Wanted: A Science of UFOs | Alexander Wendt | TEDxColumbus

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

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  • @bendean6689
    @bendean66892 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @popovicititus

    @popovicititus

    2 жыл бұрын

    Einstein's relativity would've had no chance, because 'it wasn't corroborated by scientific evidence' in the beginning :D

  • @clyp3016

    @clyp3016

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@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

  • @stephena.sheehan9959

    @stephena.sheehan9959

    2 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @vigneshsubramanian2511

    @vigneshsubramanian2511

    2 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @stephena.sheehan9959

    @stephena.sheehan9959

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@vigneshsubramanian2511 "I'd rather have questions I can't answer than answers I can't question," Richard Feynman.

  • @vancouverman4313
    @vancouverman43134 жыл бұрын

    "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.

  • @RogueBeatsARG

    @RogueBeatsARG

    4 жыл бұрын

    And we are in the third part now

  • @jonathansweet4391

    @jonathansweet4391

    4 жыл бұрын

    And Neil deGrasse Tyson will happily take your money to be in all three camps

  • @vancouverman4313

    @vancouverman4313

    3 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @vancouverman4313

    @vancouverman4313

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Chris Pacheco For someone with a PhD you're sure boastful and insecure.

  • @vancouverman4313

    @vancouverman4313

    3 жыл бұрын

    @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.

  • @williamhoward7121
    @williamhoward71212 жыл бұрын

    Tedx, you need to reevaluate why you flagged this in light of how this subject has changed.

  • @bafflezbiz

    @bafflezbiz

    2 жыл бұрын

    "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?

  • @quantumac

    @quantumac

    2 жыл бұрын

    ​@@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.

  • @bafflezbiz

    @bafflezbiz

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @bendean6689

    @bendean6689

    2 жыл бұрын

    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 🌎

  • @amandam120

    @amandam120

    2 жыл бұрын

    Where is the flag

  • @quantumac
    @quantumac2 жыл бұрын

    "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.

  • @aliensarerealttsa6198

    @aliensarerealttsa6198

    2 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @soultrick7474

    @soultrick7474

    2 жыл бұрын

    amen bro

  • @ztrussell
    @ztrussell4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @psyche7049

    @psyche7049

    4 жыл бұрын

    Exactly.

  • @jables8901

    @jables8901

    4 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @umi_nari

    @umi_nari

    4 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @armynation31B5V5P

    @armynation31B5V5P

    4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @Choice777

    @Choice777

    4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @SusanDemeter
    @SusanDemeter4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @zazugee

    @zazugee

    4 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @archimusprime2400

    @archimusprime2400

    4 жыл бұрын

    @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.

  • @johnabbot1585

    @johnabbot1585

    4 жыл бұрын

    @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

  • @jamespresley7080

    @jamespresley7080

    4 жыл бұрын

    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?

  • @daieast6305

    @daieast6305

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @rockstonedread
    @rockstonedread4 жыл бұрын

    So, TED just did exactly what Professor Wendt claims happens to anyone who dares to discuss this subject.

  • @jacobknox2380

    @jacobknox2380

    3 жыл бұрын

    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?

  • @patriciodasilva7902

    @patriciodasilva7902

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@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!

  • @emmanuelgutierrez8616

    @emmanuelgutierrez8616

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Chris Pacheco what did he say that wasn't supported?

  • @emmanuelgutierrez8616

    @emmanuelgutierrez8616

    3 жыл бұрын

    @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.

  • @alansparx3127

    @alansparx3127

    3 жыл бұрын

    TED run by idiots?

  • @lavapanther
    @lavapanther2 жыл бұрын

    This aged well. Look at where we are now, waiting for the verdict from our own government.

  • @lavapanther

    @lavapanther

    2 жыл бұрын

    He is listed as a speaker for the TedX Columbus 2019 season...so my guess would be late 2019? No mention of Corona, plus KZread sums the time up as one year ago, which could mean as much as one day less than a year and a half ago?

  • @enporter

    @enporter

    2 жыл бұрын

    Verdict of what

  • @lavapanther

    @lavapanther

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@enporter Supposedly the verdict from the intelligence communities on what they have found over the years on UAP/UFO phenomenon.

  • @VindexAnimae

    @VindexAnimae

    2 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @MassimoTeodoraniSM
    @MassimoTeodoraniSM4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @MultiBikerboy1

    @MultiBikerboy1

    4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @keirfarnum6811

    @keirfarnum6811

    4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @MultiBikerboy1

    @MultiBikerboy1

    4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @Virtueman1

    @Virtueman1

    4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @Virtueman1

    @Virtueman1

    4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @Dan1ell
    @Dan1ell4 жыл бұрын

    Note to TED: You shouldn't have flagged this!

