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Ufological Cannibalism: An Objective Reality, or Just Erroneously Believed?

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Greetings. There is a belief in UFO circles that the field eats its own, that people of some notoriety interact with each other in a belligerent and counter-productive manner, but is this a proven reality, or just a mistaken axiom that has been passed down as the years have gone by?   An essential part of the scientific method is the objective examinination of other's work, research, and proposed theories, all for the purpose of weeding out invalid conclusions and foundationless hypotheses, ideas that don't hold up after independent scrutinization. Such labors are not seen as negative in nature, but are in fact a highly productive series of routines that the scientific research community has embraced and endorsed for decades.  In the UFO subculture, the sitch is distinctly different. People who are well-known in the UFO hippodrome tend to not question the points of view of their ufological peers, choosing a "love and light" approach, void of the sort of endeavors unde...
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The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Let Waste Away.

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 Greetings. "I believe in evidence. I believe in observation, measurement, and reasoning, confirmed by independent observers. I'll believe anything, no matter how wild and ridiculous, if there is evidence for it. The wilder and more ridiculous something is, however, the firmer and more solid the evidence will have to be." Isaac Asimov Ph.D. (1920-1992) The human species is subjected to a wide range of stimuli, mostly originating from the surrounding environment, with the modern content screaming at us from the various technologies we have developed over the eons since our gradual meanderings from the savannas of prehistoric Africa. The manner in which we processed such mental 'nourishment' has usually been unpredictable, strongly influenced by each individual's own beliefs, opinions, and experiences, but nowadays, the situation has morphed to a substantial degree, and not always in a positive way.  When our ancestors came into indirect contact with predatory m...
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A Pseudoscientific Checklist with a Hoaxed Coversheet.

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Greetings. Prior to taking a single tentative step into the morass which are the pseudoscientific aspects of the UFO subculture, one declaration needs to be made: The image attached to this particular blog posting is a historical hoax.  A hoax. A hoax. A hoax. A hoax.  Additionally, anyone who possesses a relatively comprehensive knowledge of the history of the UFO phenomenon will be able to name the hoaxed photograph in question, without engaging in a Google search or some hasty book reference. Among those persons who are unable to name the hoaxed photograph are likely to be a number or writers, bloggers, or broadcasters in the UFO arena; sailing along the tinfoil-wrapped waves while lacking any substantive knowledge about the subject matter being discussed or promoted.  Now, moving beyond the hoaxed.... The problem of unidentified flying objects has remained unanswered, despite the dedicated efforts of generations of UFO field investigators and archival researchers, tod...
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