Wanted: A Science of UFOs | Alexander Wendt | TEDxColumbus
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- NOTE FROM TED: We’ve flagged this talk, which was filmed at a TEDx event, because it appears to fall outside TEDx’s content guidelines. Claims made in this talk only represent the speaker’s personal understanding of UFOs which are not corroborated by scientific evidence. TEDx events are independently organized by volunteers. The guidelines we give organizers are described in more detail here: storage.ted.com/tedx/manuals/t...
If any UFOs proved to be extra-terrestrial it would be one of the
most important events in human history. Yet there has long been a taboo in modern society on taking UFOs seriously, which has blocked any systematic science to try to determine what they are. Skeptics will say that is because UFOs do not exist, but the US Navy has recently confirmed that they do, and is making an official policy change to reflect this fact, from ignoring its pilots’ UFO encounters to requiring them to file reports. Yet even with the Navy’s revelation,
the UFO taboo remains so strong that the scientific community continues to show no interest in whether or not UFOs are ETs. In this talk Alexander Wendt argues that the UFO taboo is incoherent and unjustified, and proposes a crowd-funded science of UFOs as a way of beginning to learn more about these elusive phenomena. Alexander Wendt received his Ph.D. in political science from the
University of Minnesota in 1989. He subsequently taught at Yale, Dartmouth, and the University of Chicago before moving to The Ohio State University in 2004. His research interests center on international relations, where he is one of the most cited scholars in the field, and the philosophy of social science. He is the author of two books, Social Theory of International Politics (Cambridge, 1999), which won the “Best Book of the Decade” award from the International Studies Association in 2006; and Quantum Mind and Social Science (Cambridge, 2015), which hasn’t won anything yet. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
This was flagged for not being "corroborated by scientific evidence," yet the entire premise of the talk is to encourage scientific inquiry. Thats a pretty dubious rationale to flag
Einstein's relativity would've had no chance, because 'it wasn't corroborated by scientific evidence' in the beginning :D
@@popovicititus i mean it was like that at first, it took 20 years for the scientific community to "accept" the idea, then more years to study and peer review it, he got a nobel for it decades after it's first theorization
Yes, it's completely ironic. It is true that this is the speaker's opinion, but isn't that the whole point of TED? I'm not a "UFO Person," but do believe the public has the need and right to know what is going on. We don't need to know the "how," but need to know and have a right to know the "what," and "when." End the taboo, open the subject to scientific interrogation and public information.
Exactly its more unscientific to not allow the debate and conversation. We can accept the notion it doesn't exist but let us also hear the other side and play devil's advocate.
@@vigneshsubramanian2511 "I'd rather have questions I can't answer than answers I can't question," Richard Feynman.
"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident"
Arthur Shopenhauer.
And we are in the third part now
And Neil deGrasse Tyson will happily take your money to be in all three camps
In schopenhauers day, philosophers were by nature, interested in all aspects of science and at his death he owned over 200 books on science. Being a polyglot, he was fortunate in being able to read science in many languages. I would suggest you read about him, the fact that you know how to spell his name right is a good start on your part.
@Chris Pacheco For someone with a PhD you're sure boastful and insecure.
@Chris Pacheco 'm not going to waste any more time with you but I think I can sum you up. You probably have at most one or two years of Philosophy which is your dream subject, but you're not smart enough or don't have enough money to get your bachelor's degree. You're working in a job like janitor which you hate and you probably can't get a woman because you don't have any money and live with your mother.
Tedx, you need to reevaluate why you flagged this in light of how this subject has changed.
"how this subject has changed"... I know what you mean, but how ridiculous is that? What has changed? The mainstream morons saw it on 60 minutes so now it's credible?
@@bafflezbiz If the subject is actually studied and we find there is something profound about it, then who is more moronic? Will it be those who wanted some modest funding to study the unknown? Or will it be those who didn't want to study it at all? I can understand being skeptical about this topic, but there is a difference between skepticism and trivial dismissal based solely on personal bias. If we study the phenomena and we find there's nothing to it, then we've spent a modest amount of money on it in the grand scheme of things. No big. However, if we find there is something to it, that revelation may very well change our fundamental understanding of physics and our place in the universe. Sounds like it might be worth some study to me.
@@quantumac I agree with you! I was referring to the fact that nothing has changed other than mainstream media has run out of stories (Trump is no longer center stage, thank God) so they glom on to this specific UFO story that has been running for over a decade. And now, of course, Congress has requested a report (but I doubt we/they will learn much if anything, Harry Reed has been requesting this info for years). The subject hasn't changed, but the opinion of the mindless masses has been changed by the media. Unfortunate that this is what it takes to bring this subject to a new level of acceptance. And it clearly has a long way to go.
Go figure a little scientific inquiry at the military level now has everyone knowing the phenomena is real and is occurring all over the world 🌎
Where is the flag
This guy: "there is an unscientific taboo against discussing this subject"
TED: We’ve flagged this talk, which was filmed at a TEDx event, because it appears to fall outside TEDx’s content guidelines
Yes. It ironically reinforces his very point!