  • @enantiomer2000

    @enantiomer2000

    4 жыл бұрын

    Agreed. Pathetic bunch of cowards.

  • @Bibibosh

    @Bibibosh

    4 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @scorpiusjones5436

    @scorpiusjones5436

    4 жыл бұрын

    If they didn't want to show the video, it wouldn't be on their channel. This is average UFO believers logic at work.

  • @kaynefry

    @kaynefry

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Bibibosh You can read it in the videos description dropdown.

  • @JohnRyder-

    @JohnRyder-

    4 жыл бұрын

    It just invigorates the taboo in soceity hes talking about.

  • @a.l.murkar6425
    @a.l.murkar64252 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @unlightenment

    @unlightenment

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes. It ironically reinforces his very point!

  • @bettina4374

    @bettina4374

    2 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @zacchaeusscheffer5224

    @zacchaeusscheffer5224

    2 жыл бұрын

    "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

  • @timeWaster76

    @timeWaster76

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@bettina4374 "genuine UFOS" LOL read the again. Genuine UNIDENTIFIED !

  • @BlastinRope

    @BlastinRope

    2 жыл бұрын

    Imagine if it was a talk about how children should get HRT if they identified as trans.

  • @RobertF-
    @RobertF-3 жыл бұрын

    TEDx: Flags video. TEDx: Writes note in the description box. TEDx: Closes laptop. TEDx: Puts head back into sand.

  • @avedic

    @avedic

    2 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @jediknight73

    @jediknight73

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hahahahaha

  • @amandam120

    @amandam120

    2 жыл бұрын

    Where is the flag

  • @poijoj1664
    @poijoj16644 жыл бұрын

    75 Years of denial and ridicule of honest witnesses and finally the truth comes out. What a time to be alive.

  • @thequintessentialenglishge5753

    @thequintessentialenglishge5753

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Accelerationist yes but they denied it for that long. 75 years wasted.

  • @JonnyUnderrated

    @JonnyUnderrated

    4 жыл бұрын

    @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 ?

  • @MsScoooper

    @MsScoooper

    4 жыл бұрын

    LoL

  • @O-D-P

    @O-D-P

    4 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @kenhoward3512

    @kenhoward3512

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @thenewaeon
    @thenewaeon4 жыл бұрын

    If you have encountered this phenomenon face to face, belief is no longer relevant. It becomes like saying you believe in chairs.

  • @MultiBikerboy1

    @MultiBikerboy1

    4 жыл бұрын

    thenewaeon 4 secs in the 70’s, saucer came silently overhead at 1,000 feet changed me forever.

  • @SGGCREATIVES

    @SGGCREATIVES

    4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @bretthess6376

    @bretthess6376

    4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @Jomarcor1982

    @Jomarcor1982

    4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @maryluttrell5373
    @maryluttrell53732 жыл бұрын

    This poor guy was 7 years too early. It’s UFO City right now.

  • @Gundal66
    @Gundal663 жыл бұрын

    By Flagging this Tedx proved his point 🤣

  • @abccba1971

    @abccba1971

    3 жыл бұрын

    So true.

  • @avedic

    @avedic

    2 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @rasmuslernevall6938

    @rasmuslernevall6938

    2 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @stephenenders2066

    @stephenenders2066

    2 жыл бұрын

    If you examine what is off limits and marginalized it's kinda obvious 🙄

  • @soultrick7474

    @soultrick7474

    2 жыл бұрын

    amen bro

  • @dannymiller7129
    @dannymiller71294 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @PROXIMASTARMAN

    @PROXIMASTARMAN

    4 жыл бұрын

    Tedx probably think its not their job to look into UFO phenomenon.

  • @UFOJaneKyle

    @UFOJaneKyle

    4 жыл бұрын

    yep.

  • @j.h252

    @j.h252

    4 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @chrisdodt

    @chrisdodt

    4 жыл бұрын

    as long as he mentioned climate change, he was allowed to talk.

  • @claykellogg5372

    @claykellogg5372

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@chrisdodt so true lol

  • @piehound
    @piehound4 жыл бұрын

    Good speech. This man has guts. Too bad most other academics and scientists don't.

  • @arcticbadger1

    @arcticbadger1

    4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @piehound

    @piehound

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@arcticbadger1 thumbs up and thanks for your comment. You may have something there. I agree.

  • @avery1234530

    @avery1234530

    4 жыл бұрын

    He has guts because he's getting paid.

  • @piehound

    @piehound

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@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 ?

  • @DjOpaL

    @DjOpaL

    4 жыл бұрын

    but can he speak a bit quieter?

  • @Jay_Hall
    @Jay_Hall3 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @joulesafrica

    @joulesafrica

    3 жыл бұрын

    So what do you know ?

