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Astrophysicist Adam Frank writes 'U.F.O.s Don't Impress Me' in the New York Times

When: 30 May 2021
Sources: 2 public sources

Adam Frank, author of the 2021 New York Times essay on UFOs DanielPenfield, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

University of Rochester astrophysicist Adam Frank, who searches for signs of alien technology, argued in a New York Times guest essay that the UFO reports then in the news were poor evidence of extraterrestrial visitors, while saying the sightings deserve scientific study.

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FirsthandI'm a Physicist Who Searches for Aliens. U.F.O.s Don't Impress Me (author's page) (opens in a new tab)Adam Frank / 2022-01-19
PressI'm a Physicist Who Searches for Aliens. U.F.O.s Don't Impress Me (opens in a new tab)The New York Times / 2021-05-30

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