From: Rod Brock <humble98225.nul>
Date: Sat, 15 May 2004 10:42:27 -0700 (PDT)
Fwd Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 09:20:08 -0400
Subject: "Sizeable Minority" Believe In UFOs, ET Landings


NSB Reports "Sizeable Minority" Of American Public Believes In
UFOs, ET landings

Follow the links below for more; I have snipped all but the
introductory information and the section addressing public
belief in extraterrestrial visitation.

Rod Brock
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Source: Space.Com

http://www.space.com/news/public_space_040514.html

14-05-04

Public Attitudes Towards Space Exploration Surveyed
By Leonard David
Senior Space Writer

In the post-Columbia shuttle era, public support for NASA
remains high. But the tragedy prompted vagueness as to the
direction and intensity of piloted missions in the U.S. space-
related research and development effort.

Those views are part of the newly issued and wide-ranging
Science and Engineering Indicators 2004, the 16th in the series
of biennial reports conducted by the National Science Board.

The National Science Board (NSB) is an independent body
established by the U.S. Congress in 1950 that oversees and
guides the activities and policies of the National Science
Foundation (NSF) in Washington, D.C.

<snip>

Extraterrestrial visitors

Under a subsection titled, 'Belief in Pseudoscience', the NSB’s
Science and Engineering Indicators report looks to public belief
in visitors from afar.

Based on studies conducted by NSF and other organizations -- "a
sizable minority" of the public believes in unidentified flying
objects and that aliens have landed on Earth.

In a 2001 NSF survey, 30 percent of respondents agreed that
"some of the unidentified flying objects that have been reported
are really space vehicles from other civilizations."

For readers interested in viewing the full report, go to:

http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/seind04/start.htm


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