Aztec UFO 2001 Symposium Short on Skepticism.(unidentified flying objects)(Brief Article)

From: Skeptical Inquirer | Date: September 1, 2001| Author: Thomas, David E. | Copyright information

The fourth annual Aztec UFO Symposium, UFO 2001, was held March 22-23 in Aztec, New Mexico. I was one of the invited speakers, along with UFO enthusiasts Stanton Friedman, Peter Gersten, Ted Loman, Dennis Baithazar, and Peter Davenport. Most of the presenters discussed aspects of UFOlogy quite unrelated to the alleged 1948 crash of an alien saucer (said to be exactly 99.99 feet in diameter, and including sixteen alien bodies) near Aztec. For example, Friedman spent most of his time ...

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