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demonstrates a self-censorship that amounts to an abdication of responsibility
and is incompatible with the principles on which their work is supposed
to be based. No matter what the subject matter, scientific research
is supposed to be carried out impartially, following the trail of truth wherever
it may lead, without skewing the results one way or another to make
them fit preconceived biases. It should make no difference if the results
are unpopular or subject to ridicule by the ignorant who have not bothered
to examine the evidence themselves, even if some of the ignorant happen
to be in positions of authority that control research grants and advancement
in the academic hierarchy.
It is the academic research community which sets the tone for so-called
serious media coverage, as well as statements made by government representatives.
Because it has systematically deprecated, minimized or
denied evidence out of fear of ridicule, for a full half-century adopting an
attitude of zealous skepticism, the academic community now bears a large
part of the responsibility for the catastrophic present situation, in which
the population as a whole must adjust to the shock of acknowledging the
reality of the alien presence on this planet, although deeply conditioned
for fifty years to dismiss it as a laughing matter, as easily controlled as
a television set. Of course, the decision made in 1953 by the CIA's
Robertson Panel to pursue a policy of systematic ridicule towards civilian
UFO reports is also a major factor in the equation. This decision illustrates
the extent to which contemporary science is influenced by the military/industrial
complex, since that disastrous policy is still being implemented
to the present day.
What is the evidence I claim is being arbitrarily denied An incident
witnessed by a single person is always open to question, and an eyewitness
report on its own does not constitute substantial evidence. However,
in the investigation of a traffic accident or a crime, if there are multiple
witnesses who independently give similar descriptions of the event, their
cumulative testimony tends to be taken seriously in a court of law. If there
are literally hundreds or even thousands of witnesses independently giving
similar descriptions of an event, the cumulative weight of their testimony
becomes overwhelming. Long-term patterns over periods of several
decades that include entire populations of towns and cities making similar
reports should be considered scientifically as even more decisively
significant, no matter what the subject matter.
The exception is the taboo topic of UFO phenomena. There are literally
hundreds of examples I could point to, but one incident illustrates particularly
well how this taboo operates.
I'll begin by specifying my sources, which are articles in the following
newspapers: Arkansas Gazette, Little Rock, AR, January 23, 1988; Arkansas