A Rebuttal: David Corn - "Where Are All The UFO Photos?"

	A Rebuttal: David Corn - "Where Are All The UFO Photos?" By James Neff 8-23-10 Columnist David Corn shot off a piece this last week asking "Where are all the UFO photos?" (see article below). Clearly bored and having nothing to write about, David takes a shot at the ole lazy journalistic stand by... UFOs. And like most who do, he demonstrates the usual lack of research and information. It's just the easy way to rip out a column like burping after a full meal, and share a few chuckles with like-minded blind men demanding to be shown that the sky is blue. David's basic contention is, with all the electronic media in the hands of the public, where are all the UFO photos? On the surface, a reasonable question, though the logic is a bit twisted. Anyone who knows the slightest thing about UFO photographs is that they are usually captured unexpectedly (few of us have landing or flight report schedules from the overlords of the UFO, dontcha know) by amateur photographers and usually in less than ideal situations. But the real question here is, where are all the good reporters? David demonstrates the problem at hand perfectly -- they don't care. They don't investigate. They don't research. It's a foregone conclusion among most so-called journalists that UFOs are the stuff of tabloids and crazy people, despite the wealth of expert testimony from highly trained military personnel, both aviators and grounded intelligence officials in various capacities, experienced airline pilots, both civilian and military radar facilities/personnel, aerospace experts and astronauts (both US and Soviet/Russian). No, that doesn't help them come to any firm conclusions, though these same journalists often use less than this to convince their readers of a myriad of personal-agenda driven political "truths" on a daily basis. So, where are all the UFO photos, David? Alas, where are all the reporters!? Have they conveniently tucked away the Phoenix Lights event, buying the military 'flares' malarkey? How much time do they put into visiting sites like Sightings.com, MUFON.com, UFOcasebook and dozens of others which work tirelessly to chronicle the UFO activity around the world, including many inexplicable, stunning photographic and video evidence? It's not very likely that any photograph or video will be 'convincing evidence of alien visitation,' so in effect, David has set up a straw-man with big black eyes, bulging head and flashing lights and just knocked it down. As for government conspiracy and cover-up being all but impossible to David, the Confederacy of Dunces (to borrow a wonderful book title from John Kennedy Toole) in D.C, Pentagon and the ever elusive shadow government that hides in plain sight, and which issues such wonderful double-speak as "UFOs are not a threat to national security" like the USAF did (uh, was that an admission of their existence? Nahh, couldn't be!), this could be argued until the cows come home (provided they have not been mutilated, of course) because one man's conspiracy is another man's laughable foolishness-- in this case, the 'cover-up' has never worked! The 'Cosmic Watergate,' as Stanton Friedman has termed it, has always been hilariously blatant and in doing so plays the perfect hand duly fitted for the status quo. The only thing that has worked in this 'conspiracy' is its ability to count on crappy journalism and an irresponsible free press dedicated to ignoring the obvious. David, et al -- the combined air forces of the civilized world do not fire up multi-million dollar jet fighters and risk the lives of the finest aerial guardians to chase Weekly World News 'Bat Boy' nonsense or swamp gas zipping through the skies, much less firing on them. Time to get a clue, do some research and pay attention! The fact of the matter is, the number of UFO photographs has exponentially risen with the advent of mass available digital photographic devices, and just as it was before there were handy digital devices, UFO photos/videos can never be what David and others in the press want them to be. They are, when applied to rigorous and honest scrutiny, only evidence. But lesser evidence has sent men to the gas chamber. *Article in question...* Okay, where are all the UFO pictures? And the UFO videos? In recent years, the world has exploded with photographic and video equipment. There are about 5 billion cell phones in circulation throughout the world -- many, if not most, equipped with still and/or video cameras. (The number of mobile broadband subscriptions will probably top a billion globally this year.) And there are millions, if not billions, of easy-to-use video cameras in circulation, as well as billions of still-picture cameras. Essentially, billions of people are able to snap or otherwise shoot the least bit interesting thing that happens at a moment's notice. So with all this gear in use, I'm wondering, why has no one captured clear and unambiguous evidence of UFOs from outer space? And why have none of the humans abducted by aliens flipped out their Flip video cameras and shot a minute or two of the historic moment -- and later uploaded it to YouTube? After all, any time a celebrity does something really dumb, a cell phone video is on the Internet before he or she can check into a rehab center. Recently, there were notable UFO incidents in China. One shut down the Xiaoshan Airport for 40 minutes, and photos hit the Internet showing the unidentified object. Days later, another unidentified flying object was sighted in eastern China, and a video was circulated showing a plume in the air. Physicist Geoffrey Forden dismissed the photos of the first incident as either Photoshop tomfoolery or photographs of a Chinese ballistic missile launch. In any event, neither episode yielded an undeniable shot of a spaceship. (excerpt - read the rest of David's column at link below) David Corn Columnist http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/08/20/where-are-all-the-ufo-photos/