Showing posts with label Safety. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Safety. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Do We Need a [UFO] Threat?
Would official science be more inclined to study UFOs if there were compelling evidence the phenomena impacted air-traffic safety? That issue was implicitly raised recently in Leslie Kean’s update on the Chilean government’s latest pronouncement on UFOs. Last month, CEFAA, Chile’s impressive multi-disciplinary panel of military and civilian analysts studying what it calls unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), weighed in on the evidence for danger to its air space. Perhaps Navy Capt. Roberto Bore summed it up best: “Aside from any natural distractions to the flight crews, the risks so far have been null. We cannot call UAP a risk to our operations, not even a low risk. An interaction, either good or bad, between a human being and UAP so far is nonexistent in our skies, as far as I know.”
In the States, that sort of rendering — you know, lack of existential drama, playing to an institutional mindset indicted for “a failure of imagination” following the 9/11 debacle — might scuttle all hopes of establishing a formal study. But for Chile, as well as nearly half a dozen of its South American neighbors, research is apparently just beginning. Consider this statement from Gen. Rolando Mercado, who heads the Chilean equivalent of our own FAA:
“If, as many witnesses have declared, the UAP demonstrates ‘intelligent behavior,’ and if we admit this fact, then we must look for the ‘intention behind’ that intelligence, whatever it may be — a form of energy, perhaps — it doesn’t matter. Intelligence is what matters. If this is so, we must ask: has it shown hostility or carried out openly threatening maneuvers? Has it actually attacked our aircraft? To date, this doesn’t seem to be the case. We cannot possibly call something a threat to something or someone if they have not shown any open intention to do harm. And even less, we do not even know their exact nature!”
Curiosity for its own sake — there’s a novel idea. But the founder of CEFAA’s small private American partner, the National Aviation Reporting Center on Anomalous Phenomena, sees no contradiction between Chile’s announcement and NARCAP’s own studies, which began addressing UAP/air traffic safety as early as 2000.
“It is significant,” writes Dr. Richard Haines in an email to De Void, “that these government officials met openly to consider various aspects of UAP and seemed to accept their reality. This meeting showed exceptional foresight, planning, and courage by all parties.
“Secondly, at least one of these officials alluded to intelligent control of the phenomenon, which in my opinion is perhaps the most important question we can ask about them. Even to raise the possibility of intelligence is a brave and intellectually honest thing to do at such a meeting.
“Thirdly,” continues NASA-Ames' erstwhile Chief of the Space Human Factors Office, “the criterion that was used by the group in Chile in order to state that there is no need for the flying public to fear UAP was reasonable as far as it went. Indeed, NARCAP has few documented instances of this kind. Nevertheless, as our website has made clear from the beginning, we employ three different criteria for causes for potential concern: electromagnetic effects on avionic systems, cockpit coordination and communication disruption, and/or sudden flight path deviation to avoid a perceived collision with nearby UAP. I discovered more than one hundred such incidents just for the USA for the years 1950 - 2000 and published them on NARCAP's website as Technical Report 1 (2000).
“NARCAP does not want to alarm the flying public; it does want to serve as a scientifically based, theory-neutral, confidential collection point for all pilots and air traffic controllers who encounter UAP while carrying out their duties so that, one day, we will understand the core identity of these poorly understood atmospheric phenomena.”
Imagine the windfall of public interest if even a modestly financed and transparent American project, based on the Chilean model, collaborated with international perspectives on this tenacious mystery. Of course, for domestic consumption, the trick would be how to turn it into a reality show ...
Monday, April 29, 2013
Aliens Posing Risk to Irish Pilots, say UFO Expert | UFO NEWS
By zeenews.india.com
4-29-13
London: Ireland is a hotspot for alien activity and pilots in the country have risked death to avoid spacecraft crashes, UFO experts have claimed.
Carl Nally, founder of UFO and Paranormal Research Ireland, revealed that he has spoken with Irish pilots who have had near misses.
He claimed that they've met several pilots who have come into contact with the UFOs, the Sun reported.
"Most of them say that, as they were coming in to land, they were diverted around this cloud, which had a solid object inside it," the paper quoted him as saying.
One aircraft was even damaged.
