Close Encounters of the Absurd Kind — A Scientist Looks at UFO’s

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Speaker(s): Mark Vagins

Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird? It’s a plane? It’s… a weather balloon? What’s the real deal with America’s ongoing UFO obsession, anyway? What does a professional astrophysicist with an interest in the offbeat think about the whole paranormal scene? Come on an exploration of the claims and issues involved, both from a scientific perspective and through the tales of the true believers. It will be an eye-opening hour!

Colloquium

Junior and senior physics majors attend our biweekly colloquium series, held on Tuesday afternoons at 4:30 p.m. in Shanahan B460. The talks are open to all students and to the public, and are frequently attended by scientists from the other Claremont Colleges, Cal Poly Pomona, and others. The series features speakers from a broad range of institutions and fields of physics.