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Friday, July 16, 2004


WE COME IN PEACE



From The Cincinnati Post, 7/15/04


The title of [Northern Kentucky University philosophy professor Dr. Robert Trundle's] forthcoming book is, in part at least, in response to what he calls "the cowardice and vanity of a sizeable percentage of American professors." Scheduled for release early next year, it's called Is ET Here? No Politically, but Yes Scientifically and Theologically (Ecce Nova Editions).

...So what does he mean by that title? Do beings from places other than this planet walk among us?

"Yes, I believe contact was made 50 years ago -- and I believe beings from other planets are here now, mainly to study us," Dr. Trundle said. ... "There are benign scenarios in which they might be seen as anthropologists coming here out of curiosity," he said.