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extraterrestrial spacecraft
Also known as: extraterrestrial spacecraft, extraterrestrial craft, extraterrestrial spaceships, ET craft, alien spacecraft
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How the Pentagon Started Taking U.F.O.s Seriously | The New Yorker newyorker.com Apr 30, 2021 10 facts
claimSteven Greer claims that humans have shot at extraterrestrial spacecraft.
claimThe author of the New Yorker article notes that Steven Greer's 'Executive Summary' does not address why advanced extraterrestrial spacecraft would crash.
claimSteven Greer claims that humans have fired weapons at extraterrestrial spacecraft.
claimSteven M. Greer claims that extraterrestrial spaceships have been downed, retrieved, and studied by government entities since at least the 1940s, and possibly as early as the 1930s.
claimThe author of the New Yorker article notes that Steven Greer's theory does not explain why advanced extraterrestrial spacecraft allegedly crash frequently.
perspectiveSteven Greer argues that humans should not shoot at extraterrestrial spacecraft because the extraterrestrials are friendly.
claimSteven M. Greer claims that extraterrestrial spaceships have been downed, retrieved, and studied by the government since the 1940s, and possibly as early as the 1930s.
claimSteven Greer claims that humans have shot at extraterrestrial spacecraft, but argues that humans should not continue to do so because the extraterrestrials are friendly.
perspectiveJ. Allen Hynek argued that the Condon Report was flawed because it focused on disproving any conjecture about alien spaceships, whereas a proper approach should be agnostic and biased in favor of neither extraterrestrial craft nor conventional explanations like weather or Venus.
perspectiveThe author of the New Yorker article critiques Steven Greer's narrative by noting the contradiction between the claim that extraterrestrial spacecraft are highly advanced and the claim that they frequently crash.
Steven M. Greer - Wikiquote en.wikiquote.org 5 facts
claimSteven Greer claims that staged UFO events feature craft with visible seams and rivets, which serves as a method to distinguish them from genuine extraterrestrial craft.
claimTraci L. Slatton claims that certain individuals maintain their wealth by cultivating war, fear, and dependence on fossil fuels, and that these individuals are sequestering technologies derived from downed extraterrestrial craft.
claimSteven Greer's film 'Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind' asserts that new technologies derived from downed extraterrestrial craft could save the planet and save ordinary people significant amounts of money.
claimTraci L. Slatton claims that technologies derived from downed extraterrestrial craft could save the planet and save ordinary people money, but these technologies are being sequestered by the same people about whom President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned in 1961.
claimSteven Greer's film 'Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind' claims that technologies derived from extraterrestrial craft are being sequestered by the same group of people that President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned about in 1961.
Is the Government Concealing UFO Craft and Dead Extraterrestrials? bu.edu 2 facts
claimDavid Grusch, a former intelligence officer who worked with the Pentagon’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), alleged that the United States government is concealing retrieved extraterrestrial craft and the corpses of their pilots.
accountDavid Grusch admitted that he has not personally seen the retrieved extraterrestrial craft or corpses and does not have firsthand evidence, stating he is repeating information told to him by other, unnamed individuals.
Unidentified flying object - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 2 facts
measurementA 2021 Gallup poll found that the belief among Americans that some UFOs are extraterrestrial spacecraft grew from 33% in 2019 to 41% in 2021.
perspectiveAstronomer Andrew Fraknoi rejects the hypothesis that UFOs are extraterrestrial spacecraft and advises students to apply critical thinking to such claims, comparing the role of a scientist to that of a detective.
'Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind': Film Review - Variety variety.com Apr 7, 2020 2 facts
claimSteven Greer cites the testimony of a man on his team who allegedly worked at an underground facility in Arizona as proof of the existence of captured extraterrestrial craft and bodies.
claimSteven Greer claims there is an underground facility in the Arizona desert containing nine different extraterrestrial craft and autopsy bodies.
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE FIFTH KIND -- A Ridiculous ... disappointmentmedia.com Apr 7, 2020 1 fact
perspectiveSome individuals argue that UFOs are extraterrestrial spacecraft and that historical figures or ancestors may have misinterpreted these beings as 'gods' or 'fallen angels' when their ships crashed.