  • @adampeters7947

    @adampeters7947

    3 жыл бұрын

    I am intrigued. I've only been on board with this for three years now. Amazing

  • @davidscott1052

    @davidscott1052

    2 жыл бұрын

    Tell us what you know....you cant leave us in suspense !!!!!!

  • @timeWaster76

    @timeWaster76

    2 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @timeWaster76

    @timeWaster76

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@joulesafrica Nothing... he knows nothing... and when he says nothing or nohthing new that is proof he knowes not

  • @RaymondMonraz
    @RaymondMonraz2 жыл бұрын

    I feel that we will look back at this moment the same way we look back at when people thought the earth was flat.

  • @carlosangel3647
    @carlosangel36474 жыл бұрын

    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? >:(

  • @mr.w.146

    @mr.w.146

    4 жыл бұрын

    Barry O was the Illinois Enema Bandit, TED has never did a talk on that. And Michael was his right-hand hand-job man.

  • @UFOandAlienChannel

    @UFOandAlienChannel

    4 жыл бұрын

    TED sucks!

  • @daieast6305

    @daieast6305

    4 жыл бұрын

    @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.

  • @whitelightsheddinweedsmokin
    @whitelightsheddinweedsmokin4 жыл бұрын

    This guy: "applying _some_ science would be better than not knowing at all" TedX: lalallalala I can't hear you

  • @VivBeyer1111

    @VivBeyer1111

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hahaha, exactly !

  • @MasterKoala777

    @MasterKoala777

    4 жыл бұрын

    Other comments said the same thing, but you put it in the funniest way 😄 Agreed!

  • @sirreal73x

    @sirreal73x

    3 жыл бұрын

    No, not TedX. TED.

  • @originalseeker
    @originalseeker4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @alexukbrighton
    @alexukbrighton2 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @nyttag7830
    @nyttag78304 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @jigglypuff4227

    @jigglypuff4227

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@atlasto9052 Very good point, doesnt matter if its ET or not, the TECH BEHIND THIS IS THE KEY TO EVERYTHING!

  • @gregcadman6102

    @gregcadman6102

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@atlasto9052 1000000 times this

  • @nyttag7830

    @nyttag7830

    4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @daieast6305

    @daieast6305

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@@nyttag7830 : voting has not been helpful in the past many decades.

  • @nyttag7830

    @nyttag7830

    4 жыл бұрын

    So true 😄

  • @SuperBlacklist3
    @SuperBlacklist34 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @SpaceInvaderz160
    @SpaceInvaderz1604 жыл бұрын

    Get him on Joe Rogan ASAP!!!

  • @reubanrajan2679

    @reubanrajan2679

    2 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely

  • @Slickboot21
    @Slickboot214 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @nobodyisperfect5940
    @nobodyisperfect59404 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @arcticbadger1

    @arcticbadger1

    4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @MultiBikerboy1

    @MultiBikerboy1

    4 жыл бұрын

    nobodyisperfect me too bud and I bought some TTSA shares because of it.

  • @debralucas2224

    @debralucas2224

    4 жыл бұрын

    Saw 3 together in 2014. I know they're real.

  • @Dina_tankar_mina_ord

    @Dina_tankar_mina_ord

    4 жыл бұрын

    whos they?

  • @debralucas2224

    @debralucas2224

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Dina_tankar_mina_ord I have no idea.

  • @richardsleep2045
    @richardsleep20454 жыл бұрын

    Such a brilliant little speech from Alexander Wendt, to add to the deserved chorus, and TED flag is icing on cake!

  • @astronmr20

    @astronmr20

    3 жыл бұрын

    They sort of proved his point for him.

  • @bryantc1701
    @bryantc17014 жыл бұрын

    I love the pilot videos! You can tell how genuinely baffled and excited they were. I wish this speech was longer!😫

  • @trippmassey3415

    @trippmassey3415

    2 ай бұрын

    He has a book on this

  • @annascott3542
    @annascott35424 жыл бұрын

    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!!!

  • @JohnRyder-
    @JohnRyder-4 жыл бұрын

    The taboo is very real. Just look in the description of the video of the special rules that applies to this Ted talk.

  • @inisus

    @inisus

    4 жыл бұрын

    Its ridiculous.

  • @Postdisclosureworld
    @Postdisclosureworld4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @kerryn6714

    @kerryn6714

    4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @CharlesTLam

    @CharlesTLam

    4 жыл бұрын

    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?.

  • @brexitgaming9215

    @brexitgaming9215

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@CharlesTLam the navy said its because of national security but maybe we will get access to it in 2020

  • @guncreep9905

    @guncreep9905

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@kerryn6714 yes,i'm dying for !!! Bonjour de France les amis ✌😉👍🇫🇷

  • @MultiBikerboy1

    @MultiBikerboy1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Post Disclosure World ...Mick West would just say it was a high resolution seagull or cockpit reflections Ryan....ya know it!

