Brief
Ufology
The claims the writer was given for Ufology, in the order they were given.
1
D. W. Pasulka organised a small closed conference, to which Tyler D. was not invited, that brought together ufologists and scientists with scholars of the humanities who studied the UFO phenomenon.
“A few months prior to our trip, I had organized a small conference, to which Tyler had not been invited, on the phenomenon. The small, closed meeting was unique because it brought together ufologists and scientists with scholars of the humanities, all of whom studied the phenomenon.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch1:12136-12408 administrative first hand
2
D. W. Pasulka observed that the code of conduct for scientist-ufologists who study the UFO phenomenon in an official capacity differs from academic codes of conduct, requiring them to keep their sources secret after being vetted and taking oaths.
“Scientist-ufologists are vetted extensively before their employment in the field and, once hired, take oaths to keep their sources secret.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch1:13226-13357 observation first hand
3
James Master observed that Jacques Vallee has infuriated most ufologists because he won't commit to a single explanation of the phenomenon.
“In fact, Jacques has infuriated most ufologists because he won’t fall in line. All Jacques has ever claimed is that the phenomenon seems infinitely variable.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch2:36138-36286 opinion first hand
4
Within ufology there have arisen two main schools of thought, one emphasising material issues and the other addressing subjective and spiritual issues.
“Within ufology, there have arisen two main schools of thought. One emphasizes material issues, and the other addresses subjective and spiritual issues.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch5:6101-6245 observation first hand
5
The materialist school of ufology focuses on the empirical effects of UFOs, such as radiation burns on material objects or on people, blips on radar, and sightings, described as "the nuts and bolts" of the UFO event.
“The materialist school focuses on the empirical effects of UFOs, like radiation burns on material objects or on people, blips on radars, and sightings. This school focuses on "the nuts and bolts" of the UFO event.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch5:6253-6460 observation first hand
6
The other school of ufology arose with the advent of hypnotic regression applied to experiencers and the contactee and abduction movements, and it focuses on the experiencers themselves and the content of extraterrestrial messages.
“The other school arose with the advent of the application of hypnotic regression to experiencers and with the contactee and abduction movements; it focuses on the experiencers themselves and the content of the extraterrestrial messages.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch5:6467-6694 observation first hand
7
Rey Hernandez was careful to note that the Dr. Edgar Mitchell Foundation for Research into Extraterrestrial Encounters (FREE) is not an organisation devoted to ufology.
“In my discussions with him about FREE, he was careful to note that FREE is not an organization devoted to ufology.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch6:25345-25451 opinion first hand
8
Rey Hernandez believes the ufology paradigm has revealed very little about the UFO phenomenon over the last sixty years and that a new paradigm, the Consciousness Paradigm, is needed.
“He said, “This paradigm has revealed very little about this phenomenon over the last sixty years. A new paradigm is needed and this is the Consciousness Paradigm.””
American Cosmic 2019 ch6:25460-25613 opinion first hand
9
Disclosure is a term used by ufologists to mean that UFOs have revealed themselves, or that there is a public awareness of their presence.
“Disclosure is a term used by ufologists that means that UFOs have revealed themselves, or that there is a public awareness of their presence.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch6:25961-26093 administrative
10
The Jesuit scientists at the Vatican Observatory are not actively searching for UFOs and are not engaged in ufology.
“To set the record straight, the Jesuits at the Vatican Observatory are not actively searching for UFOs, nor are they engaged in anything related to ufology.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch7:26241-26389 observation first hand
11
Brenda Denzler observed that ufology and the study of anomalous aerial phenomena are overwhelmingly white and male and over 90 percent Anglo-American.
“ufology and the study of anomalous aerial phenomena, as observed by my colleague Brenda Denzler, are “overwhelmingly white and male” and over 90 percent Anglo-American.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch7:38244-38403 opinion second hand
12
The historians of ufology, with few exceptions, ignore the history of African American and indigenous traditions of the UFO, which predate the standard assumption that the UFO mythos began in 1947.
“The historians of ufology, with few exceptions, ignore the history of African American and indigenous traditions of the UFO, which predate the standard assumption that the UFO mythos was born in the year 1947.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch7:38549-38753 opinion first hand
13
D. W. Pasulka conducted an ethnography of a variety of UFO believers and researched UFOs and ufology.
“I proceeded in the conventional way in that I conducted an ethnography of a variety of believers and delved into research into UFOs and ufology, a branch of research devoted to the topic.”
