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UFOs and Extraterrestrial Aliens: What are they?

UFOs and Extraterrestrial Aliens: What are they?. Richard Deem, Paradoxes Sunday School July 27, 2014. Real Dead Alien!. Do Extraterrestrials Exist?. Can they get here, if they exist?. The Drake Equation. R* = average star formation rate

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UFOs and Extraterrestrial Aliens: What are they?

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  1. UFOs and Extraterrestrial Aliens: What are they? Richard Deem, Paradoxes Sunday School July 27, 2014

  2. Real Dead Alien!

  3. Do Extraterrestrials Exist? Can they get here, if they exist?

  4. The Drake Equation R* = average star formation rate fs = "suitable" stars that could support a habitable planet fp = fraction of suitable stars with planets nE = number of "Earth-like" planets fl = fraction of Earth-like planets with life fi = fraction of planets with one intelligent species fc = fraction of intelligent civilizations with interstellar communication L = lifetime civilization is technologically active with radio communication

  5. Advanced Detectable Civilizations/Galaxy

  6. Problems with Interstellar Space Travel Why Star Trek and Stars Wars are stupid

  7. Problem #1: Forget the Asteroids! What About Small Pebbles? “At relativistic speeds, even a collision with a particle of a few grams results in something close in energy to a nuclear bomb blast. Not good news for the space travelers.” Frank Drake Relentless Evolution: Great Debates Part V. 2002. Astrobiology Magazine.

  8. Energy from a One Gram Pebble

  9. Problem #2: Electromagnetic Radiation Radio Microwave Infrared Visible UV X-ray γ-ray Long Wavelength Low Energy Short Wavelength High Energy

  10. Problem #3: Energy Required for Relativistic Travel Speeds Energy in all fossil fuels on earth

  11. AlcubierreWarp Drive • Warp drive creates space in front of warp bubble to contract • Large negative energy requirement • Steering problems • Hawking radiation • Deceleration problem

  12. UFO Sightings What are they?

  13. History of UFO Sightings • Occasional, random sightings before 20th century • First modern sighting in 1947

  14. Kenneth Arnold Sighting

  15. Roswell “Flying Saucer”

  16. Roswell “UFO” Remains

  17. Anza Borrego Saucer

  18. Another UFO Crash

  19. German “Saucer”

  20. Air Force Saucers

  21. U.S. “Saucer”

  22. Real or Photoshopped?

  23. Crop Circles Messages from Aliens?

  24. Crop Circles

  25. Characteristics of UFO Abductees • 87% exhibited fantasy-prone personality • Hypnotic susceptibility • Claimed psychic ability • Claimed healing ability • Claimed telepathy • Out-of-body experiences Bartholomew, R. E., et al. 1991. UFO Abductees and Contactees: Psychopathology or Fantasy Proneness? Professional Psychology: Research and Practice 22: 215-22.

  26. UFO Sightings: “Mostly Drunk People in the West”

  27. UFO Sightings by Hour Working Hours Drinking Hours Sleeping Hours UFO sighting data from National UFO Reporting Center.

  28. UFO Sightings Frequency by State VT >50 NH 40-50 MA 30-40 RI 20-30 CT NJ 10-20 DE MD DC Image credit: Wikipedia Adapted from Everything you need to know about UFOs. The Economist. June 28, 2014.

  29. UFO Sightings as a Religious Function • Christians have the power of the Spirit of God: • for our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction… (1 Thessalonians 1:5) • Christians test the spirits: • Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God… (1 John 4:1) • Unbelievers do not have spiritual discernment: • But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised. (1 Corinthians 2:14)

  30. Rise of Lack of Religion and UFO Sightings UFO sighting data from National UFO Reporting Center. U.S. Population 1776 to Present from Google Fusion Table. Religious preference "none" from United States Religious Preferences 1972-2010, US General Social Survey.

  31. Statistics 101 …and you thought calculus was hard!

  32. Popular Atheist Quote “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.” British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli

  33. Normal (Gaussian) Distribution 95% 2.5% 2.5%

  34. Are Two Populations Different? Population 2 Population 1

  35. Correlation R2 = 1.0

  36. No Correlation

  37. Pearson’s Correlation Excel command =PEARSON(array1, array2)

  38. Probability (p) Value Excel command =TDIST(pearson*SQRT(n-2)/SQRT (1-(pearson^2)), n, 2)

  39. Religious Correlations Do unbelievers see more UFOs?

  40. Positive Correlation of Lack of Religion with UFO Sightings National UFO Reporting Center, Report Index by State/Province.Frank Newport. 2012. Mississippi Is Most Religious U.S. State. Gallup.com, 3/27/2012.

  41. Negative Correlation of Religiosity with UFO Sightings National UFO Reporting Center, Report Index by State/Province. Mississippians Go to Church the Most; Vermonters, Least. Gallup.com, 2/17/2010.

  42. Negative Correlation of Weekly Church Attendance with UFO Sightings National UFO Reporting Center, Report Index by State/Province. Mississippians Go to Church the Most; Vermonters, Least. Gallup.com, 2/17/2010.

  43. Geographic Correlations Why are UFO sightings higher in the West?

  44. Negative Correlation of Longitude with UFO Sightings National UFO Reporting Center, Report Index by State/Province. Average Latitude and Longitude for US States (http://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/legacy/codes/state_latlon/)

  45. Positive Correlation of Latitude with UFO Sightings National UFO Reporting Center, Report Index by State/Province. Average Latitude and Longitude for US States (http://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/legacy/codes/state_latlon/)

  46. Racial/Ethnic Correlations Is there a racial connection?

  47. Correlation of Caucasian Race with UFO Sightings National UFO Reporting Center, Report Index by State/Province. U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division. Release Date: December 2013.

  48. No Correlation of Hispanic Ethnicity with UFO Sightings National UFO Reporting Center, Report Index by State/Province. U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division. Release Date: December 2013.

  49. Correlation of % African Americans with UFO Sightings National UFO Reporting Center, Report Index by State/Province. U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division. Release Date: December 2013.

  50. No Correlation of % Asians with UFO Sightings National UFO Reporting Center, Report Index by State/Province. U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division. Release Date: December 2013.

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