Nally said that a detective got footage of a triangular-shaped flying object shooting beams into the ground in Dunboyne, Co Meath, on his mobile phone.
Nally and fellow UFO enthusiast Dermot Butler, with whom he founded UPRI in 1998, also reckon the Tuskar Rock air tragedy 45 years ago was caused by aliens. . . .
Saturday, January 05, 2013
A Father's Plea: Please Respect the Ladder!
Whether you work with a ladder every day or you are an occasional user of a ladder, I ask you to please read this father’s experience of an accident which never had to happen, if only my son had more–respect for the ladder.
Joey has been working with a ladder in his business for over 18 years. He installs and repairs Voice/Data/Phone/Fiber lines for businesses setting up their IT rooms and setting up their computer and voice lines. Nearly everything is cable and almost all cables are above the ceilings, thus his ladder is a major part of his business.
The following is a true, factual account of recent events:
5:31 pm Friday Dec 28, 2012- I received call from my daughter in law. She was crying and hysterical. Joey had fallen off his ladder and was injured. Paramedics said he was going to St. Joseph hospital in Phoenix.
5:36 pm Friday Dec 28, 2012- Called my wife at work. I told her to tell her immediate supervisor that there is a medical emergency for her son and to come home.
I had GOOGLED St. Joseph’s Hospital and found the quickest route. My wife arrived home, I explained all I knew to her and we were on our way. The trip to Phoenix was quiet. Not knowing was the scariest. My phone was quiet.
It took nearly 45 minutes to get to the hospital. Security at the Emergency entrance did not have my son’s name. He was not in the system. We knew he was in the Trauma Center, but they as well did not have Joey on their roster. We were going nuts. Joey was entered into the Trauma Center as “John Doe” because he had no ID on him. He leaves is wallet in his truck. (Mistake #1 always have your ID on you)
We got inside Trauma Wing where we found Joey’s wife, Sanja. In tears and uncertain of what’s going to happen, we were all a mess. She said the paramedics struggled to locate her because he had not entered information needed for contacts in case of emergency (Mistake #2. Go to Contacts in your cell phone. There is In Case of Emergency, your ICE Contacts. If you do not have ICE contacts, please reconsider)
After several hours in the Trauma Wing, he was finally entered into the system by his name and wheeled to the Intensive Care Unit. We finally met his ER doctor. He said Joey had fallen off the top of an 8’ ladder. He landed on his head and left shoulder. He has many skull fractures, and bleeding on his brain. There is a blood clot forming in his brain. He has a punctured lung and 8 broken ribs. He has a broken collar bone. He has several cracked vertebrae. He is on life support (breathing tube) and in a medically induced coma. They drilled a small hole in his skull to relieve pressure and allow drainage off the brain due to severe swelling. He has bleeding in his left ear.
We finally got to see our son. It was some three or four hours after the accident. His body full of tubes and sensors. His breathing was machine forced. He had nine bags of drips going into his arms. He was swollen and bruises were becoming darker and purple in color. We tried hard not to show it but we thought we may lose our son.
Family, tears and prayers for the next several days is all we had. The effects of this accident stretched half way around the globe.
Pain and hurt became anger and rage for me. My son made an error. He lost his balance on the ladder and fell. I have seen him do his thing on a ladder for several years. I have worked with him. I have seen him “fly” up the ladder. I have seen him recklessly not RESPECT THE LADDER. Please do not make this same mistake my son made.
Respect and obey safety warnings on your ladder. Make sure your ladder can support your weight and handle the task needed. Never stand on the top of the ladder. Don’t own the cheapest ladder, but one that is solid and safe and designed for your job needed.
I ask myself today, what if Joey had a 10’ ladder instead of the 8’ ladder he was using. He wouldn’t have been standing on the top. Maybe he wouldn’t have had his accident. All we can do is learn from our mistakes.
I am certain Joey will survive all this. It has been 1 week since we got the frantic call from our daughter-in-law. Joey is still on life support. He is still in a medically induced coma. The brain tube may be out in a couple days. He is still bruised and swollen. Brain tests yesterday show normal function activity and when they occasionally wake him from the “sedative coma” he does move on command. He is not paralyzed and not brain dead. He is lucky. He is very lucky. He is looking at another 2-3 weeks in intensive care. Then he has months of rehab. Yes, months.
