UFOs and Possible Aliens, with Seth Shostak – StarTalk All-Stars

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🗓️ 1 November 2016

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Seth Shostak, SETI Institute Senior Astronomer, discovers what it’s like to host StarTalk All-Stars when he welcomes skeptic Ben Radford and new comic co-host Ray Ellin to discuss UFOs, aliens, government cover-ups, Roswell, and space-faring dinosaurs. NOTE: StarTalk All-Access subscribers can watch or listen to this entire episode commercial-free. Find out more at https://www.startalkradio.net/startalk-all-access/

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0:00.0	This is StarTalk.
0:03.0	[♪ INTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:08.6	Hello and welcome to StarTalk All Stars.
0:11.6	I'm Seth Shostak and you're all star host.
0:13.9	I'm Senior Astronomer at the SETI Institute,
0:16.6	SCTI, almost my name, a coincidence.
0:19.0	SETI is an acronym for this search for extra terrestrial intelligence.
0:23.9	And if you ever saw the movie contact,
0:26.1	you know what I do for living.
0:27.5	My day job is to try and find cosmic company
0:30.2	that's at least as smart as your cousin
0:32.2	by using big antennas to try and e-drop on signals.
0:35.0	Today we're going to talk about unidentified flying objects.
0:38.1	Joining me in the studio is co-host comedian Ray Ellen Ray.
0:42.3	Hello Seth.
0:43.3	Yeah, hello universe.
0:45.5	Are you nailing it Ray?
0:47.2	Be job security for me.
0:48.8	And we also have Skyping in, a real expert on this stuff,
0:53.4	it's Ben Radford.
0:54.5	And he's the deputy editor of skeptical inquire,
0:57.0	he's a research fellow with a committee for skeptical inquiry.
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