The End of Ufology: Why Serious Research Goes Underground

August 16th, 2014

FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

Recently, New York Magazine featured a thoughtful article on ufology,
Mark Jacobson’s “The End of UFOs,” which presented a recap of the recent
MUFON Symposium in Pennsylvania.

In the commentary Jacobson provided, I found the following excerpt
particularly poignant, in light of a culture of belief that surrounds a
subject about which, in pure honesty, I feel a number of its great
adherents
remain very “in the dark”:

“Fernando Garces-Soto, a wry, 60-ish Colombian-born music producer from
Miami and fellow witness, was taking it more personally. ‘I’m
spending a $1,000 to come to this. That’s a lot of money for the same
old stories. This rehash, and more rehash. Probably next year I’ll
spend another $1,000. What choice do I have?’ Fernando exclaimed,
finding the existential humor of the situation. ‘I’m obsessed,’ he
sighed. ‘I’m all messed up.’ “In truth, maybe we’ll stay “messed up” if we continue re-hashing and
re-hashing, and hiring only “celebrity Ufologists” to come out and
give lectures because they are “the big names in the field,” and hence,
the ones who will sell tickets.

There are a great many brilliant
thinkers out there whose names you never hear, and who wouldn’t sell
tickets to a large-scale event; but what they have to offer might
do more than just amuse or entertain… it might cause you to think.

Innovators in ufology today, who actually present the best case for
the existence of a phenomenon which we don’t fully understand?

Arguably, many of the brightest thinkers aren’t names you would even

know… and hence, from a practical business standpoint, you likely won’t
hear them lecturing at large-scale UFO events. I think we all
have to understand this… but we also must remember to try and overcome
our reservations about listening to new voices in the field,
whose work we know nothing about… just like we must overcome our
feelings about what a UFO skeptic has to say on the subject.

In
truth, we might learn something meaningful from each of them.
Innovators in Ufology today, who actually present the best case for the

existence of a phenomenon which we don’t fully understand?

In truth, we might learn something meaningful from each of them.

So is ufology “dying”?

Is there so little to this phenomenon that there is nothing to be
studied at all? I think that’s hardly the case; the
problem, instead, is that we have become hung up in the ideological
extremes, and the cult of personality surrounding those who have
(and I say this in appreciation of their work) dedicated their lives,
and livelihood, to studying this mystery.

For a few of them, it has led
to fame and notoriety… I wonder if they, after working so hard, and for
so long, would really want people to shrug off new ideas and good
research that may arise elsewhere, in favor of an autograph instead?
It’s food for thought…

Still, I would argue that the newest, and best
innovators in this field are “below the radar,” so to speak. You may not
find them at conferences, because they don’t draw crowds; you
won’t see them on television, because they aren’t sensational enough to
bring ratings. You may not even read about their work, because
some of them are applying technical thought to the subject that
publishers wouldn’t find appealing on any printed page… but they are out

there, and they are working.

I know, because I am familiar with many of them myself. In fact, I
would argue that some of the best
innovations in the study of unidentified aerial illuminations aren’t
even generally accepted as what we call “UFOs,” and largely due to the
fundamental (but timeless) misinterpretation of the acronym UFO–meaning
simply an unidentified flying object–being taken to mean an
extraterrestrial spaceship, which was never the intended use of the
term.

Serious study of UFOs will always be criticized, but arguably, this is
largely because its detractors are among those who don’t know
where to look for the good research that’s being done.

These critics will continually watch the sensational television
shows, and sit in the
back rows at popular conferences and events, criticizing arguments that,
at times, are so easily deconstructed that it’s easily likened to
shooting fish in the proverbial barrel. But what they are criticizing
often isn’t the most meaningful, relevant, or up-to-date information on

the subject; perhaps they should spend their time and criticisms more
wisely, and go looking for a harder argument to deconstruct.

And
as for the groups who continually prop ufology high atop a rickety
scaffolding of old cases, fringe theories, and sensational claims, they

should learn to expect that critics will continue to attempt to debase
their arguments.

In truth, neither of these opposing sides seems to be
interested in discussing the most relevant details pertaining to true
anomalies which may exist in our world.

KENS NOTE: I have been harping for years as to why all of the UFO
conferences do not have a showcase of UFO photos. I had a
presentation of UFO photos at the Baltimore Conference a few years ago
and I feel it was a hit. There are many original and real UFO
photographs.

Thanks to Ken Pfeifer

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