  • @bicyclist2
    @bicyclist24 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @richardbalboa7161
    @richardbalboa71614 жыл бұрын

    Here in Mexico the military has recorded and even follow quick flying spheres of light in formation, indeed we are not alone.

  • @bulletproofguy5112

    @bulletproofguy5112

    3 жыл бұрын

    Shame mexico has no fighter jets lol

  • @bonysminiatures3123

    @bonysminiatures3123

    2 жыл бұрын

    @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

  • @vedranavidicevic7159

    @vedranavidicevic7159

    2 жыл бұрын

    It always bags me why would aluens let them selves be visible on foreign planet by puting thir lights on.

  • @TwiztedHumor

    @TwiztedHumor

    2 жыл бұрын

    In Mexico you aren't Alone, but you might be Asada!

  • @jefferypinley4336

    @jefferypinley4336

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@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

  • @johnege7352
    @johnege73524 жыл бұрын

    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!’

  • @theultimatereductionist7592

    @theultimatereductionist7592

    4 жыл бұрын

    Exactly. Neil Tyson loses ALL qualifications to call himself a "scientist" when he acts that way about ufology.

  • @judymichaud4081

    @judymichaud4081

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@theultimatereductionist7592 Tyson can't open his mind to UFOs. This is unfortunate because he is very smart and maybe culd help the funominon.

  • @ivanlaracuente6234

    @ivanlaracuente6234

    4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @user-cb2ch4cy5l

    @user-cb2ch4cy5l

    4 жыл бұрын

    I heat tyson 🤬

  • @VG-rj8pn

    @VG-rj8pn

    4 жыл бұрын

    Tyson is a pork chop chasing clown a buffoon

  • @brianally1531
    @brianally15314 жыл бұрын

    Flag shmag! You're living up to Wendt's point that the taboo is strong.

  • @patphatkitten
    @patphatkitten4 жыл бұрын

    I saw a UFO in broad daylight as a teenager in Ridgewood, N.J. That was around 1986.

  • @SatanicDonut

    @SatanicDonut

    3 жыл бұрын

    What did you see exactly??

  • @patphatkitten

    @patphatkitten

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @patphatkitten

    @patphatkitten

    3 жыл бұрын

    @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.

  • @NothingMaster
    @NothingMaster3 жыл бұрын

    One of the better TEDx Talks on KZread. Flagging this video only adds to its overall relevance and credibility.

  • @IsraelAndersonOfficial
    @IsraelAndersonOfficial4 жыл бұрын

    The "Note from TED" doesn't make you appear more scientific. It makes you appear irrational, religious, and quite ridiculous.

  • @fvo911

    @fvo911

    4 жыл бұрын

    Israel Anderson , elaborate on your statement, please.

  • @jennismith2

    @jennismith2

    4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @jazul3294
    @jazul32944 жыл бұрын

    Finally ! I hope this is the beginning of a new era with UFOs

  • @mindfulskills
    @mindfulskills2 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @Audfile
    @Audfile4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @robonearth5533
    @robonearth55334 жыл бұрын

    A perfect TED talk on the subject of UFOs. The message delivered is reinforced by the 'NOTE FROM TED'.

  • @VivBeyer1111

    @VivBeyer1111

    4 жыл бұрын

    EXACTLY....

  • @radicalveg00
    @radicalveg004 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @maryweprin

    @maryweprin

    4 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @ResoRonnie
    @ResoRonnie3 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @Zymurgest
    @Zymurgest2 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @jamesbutler5995
    @jamesbutler59954 жыл бұрын

    What a great speech maybe this subject can be more main stream subject matter instead of no one should talk about it.

  • @plcapeli75
    @plcapeli754 жыл бұрын

    the heavyhanded "flagging" this tell you everything you need to know about our constructed "reality"

  • @lxcien4867
    @lxcien48672 жыл бұрын

    I think this guy is the most sensible guy in this whole debate, because he is not biased in either direction and just weighing out the possibilities.

  • @accumulator5734
    @accumulator57343 жыл бұрын

    Everyone please watch the joe rogan and commander Fravor podcast on KZread. He talks to the pilot for about 2 hours and the guy explains everything. He is the most reputable witness of all time.

  • @friendlyone2706
    @friendlyone27064 жыл бұрын

    The navy also studies USO's, unidentified submerged objects.

  • @theultimatereductionist7592

    @theultimatereductionist7592

    4 жыл бұрын

    unidentified SUBMERGED objects

  • @friendlyone2706

    @friendlyone2706

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@theultimatereductionist7592 You are right, and will correct. submerged include strange sightings at various deep lakes.

