SKEPTIC - The Physics of UFOs

[frogmarch]

30. The highest level of

radiation found at the site peaked at the lowest range on the instrument used to measure it. The manufacturers of the monitor said that the readings represented nothing more than background levels and were of little or no significance. Naturally, Nick Pope and other believers disagree and say that the manufacturers – as well as UK’s National Radiation Protection Board, who agree with the manufacturer - don’t know how to make proper readings. This strikes me as funny, especially since Col. Halt, who took the readings, recorded them in his memo as 0 .05 to 0.1 milliroentgens, instead of properly as milliroentgens per hour. Oh, and on the tape recording, the readings are described as "minor clicks of three or four units," and the exact same readings were also recorded half a mile away from the co-called "landing site."

I know the case is complex. That's mostly because of all the conflicting testimony, especially Penniston's. Even other witnesses to the incident have come forward to say he's lying when he says he touched the craft and makes other such claims - claims which, by the way, he hadn't made initially. According to some witnesses, he may have fudged his field notes as well, actually making the notes years after the incident is supposed to have occurred.

I think there's a possibility ET is visiting us, but that doesn't mean I believe every ET/UFO story that makes the rounds. I think a good way to arrive at the truth of the matter is to identify and get rid of the weeds, no matter how appealing they might be.