Richard P. Feynman Quotes
... it is much more likely that the reports of flying saucers are the results of known irrational characteristics of terrestrial intelligence rather than the unknown effects of extra-terrestrial intelligence.
At the time, a very large proportion of Americans believed that the so called sightings of flying saucers were observations of alien spacecraft. Actually, there has never been a confirmation of any flying saucer despite a small cadre of conspiracy theorists who believe that the government has been covering up the presence of aliens doe years.
The Character of Physical Law, MIT Press, 1965
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Richard Phillips Feynman was an American theoretical physicist and Nobel Prize winner who made significant contributions to quantum mechanics, quantum electrodynamics, and particle physics. He's known for his work on the Manhattan Project, developing Feynman diagrams, and explaining the interactions between light and matter. While studying for his PhD, Feynman participated in the Manhattan Project and helped develop the atomic bomb. For contributions to the development of quantum electrodynamics, Feynman received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965 jointly with Julian Schwinger and Shin'ichirō Tomonaga.