Fortunately Joey has excellent medical insurance and disability coverage.
Joey has been working with a ladder in his business for over 18 years. He installs and repairs Voice/Data/Phone/Fiber lines for businesses setting up their IT rooms and setting up their computer and voice lines. Nearly everything is cable and almost all cables are above the ceilings, thus his ladder is a major part of his business.
The following is a true, factual account of recent events:
5:31 pm Friday Dec 28, 2012- I received call from my daughter in law. She was crying and hysterical. Joey had fallen off his ladder and was injured. Paramedics said he was going to St. Joseph hospital in Phoenix.
5:36 pm Friday Dec 28, 2012- Called my wife at work. I told her to tell her immediate supervisor that there is a medical emergency for her son and to come home.
I had GOOGLED St. Joseph’s Hospital and found the quickest route. My wife arrived home, I explained all I knew to her and we were on our way. The trip to Phoenix was quiet. Not knowing was the scariest. My phone was quiet.
It took nearly 45 minutes to get to the hospital. Security at the Emergency entrance did not have my son’s name. He was not in the system. We knew he was in the Trauma Center, but they as well did not have Joey on their roster. We were going nuts. Joey was entered into the Trauma Center as “John Doe” because he had no ID on him. He leaves is wallet in his truck. (Mistake #1 always have your ID on you)
We got inside Trauma Wing where we found Joey’s wife, Sanja. In tears and uncertain of what’s going to happen, we were all a mess. She said the paramedics struggled to locate her because he had not entered information needed for contacts in case of emergency (Mistake #2. Go to Contacts in your cell phone. There is In Case of Emergency, your ICE Contacts. If you do not have ICE contacts, please reconsider)
After several hours in the Trauma Wing, he was finally entered into the system by his name and wheeled to the Intensive Care Unit. We finally met his ER doctor. He said Joey had fallen off the top of an 8’ ladder. He landed on his head and left shoulder. He has many skull fractures, and bleeding on his brain. There is a blood clot forming in his brain. He has a punctured lung and 8 broken ribs. He has a broken collar bone. He has several cracked vertebrae. He is on life support (breathing tube) and in a medically induced coma. They drilled a small hole in his skull to relieve pressure and allow drainage off the brain due to severe swelling. He has bleeding in his left ear.
We finally got to see our son. It was some three or four hours after the accident. His body full of tubes and sensors. His breathing was machine forced. He had nine bags of drips going into his arms. He was swollen and bruises were becoming darker and purple in color. We tried hard not to show it but we thought we may lose our son.
Family, tears and prayers for the next several days is all we had. The effects of this accident stretched half way around the globe.
Pain and hurt became anger and rage for me. My son made an error. He lost his balance on the ladder and fell. I have seen him do his thing on a ladder for several years. I have worked with him. I have seen him “fly” up the ladder. I have seen him recklessly not RESPECT THE LADDER. Please do not make this same mistake my son made.
Respect and obey safety warnings on your ladder. Make sure your ladder can support your weight and handle the task needed. Never stand on the top of the ladder. Don’t own the cheapest ladder, but one that is solid and safe and designed for your job needed.
I ask myself today, what if Joey had a 10’ ladder instead of the 8’ ladder he was using. He wouldn’t have been standing on the top. Maybe he wouldn’t have had his accident. All we can do is learn from our mistakes.
I am certain Joey will survive all this. It has been 1 week since we got the frantic call from our daughter-in-law. Joey is still on life support. He is still in a medically induced coma. The brain tube may be out in a couple days. He is still bruised and swollen. Brain tests yesterday show normal function activity and when they occasionally wake him from the “sedative coma” he does move on command. He is not paralyzed and not brain dead. He is lucky. He is very lucky. He is looking at another 2-3 weeks in intensive care. Then he has months of rehab. Yes, months.
Fortunately Joey has excellent medical insurance and disability coverage.
• Please consider the following:
• Have ICE Contacts in your cell.
• Always have your ID on your person.
• And most important of all, please RESPECT THE LADDER.
• Your life depends on it.