His point exactly! We can’t take UFOs seriously if we want to stick to science. That’s why we still know so little about genuine UFOS. We won’t know more, until scientists are ‘allowed’ to investigate them seriously without jeopardizing their career. It’s obvious that something is moving/flying/... Negating that fact, is starting to make people sound ridiculous. Which is good. Jumping to the conclusion that they are extraterrestrial with the evidence we have doesn’t sound reasonable either. More research is very much needed. ASAP. It’s one of the biggest mysteries at the moment. Anyone the least bit concerned with National Security (hopefully our government and military) should have the biggest interest in investigating the phenomenon until we know more.
"which are not corroborated by scientific evidence" - his whole thing was about the obivious lack of scientific exploration, how could there be corroborating scientific evidence? This makes no sense
@@bettina4374 "genuine UFOS" LOL read the again. Genuine UNIDENTIFIED !
Imagine if it was a talk about how children should get HRT if they identified as trans.
Incredible. The speaker says, “We should conduct more science,” and TED’s reply is, “There is no scientific evidence.” TED flags this video for the unpardonable sin of curiosity, literally proving his point about scientific taboo.
Exactly.
spot on. so ridiculous....how are we meant to make any progress on this topic if people who look into it are labelled as crazy
EXACTLY WHAT I THOUGHT!!! if there is something fishy its not UFOS its this fear of making real science. when will we really work on tesla inventions for real. ted is mainstream. at least we have this talk uploaded.
i have seen an ufo , so i imagine how many people already did too
Zackary, you're so correct. Most people are afraid of the truth. I think just maybe, one day we all might get the shock of our lives, all seeing a large UFO at the same landing.. And it can't be hidden.
TED and all other such entities will be the laughing stock of history. Scientists need to learn about the Canadian gov research aka Project Magnet. There's also the French archives and other countries.
I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH YOU TED!!!! You are ignoring the same content from the video, and flagging it! I wonder if YOU are insinuating that the NAVY doesn't qualify as a scientific authority and will only be satisfied if the video comes from video-equipment owned by one of the presidents of a major scientific board and is also of higher quality than any owned by the department of defense? >:(
Barry O was the Illinois Enema Bandit, TED has never did a talk on that. And Michael was his right-hand hand-job man.
TED sucks!
@carlos angel :not the responsibility of ted to condone content of video but it is their responsibility to cleverly advertise their videos to increase number of viewers which flagging might be another way to do that.
"We’ve flagged this talk ... Claims made in this talk ... are not corroborated by scientific evidence." says TED, which is ironic because Alexander Wendt is making the case for funding the gathering of scientific evidence. If you don't look then you won't find, but you can't very well say you haven't found if you don't look.
Exactly what they did to cannabis.
Basically "We don't study it."
That's why it's a schedule 1... "no medical benefit" because they try not to find any.
FDA: we are unable to say that meth is worse than weed.
And absolutely no discussion on why it was to become prohibited (Canada).
Cops put people in jail by enforcing a law that has no reason to exist.
One of many reasons why people want to reform the police.
Chauvin: the system is broken.
amen bro
So, TED just did exactly what Professor Wendt claims happens to anyone who dares to discuss this subject.
Guaranteed the government pressures the scientific community away from these types of studies. Think about Roswell. The air force said they captured a flying disc. Then, all the sudden, they say it's a weather balloon? Is anyone else uncomfortable with the idea that our military personnel cant distinguish a space ship from a balloon?
@@jacobknox2380 When a weather ball0on prompts 500 military men, scientists, machines and cranes, trucks,, and weapons to cordon off a 15 mile perimeter, man, that's some weather balloon!
@Chris Pacheco what did he say that wasn't supported?
@Chris Pacheco even where a professional witness was involved, all occasion were covered up. Only few governments around the world released their reports. They're blatantly stopping any investigation/scientific research by hiding evidence.
The rest of what he said where that statements or procedures given to the navy personal. I mean,, even Nuclear warhead command centers have encounters these situations. We should be allowed committed to research these incidents and the right to information act needs to function, not just kept away for top secret.
TED run by idiots?
Note to TED: You shouldn't have flagged this!
Agreed. Pathetic bunch of cowards.
w hy is everyone talking about "flagging " videos" idk what flagging video even means.
Someone help me.
Also 5000 mphs seams very fast for an object just saying
If they didn't want to show the video, it wouldn't be on their channel. This is average UFO believers logic at work.
@@Bibibosh You can read it in the videos description dropdown.
It just invigorates the taboo in soceity hes talking about.
Alexander Wendt is an excellent scholar, and professor. I find the disclaimer added to this video that it has been "flagged" to be unfair and uniformed. His "opinion" is based in evidence that is available to anyone who cares to examine it. There is a mystery here that would benefit from further scientific inquiry, and that is the basis of everything he has said. I find TED's response and "flagging" of this video offensive to Dr. Wendt.
yes, the scientist said "if", and stated facts, which is that UFO phenomena is a taboo
tho mb a more accurate description of it, is by just saying its a phenomena and leave it as that
it could be a social, cultural, psychological, spiritual and not only physical
@Jack Steward You completely missed the point of his talk. The crux of what he is saying is that we need to conduct research to obtain those original ideas. He's not presenting a theory. Look at the title of the video. He's saying we're not conducting enough research on the phenomenon and he's 100% correct.
