The Crazy World of the UFO Community

It goes without saying that the mere word UFO can bring on snickers, giggles, eye rolls and that all telling, "You have got to be kidding me. Are you nuts?", look. In short, there are a lot of folks that think we UFO people are a bit out in the Twilight Zone's left field. And to be honest, that is a fair assessment in many cases. The UFO community is very diverse, divisive and divided. There are the conspiracy theorists that think anything concerning National Security or a secret facility must have something to do with aliens and UFOs. You have contact groups that go out in remote places and allege they are contacting and communicating with alien entities. There are the exopolitic followers that think the world's leaders are in cahoots and doing business with several alien species unbeknownst to us. You have the true believers that just believe on faith alone that there are ET's out there. They don't have any need for physical evidence or scientific investigation. According to them, they just know. Some think these so called entities are demons or fallen angels. Others think they might be good angels.There are the nuts and bolts folks like me that believe science is the key to disclosing our elusive visitors. We believe something is going on, that we are dealing with most likely an advanced species, we rely on scientific investigation, collecting data, and finding any physical evidence that we can. So as one can see, the UFO neighborhood is painted with many colors with a very broad brush.  

The problem with all this diversity is that there are indeed factions of the UFO community that make it very hard for the outside world to take this subject seriously. When believers get on a soap box and announce that they know for a fact this and that about this phenomenon, credibility goes flying out the window at mach speed. The truth of the matter is that we have no physical evidence in the general public that tells us what the big picture is. That is the who, what and why. People can claim all sorts of things but without physical proof their claims are just that and nothing more. The reality is that we really have no clue as to what we are really dealing with. We have no proof of who these entities are, where they come from or what their intentions are. These are the questions that I believe are the most important of all. When unbelievable and absolute claims are made, it's like filling in a story without the characters, the plot or motivations. How can we claim that they are good, evil, peaceful, non peaceful or whatever if we don't even know who they are in the first place? People can argue all day long that the military has aliens hidden away but we have no proof of this either just like we have no proof that there are alien ships hidden in places like the Groom Lake Facility or Area 51.  All we have is hearsay and hearsay isn't good enough. We have to have the data and physical proof that an advanced species does in fact exist and they have visited us often and have actually made contact with some of us for the world to take this phenomenon seriously or Plan B, these visitors announce themselves to us. So far that hasn't been forthcoming on a large scale.

A lot of the problem with Ufology today is sensationalism. There are so many dramatic and cheesy "Alien" shows on television. Movies have the big screen filled with aliens and humans fighting gigantic CGI battles to the death. And that is the perception a lot of people get about the UFO phenomenon. This type of entertainment is the only exposure they have had to this very mysterious and fascinating subject. We are living in an age where information,  good, bad, true and false is at our fingertips. People put up posts on their FB pages all the time that are completely untrue. It 's not that the poster is trying to lie, they just believe what they see without checking into the facts. You know, "It's on the internet so it must be true". That's not the mindset of real ufologists and researchers. When we hear about stories and news, we find out all we can and then contact people that we know are reliable and serious about this subject. We do our best to find out the real deal. This is something I preach all the time on the MUFON FB group that I'm the team leader of. Do your homework!  Look into things, do research, read, question!  Reach out to the people that are known for their sane, logical and sensible approach to this subject. Find out who the best are. Read and study them. There is a real and serious branch of Ufology out there. It does not have circus wagons, rigged games or fake sideshows promising to show one something unbelievable. Instead, it is a scientific investigative process that uses the facts, data and testimony of witnesses to put together a picture. These entitles or whatever they are, have in my mind been either visiting or living here for a long time in secret. They could care less about our instantaneous tech world and our on demand mindset it would seem. So it is going to be up to us to figure out the science and technology that can finally start sorting out this mystery and that is not going to happen sitting around the campfire telling stories. We've got to get out there and find the truth about these stories. But serious Ufology also has to do it's best to separate itself from the Flying Saucer Circus in the Sky. Otherwise it will never be taken seriously.