Blissfully Ignorant, Embarrassingly Uninformed.

Greetings. In many ways, the UFO community is a social club, where people rub elbows with celebrities and researchers, and oftentimes, with liars.

Far too often, legitimate research work is not a part of the dynamic, instead, the effort to be seen with people of some notoriety is the only goal. Selfies are taken, contacts are exchanged, and people whore themselves in an attempt to become part of the club. It would all seem embarrassing, but that is lost on the parties involved. 

Now it's one thing to rub elbows with researchers in the UFO community, I have done the exact same thing in decades past. It is another thing altogether to socialize with liars and disinformation/misinformation agents. That latter scenario happens all the time, mostly because the draw of the UFO social club is strong, but occasionally because some people are simply ignorant of UFO history. Blissfully ignorant, embarrassingly uninformed.

The image attached to this particular blog posting is something I happened to come across on Facebook. I had just recently interacted with Richard Doty on the same platform, and the gentleman was not enamored with my statements, which I couldn't care less about. I keep my statements squarely supported by valid information, and far away from the personal and subjective. I stand by my statements, period. The interaction in question motivated me to do a little digging into Mr. Doty's recent activities in the UFO community, and it did not take long at all to find some revealing items.

Mr. Doty is pictured here with Nicole Sakach, a UFO enthusiast who clearly is either very comfortable taking pictures with admitted liars, or she is blissfully ignorant, embarrassingly uninformed. I don't know which, but I believe both dynamics are at play.  The image places the motivations of many people firmly in doubt. As I stated before, the lure of the UFO social club is strong, so this kind of thing happens all the time. The post that contained the image featured some revealing comments left behind by some well-known people. 

David Marler and James Clarkson, two of the most credentialed and experienced researchers of the UFO problem, pushed back very strongly against the fact that Mr. Doty continues to be embraced by many in the UFO community. Grant Cameron, a researcher who claims that Ms. Sakach is his assistant, Cameron Logan, a broadcaster who claims that Mr. Doty is a friend, and Bob McGwier, a retired professor, were numbered among those who seem to have no problem at all with Mr. Doty and his activities in the UFO community. That fact alone places their integrity, morality, and common sense firmly in question. Mind-boggling, but not surprising, not in the least.

This kind of activity proves what I have been saying for many years now. The UFO community is a social club, not a legitimate investigative endeavor, just an opportunity to rub elbows and promote one's self.

I sincerely wish things were different, but that is not the situation as it stands now. 

Blissfully ignorant, embarrassingly uninformed. 

Thank you for your time and consideration.