Talk:Robertson Panel

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Contents 1 Back - up Plan ? 2 UFO does not mean aliens 3 This is still in effect 4 POV

[edit] Back - up Plan ?

Should alien life be found, aliens find Earth, does the world's governments have a plan ?Martial Law 20:54, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

Do any Wikipedians out there believe that the planetary government have a plan in place, should alien contact take place ?Martial Law 22:28, 13 November 2005 (UTC)

While travelling "Out West" as a prospector, people had told me that IF aliens were found/they find us, the whole planet will revolt in reaction to it, some will revolt for religious reasons, such as "The devil is here to take our souls and the govt. works for Satan !", some will rebel out of revenge for being made a fool by the protocol contained in the CIA initiated Robertson Panel and/or the Brookings Report. Martial Law 20:26, 7 March 2006 (UTC) :)

I disagree with this article forwarding government propaganda, but if you've based it on "reliable" sources, then it's in compliance with weakipolicy. Anyway, as someone who has witnessed a UFO with a group of people near a semi-secret airforce base in the 70's and based on some more research I have done (references would require me to re-research because my data was lost in 98) evidence seemed to indicate the US government didn't want people interested in the "UFO's" because they weren't UFO's, they were top secret air force craft. Signed by my IP#! --71.134.53.218 14:17, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] UFO does not mean aliens

It means unidentified flying object. Not once were aliens mentioned in the article but once the acronym UFO is mentioned people jump to the conclusion of aliens. This is absurd. There is no proof of alien life forms. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.96.200.103 (talk) 08:18, 12 January 2007 (UTC).

[edit] This is still in effect

This govt. approved protocol is still in effect. That is why people will not come foward with pertainable evidence about the O' Hare UFO Incident. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Martial Law (talk • contribs) 00:14, 23 January 2007 (UTC).

Getting old. Forgot sig. Martial Law 00:14, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] POV

This article needs some work - it's very POV, with weasel words throughout. Also, lots of instance of unnecessary quote marks, which can distort the meaning of the facts at hand. Some examples follow:

None of the Panel's members was formally trained in motion picture or photographic analysis, and only one had any experience with photography (astronomic still photography and not motion picture film[2])Nonetheless, after screening the films only a few times, they dismissed the idea that either the 1950 Montana UFO Film or the 1952 Utah UFO Film showed "genuine" UFOs.

Unnecessary use of the word "nonetheless" and quotes.

Furthermore, the Panel suggested the Air Force should begin a "debunking" effort to reduce "public gullibility" and demystify UFO reports, partly via a public relations campaign . . .

Unnecessary quotes.

Hynek's opinions changed in later years as well, so much that he became, to many,[7] the scientifically respectable voice of Ufology.

Even with a citation, this is still weaselly.

There's plenty more to find in the article.

I'm tagging it Non-POV for now, and I can work on it later. I think the facts about the Robertson Panel can be presented without necessarily favoring either side of the UFO debate. 74.140.209.184 (talk) 04:21, 13 December 2007 (UTC)