UFOs…. What we have seen is either incompetence or active attempts to misinform… the solution is the same: We need an independent and proper scientific investigation… This work was created with my personal bias in mind. I believe that we have been visited by aliens. Not often, but we have been visited. The evidence, to me, is quite persuasive. But the real point to be made is that it has not been reviewed in a proper scientific arena. It has not had the objective review that it demands. Instead, we are stuck with the personal biases and the Air Force-sponsored studies. We need to move beyond that if we are ever going to fully understand what is happening.” (Pg. 223-224)
This book will be of keen interest to those studying UFOs and related phenomena.
Kevin Douglas Randle (born 1949) is a prominent ufologist and author of science fiction, and a veteran of both the Vietnam War (Army), and the Iraq War (Iowa National Guard), as well as being a retired Captain of the U.S. Air Force.
He wrote in the first chapter of this 1999 book, “There is a problem with the so-called science of ufology: Those practicing it are anything but scientific in their approach to it. All too often we in the UFO community talk about applying the rigors of scientific methodology to our study, and then we fail to do so. For the most part, we believe in science but all too often reject it when it does not conform to our beliefs about UFOs. Scientists, on the other hand, reject UFOlogy because of our lack of scientific standards. To the scientific community, we fail to make our case within a proper scientific framework. Our information, according to them, is anecdotal, poorly documented, and without foundation. They claim we have presented no physical evidence for our beliefs in UFOs… It seems that we---the UFO community and the scientific community---are at opposite ends of a long spectrum, never to meet. Until or unless something spectacular happens, that is the way the situation will remain---neither side conceding a point to the other.” (Pg. 1)
Later, he adds, “I believe that the evidence has been recovered. It just has not been presented in a proper form for the scientific community. That is the purpose of this book: to present a few of the best cases that have the multiple chains of evidence and see if we can’t make the case for the UFO a little more… well, scientific.” (Pg. 10)
He notes, “Many debunkers and skeptics claim that they don’t believe UFOs represent anything solid because they have never been spotted on radar. Our own stealth technology has rendered that argument obsolete. But it should be noted that the claim is erroneous. There have been many good radar cases involving sightings of UFOs and later visual confirmation of an object, or objects, in the air.” (Pg. 33)
He points out, “The Condon Committee scientists wrote [about the Bentwaters case], ‘In conclusion, though conventional or natural explanations certainly cannot be ruled out, the probability of such seems low in this case and the probability that at least ONE GENUINE UFO WAS INVOLVED seems high.’ Here, in a scientific arena---one in which the scientific community has done the investigating and one in which the desire for prosaic answers runs high---we are confronted with a statement suggesting that a genuine UFO was involved at some level. Isn’t this the very sort of evidence that scientists have been demanding for decades? Isn’t this one case sufficient to suggest that a better scientific study be made?... No, we can no longer say that we do not accept the theory of alien visitation simply because nothing has been seen on radar. Yes, we must admit that these sightings do not PROVE there has been alien visitation. We can only say that the radar cases make it more difficult to ignore the UFOs and theories about them.” (Pg. 71)
He recounts, “The pictures taken by Rex Heflin… were labeled a hoax by the Air Force almost immediately after they were taken… They believed that the pictures were of a small model, about 3 feet in diameter, that had been suspended about 20 feet above the ground… The case is carried as a hoax in the Blue Book files.” (Pg. 114)
He continues, “The Air Force investigators also reported, ‘A test was conducted by the FTD Photo Analyst and Photo Processing personnel … The object seen in the photographs was a 9” diameter vaporizing tray, tossed in the air approximately 8 to 12 feet high at a distance from the camera of approximately 15 to 20 feet. The result of the test shows surprising similarities between the object on the test photography and the object on Mr. Heflin’s photography.’ On the other side of the coin, however, was the photographic analysis by Ralph Rankow, a NICAP member, who said that his preliminary findings supported the authenticity of the pictures. In all fairness it must be noted that no one expected the Air Force to conclude anything other than the fact that the pictures were some kind of fake. And no one expected NICAP to conclude anything other than the fact that the pictures were authentic. The political agendas of the two organizations are apparent in their analyses of Heflin’s pictures.” (Pg. 119)
He concludes, “We have seen, over the last fifty years, a real attempt to keep solid information about alien visitation out of the hands of the general public. We have seen the Air Force and the government lie about their involvement in UFO research … We have seen the flawed scientific studies of UFOs…. What we have seen is either incompetence or active attempts to misinform… the solution is the same: We need an independent and proper scientific investigation… This work was created with my personal bias in mind. I believe that we have been visited by aliens. Not often, but we have been visited. The evidence, to me, is quite persuasive. But the real point to be made is that it has not been reviewed in a proper scientific arena. It has not had the objective review that it demands. Instead, we are stuck with the personal biases and the Air Force-sponsored studies. We need to move beyond that if we are ever going to fully understand what is happening.” (Pg. 223-224)
This book will be of keen interest to those studying UFOs and related phenomena.
December 11, 2023
Kevin Randle is an authority on things UFO, his book is extremely well-researched and each chapter goes into fine detail.
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