The Power of UFOs

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UFOs have returned with such strength and power to a new generation of UFO believers. We want to know that there's more to life than what we see in our mundane lives. I'm not seeing alien spaceships here. I'm seeing other things that we understand a lot better. It doesn't mean I'm cynical or trying to prove it wrong. What I'm trying to do is analyze it fairly and say, are there other explanations? Are there things people aren't telling me?

Astronomer Phil Plait joins us to discuss his new book, Under Alien Skies, in which he describes what it would be like (through human eyes and real physical experiences) to actually travel to Saturn, Mars, asteroids, and distant stars. Also, we discuss the recent surge in UFO sighting as well as his famous talk at The Amazing Meeting more than a decade ago in which he asked all science communicators and critical thinkers to approach those who believe in pseudoscience with empathy and respect instead of scorn and vitriol. And, we run through the history of James Randi's popularization of the big-S Skeptic movement.

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