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  In 2017, McDowell weighed in on footage released by the Department of Defense showing a UFO on the website Inverse, though stating he had not reviewed the case in question:
  
  Typically, the explanation is that the thing they are looking at is much closer or much farther than they thought, or is a reflection of some kind,
  
  From 1993 to 2010, McDowell wrote a monthly column for Sky & Telescope. In addition, McDowell has been interviewed on numerous television and radio programs with regard to rocket launches or other celestial phenomena that generated interest amongst the general public.