From: Jason Gammon <BoyintheMachine.nul>
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 18:32:52 EST
Fwd Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 12:14:14 -0500
Subject: Re: Barksdale Fliers Are Source Of UFO Story -


>From: Greg Boone <Evolbaby.nul>
>To: ufoupdates.nul
>Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 09:03:33 EST
>Subject: Re: Barksdale Fliers Are Source Of UFO Story

>The value of "expert witnesses"? Well if an "expert witness" has
>no value then no witnesses have any value.

>That just invalidates any witness testimony whatsoever. So we
>should toss out any witness testimony regardless of the crime or
>event?

>Let's just go back to stringin' guys up based on hearsay. Or
>invading countries on speculation.

>The retired colonel reported his interpretation of what he saw.
>He provided pictures to back it up. I recall some guy on the
>radio saying he could see an alien pilot in the pics. That's
>when I tossed the story out the window with the bathwater.

>Is the problem the eyewitness or the eyewitness to the
>eyewitness?

>What's the greater problem to me isn't this story but the
>barrage of UFO stories hitting the wires since the O'Hare
>incident. Just about everybody and their third cousin is
>reporting UFOs. Meteors, Russian rockets breaking up, swamp gas,
>you name it, it's popping up in the news.

>Why? Easy. Because an inexplicable event with "expert witnesses"
>occurred and the typical bs debunking and stonewalling and
>diversions go into play. It's so typical it's pitiful to watch.

>BTW, I didn't type this message. This List doesn't exist. Why?
>Because all the "expert witnesses" don't exist because I have no
>confidence in "expert witnesses" anymore.

I completely agree. The concept of 'expert witness' means
absolutely nothing with regard to this phenomena. Likewise,
'expert opinions' aren't worth their salt either. To me the
claim of expert witness/expert opinion implies an individual
having a long history of UFO sightings/interactions, something a
tad bit problematic. Unfortunately, when it comes to this
phenomena we are all in the same boat, and one having tattered
sails at that.


- Jason Gammon