Pseudo-science of anti-Ufology

Umbot -interesting post, I certainly think some UFO debunkers have a 'psychological need' to debunk cases - irrespective of any facts that might get in the way. I've also noticed that many are loathe to address certain incidents -instead preferring to just concentrate on the vague 'easy to explain away ' ones. I suspect the mindset of the UFO cynic is far more dogmatic then pragamtic - perhaps they've got more in common with 'people who beleive everything is a UFO' than they like to think.

Umbot -interesting post, I certainly think some UFO debunkers have a 'psychological need' to debunk cases - irrespective of any facts that might get in the way. I've also noticed that many are loathe to address certain incidents -instead preferring to just concentrate on the vague 'easy to explain away ' ones. I suspect the mindset of the UFO cynic is far more dogmatic then pragamtic - perhaps they've got more in common with 'people who beleive everything is a UFO' than they like to think. agreed.

There is one thing that UFOlogy has to consider however. The speculative leap from UFO to alien vessel. We have neither proof of aliens or their ships so seeking a "terrestrial" or mundane explanation first is paramount. Anyone seeking the truth (and not pushing a pet theory) would agree.

There is one thing that UFOlogy has to consider however. The speculative leap from UFO to alien vessel. We have neither proof of aliens or their ships so seeking a "terrestrial" or mundane explanation first is paramount. Anyone seeking the truth (and not pushing a pet theory) would agree. and when the mundane earthly explanations clearly don't fit ? you assume that we have no proof. many others in better positions than you have said we do. in saying that. I believe we've been to the moon . many say we haven't. but do a bunch of rocks prove we have been ? video ? pictures ? as many who claim th... [More]

as many who claim that everything is a UFO or alien is just as bad as thinking what has been seen couldn't possibly be. Why is it skeptics gloss over the really extraodinary accounts , film or photos pre things like photo shop ? I can't speak for all skeptics but I try not to make assumptions about what I don't know about. Could some of the footage be ET? Maybe. Could it be a hoax or misidentification? Maybe as well. I am skeptical of the proposed "proof" however. If it were solid proof then the entire scientific community would be all over it like vultures on a carcass. Nor do I believe in so... [More]

I think that any scientist who says outright that UFOs are not alien spacecraft is, yes, being unscientific, so I do agree with ol'Stanton there, but there's á big difference between saying that and saying that there's no evidence yet to prove absolutely that some of them are, and I wonder if Stanton is rather making an assumption by saying that people who say that are wanting to debunk the whole thing.

I personally think that while he makes good points here and there in all the interviews, etc. and is probably one of the most knowledgeable people from the "hard science" end of things, that Stanton has definitely developed (if he didn't already have) a.. shall we say "zeal", which can at least look like a fanatical, dogmatic attitude. I agree also that, true evidence wise, there is a vast gulf separating "UFO" from "alien", a similar gulf existing between "UFO" and "crop circle" or "UFO" and "cattle mutilation" - there may be circumstantial evidence and hearsay or even unusual/unexplained phy... [More]

Part of the problem is that the two sides in the argument are so polarized. One group of people think we've NEVER had any alien contact at all- even on a meteor containing extra-terrestrial bacteria. The other camp thinks that we are under continuous surveillance by thousands of UFO's, our ancient civilizations were started by UFO's, there are inhabited rogue planets in our solar system undetected by any science that suddenly "pop" into view, etc. It's sort of like a religious argument with radical believers in one of two separate camps.