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    Philip Julian Klass (November 8, 1919 – August 9, 2005) was an American aviation/aerospace journalist and UFO researcher, best known for his skepticism...
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    which was adapted into the 1993 film Fire in the Sky. Science writers Philip J. Klass and Michael Shermer highlight a potential motive for the hoax was to...
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    ended in a dismissal. A number of skeptical investigators, including Philip J. Klass, Peter Brookesmith, Steuart Campbell, Curt Collins, and Brian Dunning...
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  • pediatrician and writer Philip Klass (1920-2010), American science fiction writer under the name William Tenn Philip J. Klass (1919–2005), American UFO...
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  • other ufologists and debunkers such as Philip J. Klass were accused of being "disinformation agents". Klass's investigation of the MJ-12 documents found...
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    public critic was acclaimed aerospace journalist and UFO researcher Philip J. Klass. In his book UFOs: The Public Deceived, the chapter on "Eyewitness...
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    early warning platform. The term "avionics" was coined in 1949 by Philip J. Klass, senior editor at Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine as a portmanteau...
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    August 2023 at the age of 68. Aviation journalist and UFO skeptic Philip J. Klass found "discrepancies" in Hickson's story, noted that Hickson refused...
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    airliner also suffered radio failure. According to U.S. journalist Philip J. Klass, it was likely the pilots initially saw an astronomical body, probably...
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    William Tenn (redirect from Phil Klass)
    William Tenn was the pseudonym of Philip Klass (May 9, 1920 – February 7, 2010), a British-born American science fiction author, notable for many stories...
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  • from the original on November 22, 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2023. Klass, Philip J. (1987). "FAA Data Sheds New Light on JAL Pilot's UFO Report" (PDF)...
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    meteorologist B.D. Gildenberg, journalist Kal Korff, skeptical UFO researcher Philip J. Klass, and intelligence officer Captain James McAndrew among others: Frank...
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    not refute this...I still stand on my original work." In the 1980s Philip J. Klass and Robert Sheaffer, journalists and notable skeptics, concluded that...
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  • winners Gene Weingarten and Dave Barry. Achenbach was awarded the Philip J. Klass Award for outstanding contributions in promoting critical thinking...
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    the American Physical Society for his What's New column. 2008 NCAS Philip J. Klass Award from the National Capital Area Skeptics Park, Robert L. (2002)...
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    State University, Fullerton Distinguished Alumni Award, 2002 NCAS Philip J. Klass Award, October 2006 Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters, Whittier...
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  • was "a candle in a balloon… not sophisticated." According to skeptic Philip J. Klass, his investigation led him to "unequivocally characterize the case...
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    its members, along with Carl Sagan, Isaac Asimov, B.F. Skinner, and Philip J. Klass, then joined Kurtz, Randi, Gardner, and Hyman to formally found the...
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    from the original on July 10, 2009. Retrieved December 29, 2007. Hilts, Philip J. (March 1, 1983). "Magicians Score a Hit On Scientific Researchers". The...
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    Hewson was honored with the Aviation Week & Space Technology 2021 Philip J. Klass Award for Lifetime Achievement. Hewson is married to James R. Hewson...
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    Phil Plait (redirect from Philip Plait)
    Blogs. In 2013, Plait received the National Capital Area Skeptics' Philip J. Klass Award In 2016, Plait was awarded the David N. Schramm Award for High...
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    Astronautical Society Space Flight Award in 1993. In 1998, he received the Philip J. Klass Award for Lifetime Achievement. He was a fellow of the American Institute...
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    1977–2017, Fate Magazine, and Spaceflight. He was a founding member (with Philip J. Klass and James Oberg) of the UFO Subcommittee of the Committee for Skeptical...
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    Critical Thinking, Center for Inquiry 2022 National Capital Area Skeptics Philip J. Klass Award for outstanding contributions in critical thinking and scientific...
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  • explanation of this sighting". Aviation journalist and noted UFO skeptic Philip J. Klass concluded, however, that the incident could be explained as a combination...
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    Gen5 Programmable Digital Communication System". Collins Aerospace. Philip J. Klass (4 June 1990). "Two New Jam-Resistant Sicgars Radios Readied for Flight...
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    Science, Honoris Causa from Simon Fraser University in October 2007. Philip J. Klass Award for outstanding contributions in promoting critical thinking...
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  • archived documents relating to Betty and Barney Hill, Benjamin Simon and Philip J. Klass on the Internet on December 23, 2015. The alien from "The Bellero Shield...
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  • references and in-jokes related to UFO culture. Klass County was named after noted skeptic Philip J. Klass, whose argument that most UFO sightings are really...
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  • The Life Time Achievement Award in 2014. Bethune received the 2009 Philip J. Klass Award for Lifetime Achievement from Aviation Week & Space Technology...
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