4 a 2009 memoir Peter Sturrock, A Tale of Two Sciences: Memoirs of a Dissident Scientist (Exoscience, 2009).
5 on the position of the scientific establishment Peter Sturrock, The UFO Enigma: A New Review of the Physical Evidence (Warner Books, 1999). Provides all the case reports presented at the conference. Recommended reading.
6 “If it does happen, it can happen.” Ibid., p. 160.
7 multiple dimensions, and even time travelers See Michio Kaku, Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel (Doubleday, 2008).
8 an August 2009 Newsweek cover story Andrew Romano, “Aliens Exist,” Newsweek, August 24 & 31, 2009, pp. 50–52.
9 over 400 planets orbiting other stars Marc Kaufman, “Search for Extraterrestrial Life Gains Momentum Around the World,” Washington Post, December 22, 2009. In addition to the exoplanets already discovered, the article states, “It is generally assumed that billions or trillions more are orbiting in distant systems.”
10 NASA has also developed a highly sensitive infrared space telescope NASA release, “NASA’s Wise Eye Spies First Glimpse of the Starry Sky; Infrared All-Sky Surveying Telescope Sends Back First Images from Space,” January 6, 2010. It begins, “NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, has captured its first look at the starry sky that it will soon begin surveying in infrared light. Launched on Dec. 14, WISE will scan the entire sky for millions of hidden objects, including asteroids, ‘failed’ stars and powerful galaxies.” More information about the WISE mission is available at: http://www.nasa.gov/wise.
11 “An extraordinary phenomenon demands an extraordinary investigation.” UFO researcher and author Budd Hopkins originated this phrase in 1987 while conversing with astronomer Carl Sagan in the greenroom of a Boston TV station. For an account of the interchange, see Budd Hopkins, Art, Life and UFOs: A Memoir (Anomalist Books, 2009).
