Carl Sagan
Astronomer and science communicator whose skeptical approach to UFO claims remains highly influential
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| Born | 1934 |
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| Died | 1996 |
| Nationality | United States |
| Category | Scientist |
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| Roles | Astronomer, Cornell University; co-founder, The Planetary Society |
| Status | Mainstream scientific consensus |
Carl Sagan was a world-renowned American astronomer and science communicator who, despite his own openness to the scientific possibility of extraterrestrial life via SETI, was consistently and rigorously skeptical of UFO reports as evidence of alien visitation, arguing that extraordinary claims required extraordinary evidence that such reports had never met.
Assessment
Sagan participated in the 1969 American Association for the Advancement of Science UFO symposium alongside James McDonald and J. Allen Hynek, and his general epistemological standard remains one of the most frequently cited frameworks by modern skeptics such as Michael Shermer.
[1]See also
References
- ^ Sagan, C. (1995). The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark.