{"id":494,"date":"2022-07-17T00:18:54","date_gmt":"2022-07-17T00:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rayaffee.com\/?p=494"},"modified":"2022-11-11T00:21:30","modified_gmt":"2022-11-11T00:21:30","slug":"a-brief-history-of-challenges-to-the-cosmic-acknowledgement-that-we-are-not-alone-version-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rayaffee.com\/?p=494","title":{"rendered":"A Brief History of Challenges to the Cosmic Acknowledge-ment that &#8220;We are not alone&#8221; (2nd ed.)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">by Robert Alan Yaffee, Ph.D.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/rayaffee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/UAP_predicament2.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Embed of UAP_predicament2.pdf..\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-434bfa94-098d-4e73-b2bb-a7ac5fc294ba\" href=\"https:\/\/rayaffee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/UAP_predicament2.pdf\">UAP_predicament2.pdf<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/rayaffee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/UAP_predicament2.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-434bfa94-098d-4e73-b2bb-a7ac5fc294ba\">Click on the downward arrow in the header bar to download the document as a pdf.<br><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Categorized as an Exopolitical history of UAP, USO, and UFO events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Robert Alan Yaffee,  Ph.D. can be reached at robert.yaffee@nyu.edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Keywords: UFO, USO, UAP, ETH, extraterrestrial, intelligence, counter-intelligence, disclosure, exo-politics, Operation Paperclip, Operation Bluebook, Project Crystal-night, Project Serpo, Hannabu, Die Glocke, E.T. visitors.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Robert Alan Yaffee, Ph.D. Categorized as an Exopolitical history of UAP, USO, and UFO events. 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