Halloween and UFO’s

From time to time in the history of science, situations have arisen in which a problem of ultimately enormous importance went begging for adequate attention simply because that problem appeared to involve phenomena so far outside the current bounds of scientific knowledge that it was not even regarded as a legitimate subject of serious scientific concern. That is precisely the situation in which the UFO problem now lies. James E. McDonald, Senior Physicist, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona. Statement on Unidentified Flying Objects to the House Committee on Science and Astronautics, July 29, 1968