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From: Don Allen <dona@amigo.net>
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 17:31:36 -0600
Fwd Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 04:14:58 -0400
Subject: Re: British Astronomer: Belief In UFOs 'Damaging'


 >From: Jenny Randles <nufon@currantbun.com>
 >To: <updates@globalserve.net>
 >Subject: Re: British Astronomer: Belief In UFOs 'Damaging'
 >Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 20:58:16 +0100

<snippage>

G'day Ms Randles,

 >I wanted to advise that I did a radio programme in Sheffield
 >with Dr Mitton today. She was charming, well informed and
 >objective. The press stories have not done her justice. I
 >believe she will be a very useful ally to British Ufology. Yes,
 >she is a sceptic but she is far from a debunker, has read the
 >evidence, understands it better than many ufologists I know and
 >is someone worth keeping on side. She tells me she is free of
 >research committments and is thus willing to take the big risk
 >she perceives it to be to her career to talk about UFOs in
 >public. Its a start and I think we should cultivate rather than
 >pooh pooh this scientist.

She might well be charming and well informed but then, there's
the matter of this section in the press release that Stig
posted:

---

"Since then interest in UFOs had grown to become a worldwide
obsession, said Dr Mitton. But she is convinced every sighting
can be explained by natural or man-made phenomena."

---

I would not call her entirely "objective". Can she even tell the
difference between geese and pelicans?

I think it's great that a credentialed scientist jumps into the
fray. Let her roll her up sleeves, stow away her pre-conceived
notions and get to work.

Don


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