Inquiry and Confirmation.

Greetings. Inquiry. Why is such a simple, yet essential course of action so often pushed back against?

The UFO subculture has a long "storied" history of alleged witnesses and whistleblowers offering up unsubstantiated claims, statements which never end up being confirmed by tangible proof or evidence. Before moving forward, it must be made clear that my own opinions about the individuals named here are of no importance, nor are my opinions the focus of this blog posting. The process of inquiry and confirmation is the sole focus of this writing. 

The process of inquiry, examination, and eventual confirmation involves the asking of questions, and the search for proof and evidence to validate the claims in question. The process is used in many diverse fields as a way to push away from the invalid or misleading and to embrace the confirmed and the defensible. Law enforcement officials practice such techniques. Attorneys practice such techniques. Scientists practice such techniques. Yet, such techniques are not often applied when it comes to claims made within the confines of the UFO subculture, in fact, such techniques are often pushed back against. Such pushbacks are often aggressive and occasionally become personal in nature. 

The names are familiar, even to the general public, who have no vested interest in the UFO topic; Bob Lazar, Corey Goode, David Adair, David Charles Grusch, among many, many others. All have offered up stories for the UFO subculture to devour and embrace, none having provided any proof or evidence that would place their stories on more solid, substantiated ground. Supporting them is a group of self-serving promoters that take the stories and run with them, placing them on full display for all the world to see; George Knapp, Jeremy Corbell, Linda Moulton Howe, among many, many others. The resulting flood of unsubstantiated content is truly awe-inspiring to behold, and not in a positive way.

How are we to find valid information about the UFO problem? How are we going to move the UFO research community forward? How? By making inquiries. We should not be pushing back against the effort to inquire, we should be encouraging such actions. We should not be attacking those who want to learn and explore, those individuals should be given our full support. Accepting information should not involve considering the opinions of people of some notoriety, the process of acceptance involves the examination of valid, accurate information, and nothing else. It is a high standard to maintain, but that is the way it goes. That standard is not maintained in the UFO subculture, in fact it is often belittled and made light of.

None of us would be comfortable accepting false or unconfirmed information from our doctors, or from an attorney representing us, nor would we want to be falsely accused of a crime based on false claims, void of evidence. Despite that, many in the UFO subculture are completely comfortable accepting unproven stories, and that is scary. It suggests that many people don't really want answers to the UFO problem, they just accept anything that happens to come meandering down the UFO road. Unfortunate.

Thank you for your time and consideration.