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Issue # 9 Fall 2001 Ufology
in a Holding Pattern?
It took the
acerbic wit of UFO bookseller Robert Girard (Arcturus Books) to
make the point clear to everyone: RIP Ufology, 1947-1999. Or so
read the introduction to his catalogue this month. Though this
may be disquieting to many, Mr. Girard is more than likely
correct in his assessment. If the science, field of study,
endeavor, pastime or whatever one wishes to term
"ufology" has not, in fact, bitten the dust, it has
mutated into something that its founding fathers (or earliest
exponents, if you will) would be hard pressed to recognize. Perhaps some would rather think of ufology as being in some sort of "holding pattern" in the wake of the Roaring Nineties (1990s, that is) of no-holds-barred speculation, outrageous claims, televised extravaganzas and earth-shattering disclosures. Maybe the entire field is waiting for a new wave of sightings to stir the non-specialized public's interest, or for a new generation of researchers (perhaps less interested in making personal appearances at conventions) to take the stage. Or perhaps we really are at the end of the line, picking up the crumbs from the great banquet that was the 1990s.
Scott
Corrales
Europe's
Inexplicable Icefalls UFOs,
Flying Saucers and Aliens Chupacabras
Encounters Monkey-Man Carlos
Murciano: "Something Floats Over the World" MEXICO
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