Investigative Scientific "Integrity:" Unethical Behavior in the UFO Subculture.

Greetings. Investigative scientific integrity. The dogged adherence to a set methodology, a highly professional course of action, or actions, which allow for an unbiased, legitimate, and dispassionate examination of an alleged event, or of an alleged witnesses' testimonial. Scientific integrity is the condition which results from the strict and unwavering adherence to professional values, practices, and methodologies when conducting scientific activities that ensures clarity, objectivity, and reproducibility, while providing unassailable insulation from bias, fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, inappropriate influence(s,) political interference, and censorship. Quite a mouthful, but an essential one without question. Investigative integrity, in my humble opinion, involves a far more personal set of ethics, standards, and methodologies. Maintaining one's own investigative integrity involves conducting one's self with honor, honesty, and distinction. It demands that the...