L. Gordon Cooper.

3. What makes Timothy Good so credible as a researcher?

First, it is important to define credible --

cred·i·ble : offering reasonable grounds for being believed From www.merriam-webster


As a threshold matters, Mr. Good does not come across as a crank, obviously he is well educated and well spoken, and held a job for 20 years that is very competitive to secure: he worked as a professional violinist. Other factors that, in my opinion, add to his credibility are –

1.Mr. Good writes and publishes books which require a significantly greater investment of time and effort than would, for example, writing a blog and one assumes an author of a book would be less willing to sacrifice credibility than would a potentially anonymous writer of a blog. 2. Mr. Good is not benefitting financially in an out-sized way from his publications and efforts. 3. Mr. Good is often cited as a reputable source by experts in the field. 4. I cannot identify bias or judgment in his choice of wording. 5. Mr. Good’s writings evidence consistency and 6. Mr. Good’s depth and breadth of knowledge evidence the tremendous energy he has put into his research which further suggests that he is genuine.

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Three quotes:

1. "While flying with several other USAF pilots over Germany in 1957, we sighted numerous radiant flying discs above us. We couldn't tell how high they were. We couldn't get anywhere near their altitude."
"While working with a camera crew supervising flight testing of advanced aircraft at Edward's Air Force Base, California, the camera crew filmed the landing of a strange disc object that flew in over their heads and landed on a dry lake nearby. A camera crewman approached the saucer, it rose up above the area and flew off at a speed faster than any known aircraft."
---NASA astronaut, L. Gordon Cooper.

I’ve always enjoyed this quote. The man was well-trained and well educated and was selected in a very competitive program to be an American astronaut; the gate-keepers he faced would only let someone through if they had the “right stuff.” The man had nothing to gain by his willingness to speak the truth, and indeed, had all too much to lose.

Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire