Posthuman Blues

Nick Pope injects some intelligence into the UFO debate -- in the New York Times, of all places:

Unidentified Flying Threats

A healthy skepticism about extraterrestrial space travelers leads people to disregard U.F.O. sightings without a moment's thought. But in the United States, this translates into overdependence on radar data and indifference to all kinds of unidentified aircraft -- a weakness that could be exploited by terrorists or anyone seeking to engage in espionage against the United States.