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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Washington Post reports that the panel, headed by Stanford physicist Dr. Peter Sturrock and funded by Laurance S. Rockefeller, reviewed 50 years of UFO incidents and urged scientists to overcome the fear of ridicule and research the phenomenon. While the panel's report, to be published Monday, emphasizes that it has found no convincing evidence of extra-terrestrial intelligence, it recommends the study of significant physical evidence such as burns, radiation, radar images and the recurring appearance of strange lights. Skeptical? Well, you may want to remember that before the study of meteorites began in earnest, scientists dismissed the idea...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Close Encounters of the Scientific Kind | 6/29/1998 | See Source »

...every year there's a bank robbery, a plane crash, a UFO book written by a Medical School professor--as well as the terrible tragedy of the Dunster murder-suicide and the so-called Gina Grant case," he says...

Author: By Andrew K. Mandel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Third Rowe: A Washington Player Then and Now | 6/2/1998 | See Source »

...Continuing my lifelong love of books, Istarted reading about UFOs and other paranormalactivity," Taylor says. "Before I knew it, I wasthe corresponding secretary for a UFO society...

Author: By James P. Mcfadden, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cambridge Street: Memorial of City's Past | 5/6/1998 | See Source »

...profits of dope selling, the cyclists symbolically cast off their wristwatches and head for that persistent American symbol of adventure, the Road. In his first major role, Jack Nicholson proves that he knows far more about acting than either of his co-stars. His marijuana-flavored description of a UFO takeover of the U.S. is a perfect comedy within a flawed tragedy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 1960-1973 Revolution | 3/9/1998 | See Source »

Lyrically, Tone Soul Evolution deals with the timeless topics of pop music: love, doubt, betrayal, hope--in other words, the usual. The only difference is that, as befits the '90s, the subjects of songs are often fairly ambiguous. "Seems So" details the story of an eerie night-time UFO-ish episode, without revealing much of what actually happened. "Find Our Way" mentions a relationship and its past, but doesn't allow the listener to find out anything other than "Maybe we'll find our way." But Schneider's sardonic, often ambiguous, delivery allows potential cheese-o lines like "Headed home...

Author: By Josiah J. Madigan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Apples Joyfully Hop on Beatles Bandwagon | 11/21/1997 | See Source »

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