@Jack Steward I think his main purpose was to open our own mind's to the possibility of et. I think religion is the main obstacle.
It's hard for people to say "oh there's other life out there?" were not the only ones? How does GOD fit? There's other" stories" outthere
Archimus Prime Yes. The sad part is that our government is uniformly omitting results of their studies and outcomes relating to UFO interactions at least since well before Roswell. Blue Book was a carefully constructed hoax on the public. There exist worlds of evidence that knowledge of government research into UFOs has been heavy-handedly suppressed for years. Our WW II bomber pilots saw phenomena that resulted in scientist’s assessing that the phenomena was otherworldly. These phenomena ( ‘foo fighters’) happened many times in the European and Pacific theaters. Doctor Steven Greer has hundreds of videos recording compelling government military research whistleblowers describing astonishing UFO reverse engineering, captive ETs, distribution of ET tech to companies, and much more that confirms the existence and activities of ETs here on Earth. The government has spent more money on security and suppression than the research itself. How do you think we ‘lost’ $15 trillion of unexplained costs in the last ten years?
@@Jack Steward : yes, what academia does best is to educate people about ideas that other people have thought to be enough to make theories available for discussion and experimentation.
This aged well. Look at where we are now, waiting for the verdict from our own government.
He is listed as a speaker for the TedX Columbus 2019 season...so my guess would be late 2019? No mention of Corona, plus CZcams sums the time up as one year ago, which could mean as much as one day less than a year and a half ago?
Verdict of what
@@enporter Supposedly the verdict from the intelligence communities on what they have found over the years on UAP/UFO phenomenon.
They call it Unidentified Aerial Vehicles, but they're not vehicles. They are ancient beings, two billion years old. To call them intelligent beings is an understatement. We are not equipped enough, we are not capable enough to understand them. They are not even a they. They carry and build countless worlds, realities, consciousness that are very far more advanced than our current understanding of consciousness. They carry impossible worlds made of antimatter that you can't even begin to imagine. You cannot come near them, you can never study them. When you die, wherever you are, a copy of your consciousness will be preserved inside it. The capsule shaped objects that can defy the rules of physics were builders, they were building. They call it Tic-Tac, they are capsules. They are self dividing, splicing, and self replicating under our oceans. How did they get here? We got their attention after a massive extinction that we call KT-extinction that happened 66 million years ago. Since then, they have diverted countless of giant asteroids that could have hit Earth. The tetrahedron encounters of the U.S. Navy, that could appear and disappear in an instant, is our only way to read them. They are not attempting to communicate with us. They have no interest in us. They're in different shapes and sizes, mostly in the form of platonic solids, and the Russians who reported the underwater sightings knew about it. It's their only expression that we can understand, universal shapes. They are countless consciousnesses united and in sync with one super consciousness. The Navy pilots keep on chasing them, try not to chase, they will come near.
This poor guy was 7 years too early. It’s UFO City right now.
I am a PhD astrophysicist and have collaborated with the same US group to which Prof. Wendt belongs. One: there is nothing in his TED talk to be criticized or attacked. Wendt just invokes Science (of which he, like me, is a defender) in order to attempt to explain what is going on in our skies, so I frankly do not understand the flag to this video. Two: I have been discussing with him during the past years and knowing him personally and I can confirm he is a political scientist of sound value. Honestly this flag offends me too. Do really someone want to prevent us from carrying out a scientific investigation on this phenomenon? Interesting! These TED organizers (and flaggers) to me look, frankly, contradictory.
Massimo Teodorani this UAP footage he shows dates from 2004, see the ‘Phil Larson declaration’ issued out by Obama in 2011 and then you’ll understand why they have flagged it.
Massimo Teodorani
Those who say that UFOs cannot exist because there’s no proof are incorrect from a methodological and epistemological point of view. Requiring the kind of definitive proof to satisfy a scientific consensus is an inherently wrong headed way to look at the phenomenon.
Scientific methodology was developed to understand the natural world, with it’s pattern of phenomenology that is not affected by the intention of sentient beings. Clearly the many craft being seen are piloted by intelligent beings with intention that are outside of the natural order; therefore we cannot use the standards of scientific “proof” to determine whether the phenomenon should be studied. The beings piloting these craft aren’t going to “naturally” leave the evidence that would amount to a consensus developed proof, for us to find. It’s illogical to make the demand for proof in the traditional sense, for such a phenomenon.
Although yes, technically we cannot prove the existence of such craft in the conventional scientific sense, that is not the argument we should be concerned with. When multiple lines of evidence converge to support a given hypothesis or theory, those multiple lines of evidence greatly increase the probability of supporting the hypothesis or theory; even when none of those lines of evidence provides a “crucial test” that serve as a proof. The “debunkers” always make it into a “either it’s proved completely, or it doesn’t exist” argument. They don’t realize there are other levels of evidence besides absolute proof. While yes, they cannot technically be proven to exist, there are plenty of lines of evidence supporting the possibility and which support the argument for studying the phenomenon. Absence of evidence is not evidence for absence.
The conventional arguments made against studying the phenomenon are not logical. We have just convinced ourselves that they are logical using rationalizations that are not methodologically sound and that have no epistemological basis. Scientists have used every possible argument to try to convince themselves that the phenomenon is not worthy of investigation, but they haven’t thought through their arguments fully.
keir farnum it comes down to simple logic in the end....either these craft exist or thousands and thousands of people are lying about it and in the case of the military, wilfully falsifying radar data.
That said see the ‘Phil Larson declaration’ issued out in 2011 by Obama.
Mr Science here plainly said (paraphrasing) "aliens are probably not green but grey", without presenting evidence or argument for it. See no problem with that?
Also he says navy classification of the things in the videos as "unidentified" means that the navy doesn't know what it is. Assuming it is indeed correct that the navy classifies them in this way, which some sources seem to dispute, it is not a straight logical conclusion that they therefore genuinely don't know what is is, in light of the fact that it could be classified things flying around that they don't want to talk about.
Also Mr Science says before the wright brothers it was thought that flying machines would contradict the laws of physics. But no rational engineer or physicist could have seriously thought that - because they all have seen birds fly.
If you have encountered this phenomenon face to face, belief is no longer relevant. It becomes like saying you believe in chairs.
thenewaeon 4 secs in the 70’s, saucer came silently overhead at 1,000 feet changed me forever.
The thing changed night to day for almost a minute. Sporting bright pink and light green! I saw this! My entire neighborhood saw it as it was a blackout and people where out of their houses.
Outstanding! I have long said "not believing" in UFOs is much like not believing in the Moon. It doesn't matter. It's still there, believe in it or not.
I have seen them two times in my 37 years of life. There were more witnesses. I am also a PhD researcher for a European institution. I have never spoken about this topic with people from the organization or even close to it because I don't want to see my reputation harmed. And, in the middle of this Covid19 crisis (I am confined at home in Spain) I am raising self-awareness on some deep thoughts and beliefs. And my conclusion is that I am sick of this taboo. If we made a survey among a heterogeneous and large population of several socioeconomic strata in different geographies, we would find an amazing reality in terms of recurrence of the phenomenon. And if 5-20% of the cases are unexplained, something is happening that is remaining untold.
In my view, there is research on the phenomenon. But it is carried out with opaque funds because it is a problem that concerns not only national security, but the logical basis on which this world is built: we as a center (a thing that is leading us to destruction once we have ignored that we are part of a complex system and the planet is not ours). Imagine they are extraterrestrial beings, or human beings from parallel universes, or human beings from the future, or manifestations of an interdimensional reality that permanently coexists with us. In order to prevent chaos on a civilization scale - perhaps the current Coronavirus crisis is the first to occur, since the Second World War did not affect all states - a layer of disrepute, a taboo, is being spread and funds for researching the phenomenon are being cut. And it has worked very well for 70 years. But this has to change. If we have problems on a civilization scale, we also have to focus our responsibilities and our sights on a civilization scale. And this phenomenon has been present, according to the testimonies, for a very, very long time. I think it is very time to wake up to this enigma.
TEDx: Flags video.
TEDx: Writes note in the description box.
TEDx: Closes laptop.
TEDx: Puts head back into sand.
So funny that TED flagged this video a little over a year ago.....
That did not age well. I do NOT fault them for flagging certain videos. Sometimes it's legitimate. But not here.
I'm a very skeptical person....I don't buy into conspiracy BS. But, the UFO/UAP phenomenon is different. There is a there...there.
And it is way past time we soberly and honestly start studying the reality of that. It is SO bizarre how this has all of a sudden become mainstream. That is a very good thing. I always knew it would eventually happen. But it's still rather jarring to realize it IS happening...NOW.
Hahahahaha
Where is the flag
By Flagging this Tedx proved his point 🤣
So true.
So funny that TED flagged this video a little over a year ago.....
That didn't age well.
I'm a very skeptical person....I don't buy into conspiracy BS. But, the UFO/UAP phenomenon is different. There is a there...there.
And it is way past time we soberly and honestly start studying the reality of that. It is SO bizarre how this has all of a sudden become mainstream. That is a very good thing. I always knew it would eventually happen. But it's still rather jarring to realize it IS happening...NOW.
The irony is complete. It is almost like they were trying to help make his point. But on the other hand I have learnt through the years to never underestimate the sheer stupidity with which the scientific community approches this subject. Ignorance, stupidity and arrogance abound. Curiosity, humility and objectivity are scarce.
If you examine what is off limits and marginalized it's kinda obvious 🙄
amen bro
75 Years of denial and ridicule of honest witnesses and finally the truth comes out. What a time to be alive.
@Accelerationist yes but they denied it for that long. 75 years wasted.
@Accelerationist of course they do. they probably have deals made with them...but to what end? Do "They" want to remain hidden or is it the govenment thats doing the hiding and dismissal ?
