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I Debated The President\u2019s New UFO Advisor
(It Got Ugly…)<\/b><\/font><\/big><\/center>
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\nJesse Michels:<\/p>\n

One of the biggest names in scientific skepticism, Michael Shermer, has come to debate the strongest UFO cases ever recorded.<\/p>\n

More than 50 years of well documented UFO incursions at American nuclear weapon sites, the 2004 Nimitz \u201cTic Tac\u201d encounter, what really crashed at Roswell, and the disappearance or deaths of a dozen scientists working on top secret technology are laid out in a tense exchange with the new member of the White House UAP Science Advisory Council.<\/p>\n

Shermer is the founding publisher of Skeptic Magazine, the author of more than a dozen books on belief and pseudoscience, and is betting that no major scientific institution will confirm an alien presence by the end of 2030.<\/p>\n

Timestamps<\/u>:
\n0:00 – Introduction
\n2:44 – Meet Michael Shermer
\n5:49 – Shermer’s Position and Evidence Thresholds
\n14:04 – UFOs at Nuclear Missile Sites
\n21:28 – Sponsors (KetoneIQ, Raycon)
\n24:26 – Nuclear Accidents and Base Rates
\n26:28 – Explaining Away UAP Sightings
\n35:06 – Government Interest and Disclosure
\n45:06 – Nimitz Tic Tac Encounter
\n48:20 – Photos, Videos, and Witnesses
\n54:39 – Scientific Priority and SETI
\n57:58 – ET Discovery and New Physics
\n1:02:15 – Palomar Transients and Anomalies
\n1:06:04 – Dark Matter, Truth, and Belief
\n1:09:02 – Eyewitnesses and the Courtroom
\n1:14:05 – Missing Scientists and McCasland
\n1:21:10 – Strongest UFO Cases
\n1:23:35 – Graham Hancock and G\u00f6bekli Tepe
\n1:30:41 – Pyramids and JFK
\n1:31:52 – Sponsors (MUD\\WTR)
\n1:32:58 – Manson, MKUltra, and Oswald
\n1:37:44 – Astronaut UFO Sightings
\n1:42:07 – NASA Transparency
\n1:46:07 – Gary McKinnon Hack
\n1:48:08 – David Grusch and Magenta 1933
\n1:53:49 – Roswell and Crash Retrievals
\n2:01:11 – Contrarians and Government Files
\n2:04:33 – Shermer’s Abduction Experience
\n2:08:04 – Abduction Research and Memory
\n2:16:12 – Havana Syndrome
\n2:19:51 – Shermer’s Mystical Radio Experience
\n2:23:45 – Perception and Base Reality
\n2:28:20 – Remote Viewing and Stargate
\n2:39:40 – MKUltra and Limits of Science
\n2:42:04 – Non-Consensus Thinkers and Prediction Markets
\n2:50:17 – Varginha Brazil Crash
\n2:53:31 – Secrecy and Sagan
\n2:57:35 – Debunking, Conspiracies, and Media
\n3:05:14 – What Aliens Might Look Like
\n3:09:41 – Perception Thought Experiments
\n3:12:48 – Consciousness, God, and Simulation
\n3:17:42 – Myth and Truth
\n3:20:15 – Closing Thoughts<\/p>\n