From: Steven Kaeser <steve.nul>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 09:37:55 -0400
Archived: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 09:43:56 -0400
Subject: Re: Bigelow Backs MUFON


>From: Don Ledger <dledger.nul>
>To: post.nul
>Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:09:28 -0300
>Subject: Re: Bigelow Backs MUFON

>>From: Terry Groff <terry.nul>
>>To: <post.nul>
>>Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 14:37:40 -0600
>>Subject: Re: Bigelow Backs MUFON

>>>From: Don Ledger <dledger.nul>
>>>To: post.nul
>>>Date: Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:55:30 -0400
>>>Subject: Re: Bigelow Backs MUFON


>>>>Source: The Examiner - Denver, Colorado

<snip>

>>If a case outside the US is deemed significant enough then MUFON
>>would indeed dispatch a team to investigate but the majority
>>will be within the US.

>Terry,

>Who or what are they going use for their triggers? Often the
>case is a couple of days old before before an investigator hears
>about it. Are they relying on some agency or the general public
>to forward a case to them?

>What kind of juice will MUFON's team have with ATC and the FAA
>or the military re gleaning information from them?

>>One of the main advantages to MUFON of this project is that we
>>will have access to sophisticated equipment and laboratories
>>manned by 50 scientists in all fields of study. An investigator
>>will be able to request equipment and have drop-shipped over
>>night to their location.

>Certainly an envious position to be in with all of those
>resources.

>>I have already submitted my application as a Dispatch Operator
>>and Investigator. Ken Cherry asked me if I would like to be the
>>State coordinator for Texas but I declined.

Terry,

Good luck with your application, but there's little information
on anyone actually thinking this through, and I hope it's only
because the information isn't being disseminated yet. I do have
a couple of minor questions:

- Where will the "Dispatch Operator" be housed and how will that
person be notified of an incident?

- Will NUFORC be a major source for your calls, or will a
completely new network for UFO reporting be created?

- How will those calls be vetted for importance and what will
the trigger be to generate a call for an emergency investigation
into an incident?

- Where will the "sophisticated equipment and laboratories
manned by 50 scientists in all fields of study" located, and who
are they?

- As a follow-up, I would ask what equipment is included in this
mix, since the discussion of this several years ago was very
extensive?

- As with any emergency preparedness scenario, this would
require practice to become efficient at the process. Are there
test scenarios being considered to prepare for the real thing?

- Has there been a discussion of what the trigger would be to
initiate a quick response?

- If "physical evidence" is the key (as it was in earlier
discussions), how many such Events have occurred in the past two
years that would meet that criteria in the North American
Continent? This would give you an idea of how often such
responses might be needed and the funding level required.

- How do you handle the "local" MUFON investigators who want to
race to the scene and might contaminate the evidence that is
gathered? There are jurisdictional issues here that MUFON will
have to address, and to believe that all MUFON investigators are
qualified to handle such investigations is, IMO, foolish.

- In the end, what is the goal of this "investigation"?
Previously, the goal was to generate articles for publication in
scientific journals on the unusual nature of trace case
evidence, but current cases were few and far between. Bigalow
wasn't into the scientific exploration as much as the technology
that he might profit from, so I'm not sure this is his focus.

We haven't seen many MUFON leaders mention this backing, with
the exception of the article that everyone is quoting. I suspect
that this information wasn't supposed to be released yet and
MUFON may be caught off guard a bit.


Steve




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