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#ufotwitter #astrobiology #FrankDrake #SETI
Today in ET Life History - The Drake Equestion
November 1, 1961 - The Order of the Dolphin
1/At a small, informal conference on SETI at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory’s facility in Green Bank, West Virginia, astronomer
2/Frank Drake writes this equation on a chalkboard: N = R fp ne fl fi fc L. The equation, the Green Bank Formula, summarizes the main concepts that scientists must contemplate when considering the question of extraterrestrial life capable of communicating by radio across space.
3/ It is more properly thought of as an approximation rather than as a serious attempt to determine a precise number. Allen Ginsberg, Timothy Leary, and John C. Lilly in 1991.
The Drake Equation Revisited: Part I

web.archive.org/web/2021012121…
The Alien-Life Summit
The 1961 conference where brilliant scientists came together to discuss the search for ETs.
By Lee Billings
slate.com/technology/201…
The Order of the Dolphin: SETI’s secret origin story
By John Wenz
astronomy.com/news/2018/10/t…
"At the conclusion of the meeting, the attendees adopted the moniker "The Order of the Dolphin," in honor of participant John Lilly's work on interspecies communication." John C Lilly also invented the Float tank and did work on sensory deprivation.

ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016AAS...…

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I am a big fan of the 'Lets Talk Religion' and the 'ESOTERICA' channel on YT. I got really big into studying the history/anthropology/archeology of magic/witchcraft/etc.. several years ago and built a decent library of books

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Im less familiar with The Modern Hermeticist channel, but it looks very cool as well:

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#ufotwitter #ufohistory #ce3 #ufo #ufolanding
Today In History - Cennina CE3 Landing Case
November 1, 1954 - Cennina, Italy
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3/They speak in an unintelligible language and snatch flowers from her hands and throw them inside the UFO. Dainelli flees, glancing back only once. [Eberhart]
Sources:
Cover of "La Domenica del Corriere" November 14, 1954;
Article in the weekly "Tutti" of November 14, 1954;
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1/The University of Colorado UFO project officially launches. Michael D. Swords writes:
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cufon.org/cufon/yak1.htm
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1973 SIGHTING REPORTS FROM TOPPENISH, WASHINGTON
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cufon.org/cufon/yak2.htm
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