Advocating Higher Research Standards - The UFO Trail

Two sound articles on problems retarding progress in ufology and in bettering its reputation. Jack Brewer treats the general lack of rigor in evaluating new claims, which establishes a climate in which hoaxes and insufficiently-researched claims can flourish. Brewer hammers on the requirement for authentic documentation, not shying away from applying his points to a current practice he notes in the To the Stars...Academy of Arts & Science. Meanwhile, Kevin Randle's focus seems more limited as he is Chasing More Footnotes. But Kevin's specific instances show how the wider problems of hoaxes, or even honest errors in new claims or research on older cases, once publicized, often never fully die. We don't learn from our mistakes, largely because we don't do a good job of ferreting out the original source for a particular claim or apparent fact. Kevin appropriately notes this problem is not ufology's alone, but it is still pernicious, and Kevin suggests several reasons why this is so. (WM)

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