American Cosmic 2019 char:15823-16004 administrative first hand
14
Astronomer Massimo Teodorani and physicist Eric Davis have confirmed the existence of a parallel research tradition within ufology that is not known to the uninitiated but is well known within the culture of ufologists.
“Some scientists, such as astronomer Massimo Teodorani and physicist Eric Davis, have confirmed its existence.”
American Cosmic 2019 char:18258-18357 testimony second hand
15
Cult creation around a single contactee, typically involving a prophecy of an event within the next few years, is a recurring pattern in ufology.
“The cult creation seems to be this thing in UFOlogy where like you have this one kind of contactee, you know, and around that person is created this sort of mythology and... often there's a prophecy involved”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 00:09:53.3-00:10:09.2 opinion first hand
16
Running a UFO researcher as a source also turns them from active and passionate into passive, waiting for sources to tell them what is going on rather than analysing and piecing evidence together themselves, in Jason Samosa's assessment.
“Because I've turned you from someone who is active and passionate, and you've become passive. You're waiting for the sources to tell you what's going on.”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 01:54:39.2-01:54:46.1 opinion first hand
17
Cultivating researchers as sources is practically free as a technique, and combined with flooding disinformation into the UFO community does a great deal of damage, in Jason Samosa's assessment.
“it's a very simple, but it's practically free. And if you, alongside that, if you just flood disinformation into the community, you'll do a wonderful job of making things very difficult.”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 01:54:59.7-01:55:09.4 opinion first hand
18
UFO researchers turning aggressively against each other is the easiest way to destroy the research community, in Jason Samosa's assessment.
“it's like just researchers turning against each other and getting so aggressive... It's the easiest way to destroy a community.”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 01:56:08.1-01:56:14.5 opinion first hand
19
Infighting among UFO researchers makes the field look crazy, which is itself falling prey to manufactured division, in Jesse Michels's assessment.
“We all look crazy, which then you're, you're falling prey to the manufactured division.”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 01:56:57.1-01:57:01.2 opinion first hand
20
The UFO disclosure movement has an inevitable life cycle in which different evangelists are needed for different audiences at different stages, in Jason Samosa's assessment.
“the same people who did the first, you know, kind of movement of this aren't going to be the same people who do the next one... because you need different types of evangelists for different types of audiences at different times. So there is an inevitable life cycle as well.”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 01:58:05.0-01:58:20.7 opinion first hand
21
Few people in the United Kingdom talk publicly about the UFO topic, in Jason Samosa's assessment.
“Like in the UK, we really don't have that many people who talk about this topic.”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 01:58:23.2-01:58:26.8 opinion first hand
22
Jason Samosa worries about the religious component of the UFO subject and about an inability to cautiously distinguish what people have experienced from dogma.
“I do worry about the religious component and our inability to cautiously delineate between what people have experienced and dogma.”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 02:06:03.2-02:06:11.8 opinion first hand
23
Jason Samosa observes that the role of the Vatican in the UFO subject is hinted at by many researchers he respects, comes up and then disappears, with no one wanting to focus on it.
“the role of the Vatican is hinted at by many people that I would respect it kind of comes up and then it disappears, right? No one wants to focus too much on the Vatican.”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 02:17:57.1-02:18:04.0 opinion first hand
24
Jesse Michels considers the biggest fallacy of UFO research to be treating figures such as Ronald Reagan as though they spent most of their time on UFOs, when the subject was under one per cent of their attention and their real focus was geopolitics.
“And I think maybe the biggest fallacy of UFO research is we talk about Reagan, like he spends all his time on UFOs. They're realizing it's sub 1%. And he really is just geopolitics.”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 02:29:48.7-02:30:00.5 opinion first hand
25
Budd Hopkins was an American artist, author and ufologist.
“[note: Budd Hopkins - American artist, author, and ufologist]”
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The most effective way to neutralise a UFO researcher is to run them as a source: give them a few genuinely good pieces of information to build trust, then feed in progressively more untrue material that spreads into the community and surrounds the true information, in Jason Samosa's assessment.
“The really smart thing to do is sources... I give you a couple of really good bits of information to start with... And you build a relationship of trust with me... then I start to introduce more and more unusual, unnecessary extra information, which is not true, which gets distilled into the community, which then surrounds all the true information.”
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