Derrick Pitts, Astronomer, Wants UFOs Studied With Science [1]

Huff Post - Lee Speigel, 10/6/12

A cluster of telescopes at the European Southern Observatory site in Chile.

Nothing kills a career faster than being branded a kook, and in many circles, that's what you are when you admit you've seen a UFO. The stakes are raised, of course, if we're talking about academic communities, and even more so among astronomers -- people who study the skies.

Many astronomers say there's nothing of any scientific merit that could result in the study of UFOs. [2]

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