  • @RogueBeatsARG
    @RogueBeatsARG4 жыл бұрын

    When you flag a talk with evidence but you have talks about religion...

  • @darrellowings2343

    @darrellowings2343

    4 жыл бұрын

    Did you ever think the right question is not where's the evidence but why is so much evidence rejected?

  • @RogueBeatsARG

    @RogueBeatsARG

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@darrellowings2343 evidence about UFO or Religión?

  • @johnsexton4250

    @johnsexton4250

    4 жыл бұрын

    Great point.

  • @cheezenip2737

    @cheezenip2737

    3 жыл бұрын

    A science of UFO's (unfucked orifices). Its the result of not going out anywhere. PERIOD!!!

  • @RogueBeatsARG

    @RogueBeatsARG

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Good Krypollo yeah? what evidence? ifi have to believe it before you show me doesnt count

  • @Boogieplex
    @Boogieplex3 жыл бұрын

    “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.

  • @richardshook9025
    @richardshook90252 жыл бұрын

    Dr. Wendt was two years ahead of his fact checkers.

  • @brexitgaming9215
    @brexitgaming92154 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @arcticbadger1

    @arcticbadger1

    4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @mobleyMobley

    @mobleyMobley

    4 жыл бұрын

    Is he a unic?

  • @arcticbadger1

    @arcticbadger1

    4 жыл бұрын

    mobley Mobley I reckon that is the opposite of a eunuch 😆

  • @theultimatereductionist7592

    @theultimatereductionist7592

    4 жыл бұрын

    He is NOT a scientist, himself. He's just a political professor. Nevertheless, everything he says is true & important.

  • @theultimatereductionist7592

    @theultimatereductionist7592

    4 жыл бұрын

    He is NOT a scientist, himself. He's just a political professor. Nevertheless, everything he says is true & important.

  • @Geffo555
    @Geffo5554 жыл бұрын

    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?

  • @mitchellnewman9670

    @mitchellnewman9670

    4 жыл бұрын

    70s huh?? were mushrooms involved?

  • @Bibibosh

    @Bibibosh

    4 жыл бұрын

    Geffo Me until today i didn't believe in ufo, but that video makes me wonder. 5000mphs right hand turns?

  • @Geffo555

    @Geffo555

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @Geffo555

    @Geffo555

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @Bibibosh

    @Bibibosh

    4 жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @niklas5948
    @niklas59482 жыл бұрын

    He's not kidding when he says that he has a serious reputation in his field. This guy is one of the big ones in International Relations studies. I couldn't believe my eyes when I read his name in combination with the UFO term

  • @kayakMike1000
    @kayakMike10002 жыл бұрын

    Well... I imagine this guy is exonerated at this point.

  • @TwiztedHumor

    @TwiztedHumor

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yup. He must feel great and deserves it.

  • @editin232
    @editin2324 жыл бұрын

    WE NEED SKY CAMERAS, get mister beast to found it, i will donate

  • @ntme9

    @ntme9

    4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @markherrin343

    @markherrin343

    4 жыл бұрын

    Over Carroll county Georgia every night

  • @michaelousley2289
    @michaelousley22894 жыл бұрын

    No way this video should have been flagged! SMH 🤦‍♂️

  • @brashawnwilliams4868
    @brashawnwilliams48684 жыл бұрын

    This is such an amazing presentation to this topic and spoken very simple yet intellectually 👍🏾

  • @worldtocome
    @worldtocome4 жыл бұрын

    I think Alexander Wendt is correct. We also need an epistemology to "think about" and interpret data in varying academic fields. There are questions in physics, astronomy, communications, anthropology, etc. We are in something like a psychical blind spot with this. I don't mean psychical as in extrasensory perception, but rather psychical as in the raw front or delineation between conscious and subconscious thought. I think about it like this--humans maintain no confirmed social contact with any other consciousness. A big question for humans should be why we do not openly encounter life or consciousness moving through space. But, it's such a big existential question that it remains just past conscious anxiety/panic in many human minds, where taboo trails off into subconscious. Here's an interesting thought on Wendt's quest for a science--for the ufo phenomena to be truly false, all human observations must be errors, misinterpretations, deceits (lies), or hallucinations, across all time. Is this universal error likely?

  • @mozart8142
    @mozart81424 жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @user-tl2rb9qt2n
    @user-tl2rb9qt2n4 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @jimoberg3326

    @jimoberg3326

    4 жыл бұрын

    " 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.

  • @user-tl2rb9qt2n

    @user-tl2rb9qt2n

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @jimoberg3326

    @jimoberg3326

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@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. .

