UFO Exercise
CRTW 201
Dr. Fike
NOTE: We will watch the videos in class. You do not need to watch them on your own.
Epigraphs:
"I really don't care what conclusion you reach as long as you think about your thinking." --Dr. Fike
"Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence." --Dr. Steven M. Greer
Do steps one through three on your own: write in your notebooks.
Step One: 5 seconds
Yes or no: You believe that extra-terrestrial persons are visiting Earth in the present day.
Step Two: 5 minutes
What are your background stories regarding aliens? (Think, for example, about things that you have read, seen on the news, or seen portrayed in movies. Have you ever had an experience of an ET--in person, in a dream?)
Step Three: 5 minutes
What are your assumptions, biases, and impediments as regards the issue of ET presence?
Step Four: 5 minutes
Discussion: What do you make of the ET issue thus far--and why?
Step Five: 30 minutes
Information from the Disclosure Project (except for the final clip); watch the boldfaced clips
Quadrant One:
Nature of witnesses: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFsSKCax2CY
Quadrant Two
Disclosure Project goals: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxNEWGl2rUI
Quadrant Three
Quadrant Four
Another clip to watch on your own if you are interested:
Werhner von Braun: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ALLUuvsVkM&feature=related
Step Six: 10 minutes
Small group work as indicated above. Using the questions on pages 71-72, apply the elements to what you have just viewed. In other words, analyze what you have just heard by using the elements. Some reference to "preponderance of evidence" (page 27) and to "claims" (pages 68-69) will be appropriate. It is also very okay to bring the standards into your discussion. I may have you share some or all of your results with the class.
USE THE ELEMENTS TO ANALYZE YOUR CLIP. USE THE STANDARDS TO EVALUATE YOUR ANALYSIS.
Step Seven: remainder of the period
What points about your thinking about extra-terrestrial persons have emerged from this exercise? Has today's class changed your original position on ET presence? What did you discover about your thinking?