same as it ever was

 

Walter Cronkite and model of Apollo 11

Washington Post reader comment

---------- I'll summarize the report for you:

"Various people have seen stuff in the sky that they cannot explain.

We don't know what they saw."

New York Times headline, 28 minutes ago

U.S. Has No Explanation for U.F.O.s, Does Not Rule Out Aliens

Washington Post reader comment

--------------- The aliens would have been watching the most frequently broadcast TV show to understand our culture:  I Love Lucy.  Instead of 'take us to your leader' they'll say 'You got some 'splainin to do!'

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     As of this evening, there's a good, concise article from NBC, headlined

UFO report:  Government can't explain 143 of 144 mysterious flying objects, blames limited data

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     In those Washington Post reader comments there was also this, written kind of like a modernist poem, from the screen name "Some guy in Vegas" ...

With UFOs it's same as it ever was.

There have always been major media figures like Walter Cronkite doing reports on the subject.

He had credible testimony from former military and law enforcement.

Fascinating film of weird stuff in the sky.

And he urged us all to keep an open mind.

But that was in the 1960s.

Now there is more grainy footage and another Blue Book style government report on the way.

It will be inconclusive.

Same as it ever was.

Life is short.

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     I'm still intrigued by the concept of that Golden Record they shot into space in 1977 with Voyager.

     Besides the Chuck Berry song, they included some classical music, folk music from various countries, and more, including a blues number by Blind Willie Johnson:  "Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground."

That is an intense musical work.

It's on You Tube.

I had never heard it before.

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