Paul Kimball: Ufology in general is lousy at marketing itself. This is particularly true of ETH proponents.Despite the fact that the majority of Americans (and Canadians, etc.), in poll after poll, state that they -a- are convinced there is life on other planets, and -B- are convinced there is something to the UFO phenomenon, ufology has failed to make any significant dent in the public consciousness.I’m not talking about science fiction programs like the X-Files, or Roswell, or movies like War of the Worlds or Close Encounters of the Third Kind – I’m talking about serious, sustained public interest in the UFO phenomenon.Instead of seeing opportunities, ufology sees conspiracies, and enemies. Instead of trying to find common ground with the mainstream, particularly the scientific community, ufology attacks them for not doing enough.

Instead of a bird in the hand, ufology wants two in the bush, and a third in the field.In short, ufology has an abysmal record at public relations.Nowhere was this more evident than in ufology’s response to the ABC News special Seeing is Believing a few months ago. In short, ufology blew it. There were exceptions, of course, but for the most part all you heard was the same old whining and moaning about the “corrupt mainstream media” screwing ufology yet again - accompanied by what surely must be the world’s smallest violin.

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