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A friend of mine sent me links to a number of YouTube videos in which respectable individuals speak about extraterrestrials. I\u2019ll just reproduce them here, and invite comments on how convincing or unconvincing these testimonies seem. I know we have a community here interested in (among other things) distinguishing science from pseudoscience, and distinguishing scholarship from apologetics. What do you make of these?<\/p>\n

General video about the Disclosure Project
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Daniel Sheehan<\/strong><\/a> -Disclosure Project<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sgt. Karl Wolf \u2013 Disclosure Project
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Dr. Steven Greer \u2013 Disclosure Project
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Vice-Premier Paul Hellyer, Canada
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