The Proof is Out There? Prove it MUFON!

Greetings. The Mutual UFO Network. The most successful UFO investigative organization on the planet. If you believe that prior statement, I have a live Dimetrodon to sell you, with an accompaniment of Trilobites for your backyard pool. MUFON is the running joke of the UFO subculture, and that is saying quite a bit considering the current amateurish state of the UFO field, its religion, mythology, and legions of cult followers.

The "organization" continually produces a plethora of merchandise, all for the consumption of the suckers who follow along like a whipped teenage boy being led around by his nose or other unmentionables. Caps, mugs, videos, clothing, stickers, lanyards, mousepads and a whole slew of books and documentaries. So much merchandise that one might erroneously believe that Richard Dolan is running the organization's promotional operation.

The focus of this particular blog posting are the organization's documentaries. Whilst well produced and possessing of a high visual quality, nothing of any real substance is contained within them. MUFON's documentaries do have one thing in common though: Unsubstantiated claims. Assertions are made of having proof and evidence of alien visitation, all allegedly in MUFON's possession, usually stated to be contained within the group's files. Does such evidence ever come to the surface? Does MUFON ever put its money where its mouth is? Of course not, for they have no such evidence. Why do I say that? For one reason: If MUFON had proof of alien visitation, evidence of extraterrestrial contact, they would be parading it for all the world to see, all in an effort to make money and gain some notoriety and membership numbers. In fact, someone in the ranks of MUFON would have won a Nobel Prize for proving the reality of alien visitation. No dice.

MUFON'S Ron James, pictured above, doesn't have a Nobel Prize. Neither does David MacDonald, Jessica Tocco, Debbie Ziegelmeyer, Robert Swiatek, John Harrison, Saundra Kleven, Barbra Sobhani, Teri Lynge-Kehl, or anyone else who has ever been associated with the organization. MUFON is a business, nothing more, and its sole focus is financial gain. Not investigations, just sales and promotion. The fact that MUFON doesn't produce the evidence for all the world to see speaks volumes. They don't have it.

Of course, a member of MUFON could always make me eat some ufological crow by providing the evidence. Bring it on.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Comments

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