  • @brian.josephson
    @brian.josephson4 жыл бұрын

    At 8:00 Wendt suggests that a little over a century ago our laws of physics told us that air and space travel were impossible. Not so! The principles of rocket propulsion were known a long time before then, the velocities needed for orbiting the earth or for escape from the earth were known, and the amount of energy produced by combining fuels and oxygen was known, from which it could been inferred on the basis of the laws of physics that space travel would indeed be possible if one were able to develop the specialised technology (the energy from combustion is the same as that of an object of the same mass moving with a particular velocity, and from that one can show that a multi-stage rocket can in principle do the job. The main technological problem is that of dealing with the high temperatures involved). From my own experience, it is clear that UFOs are not the only taboo subject in science, others including the paranormal, memory of water and intelligent design.

  • @Britishshooter
    @Britishshooter4 жыл бұрын

    Shame on TED for flagging this. So much for open minded objectivity. This is a serious speaker covering one of the most important subjects of our time.

  • @satorified1612

    @satorified1612

    Жыл бұрын

    .....he didn't "stay in between the lines".

  • @stephenburrows4250
    @stephenburrows42504 жыл бұрын

    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... 🤷‍♂️

  • @brexitgaming9215

    @brexitgaming9215

    4 жыл бұрын

    just not from our civilizations. let it be Extraterrestrials or something else we will soon know.

  • @thequintessentialenglishge5753

    @thequintessentialenglishge5753

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Fascino93 you would because everything humans care about is money and you would make lots ot if

  • @ThePeonsChamp

    @ThePeonsChamp

    4 жыл бұрын

    Look into "break away civilization"

  • @blackpearl6972

    @blackpearl6972

    4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @jeffg592
    @jeffg5924 жыл бұрын

    Either they do exist physically, or.. there is a strange mass hallucination going on for many years. Both possibilities warrant scientific analysis.

  • @MultiBikerboy1

    @MultiBikerboy1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Jeff G mass hallucinations which get tracked on radar.....hhummnnn

  • @cameronempey8350

    @cameronempey8350

    4 жыл бұрын

    A hallucination wouldn’t show up on military radar lol

  • @VG-rj8pn

    @VG-rj8pn

    4 жыл бұрын

    no both do not need scientific analysis only one does. don't be a dolt

  • @salarrue78

    @salarrue78

    4 жыл бұрын

    once you witness one you would not call it a hallucination.

  • @darrellowings2343

    @darrellowings2343

    4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @kryss.4725
    @kryss.47252 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @eliasp8645
    @eliasp86452 жыл бұрын

    Feb 5, 2020. Oh boy, this talk has really aged well! I guess Ted flagging this video has not.

  • @lads.7715
    @lads.77154 жыл бұрын

    The seemingly-fantastical accounts of balled lightning and meteor impacts were met with skepticism for centuries, mostly because of their rarity.

  • @postufologia
    @postufologia4 жыл бұрын

    Bravo!!!

  • @glenrotchin5523
    @glenrotchin5523 Жыл бұрын

    Final assumption may be incorrect: Maybe they are not trying to found out, because they already know. The beauty of a cultural taboo is generally that it keeps the people in power empowered, it protect the status quo.

  • @blidnet9180
    @blidnet91804 жыл бұрын

    Could you Imagine that some random person working in Ted flags the speech of a man who had his Phd before that Ted guy was even born 🤔

  • @BlastinRope

    @BlastinRope

    2 жыл бұрын

    The tedx person identifies as xir

  • @Zymurgest

    @Zymurgest

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@BlastinRope Is he still living in his Grandmother's basement?

  • @Solaar_Punk
    @Solaar_Punk4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @ntme9
    @ntme94 жыл бұрын

    About damn time!

  • @jackd6134
    @jackd61344 жыл бұрын

    Very nice presentation. Dr. Wendt's words echo those by many of us trained in the sciences. Of particular note, are the words from fifty years ago by Dr. James E. McDonald, an internationally respected atmospheric scientist who courageously pushed aside public ridicule and risked his reputation to ask nothing more than "What are we seeing in the sky?".

  • @johnchase7522
    @johnchase75223 жыл бұрын

    For any contacts , really believe and know that thoughts count.

  • @ericalouise778

    @ericalouise778

    3 жыл бұрын

    What do you mean?

  • @oneman5753
    @oneman57534 жыл бұрын

    Dude is really just stating the obvious to anyone who can think somewhat independently lol

  • @philail440
    @philail4404 жыл бұрын

    Alexander Wendt has already taken step to move forward with UFODATA project !

  • @MultiBikerboy1

    @MultiBikerboy1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Phil ail he obviously hasn’t heard of the TTSA then.

  • @addisonhart
    @addisonhart3 жыл бұрын

    If TED flags it, watching it must be worthwhile.

  • @jessebarlow1277
    @jessebarlow12772 жыл бұрын

    Everyone here should read T.S. Kuhn's "Structure of Scientific Revolutions." Academia has a relative consensus on how consensus itself is built and dismantled. This book is the core of those ideas.

