The recent ‘grifter’ discussion only pertains to a few people, people who probably are just taking us for a ride. But beyond that, you still have all of the classic Ufologists who were mostly earnestly looking for evidence.
No one really thinks that Standon Friedman was a grifter. He may have been wrong, but he made case based on evidence which did not come from unknown whistleblowers. He was also far less batty than the current crop of the plan trusters.
There’s been some criticism of Jacques Vallee of late, but Passport to Magonia is a better UFO book than your mom. He links UFO sightings with folklore and makes a pretty interesting case for his ‘interdimensional hypothesis’. He’s not grifting. He’s looking at evidence and trying to come up with an explanation.
David M. Jacobs books may or may not be based on things which are actually occurring, but he does earnestly believe the things he’s saying. He’s a tenured professor who put his career in serious jeopardy to investigate the claims of alien abduction. He looked at his mountain of hypnosis-derived evidence and tried to come up with a rational theory.
These people are very different than those who’ve created the situation in which we currently find ourselves. If I wanted to go full tinfoil, I’d say that the individuals who’ve struck this sub’s ire were doing so on behalf of the government and/or the ETs. They said they had evidence of some unknown SAP, and when pressed, they refuse to provide it. In doing so, they tied the very existence of UFOs to this SAP (in the minds of many). If this was a plan to discredit the idea of UFOs, it was a highly effective one.
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