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a new organization has been assembled to

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scientifically study UFOs US government

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studied UFOs for decades and although

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some of these studies concluded that

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perhaps a small number of UFOs could be

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extraterrestrial in origin and merited

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further scientific study the official

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investigations were terminated in 1970

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some involved with these government

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studies were frustrated by the overt

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bias and lack of scientific inquiry by

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some of the members assigned to these

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projects contrary to popular belief

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there are many scientists mainstream

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scientists who acknowledged that the UFO

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phenomenon needs to be studied

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scientifically more credible peer

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reviewable data regarding UFOs is needed

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so a new group comprised of scientists

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and engineers is planning to do just

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that UFO detection and tracking or UFO

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data is a 501c3 nonprofit organization

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seeking to create a systematic rigorous

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science of UFO phenomena the group

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thinks there's a need for this science

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because of misplaced certainties on both

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sides of the UFO debate believers

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convinced that UFOs are

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extraterrestrials and skeptics equally

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convinced that UFOs do not even exist

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UFO data has worked for more than two

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years on a plan to build a large network

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of automated surveillance stations with

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sophisticated sensors that will monitor

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to the skies 24-7 looking for aerial

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anomalies having tested technology and

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establishes plan of attack the group is

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now working on his proof of concept a

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working prototype of a surveillance

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station group describes this station

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will have a core optical unit with

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cameras capable of detecting and

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recording both an image and spectra a

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magnetic sensing unit instrumentation to

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detect microwave and other radiation and

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other sensors to record atmospheric and

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local environmental data this sounds

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fantastic but also expensive each

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monitoring station is estimated to cost

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around ten to twenty thousand dollars so

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how does UFO data plan to fund its

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research scientific studies usually rely

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on grants for funding but UFO data

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understands the securing funding for a

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stigmatized topic like UFOs is pretty

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unlikely so the organization is

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appealing to the public for support the

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website describes our strategy will be

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to rely on crowdfunding small donations

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from the thousands even millions of you

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out there who like us think that UFOs

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deserves serious scientific scrutiny

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Leslie Kane journalist and author of The

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New York Times bestseller you

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phos generals pilots and government

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officials go on the record is on the

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organization's board of directors she

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explains UFO data has no interest in

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alleged government conspiracies or

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adding more witness reports or FOIA

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documents to the thousands already on

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file she continues the idea here is that

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only a complete change of methodology

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toward a purely scientific approach to

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the UFO issue will enable us to move

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forward a scientific unbiased approach

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to UFOs is an issue about which Cain is

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passionate this is a unique moment for

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something radically different with the

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potential to unite all of us in a

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pivotal larger goal she says in an

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october fourteenth huffington post blog

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post she continues we now have the

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opportunity to elevate UFO

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investigations so that they become part

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of the larger scientific search for

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extraterrestrial life and will

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eventually be recognized as such by the

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world community in addition to funding

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UFO data needs volunteers if you're

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interested in helping out this ambitious

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UFO project either by donating your time

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or making a tax-deductible contribution

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you can find all of the information