Does anyone watch UFO hunters?

Question

On the episode when they went over the old case with the married bi-racial couple, the woman claimed that the aliens showed her a space map showing where they come from. On that same episode they found the star system they lady drew out under hypnotherapy originally they didn‘t see three of the stars in the system, but years later they found them.

DO they have astronomers with their telescopes trained toward that portion of the sky? Or are they going to continue to look for microbial life else where? Are they scared that that civilization is too advanced for us? Do they not want to run into actual humanoids? Are there people watching that star system?

Answer 1

no because ufos dont exist.

Answer 2

Remember when Edgar Cayce had all those diagnoses & remedies ..books of them...? Do you think any drs. ever use them for a reference? I'd like to know if they do.I doubt it. Same with UFO reports. If they followed through on the information abducties give..(or let anyone know they did) they know that they would be ridiculed and laughed at. And, I doubt anyone on YA would have the answers to your questions about it. But, ..I wouldn't put it past Jack and Psi to have a link about it.! If they do..I'll read it! This would be a good thing for Ryan to add to his website. I'd like to hear more about it.(Wasn't that Barny Hill & his wife that said those things?I'm not sure.)

Edit...WOW..pd did quite an investigation of that show.Either it held his interest...or he just  wanted to have a bunch of bad things to tell us about it .( Which was it,pd? lol )At least he watched it! (I gave him thumbs up for effort!)

Answer 3

Yes, I have watched a couple of episodes.

The Betty and Barney Hill case was written about in a book called "Interrupted Journey" by John Fuller.

An updated book is out called "Captured" by Kathleen Martin and Stanton Friedman.

Yes, hypnosis was used but the psychiatrist had no leaning toward beliefs in aliens (and wasn't especially fond of hypnosis).

I agree that hypnosis is unreliable as a tool to find the truth which is not what it used for by most mental health professionals. Even in that case it was used to attempt relief of disturbing memories (that took place without hypnosis).

Yes, astronomers are studying that part (as well as other) parts of space. However, it would be interesting to to know if SETI (link below) has scanned (and how extensively) that particular system.

I believe that NASA is still exploring the possibilities of microbial life elsewhere which would be one the biggest discoveries in the history of science.

I think they are not scared but instead choose to demand "prove to me that it's true according to my own standards of belief that I will make up as I go along" like many YA skeptics rather than entertaining the advancement of actual scientific knowledge by saying "How might it be possible?"

I don't know if anyone is watching that area in particular but is a good question for MUFON (link below).

Psi

Answer 4

If UFOs are not real, then what are those lights & strange forms we see in the sky. If we don't know what something is isn't it a Unidentified Flying Object? U.F.O.

Answer 5

I thought that might be a decent show, but upon watching it I saw it's just another bunch of true believers who give scant consideration to rational, non-paranormal explanations.  For example:

Assuming the star diagram was drawn by her was not done so after careful research and assuming hypnotically-recovered memories are reliable, how do we know this case is being fairly presented?

The first problem that sticks out like a sore thumb is the question of perspective.  When under hypnosis she drew a picture of some stars as she remembered seeing them on the alien map.  No one ever said it was Zeta Reticuli until an amateur astronomer found a similarity between the map Betty drew and an arrangement of stars AS SEEN FROM EARTH.  Now why would the aliens have a map showing stars from the Earth's perspective?

Furthermore, given the billions of stars in the universe, it is not so unusual that her map would resemble an arrangement of stars somewhere in the sky.

What bugged me most about the show was the guy with the piece of metal in his leg.  They were all sorts of sloppy when presenting this segment.  First of all, the "surgeon" was a podiatrist.  Secondly, the only bit of evidence that would indicate this could possibly have had an ET origin is when they measured for radio waves.  "This thing is broadcasting" they said, without really bothering to take a control reading.  Oh, and without bothering to consider that even though it has no power source, this thing would be strong enough to broadcast at distance.  (Still, he had to press the antenna right against the guy's leg.)

The younger PhD student (I believe) did a fair job of evaluating this.  However, as is usually the case in shows like this, his skeptical perspective was short and overpowered by the "what if" school of thought.  Mr. Blinky was taken in 100%.  He, like so many of the TAPS guys, is seeking information to reinforce his certainty that ET UFOs exist.  I predict the PhD guy won't last the whole season.

Once again, as with the TAPS guys, we just have a paranormal show that throws out a lot of "what if" and "could be" statements, anomaly hunting, sloppy science and the dazzling electronic equipment, all balanced with a tiny snippet of skepticism.

Oh, and astronomers aren't too scared to find ETs.  Hundreds of them have spent far more time seeking ETs than most all of the foil hat legion.  The difference is they base their conclusions on evidence, not on one set of hypnotically-recalled memories.

Answer 6

Maybe. if i rebuild the rainbow to fairy leprechaun land we will find out LOL. Just kidding. yes they do. they have some science geeks wasting there life looking in one little part of the sky with no breaks.

Answer 7

I haven't seen the show yet, but I have it scheduled to record on my DVR. I'll start watching it.

Sounds like you're describing Betty & Barney Hill. I don't think astronomers are going to divert their attention away from their scientific work to go on what they probably feel is a wild goose chase. Much of the Hill's story is in the form of recovered memories which are notoriously unreliable.