William G. Pullin

Greetings. Dispassionate discussions about the UFO problem have become less and less commonplace, especially when involving people who embrace the 'woo,' the illogical, the ridiculous, the nonsensical. A case in point follows.... "When CSETI, CSETI Vancouver and all global CE-5 Groups are making contact and communicating with ETs!!"  The above comment was left behind by a Facebook page called "CSETI Vancouver" on a recent article I posted on my Facebook blog platform. My response read as follows, and I quote, "Provide physical, tangible, falsifiable proof or evidence to support your declaration." Not an unreasonable response, but one that kicked off a ridiculous series of comments that led to nowhere, except to the wacko, batshit crazy world of CE-5.  As the interaction continued, the comments coming from CSETI Vancouver continued to be emotional and subjective, complete with a plethora of rude rhetoric, embarrassing misspellings, and multiple excl...

Greetings. Derrel Sims, otherwise known in UFO circles as "The Alien Hunter."  Mr. Sims has consistently made claims of having recovered evidence of alien visitation, specifically in the form of implants left behind in the bodies of alleged abductees. Unfortunately, Mr. Sims has not provided any documents that demonstrate that any scientific examinations have actually been undertaken. None, and it doesn't seem to occur to anyone in the UFO subculture to ask for them. Why? I haven't the foggiest idea. Perhaps the UFO crowds are simply dense, or they just don't care, or they are willing to believe anything that comes out of any celebrity's mouth, or worse, all of the above. Talk is cheap, verifiable proof is necessary. If anyone is uncomfortable with that reasonable standard, then their intelligence and integrity should be questioned.  "●The lab should be a certified and licensed lab for the tests that are to be done. ●It must have performed those tests oft...

Greetings. The UFO subculture is populated with a slew of "investigative organizations," groups on social media that claim to conduct investigations, or simply use the title as a description of their group. Are any of these "investigative organizations" worthy of the title or description?  Let's take a look at the situation, as it was, and as it is now...  1975's "The Edge of Reality: A Progress Report on Unidentified Flying Objects," co-written by the late Dr. J. Allen Hynek and Jacques Vallee, contains a candid discussion about private UFO investigative organizations, with Hynek and Vallee making a series of straightforward comments about the efforts of amateur groups, specifically the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP) and the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization (APRO.) Several points are made by the two gentlemen, all of which are worthy of consideration here:  1. Private organizations don't openly share inform...