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Second of two lectures which consider the UFO phenomenon as it has evolved from 1947 to the present. Don C. Donderi, the lecturer, is a research psychologist recently retired from 91黑料网. He studies human perception and memory. The lectures review the evidence about UFOs and about Close Encounters, where humans interact with humanoids aboard UFOs. Donderi explains why he thinks some UFOs are extra-terrestrial. He discusses the UFO phenomenon and its reception by laymen and scientists from the perspectives of personality psychology and the philosophy of science.

Friday,聽Nov.聽12 --UFOs and Close Encounters, Science and Society.

In Close Encounters, humans interact with humanoids aboard UFOs. The evidence is described, and then the psychology of close encounters is discussed in order to decide whether the evidence is reliable. Public and scientific reaction to the UFO phenomenon is considered from the perspectives of personality psychology and the philosophy of science. Finally, Donderi discusses the social and political ramifications of the extra-terrestrial hypothesis. Followed by the film Close Encounters of the Third Kind.