Sturrock a tout d'un chercheur crédible et ce qu'il disait 1974 est certainement encore pas mal vrai.
Plus récemment, en 1997, il a dirigé un "Workshop" portant sur les évidences physiques liées aux rapports d'ovnis. On en trouve un compte rendu détaillé à http://www.scientificexploration.org/jse/articles/ufo_reports/sturrock/toc.html .
Dans la Section 2 : Introduction, on trouve la liste des panelistes. Leurs références académiques sont excellentes. On y trouve aussi
"However, the fact is that physical scientists cannot get involved in the UFO problem unless there is physical evidence. The purpose of this workshop was to assess whether or not there is any such evidence. If the answer is no, then there is no way that physical scientists can contribute to the resolution of this problem. If, on the other hand, the answer is yes, then it should be possible for physical scientists to contribute to the resolution of this problem."
"Science advances by the development of an informed consensus on well defined questions (...), but scientists can arrive at an informed consensus only if (1) sufficient research has been carried out, and (2) the results of that research have been presented to and evaluated by the scientific community. For the UFO problem, these first two essential steps have yet to be taken."
Sturrock a aussi publié The UFO Enigma, en 1999.
http://www.twbookmark.com/books/1/0446525650/chapter_excerpt8973.html
Dans l'introduction on lit (le gras est de moi) :
"If it does indeed turn out that there is relevant physical evidence, if this evidence is carefully collected and analyzed, and if this analysis leads to the identification of several facts concerning the UFO phenomenon, then will be the time for scientists to step back and ask, What are these facts trying to tell us? If those facts are strong enough to lead to a firm conclusion, then will be the time to confront the more bizarre questions. If, for instance, it turns out that all physical evidence is consistent with a mundane interpretation of the causes of UFO reports, there will be little reason to continue to speculate about the role of extraterrestrial beings. If, on the other hand, the analysis of physical evidence turns up very strong evidence that objects related with UFO reports were manufactured outside the solar system, then one must obviously consider very seriously that the phenomenon involves not only extraterrestrial vehicles but probably also extraterrestrial beings."
Tout cela semble être encore au conditionnel. D'ailleurs, dans la "Skeptic Bibliography" (sur le thème UFO), http://www.csicop.org/bibliography/home.cgi/UFO , à propos du livre "The UFO Enigma" de Sturrock (vers 75% de la liste), on dit :
"The highest quality UFO-sympathetic book to appear in a long time. Sturrock and his study panel realize the weaknes of testimony and look for physical evidence, trying to locate that ever-elusive residue of true anomalies. Most of their conclusions, however, appear negative. Photographs are unreliable, radar information is difficult to obtain and interpret, alleged samples are inconclusive, and so on."
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Denis
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