LoL
There’s a certain slogan that’s printed on the American dollar which reads “in god we trust” and without reading too much into that it can kind of explain the reluctance of the American government to tell the truth about UFO’s...as a large diversely religious country, it would question a lot of bases that the American government was founded on
@@O-D-P I think we've seen plenty of evidence (in the last few years, especially) that a large percentage of people will continue to believe what they want to believe - regardless of facts or evidence.
Good speech. This man has guts. Too bad most other academics and scientists don't.
quaz imodo yeah 👍 I reckon they don’t travel vast distances 🤔 I think they could very well be hiding here (underground) maybe even from here🤯.
Also the taboo/stigma with UFO’s, a lot of it in my opinion is down to religious beliefs,reasons why they refuse the idea.
@@arcticbadger1 thumbs up and thanks for your comment. You may have something there. I agree.
He has guts because he's getting paid.
@@avery1234530 you may be right. My questions would be. (a) Who's paying him on a steady basis other than just TED for this one talk ? (b) How much ? (c) Do you have any specific evidence other than just your cynicism ? (d) What do you imagine the agenda is of those who promote such ideas ?
but can he speak a bit quieter?
I have studied the UFO subject for 55 years, I am now 70, and what I have come to know has had a huge impact on my life. Sometimes I wish I knew nothing on the subject, but if you knew what I know it would rock your world,,probably not in a pleasant way. I commend this Prof. on his presentation.
So what do you know ?
I am intrigued. I've only been on board with this for three years now. Amazing
Tell us what you know....you cant leave us in suspense !!!!!!
SO have I... this is all ridiculousness You don't know anything anyone already hasn't made up out of this subject. One thing I have learned in 5 years is people like you just keep getting more outrageous every time you are debunked.
@@joulesafrica Nothing... he knows nothing... and when he says nothing or nohthing new that is proof he knowes not
Note from TED: .....”claims made in this talk only represent the speaker’s personal understanding of UFOs which are not corroborated by scientific evidence.” Um, yeah....that’s like the entire point of the talk. This should not have been flagged.
The irony of this talk is that TedX is doing EXACTLY what he’s talking about. They are INTENTIONALLY ignore the content of the video and the available evidence.
Tedx probably think its not their job to look into UFO phenomenon.
yep.
The pea counters in science, don't want to be disturbed by counting peas
They are more related with their careers reaching times of pension, than being curious. It's a shame how unscientific these minds are, ignoring all hints not fitting into their beloved narrative. What is scientific with such ignorance, not only in the field of unidentified objects, but also in many others. This community has become an ideological group of lemmings defending their mediocrity.
Think they are also afraid being pushed from their pillars of false competence by higher cultures than ours, after millennia of arrogance and superiority posing, finding themselves in comparison with imagined higher cultures again on the level of apes, losing their unearned status of being the successors of all gods.
No, the big era of Einsteins, Maxwell, Faraday, Tesla is over long time ago. We still enhance their true goodies, but real novelties don't come out of these emperors with no cloth, too bad
as long as he mentioned climate change, he was allowed to talk.
@@chrisdodt so true lol
This guy: "applying _some_ science would be better than not knowing at all"
TedX: lalallalala I can't hear you
Hahaha, exactly !
Other comments said the same thing, but you put it in the funniest way 😄 Agreed!
No, not TedX. TED.
I feel that we will look back at this moment the same way we look back at when people thought the earth was flat.
Get him on Joe Rogan ASAP!!!
Absolutely
I would like to know exactly what statements this man made that are not corroborated by scientific evidence. He didn't seem to make any crazy claim about what UFO's actually were. He simply said that they need to be studied.
People that claim they are not real should study the Nimitz incident very closely, and they will find that these craft are not from this earth.
@@atlasto9052 Very good point, doesnt matter if its ET or not, the TECH BEHIND THIS IS THE KEY TO EVERYTHING!
@@atlasto9052 1000000 times this
I agree, but it seems that politicians and the scientific community just dont want to know, so its up to the people to force this disclosure, remember that next time you vote.
@@@nyttag7830 : voting has not been helpful in the past many decades.
So true 😄
History will be kind to the brave people who were willing to step up and talk about UFOs while the subject was still taboo. These were the people who risked their reputations and careers so that we can have the conversation we're having now.
I would have liked to have known about this beforehand, so I could have gotten tickets and been there in person. I've been fascinated by this subject since I was a kid. Thanks.
I saw one with my own eyes and i dont give a shtt about people saying they arent real. They Are Real and They Are Here
nobodyisperfect yeah 👍 I reckon they don’t travel vast distances 🤔 I think they could very well be hiding here (underground) maybe even from here🤯.
Also the taboo/stigma with UFO’s, a lot of it in my opinion is down to religious beliefs,reasons why they refuse the idea.
nobodyisperfect me too bud and I bought some TTSA shares because of it.
Saw 3 together in 2014. I know they're real.
whos they?
@@Dina_tankar_mina_ord I have no idea.
Such a brilliant little speech from Alexander Wendt, to add to the deserved chorus, and TED flag is icing on cake!
They sort of proved his point for him.
I love the pilot videos! You can tell how genuinely baffled and excited they were.
I wish this speech was longer!😫
He has a book on this
Thank you for this
The military veterans who saw the original version of the FLIR1 UFO video claim there is a higher resolution, and longer version of it. Imagine if we got to see that video.
