| Is the art of debunkery only used by skeptics with a | | | | When there are reports of UFO sightings, quite often |
| sinister agenda to sabotage the whole UFO | | | | we hear reasonable explanations such as |
| phenomenon? Or can any good come out of this | | | | experimental aircraft (whether US, Russian, or |
| process at all? | | | | whomever), weather balloons, lights on airplanes, |
| Alright, a little debunkery is necessary and healthy. You | | | | hoaxes, swamp gas, optical illusions, wild imagination, |
| have to start by attempting to disprove a particular | | | | etc. Such ideas may come from the media, or planted |
| UFO case, see if it holds water, to determine if it's a | | | | by some unknown intelligence faction, or the usual |
| mistaken sighting, a genuine sighting, or a hoax. It could | | | | debunkers. Yes, exploring the most reasonable |
| be just an airplane high in the sky, a weather balloon, or | | | | explanations is healthy, but if none of the usual criteria |
| even a silver-painted Frisbee tossed up there for | | | | can actually apply, you just may have a real alien |
| laughs. It could be a trick of the light, an optical illusion, | | | | spacecraft on your hands. |
| heat waves dancing on a rooftop, anything at all. It | | | | Often someone from the Intelligence community, or a |
| could be a bird, or a plane, or even Superman! Alright, | | | | hired shyster, will spread disinformation to deny the |
| that last one should definitely be debunked. | | | | usual UFO accounts. And sometimes they toss in |
| We have to be debunkers first, then if the evidence is | | | | totally absurd stories intending to make the whole UFO |
| conclusive and credible enough, we can decide that it's | | | | phenomenon sound ludicrous. Much of this you'll read in |
| quite possibly legitimate. So amen to healthy | | | | the tabloids as well. When you see a photo of the |
| debunkery. But over-zealous cynical debunkery is | | | | president shaking the hand of a bug-eyed, big-headed |
| dangerous. When they diligently claim all UFO cases | | | | grey alien in a tabloid rag, you have to know it's phony |
| are false, because ETs don't really exist, that's the | | | | - right? |
| extremist view of debunkery. All cases must be | | | | To clarify a point, or to insult most people's intelligence, |
| weighed with a balanced process and attitude. | | | | we're talking about Unidentified Flying Objects, or |
| Otherwise, the truth can't be ascertained. | | | | UFOs. In general, all of those mysterious objects these |
| The usual stubborn debunker claims that alien ships | | | | witnesses observed have been flying objects that |
| have not ever visited our world, that witnesses are | | | | were not clearly identified. They could be anything |
| imagining things, or they're just telling tall tales. They act | | | | from a weather balloon to a Frisbee. Claiming you |
| according to their staunch skeptical beliefs without | | | | witnessed a UFO is pretty general, so it could be |
| even trying to find the truth of the matter. From one | | | | anything at all, and not necessarily alien in origin. That's |
| standpoint it sounds like they're too lazy to find out, but | | | | why people have to be specific, and if an eyewitness |
| I think it's that they're afraid to discover what the truth | | | | can confidently declare that what he has seen is an |
| is. | | | | alien spacecraft, then we should consider it. I didn't say |
| Stanton Friedman, in his book Flying Saucers and | | | | totally agree with him, but his case must be thoroughly |
| Science, says, "Another important rule for some of the | | | | investigated to determine exactly what he saw. |
| attackers is that absence of evidence is evidence for | | | | Sadly, the expert debunker, as well as the lazy |
| absence." This means that if they don't see the proof | | | | armchair debunker, will too hastily declare these |
| with their own eyes, it's probably not there. Basically it | | | | eyewitnesses as crazy crackpots, not considering any |
| means they're not looking for it. They're not looking for | | | | clues or evidence to the contrary. So, with help from |
| proof, evidence, circumstances, or any information that | | | | those pesky debunkers, UFOs are being swept under |
| would justify the existence of UFOs and ETs. | | | | the rug by the government - joining with the rest of the |
| Debunkers don't want to admit it, but they are | | | | cover-ups and conspiracies that run rampant across |
| ostriches sticking their heads in the sand. They don't | | | | the planet. |
| want to know the truth, and they don't want to find out. | | | | So, are the observing aliens shaking their bug-eyed big |
| Their truth is the only true, in their opinion, even if it's | | | | heads at our foolishness? It's hard to tell -we don't |
| wrong. | | | | know if they really exist. |