Schuyler
Misanthrope
OK. It's done, at least the first version is done and can be found on Scribd here:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/13586254/The-Official-UFO-Quiz.
Download the PDF doc rather than the text doc. I tested some of the links to make sure they work. I'll list the introduction below:
The state of UFO education is, not surprisingly, dismal. Once in awhile you will find a course or two at an experimental college or institute that has its own agenda, but beyond these rare and paltry offerings there is no recognized place offering a structured course of study. People are self-taught, when they bother, yet everyone seems to have an opinion on the subject. I occasionally rant against this state of affairs. Recently I declared that if I were God I would require people to take a test on UFOs before they were even allowed to post on a forum.
I decided to put my effort where my mouth was and this is the result. It’s not nearly enough, of course—even though it may be more than you will tolerate. You can’t possibly cover all people and cases with 100 questions, or even 200. My hope is that it is something you can have fun with or use as a self-study guide. The questions probably reflect my own biases and may also reflect my own book collection devoted to UFOs (Closing in on 300 titles). I’m certainly willing to add, change, or delete questions as the need arises. I am claiming neither complete objectivity nor complete or even coverage here. There should probably be 500 questions. You could probably do 100 questions on Roswell alone.
After having done the questions and answers I see a little unevenness here, so I’ll call this version .90 with a view to consolidating some of the earlier questions to allow some additions.
Fairly brief answers have linked references to further material about the issue. That way you won’t have to take my word on anything; perish the thought! In many cases I have used Wikipedia—not because I value their answers as always complete or unbiased, but because they are a relatively stable site compared to many on the Internet which come and go on a regular basis, particularly where this topic is concerned. Also, Wikipedia tends to provide references of their own, so you should be able to link to several sites concerning each question, perhaps with different points of view. I have also tried to include at least one linked bibliographic reference for each entry. By the way, a quick way to find a book is to simply type the ISBN into a search engine. This should bring up several sources.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/13586254/The-Official-UFO-Quiz.
Download the PDF doc rather than the text doc. I tested some of the links to make sure they work. I'll list the introduction below:
The state of UFO education is, not surprisingly, dismal. Once in awhile you will find a course or two at an experimental college or institute that has its own agenda, but beyond these rare and paltry offerings there is no recognized place offering a structured course of study. People are self-taught, when they bother, yet everyone seems to have an opinion on the subject. I occasionally rant against this state of affairs. Recently I declared that if I were God I would require people to take a test on UFOs before they were even allowed to post on a forum.
I decided to put my effort where my mouth was and this is the result. It’s not nearly enough, of course—even though it may be more than you will tolerate. You can’t possibly cover all people and cases with 100 questions, or even 200. My hope is that it is something you can have fun with or use as a self-study guide. The questions probably reflect my own biases and may also reflect my own book collection devoted to UFOs (Closing in on 300 titles). I’m certainly willing to add, change, or delete questions as the need arises. I am claiming neither complete objectivity nor complete or even coverage here. There should probably be 500 questions. You could probably do 100 questions on Roswell alone.
After having done the questions and answers I see a little unevenness here, so I’ll call this version .90 with a view to consolidating some of the earlier questions to allow some additions.
Fairly brief answers have linked references to further material about the issue. That way you won’t have to take my word on anything; perish the thought! In many cases I have used Wikipedia—not because I value their answers as always complete or unbiased, but because they are a relatively stable site compared to many on the Internet which come and go on a regular basis, particularly where this topic is concerned. Also, Wikipedia tends to provide references of their own, so you should be able to link to several sites concerning each question, perhaps with different points of view. I have also tried to include at least one linked bibliographic reference for each entry. By the way, a quick way to find a book is to simply type the ISBN into a search engine. This should bring up several sources.
