In sci.skeptic article <pe1_b.4018$_4.157@www.newsranger.com> Sir Arthur C.B.E. Wholeflaffers ?.S.?. <nospam@newsranger.com> wrote:
: What level of proof is adequate proof, then?

: SF: I talk in terms of evidence. The legal profession recognizes certain
: standards: in a civil court, "preponderance of the evidence;" in a criminal
: court, "beyond a reasonable doubt." I think there is, right now, quite
: sufficient evidence. Given the physical trace cases,

Minimal evidence at best.

 the radar sightings, 

But not definitive - shows just that something is there.

the
: photographs 

Definitely fakeable.  

and the eye-witness testimony

Not very good evidence at all.  Read some psychology.

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My position concerning God is that of an agnostic. I am convinced that
a vivid consciousness of the primary importance of moral principles for
the betterment and ennoblement of life does not need the idea of a
law-giver, especially a law-giver who works on the basis of reward and
punishment.
      - Albert Einstein - Letter to M. Berrkowitz, October 25, 1950
        Einstein Archive 59-215
        from "The Quotable Einstein" by Alice Calaprice