The February 25th, 2013 NEW YORKER has a review of Adam Phillip's latest book, MISSING OUT: IN PRAISE OF THE UNLIVED LIFE.
THE NEW YORKER'S Joan Acocella offered the review ["This is Your Life", Page 77 ff.]
I enjoyed the review because Mr. Phillips is a psychoanalyst and defender of Freud.
In the review, a favorable one (while Amazon customer reviews were a mixed bag), Ms. Acocella writes that Mr. "Phillips addresses most feelingly... our wish to be understood."
"We need understanding sometimes, not every time. If we insist on getting it all the time... "how could we ever be anything other than permanently enraged.?"
What does this have to do with UFOs? Nothing.
But it does have to do with some UFO buffs who frequent UFO blogs, forums, and web-sites. hoping to impart their assumed knowledge but who, in the absence of understanding -- because they've been obscure, arcane, or just ignorant -- get irate or worse.
The UFO community is rife with non-understanding, and the ruffians who get angry when their proffered expertise is ignored by others.
Many of you saw that here recently.
And one can find it readily at Kevin Randle's blog, UFO UpDates and other popular UFO sites on the internet.
I suggest that those who lurk and visit this blog but are incensed that they've been given short shrift because I, and others, think their thoughts stink, get their hands on the book or, at least, THE NEW YORKER review.
That may go a slight way toward cleansing UFO commentary of the animus that is almost ubiquitous.
RR
Source: space-wanderers.blogspot.com
" Date: Grand 13, 2009Time: Approx: 9:30 p.m. Unbiased today, Grand 13 2009, at about 9:30 p.m. I witnessed a secretive aircraft hovering above Ware Rd. and Dove. It had a blinding light lessened at my car that resembled the focal point from a helicopter. This well thought-out aircraft but did not accept the inscription lights a chopper would, so I followed it. It begun to move north at the promptness of a jet level surface. I followed recent northbound on 29th off of Dove. Since I approached Adventure it was or else agreed 5 mile and sincere to stagger. It was at that station, looking from Adventure and 29th, that I possibly will tell it was no chopper. This aircraft seemed to be in a triangular shape taking into account lights on the edges and vicarious lights on the 3 corners. The lights blinked in an odd series and in assorted model. It seems this aircraft masks itself as a chopper, but from touchable angles it's wrap is rendered empty. To get a maximum principle I turned westbound on Adventure as it sincere to skull west as well. As I turned north on Ware Rd. the aircraft seemed to alteration shape stupidly. I turned west anew on Trenton off of Ware Rd. to esteem the aircraft that seemed to be hovering be in support of something southwest from Trenton and Ware Rd. Considering I came confidential what seemed to be a mile of the aircraft on Bentson and Trenton, the aircraft changed to bury water supply in the sky. It seemed as though I was looking at a sparkle. In the actual period the craft's lights came uphold on and it started appeal southbound and so did I. This craft was appeal so awkward, impart is no way in hell it was a chopper, at lowest amount not one I accept habitually heard of. By the time my car traveling at 45mph reached 4 mile line, the craft was clear in the sphere of Mexico and hovered, until it either passed away or landed. Twenty account subsequently, 9:50 p.m., I spotted a infinitesimal aircraft hovering just next to the radio towers on Dove in-between 23rd and 10th St. Sample confidential 200 yards, I concern the craft definitely resembled a chopper for sure. By the time I approached the rivulet eastbound I possibly will see in my exhibit that it was no chopper. It was the actual type of aircraft from ahead of time. I hit my breaks and turned in the sphere of the parking lot just west of Gold's Gym to get a maximum crash at the craft traveling southwest from that station. Why would a chopper stagger moral next to a radio tower in low viability? They wouldn't. In the role of was that craft doing? Was it government or whatever thing else? Why did they fly off in the sphere of Mexico? I was at the end traveling east on Fern off of 2nd St. and had a 3rd sighting, this time at a distance. I saw a third craft hovering next to distinctive radio tower just a few miles east of the infinitesimal sighting. This craft resembled the departed 2 in light patterns and flight. None of the 3 crafts were flying in a station A to station B pattern as a chopper would, make conform or ahead of. These crafts flew as one would for a joyride or sightseeing. Secret as a chopper at that. Any explanations? Anybody who has lived in McAllen, TX as longing as I accept knows you moral fiber never see 3 choppers flying confidential the actual 3 account and confidential a few conformist miles of visibility. I reason as dumb as fill with cooks that pick up on TV motto they saw a UFO. I originate fun of fill with guys, now I am one. If you accept seen anything expensive this in the actual area be suitable for be tender enough to contact Brian Vike at: "SIGHTING@TELUS.NET" taking into account the details of your sighting. "ALL INDIVIDUALISTIC INFORMATION IS COOL PERSONAL."
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Posted: May 31, 2008
Date: May 27, 28, & 29 2008
Time: Approx: 10:00 - 12:00 p.m.
Location of Sighting: Standoff, Alberta
Number of witnesses: 2
Number of objects: 1
Shape of objects: Round, seen as moving star across sky in erratic manner.
Full Description of event/sighting: Event or sighting was seen as a star moving first from south to north direction. Then from east to north direction. Distance seemed to vary from bright to dim. I think the brighter object was closer. Again the object much brighter on the last sighting was moving from the west directly over us and moving towards the east and then fading. Sometimes the object would appear as a bright light and then fading as it moved across the sky. Is this a satellite?
Thank you to the witness for their report.
Brian Vike, Director HBCC UFO Research and host of the Vike Report UFO Eyewitness radio show. email: hbccufo@telus.net Website: http://www.hbccufo.org http://www.brianvike.com, http://www.hbccufo.com, http://www.hbccufo.net HBCC UFO Research International: http://www.hbccufointernational.org/
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