UFOs: What the Government Covered Up

Science Vs

Spotify Studios

Education, Science, Health & Fitness

4.4 • 12.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2018

⏱️ 34 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Could aliens actually exist? Is there any chance they’ve visited Earth already? What really happened at Roswell? The truth... is right here. We talked to astronomers Dr. Jill Tarter, Dr. Seth Shostak, investigative journalist David Clarke, and physicist Prof. Jim Al Khalili. Check out the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2PqOHRj Selected readings: Seth’s account of that day in 1997The “Condon report”-- a 1968 effort to go through and identify all UFO sightingsThe Roswell ReportThis paper estimating how many planets are in the “Goldilocks” zoneA good read on wormholes and their history; a tough read on how we might use them to teleport Credits: This episode has been produced by our senior producer Kaitlyn Sawrey, as well as Wendy Zukerman and Rose Rimler, with help from Shruti Ravindran and Meryl Horn. Fact checking by Michelle Harris and Meryl Horn. Music by Bobby Lord and Emma Munger. Editing by Blythe Terrell. Additional editing help from Caitlin Kenney. We performed this live for GimletFest - and we were joined onstage by our Aussie mate and mathematician Adam Spencer who has his own podcast you should check out ‘The Big Questions’, and astronomer Dr Emily Rice, who helps run Astronomy on Tap which brings together astronomers and beer. Check it out to see whether it runs in your city. Also thanks to Dr. Ravi Kumar Kopparapu, Dr. Craig O'Neill, Dr. Jessie Christiansen, Dr. Cameron Hummels, Dr. Phil Hopkins, Dr Avi Loeb, and the many other researchers who helped us on this. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hi, I'm Wendy Zuckerman and you're listening to Science Versus from Gimlett Media.
0:05.2	This is the show that pits facts against flying sources.
0:08.8	On today's show, UFOs.
0:18.1	You might think the idea of aliens visiting Earth and UFOs is kind of crazy, perhaps
0:23.7	the stuff of people in tinfoil hats or conspiracy theorists.
0:29.0	Governments around the world have been tracking unidentified flying objects on and off for decades.
0:36.6	And in fact, just last year at the New York Times reported that the Department of Defense
0:41.1	was actually running one of these programs really recently.
0:45.7	Throughout history, some quite established and powerful people have shown a soft spot for UFOs.
0:52.4	People like Winston Churchill and Ronald Reagan.
0:58.0	So on today's show, we're going to try to get to the bottom of two classic questions.
1:04.3	One, could aliens actually exist?
1:08.8	And two, is there any chance they've visited Earth already?
1:17.7	When it comes to UFOs and aliens, there's a lot of believers, but then there's science.
1:25.3	Okay, so powerful governments have been keeping tabs on UFOs for decades.
1:33.2	But here's the thing, scientists have two.
1:37.1	And one of those scientists that are trying to work out if the truth is out there is Jill Tata.
1:43.6	So you saw a UFO once?
1:46.6	I did see a UFO, my husband and I both did.
1:49.6	Jill is an astronomer and pilot.
1:51.8	And several years ago, Jill and her husband were flying a plane.
1:55.7	When they spotted something really odd out of the window, a bright light, 18,000 feet above the ground.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Spotify Studios, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Spotify Studios and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.