feinman
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Starting in the late modern period when anomalous objects were seen, skeptics attributed them to hallucinations or "corpuscles in the eyes", a number of sightings were of early dirigibles too, but I'm sure they were likely often lumped in with "airship" hallucinations. Later, when the objects didn't go away, they were "test aircraft" or birds; anything but something else.
Indeed, the climber who saw the "Ghosts of Everest" put himself through a series of mental tests; the objects remained. I very much wanted a mundane explanation when I was seeing them too. Most sightings are of natural phenomena, but not all.
Some questions we can ask after decades, perhaps hundreds of years of seeing these things:
1. Does it appear to be some kind of technology; does it have specialization of parts, are there signs it was manufactured?
2. Does it appear to be under intelligent control?
3. Is there a continuity or observable constants that run through the observed history of the phenomenon?
Yes.
Indeed, the climber who saw the "Ghosts of Everest" put himself through a series of mental tests; the objects remained. I very much wanted a mundane explanation when I was seeing them too. Most sightings are of natural phenomena, but not all.
Some questions we can ask after decades, perhaps hundreds of years of seeing these things:
1. Does it appear to be some kind of technology; does it have specialization of parts, are there signs it was manufactured?
2. Does it appear to be under intelligent control?
3. Is there a continuity or observable constants that run through the observed history of the phenomenon?
Yes.
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