The Scientific Case for UFOs

With the UAP and UFOs in the news with Congressional UAP hearings with Lue Elizondo and drones flying over New Jersey, scholars are taking the UAP issue seriously with a new organization, The Visible College. Dr. Steven Brown, Dr. Janis Whitlock, and Dr. Jed Verity join us to discuss their new organization, The Visible College, a volunteer group of scholars conducting and promoting serious research into Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) and related topics. Their website notes that J. Allen Hynek, the well-known scientific consultant to the US Air Force, once referred to the group of academics working on the UFO subject in secrecy or at least anonymity as "The Invisible College." Jacques Vallee picked up this designation for the title of his book The Invisible College: What a Group of Scientists has Discovered about UFO Influences on the Human Race. You can find them at: Web: http://thevisiblecollege.org X: @VisCollege Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC92qnF5yG2VnrSfz77OALAw/join 0:00 Introduction to The Good Trouble Show 0:10 UAP Phenomena and Congressional Hearings 0:23 Scholars' Perspectives on UAPs 0:36 Introducing The Visible College Founders 1:00 Mission Statement of The Visible College 2:00 Dr. Stephen Brown's UAP Journey 4:00 Dr. Jed Verity and the Interdisciplinary Approach 7:00 Dr. Janice Whitlock's Insights into Consciousness 10:00 Collaboration Among Scholars 15:00 Challenges and Growth of The Visible College 20:00 Leveraging Technology for Research 25:00 Building a Global Scholarly Network 30:00 UAPs and Public Perception 35:00 Next Steps and Expanding Involvement 40:00 Closing Reflections from Guests 45:00 Call to Action: Join and Support The Visible College Guest Bios: Dr. Steven Brown, known for his commentary on the Nazca Mummies, is currently an Associate Professor of Teaching Philosophy at The Ohio State University, but his path through academia has been somewhat non-traditional. In addition to his regular teaching duties, he has had the privilege of working on several projects that attempt to bridge the gap between academic philosophy and the rest of the world. For a season, he served as Executive Director of the Maximin Project where he used contemporary data visualization and web development tools to promote principled and effective charitable giving. Afterwards he became Associate Director of OSU's Center for Ethics and Human Values where he helped organize a broad range of events at the intersection of morality, politics, and society. He was also honored to participate in multiple efforts to increase access to arts programming and education inside Ohio prisons. Dr. Janis Whitlock received a B.A. from UC Berkeley, an M.P.H. from UNC-Chapel Hill, and a Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from Cornell University. In addition to over a decade of direct service in the areas of human health and wellbeing, she has spent the last 25 years as a scholar focused on contextual and intrapersonal conditions that affect human development, perception, and emotional and mental (in)stability. She has been particularly interested in understanding the conditions under which challenging experiences cultivate wisdom, resilience, and prosocial impulses. Dr. Jed Verity received his Ph.D. in Tibetan Buddhism from the University of Virginia (UVa). From 2012-2014, he served as the Director of Contemplative Technologies at UVa's Contemplative Sciences Center, researching brain-computer interface (BCI) technologies and working to establish a cutting edge curriculum for teaching contemplative values and practices. In 2014, Jed left to start Sentient Applications, a consulting organization that sought to work on comparable issues in the private sector. Sentient soon joined forces with a team of data scientists to form Timbr, which contracted with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). In 2016, Timbr was acquired by DigitalGlobe, a satellite company based in Westminster, CO (soon to become part of Maxar Technologies). Since 2019, Jed has worked at GitHub, Inc. The Good Trouble Show: Linktree: https://linktr.ee/thegoodtroubleshow Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheGoodTroubleShow YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheGoodTroubleShow Twitter: https://twitter.com/GoodTroubleShow Instagram: @goodtroubleshow TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@goodtroubleshow Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Good-Trouble-Show-With-Matt-Ford-106009712211646 Threads: @TheGoodTroubleShow BlueSky: @TheGoodTroubleShow #tgts #uap #thegoodtroubleshow #MattFord