Brief
Philip Klass
The claims the writer was given for Philip Klass, in the order they were given.
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Philip J. Klass, a noted debunker of unexplained UFO sightings, claimed that people were probably seeing an advertising airplane in relation to the 1983 sightings.
“Mr. Philip J. Klass, a noted debunker of unexplained UFO sightings, claimed that people were probably seeing 'an advertising airplane.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch9:41529-41654 opinion second hand
2
Philip J. Klass was at that time an editor of Aviation Week and Space Technology magazine.
“Mr. Klass was at that time an editor of Aviation Week and Space Technology, a publication noted for its uncanny ability to obtain scoops from the Department of Defense about secret aerospace projects.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch9:41664-41859 administrative
3
Microscopic examination resolved the white substance from the Delphos, Kansas ring into fibres, contradicting Philip Klass's explanation in his book UFOs Explained that the substance was produced by sheep urine from a circular device.
“The white substance was resolved into fibers (thus destroying the “explanation” of the case put forth by Philip Klass in his book *UFOs Explained,* where he claimed the substance was produced by the urine of sheep feeding from a circular device).”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch9:41780-42018 observation
4
Philip Klass proposed in his book UFOs Explained that the white substance at the Delphos, Kansas ring site was produced by the urine of sheep feeding from a circular device.
“the urine of sheep feeding from a circular device”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch9:41975-42018 opinion second hand
5
Florenze Mansmann backed Robert Jacobs' account of the 1964 Vandenberg incident after reading that sceptics James Oberg and Philip Klass were attacking Jacobs with claims that his sighting was fanciful and uncorroborated.
“backed Jacobs' account because he read how sceptics James Oberg and journalist Philip Klass were attacking Bob Jacobs with claims that his sighting was fanciful and uncorroborated.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch10:6482-6647 administrative
6
Philip Klass tried to get Robert Jacobs sacked from his university job because Jacobs was supposedly behaving in a manner inappropriate for an academic by talking about 'flying saucers'.
“Philip Klass even tried to get him sacked from his university job because Jacobs was supposedly behaving in a manner inappropriate for an academician by even talking about 'flying saucers'.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch10:7285-7465 administrative first hand
7
Philip Klass was an editor for the magazine Aviation Week & Space Technology.
“UFO debunker Philip Klass, an editor for the magazine Aviation Week & Space Technology, who was not actually a witness to the JAL sighting, rapidly dismissed it as nothing anomalous, saying the crew was clearly tricked by an atmospheric phenomenon.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch12:13931-14170 administrative
8
Philip Klass, who was not a witness to the 1986 Japan Airlines Flight 1628 UAP sighting, dismissed it as nothing anomalous, saying the crew was clearly tricked by an atmospheric phenomenon.
“who was not actually a witness to the JAL sighting, rapidly dismissed it as nothing anomalous, saying the crew was clearly tricked by an atmospheric phenomenon.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch12:14021-14170 opinion second hand
9
Philip Klass went on to found the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP), now the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI).
“Klass went on to found the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal [CSICOP], now the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry [CSI].”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch12:14185-14334 administrative
10
Philip Klass was the scourge of ufologists until his death in 2005.
“He was the scourge of ufologists until his death in 2005”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch12:14340-14392 administrative
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Philip Klass left a 'curse' in his last will and testament that ufologists 'will never know more about UFOs than you know today'.
“notable for leaving a 'curse' in his last will and testament that ufologists 'will never know more about UFOs than you know today'.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch12:14398-14522 administrative second hand