Community Reading Circle

was this month's discussion canceled? i used the google link provided, but was never let in. bummer. i was really looking forward to it.

I won't be able to make this or future meetings as I have a standing meeting that I must attend with the same schedule but I will complete the readings and provide my analysis.

I found this work to be both a historical record of key UFO events relative to government involvement from WWII to about 2012. The are a multitude of authors, 'content consultants', an editor, and illustrationist who either wrote\drew material, or extracted and consolidated existing material from other sources (e.g. Svahn\Olmos: Archieves for the Unexplained Olmos: ), but Powell, Chalker, and Thieme were the primary authors with source material coming from the others listed on the copyright page.

The integration of the authors different backgrounds and perspectives on what the reported\actual historical events, government responses and media coverage to these events are what really stands out and make the time investment worthwhile for me. Specific events wher…

Just wanted to kick off a discussion of Robert Powell's book which covers some of the history of attempts to engage UAP scientifically, and, perhaps more importantly, the emerging science of UAP which many of us are trying to help stabilize in a solidly academic/university setting. One interesting topic that comes up - at least in my view - is, how can we understand the relationship between "ufology" and this emerging new science of UAP? Are they the same, or different? If the are the same, why? If they are not, what marks the difference between them? How might the comparisons and contrasts between "ufology" and the new science(s) of UAP help us to better understand (and maybe even deepen our understanding) of either one alone?