Brief
Royal Society
The claims the writer was given for Royal Society, in the order they were given.
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Carl Sagan considers this 1975 Royal Society discussion meeting itself an indication of the growing respectability of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
“This discussion meeting of the Royal Society is itself an indication of the growing respectability of the subject.”
The recognition of extraterrestrial intelligence 1975 char:2085-2191 opinion first hand
2
Bill Chalker describes his invisible college's work as done in the spirit of the movement that preceded the formation of the English Royal Society in the early 1660s, when interest in natural philosophy could be dangerous.
“Our work has been done in the spirit of the movement that preceded the formation of the English Royal Society in the early 1660s, when it could be dangerous to be interested in "natural philosophy," or, as we call it today, science.”
Hair of the Alien: DNA and Other Forensic Evidence for Alien Abductions 2005-11-14 ch11:34079-34303 opinion first hand
3
The seventeenth-century natural philosophers who fought against established church dogmas, inspired by early Rosicrucian ideas, became the nucleus for the Royal Society, the first modern scientific body.
“Inspired by early Rosicrucian ideas, they became the nucleus for the Royal Society, the first modern scientific body.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch7:2433-2545 administrative first hand
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According to J. Allen Hynek, the Invisible College remained invisible until its scientists gained respectability when the Royal Society was chartered by Charles II in the early 1660s.
“And it remained invisible until the scientists of that day gained respectability when the Royal Society was chartered by Charles II in the early 1660's.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:7369-7519 opinion second hand