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A Growing Disinterest in UFO's?

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As several threads have touted the release of government documents as a small step towards acceptance towards the UFO issue and perhaps disclosure, I see this article.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/ben_macintyre/article3941454.ece

And while it is basically countering the supposed build up of UFO interest, it maintains some good points. And of course some, not so good ones as well.

So is there a build up or more interest in the topic or just the opposite? Are we dealing with confirmation bias when we see the release of documents and stories of UFO's making us think that the topic is gaining popularity and validity? How important is the release of these types of documents really? And might they not give credibility to the subject due it's intermingling of wacko stories along with more credible, but perhaps mundane ones?
 
That article is typical rigid "I ain't seen it so it ain't real" gibberish. Ask yourself this: How exactly does one conclude that UFO sightings are in decline? Not reports, sightings. That's the claim the author is making. If the assumption is that reports=sightings then yes, I'm sure they have declined because people around the world have come to the realization that reporting accomplishes NOTHING. They have their sighting and either keep it to themselves or tell a few friends, that's IT.

It also fails to take into account the internet as a means of co-ordination between those who have seen ufos, had encouters or abductions, etc (places like, I dunno, HERE). That all exists completely off the radar. Publically available of course but you have to look for it, it's not anything "official".

At best this is simply another head-in-the-sand cynic who just wants to draw it down to little green men from mars. Well they ain't green and they sure as hell ain't from mars. But of course as a journalist I certainly wouldn't expect him to oh, I don't know, research the topic before writing such drivel.

At worst (and I really hate to bring this up) it smacks of a certain "Move along, nothing to see here folks" attitude. And you know damn well when someone says that to you, there's absolutely something there worth looking at...
 
Here's the deal. We are all wasting our time. BUT, not so much as those who watch American Idol.... which is 90 percent of the population. It is better to waste time on things that could be, than things that are that shouldn't be.... = American Idol.
 
I think you have to look at the quality of the informers.there are mostly poor ones and there very good ones.I can se an increase in the quality of those who accept ,may be with a doubt,the phenomena as a real probability.
 
The guy is a fucking idiot. Cynic is exactly right, and one who's trying to marginalize the subject by saying it's "in decline".

Who the hell is he kidding, when UFO report stories in major media are often the one's most popular?

Ill informed moron.
 
louis belanger said:
For those who think there is disinterest in UFO,there is 18 pages of blogs and 10 videos of cases at MSNBC only today.
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This is all from Sunday night's Dateline featuring 10 UFO cases with photo/video evidence.

Overall I think it was covered and presented fairly, much like more and more of the recent coverage.

-t.
 
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