Hi there UFO Jesus! Great to see you in the comments section. Love your channel.
PS. I agree with you, I'd love to see the original FLIR1 video.
Probably they are referring to standard view HD film of the objects, the FILIR Is such low resolution. THe standard view HD video (visible light,) this would likely tell us much much more what was filmed, weird they are not showing this piece?.
@@CharlesTLam the navy said its because of national security but maybe we will get access to it in 2020
@@kerryn6714 yes,i'm dying for !!!
Bonjour de France les amis ✌😉👍🇫🇷
Post Disclosure World ...Mick West would just say it was a high resolution seagull or cockpit reflections Ryan....ya know it!
The taboo is very real. Just look in the description of the video of the special rules that applies to this Ted talk.
Its ridiculous.
YES!!! Thank you! This is one the most critical issues, if not the # 1 critical issue of our day. It needs more attention, more awareness and more credibility and above all more people like you espousing it!!!
Thank you for your bravery and you just doing what you make the scientific community at least maybe start to take this subject seriously. And I believe and agree with everything you said. Please keep up the good work and it would be an honor and a privilege to volunteer for you in any capacity.
A perfect TED talk on the subject of UFOs. The message delivered is reinforced by the 'NOTE FROM TED'.
EXACTLY....
Flag shmag! You're living up to Wendt's point that the taboo is strong.
Here in Mexico the military has recorded and even follow quick flying spheres of light in formation, indeed we are not alone.
Shame mexico has no fighter jets lol
@SonOf McGringus patronizing pretentious comes to mind, well behind the times , stealth was never misidentified as a ufo stealth is primitive tech jet engine super loud , nobody mentioned stars where ufos and nobody could ever misidentify a star or meteorite guess you never watched the actual presentation
It always bags me why would aluens let them selves be visible on foreign planet by puting thir lights on.
In Mexico you aren't Alone, but you might be Asada!
@@vedranavidicevic7159 you'd have to wonder why they'd be concerned about being seen, especially when you consider the events with a nuclear missile silo in Montana
Watched 6/2/21: This was admirably ahead of the curve.
About damn time!
Bravo!!!
I saw a UFO in broad daylight as a teenager in Ridgewood, N.J. That was around 1986.
What did you see exactly??
@@SatanicDonut i had drum lessons in Ridgewwod and was sitting on the back porch of my Mom's boss' house. This was not at my house. It was a bright sunny day, no clouds in the sky and across from the small backyard, there were just woods and lots of pine trees. To my right I noticed a metallic flying saucer moving slowly across the sky. It was metallic because the sunlight was bouncing off of it and there were no indentations or windows, no markings. It was NOT a blimp. It was just a perfectly round, oval shaped disc, as if it was made out of one piece of silver metal. I kept wondering how the person flying it could see outside, because there were no openings or windows. It moved slowly across the sky and went behind a group of tall trees and I waited for it to come out from behind the trees and into my sight again, if it was continuing the same path that I saw it took, but it never did. So I am guessing it changed directions and started to move away from the house towards the woods.
I thought a lot about what it could have been.
Also, as i watched it move across the sky, I would say that it was about 3 inches across. I don't know how big it really was or how far away it really was.
@Colin Mike crazy, isn't it? My sister told me that a lot of farmers in the Midwest - her job is there - see UFOs over their farmland.
Superb presentation! thank you
The "Note from TED" doesn't make you appear more scientific. It makes you appear irrational, religious, and quite ridiculous.
Israel Anderson , elaborate on your statement, please.
I don’t know what these unidentified things are, and neither do you. But something that has been picked up on radar, that fighter jet systems have been able to lock onto, that multiple credible witnesses have seen simultaneously...that’s something that is worth scientifically looking into.
Finally ! I hope this is the beginning of a new era with UFOs
THANK YOU
Excellent! Let’s keep moving forward with research .
It amazed me that scientists, like Tyson, brought in on the ‘tic-tac’ video spent more time making jokes and dismissing it- then offering any sense of wonder. Not one said- ‘can you get me more video evidence like this!’
Exactly. Neil Tyson loses ALL qualifications to call himself a "scientist" when he acts that way about ufology.
@@theultimatereductionist7592 Tyson can't open his mind to UFOs. This is unfortunate because he is very smart and maybe culd help the funominon.
I saw a UFO over a military base, I'm an ex-Army 1st Lieutenant. My parents saw one, my business partner, and 4 other friends saw one.
In my case it was a ball of light hovering in one spot for about 15 minutes. No colors, no smoke, no noise and at night.
I heat tyson 🤬
Tyson is a pork chop chasing clown a buffoon
The navy also studies USO's, unidentified submerged objects.
unidentified SUBMERGED objects
@@theultimatereductionist7592 You are right, and will correct.
submerged include strange sightings at various deep lakes.
Well said thanks
This is such an amazing presentation to this topic and spoken very simple yet intellectually 👍🏾
When you flag a talk with evidence but you have talks about religion...
Did you ever think the right question is not where's the evidence but why is so much evidence rejected?
