Contemplating Phenomenology: A review of American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, Technology by D.W. Pasulka
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A spirit of intellectual exploration, underpinned by rigorous scepticism, can help us approach some of the most mystifying questions facing humanity, writes M.L.R. Smith in his reflections upon both American Cosmic and the life of his father. For the first time in over fifty years, in May 2022, a United States House subcommittee opened a congressional hearing to receive testimony on ‘unidentified aerial phenomena’, or ‘The Phenomenon’, as initiates term it. Although the committee did not draw any inferences, it examined the growing body of photographic and video evidence, much of it accumulated by the US Navy and Air Force, of aeriform objects which appeared to defy the known physics of gravity, speed, and movement. These phenomena could not, moreover, be rationalised with reference to alternative explanations, such as the secret testing of advanced military technology, drones, the operations of hostile states, optical illusions, or hoaxes.
Contemplating Phenomenology: A review of American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, Technology by D.W. Pasulka
Contemplating Phenomenology: A review of…
Contemplating Phenomenology: A review of American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, Technology by D.W. Pasulka
A spirit of intellectual exploration, underpinned by rigorous scepticism, can help us approach some of the most mystifying questions facing humanity, writes M.L.R. Smith in his reflections upon both American Cosmic and the life of his father. For the first time in over fifty years, in May 2022, a United States House subcommittee opened a congressional hearing to receive testimony on ‘unidentified aerial phenomena’, or ‘The Phenomenon’, as initiates term it. Although the committee did not draw any inferences, it examined the growing body of photographic and video evidence, much of it accumulated by the US Navy and Air Force, of aeriform objects which appeared to defy the known physics of gravity, speed, and movement. These phenomena could not, moreover, be rationalised with reference to alternative explanations, such as the secret testing of advanced military technology, drones, the operations of hostile states, optical illusions, or hoaxes.