  • @stepstoknowledge8439
    @stepstoknowledge84394 жыл бұрын

    This talk asks the crucial question: "Why are ETs here on Earth?" Aliens who are NOT visiting the planet, but observing us from afar, give us the perspective and wisdom to answer this question. Read the free Allies of Humanity briefings. And the answers to this question aren't comforting or what we would want. But the truth will make us stronger and set us free.

  • @bdlfontaine3240

    @bdlfontaine3240

    4 жыл бұрын

    Well, even though Wendt does go out of his way to say "I'm not saying it's aliens", it doesn't take a genius to see that's exactly what we're dealing with. I've read those books; they got me to research this phenomenon further and I ended up in agreement with the basic argument that ET is not here to help us - but rather unfortunately to exploit us. Sucks, but it's true. Abductees who remember their experiences know how awful it is. Only question is whether or not we will continue to allow this violation of our human rights.

  • @friendofmoss

    @friendofmoss

    4 жыл бұрын

    I also have read and studied these briefings and found them to be compelling. As time unfolds it seems there is an increasing amount of evidence pointing to their authenticity. In the briefings it suggests something very similar to what Mr Wendt suggests with cameras focused continually and broadly on our skies to begin our intelligence in this great matter.

  • @Louve81

    @Louve81

    4 жыл бұрын

    I resonate with the Allies's message as they make clear that the topic is taboo because behind the scenes, in the corridors of power (commercial, political, religious institutions) agreements have been made to allow abductions and testing of people and animals in exchange for more power, indirectly corroborating Deepstate unethical practices.

  • @stepstoknowledge8439

    @stepstoknowledge8439

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Louve81 Sad but true.

  • @IntrebuloN

    @IntrebuloN

    4 жыл бұрын

    Talk didn't ask that question at all. It asks why we do not study these phenomenon and that is all it asks. Read the first briefing. Nobody of significant intellect is going to read past the first 5 or 6 paragraphs except out of pure curiosity as to how ridiculous it will get. Get on with your life and leave the thinking to thinkers.

  • @malcolmtas5601
    @malcolmtas56014 жыл бұрын

    Two obvious questions: (1) How often does something weird have to be reported before we accept that something weird is going on? (2) If UFOs don't have a mundane explanation, and they are aren't alien space ships, then what are they? If there is a third possibility, then it is likely to be really mind blowing.

  • @billadamsley8654

    @billadamsley8654

    Жыл бұрын

    What if, long ago because of the powers that be around the world looked down upon the scientists because of Religion and other reasons, forced a lot of scientists underground. And the scientists we know as the best that has been - is NOT the best that was ever around? What if the myth of Atlantis is based on these Scientists? The best scientists 100's of years ago, would have nothing to impede them to advance scienctific discoveries. That would be a possible answer to who is behind the UAPs.

  • @VroodenTheGreat
    @VroodenTheGreat4 жыл бұрын

    Whelp, I didn't believe in UFOs until I saw one. In Maui, HI on Jan 7th 2020 at about 7am I saw a craft at about 10,000ft drift lazily across the sky. It was about a quarter mile long, the size of an aircraft carrier. I am now a believer.

  • @madarnode131france3
    @madarnode131france34 жыл бұрын

    Excellent! Let’s keep moving forward with research .

  • @darahamidi
    @darahamidi4 жыл бұрын

    Yes Pleaseeeeeee!!! Do it Alex, almost every civilian wants to know and we WILL support a scientific effort to do so.

  • @jamesbuchanan2560
    @jamesbuchanan25604 жыл бұрын

    FINALLY.

  • @donk.johnson7346
    @donk.johnson73464 жыл бұрын

    I saw a massive craft fly right over my car near Kingman AZ. I believe it was one of ours because there were sparks coming off the bottom. It also had 6 very large, building size or movie screen size, glowing engines, or iron plasma engines at the back. It was about the height of a 40 story building over my head. I got a good look at the bottom and it looked like a circuit board. This was the biggest thing I've ever seen in the sky. I shot video of it and the tape was stolen from my condo while I was at work. It took them a few days to find it, because I find lights left on that I know I shut off. I also had two hard drives crash and destroyed while I was trying to send copies of the video to UFO investigators, on the same night just an hour apart! I was working as a contractor for the Navy at the time and my bosses were kind of like EG&G, or TRW, not going to say who.

  • @16nowhereman

    @16nowhereman

    Жыл бұрын

    You've identified the object so that's not a UFO.

  • @raghavendraj3758
    @raghavendraj37583 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your valuable time spent and giving good information about on UFO Sir...