@@darrellowings2343 evidence about UFO or Religión?
Great point.
A science of UFO's (unfucked orifices). Its the result of not going out anywhere. PERIOD!!!
@Good Krypollo yeah? what evidence? ifi have to believe it before you show me doesnt count
Very brave man 👍 thanks for the video
Good presentation!
Thank you for your valuable time spent and giving good information about on UFO Sir...
the heavyhanded "flagging" this tell you everything you need to know about our constructed "reality"
History remembers those who had the guts to think outside the box. The great names of history we're ridiculed for this. The great people with the courage to go against the grain. That is why they are in our books. To ignore the evidence and witness testimony over the last 75 years, while having a position to have your voice heard, and then on top ridiculing people. That is criminal, and I imagine my kids will not read there names in the future history books. Times are changing. Excellent talk
" The great names of history we're ridiculed for this" -- So were the clowns and charlatans and crackpots. That's a silly argument. The subject deserves better.
@@jimoberg3326 No doubt this subject brings in some unstable minds. It is unbelievable. Everything is unbelievable until we can prove. Proof I guess would be mass acceptance of the subject. Even if it's all an illusion, it still is one of the most fascinating interactions.
@@user-tl2rb9qt2n -- Whatever the odds, even long shots with high payoffs are worth pursuing. Watch the skies, but be careful where you place your feet. .
If TED flags it, watching it must be worthwhile.
Excellent speech, and with the recent admission by the Pentagon that UFO's (or UAP's as the military calls them) are real, and the imminent Pentagon report due this month, this talk seems timely and prescient.
FINALLY.
This Scientist got some massive ball, my respect! there is overwhelming data for the existence of UFOs and that they cant be from our current civilization.
BrexitGaming yeah 👍 I reckon they don’t travel vast distances 🤔 I think they could very well be hiding here (underground) maybe even from here🤯.
Also the taboo/stigma with UFO’s, a lot of it in my opinion is down to religious beliefs,reasons why they refuse the idea.
Is he a unic?
mobley Mobley I reckon that is the opposite of a eunuch 😆
He is NOT a scientist, himself. He's just a political professor. Nevertheless, everything he says is true & important.
He is NOT a scientist, himself. He's just a political professor. Nevertheless, everything he says is true & important.
Just because a subject is taboo doesn't mean that it's an unknown or unexplored subject.
We taboo ourselves from putting our hands on hot stoves...and each of us understands the subject one by one.
EXCELLENT! Thank You Sir!
This was an excellent talk with a modest proposal. It is sadly the case that the human species is terrified of what is out there, or already here and monitoring us. Yes, it's true, there are beings that exhibit extraordinary abilities, and they are here. Who they are, where they come from, what is their intent...these are the questions every scientist should be burning with curiosity to answer.
fred sobel yes it may be that scientists are afraid of what’s out there but I think more afraid of losing their reputations. Billy
What a great speech maybe this subject can be more main stream subject matter instead of no one should talk about it.
Excellent!!!!
Tanks Alexander 🙏🏽💪🏿❤
WE NEED SKY CAMERAS, get mister beast to found it, i will donate
I'm actually a little skeptical of this. Seems like its going to be catching a lot of bugs, birds and conventional aircraft. Infrared would be a must if they did do something like this though. I like the idea of privately owned radar.
Over Carroll county Georgia every night
Alexander Wendt has already taken step to move forward with UFODATA project !
Phil ail he obviously hasn’t heard of the TTSA then.
Amen ! I love the speech!
“To the stars academy of arts and science” is way ahead of you. If your interestedin helping fund this subject,thats a great place to start. I also believe there are parts of the government that may have more information about UAP’s than are admitting. Hopefully in my lifetime there will be new discoveries. But I applaud Prof. Wendt for speaking out.
No way this video should have been flagged! SMH 🤦♂️
UFOs exist. Fact. What they are is another matter entirely.
I had several UFO experiences back in the 70s and have been intrigued ever since. Having said that I've never been that taken by the ET hypothesis. The sad thing is that science has seemingly ignored the phenomenon. And who knows what we could learn from such study?
70s huh?? were mushrooms involved?
Geffo Me until today i didn't believe in ufo, but that video makes me wonder.
5000mphs right hand turns?
@@mitchellnewman9670. Drugs were just for pop stars back then and I wasn't intoxicated in any way.
So please try to understand that I'm not some believer shouting ET! I'm just saying that UFOs are worthy of scientific research.
@@Bibibosh. The tic tac video is certainly interesting. But I do wonder it it's one of ours. A high tech drone of some kind. The things I saw in the 70s were glowing spheres, one of them being quite large. And they seemed to be intelligent. Keep watching the skies.
Geffo Me the way in which you worded that last comment alerts my sense to believe that truth and deception are woven in a tight thread. until one can truly understand what is true and true only, only then will truth be light!
Dr. Wendt was two years ahead of his fact checkers.
One of the better TEDx Talks on CZcams. Flagging this video only adds to its overall relevance and credibility.
