From: Nick Humphries <nickh@PhoneLink.COM>
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 12:00:29 -0000
Fwd Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 15:53:17 -0500
Subject: Ufology 'Stalled'?


Here's an article which I recently sent to Usenet which I think might
be better answered here...

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In the past decade or two, how far has ufology progressed?

What advances have been made?

I'd say none. True, the raw data that's been gathered has rocketed
thanks to the FOIA process and various world governments being more
willing to release their data, but what use has it all been?

Do we know what UFOs are made of? No.

Do we know what propulsion system they're using? Nope.

Have we any idea of where they come from? Nada. (well, nothing
with reasonable evidence to back them up with)

You can repeat conspiracy theories until you're blue in the face, but
you have no proof of anything more than a cover-up of ignorance.

Having observed ufology for the past five years, read a lot of UFO
literature spanning decades, all I think now when I read a new case is
"Oh look, here's another...
        Light in the sky
        Possible UFO landing
        Possible UFO crash (or "emergency landing" :) ) which
undoubtably turns out to be bogus (Long Island, Carp, etc)
        Radar/visuals
        Military case revealed via FOIA or equivalent
        Abduction which has no third party witnesses (funny that...)"

More data, but what do we actually GAIN from all of this? We're all
waiting for The Big One where there is irrefutable proof of alien life
in our backyard, and The Big One will occur no matter how much or how
little UFO research is done now.

So why bother? Simple. It's an interesting hobby, nothing more. What
else would you call something which is non-productive?


Comments?


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