Neil deGrasse Tyson on UFOs

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson is asked whether he believes in UFOs or extraterrestrial visitation during "Cosmic Quandaries with Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson" at St Petersburg College:

As for the whole 'amateur astronomers and UFO sightings' thang - yes Neil, we've covered that previously...

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Alienated's picture
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The zeal and unscientific manner in which he pretended to give a serious answer to the question raises many more questions.

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Sarcastic

"We're all puppets, Jesus. I'm just the one that sees the strings, the stage, the puppetmaster, and the audience." Exerpt from a dialog Jesus and I had in your kitchen a week ago • • •*• •°•

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Very much what you'd expect from a CSI fellow. Actually, his first remarks, about arguments from ignorance -

So they say "I don't know what it is; it must be aliens from outer space visiting from another planet." Well, if you don't know what it is, that's where your conversation should stop!

and so on - make a point that John Keel or Jacques Vallée (among others) would largely accept.