From: Dick Hall <dh12.nul>
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 11:47:01 -0400
Archived: Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:43:01 -0400
Subject: Re: Bigelow Backs MUFON


>From: Joe McGonagle <joe.mcgonagle.nul>
>To: post.nul
>Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2009 10:22:09 +0000
>Subject: Re: Bigelow Backs MUFON

>>From: Richard Hall <richardhall37.nul>
>>To: post.nul
>>Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2009 11:43:43 -0400
>>Subject: Re: Bigelow Backs MUFON

>Hi Dick, List,

><snip>

>>I resigned from MUFON over the very sort of negative that Joe
>>cites, but they also have many good, well-trained, careful
>>investigators.

><snip>

>I am just finding out about that now, thanks to Robert Powell in
>an off-List dialogue.

>As is often the case, it is the public actions of a few who
>colour people's perception of an entire organisation. It then
>falls on the organisation to exercise care when making
>appointments.


Joe,

Precisely right, and I argued that until I was blue in the face.
I would add that the same reasoning applies strongly to the
entire field of "UFOlogy."

A relatively small number of kooks and clowns gives all of us a
bad name, and allows alleged scientists to point out their (the
kooks)  nonsense as the reason for their (the scientists)
disinterest.

It's a total cop-out on the part of the scientists, but the
point remains true nevertheless. That is why I have, for many
years, made a strong effort to expose kookery and nonsense in
the field on this list and elsewhere.


Dick




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