  • @Hallands.
    @Hallands.4 жыл бұрын

    Sure, but we might also briefly contemplate this obvious question: "Who made UFSs taboo and by what motivation?" Pondering this question may perhaps explain why so many believe there's already an established, albeit secret, contact between a select group and some extraterrestrials. If that's the case, and I frankly can't imagine any other reason for keeping up the taboo, the professed ignorance among American presidents become distinctly eerie and unacceptable imo...

  • @VivBeyer1111

    @VivBeyer1111

    4 жыл бұрын

    Exactly, this is the first thing to look into.

  • @karlfontanari2169
    @karlfontanari21694 жыл бұрын

    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..

  • @jamieg2427

    @jamieg2427

    4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @artsmart

    @artsmart

    3 жыл бұрын

    If ET is observing us they must be doubled up in laughter, that is of course if they have a sense of humor.

  • @worldpeace8240

    @worldpeace8240

    3 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @davelambourne4

    @davelambourne4

    3 жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @bonysminiatures3123

    @bonysminiatures3123

    2 жыл бұрын

    exactly

  • @jhardy9073
    @jhardy90734 жыл бұрын

    If you want to see one, go to Chaco Canyon. They're easy to see there even in the middle of the day.

  • @littlefluffybushbaby7256
    @littlefluffybushbaby72568 ай бұрын

    The problem I have is that there is an assumption that these are not only unidentified but also flying and objects. The first part of that may be true but the second parts are often assumptions based on what they look like. These are bad analogies so don't take me too literally, but if I have a scratch on my glasses and I move my head it looks like something moved externally. If I have some dust on my computer screen and I am looking at a photo I might think the dust is part of the photo. In both cases it looks like I'm looking at objects in a space and in one it looks like the object moved. But in neither case is it the full story. Because if looks like it's flying doesn't actually mean it is. Because it looks like an object doesn't mean it is. In the case of the footage he showed there are two pilots talking to each other. Does anyone know if they were in the same aircraft (naval aircraft are often two seaters) or in separate aircraft? If the later then you have two independent witnesses, but if the former you have two pilots viewing the same information. So if it's a malfunction of the equipment they would both see it.

  • @LostAnFound
    @LostAnFound4 жыл бұрын

    The NAVY has subsequently stated that releasing the full-length, full-resolution recordings of those videos would be devastating to national security.

  • @dimi3446

    @dimi3446

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes exactly and it is~ it must remain secret no matter what!

  • @LostAnFound

    @LostAnFound

    4 жыл бұрын

    DI MI To me, it means that those craft were ours.

  • @kalewintermute28

    @kalewintermute28

    4 жыл бұрын

    Please link where they've said this.

  • @LostAnFound

    @LostAnFound

    4 жыл бұрын

    kale wintermute Which part?

  • @LostAnFound

    @LostAnFound

    4 жыл бұрын

    kale wintermute To be exact, they said it would, “gravely damage,” national security

  • @aujax1
    @aujax14 жыл бұрын

    dear ted x: claims made here ARE corroborated by video evidence as well as the verbal and written testimony of navy pilots and others. Video evidence is used by scientific investigators every day. Written and verbal testimony is used every time a researcher writes a report or records an observation. The speaker is NOT expressing his opinion. He is postulating that based on written, verbal and video evidence that there is a reasonable likelihood that there are objects in our atmosphere that are not likely commonly known aircraft. He does not postulate that they are ET but that they should be investigated scientifically despite fearful and unreasonable social taboos.

  • @daffidavit
    @daffidavit4 жыл бұрын

    Is it so hard to assume that they are here and already know almost everything about us? Even back in the 1950s, screenwriters pondered these questions in movies like "The Day the Earth Stood Still" which was a serious attempt to explain the phenomenon that was going on at the time. It was assumed that they (ETs) were able to study our languages from our radio transmissions. Why would that be such a hard thing to do for them? If they are here, they can pick up our tv and radio signals and learn our languages. After all, our sociologists have studied upcoming civilizations on Earth or years. I also believe they know that we know they exist. According to the pilots of the east coast, U.S.S. Roosevelt carrier group that recorded the "Go Fast" and "Gimble" videos shown above, one of the smaller craft "split a section" according to Cdr. David Fravor who was part of an interview with the Cdr. of the East Coast sighting. "Splitting a section" in Navy nomenclature means a ufo flew in between two jets that were flying in formation. The pilots said the ufo looked like a square object contained in a circle that they could see through. It's a shame that such smart people like Dr. Neil De Grasse Tyson do not take these things seriously. At least Dr. Michio Kaku does.

  • @WhoisAustin
    @WhoisAustin4 жыл бұрын

    I'm sure the People at TED are intrested but due to their credibility to be safe, they are keeping the video up to spread awareness but flagging the video as an extra precaution. I think it's the right think to do right now judging from how others view and treat this sensitive subject

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