Dude is really just stating the obvious to anyone who can think somewhat independently lol
Very good talk. Sensible stuff. Jacques Vallee and Allen Hynek if course posited the importance of doing science on the phenomenon since the 60s and Vallee has been repeating it for years. So good talk. We need more scientists etc to push this matter.
Dear Dr. Wendt, my own academic work in International Relations would be bereft of so many levels of context without your work. You are a venerated scholar for a reason. This was an excellent talk and the disclaimer attached is absurd. Also, the condescending line about your second book having not won anything yet was completely unnecessary.
Well... I imagine this guy is exonerated at this point.
Yup. He must feel great and deserves it.
Great talk, Alexander. I commend you for your bravery. TEDs ridiculous disclaimer only proves the point you made about the UFO-taboo.
Either they do exist physically, or.. there is a strange mass hallucination going on for many years. Both possibilities warrant scientific analysis.
Jeff G mass hallucinations which get tracked on radar.....hhummnnn
A hallucination wouldn’t show up on military radar lol
no both do not need scientific analysis only one does. don't be a dolt
once you witness one you would not call it a hallucination.
It's way beyond that. The Navy and Pentagon have declared they exist. We're beyond the point of reasonable doubt. Most don't understand because of the subtle nature that disclosure has to happen. We've been given a huge piece of information to digest. After a while we'll get another.
For any contacts , really believe and know that thoughts count.
What do you mean?
Yeah, I see them every day!
The seemingly-fantastical accounts of balled lightning and meteor impacts were met with skepticism for centuries, mostly because of their rarity.
Who’s to also say they actually come from ‘off earth’...? They could be local inhabitants hiding from the idiots running the planet at the moment... 🤷♂️
just not from our civilizations. let it be Extraterrestrials or something else we will soon know.
@Fascino93 you would because everything humans care about is money and you would make lots ot if
Look into "break away civilization"
Nazis have Antigravity in Argentina.
Allies have Antigravity in British Columbia, most sightings are in Canada 2per week.
Then You have a half dozen Civilizations in Hollow Earth.
This is important.
Great point: we spend so much money *looking* for E.T. and we say there are more habitable planets than you could match with grains of sand covering all of great Britain, yet the idea of aliens passing by in starships is considered absurd.
The fact that this talk has been flagged simply proves this man's point ...
Good talk and it takes guts to point this out, at last!
HALELUJA !!! Finaly , à scientist talk about !!! I hope he open a door !
Bonjour de France les amis ✌😉👍🇫🇷
Yes I agree that disclosure is forthcoming when the scientific community releases the stigma of ostrasization associated with admitting UFOS exist... I know the Pentagon secretly investigated them after closing out Project Blue Book led by Alan Hynek who was advised by the gov. to debunk the existence of UFOs. Then more recently Billionaire Robert Bigelow went on Sixty Minutes and stated factually that UFOS exist and he has investigated the fact more than the government spending millions doing so. He currently has a huge contract with NASA building floating apartments for families when we have to get off this planet due to global warming or an apocalypse of some kind. He is a visionary.
Everyone please watch the joe rogan and commander Fravor podcast on CZcams. He talks to the pilot for about 2 hours and the guy explains everything. He is the most reputable witness of all time.
Brilliant speach 👌👍👍👍
I love this video because it’s about something that some people don’t believe is being addressed to the public and changing people’s views
Finally a scientist without his head burried in the sand.
It's not in the sand they bury their heads.
I'm not sure his premise that "no one knows" ...is entirely accurate. Just because the "mainstream" is clueless, doesn't entitle one to say "no one..anywhere.". That's an unscientific leap. In my humble opinion.
@@bigcity2085 Wake up sheeple
he's not a scientist.
*political* scientist
Would like to hear more from this speaker. He has a rational, well thought out, scientific way of approaching the subject. Thank you for uploading.
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I completely understand his arguments. I too was made aware of these taboos when I was a small child. I saw what has now become known as ball lightning. I went and told my mother what I saw, and she admonished me to not mention this to my father, who was the local military bases' Range Safety Officer or RSO for the Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. When I asked why, she replied because he might lose his job and security clearance. All I could think of was that I knew what I saw, and I was always told that the truth will set you free, yet it seemed some truths were more valid than others. Maybe now the truth will set us free finally.
The irony is we spend a fortune on space research for proof of life when potentially it is right on our doorstep and it would be much cheaper as stated to find..
To be frank, we don't spend that much on either. The military budget was just increased to about $800 B. A google search said we spend maybe two or three dozen million a year on research looking for extraterrestrial life (SETI and similar projects), which is absolutely nothing; it's the cost of a few minutes of a sitcom on TV.
That's not to say I necessarily support SETI because I have some issues with their methodology and assumptions, and I agree whatever money we spend sending signals into space could be spent on UFO investigation. I just want to point out that these types of research get much funding either way.
If ET is observing us they must be doubled up in laughter, that is of course if they have a sense of humor.
They’re already here, old historic paintings are just one of many valid resources that show evidence of this. Another, people removing organic implants that have off world metals producing radio frequencies that can be measured.
Seti is the practice of waiting for a phone call when the things you want to speak to are in the same room as you!
exactly
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." - Arthur C. Clarke
awesome talk 👍
Fair points