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	Ufology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Overall, Ufology might be seen as an interdisciplinary field, as people have examined UFO reports from a number of perspectives.
		One cannot obtain a "ufology" degree from any college or university, though there have been a few college or university courses on the subject, often from a folklore perspective.
		Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal, (CSICOP), a UFO and paranormal skeptics organization, which classifies ufology as a pseudoscience and claims all UFO reports are ultimately explainable as mundane phenomena or hoaxes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ufology (1702 words)

	"The Failure of the 'Science' of UFOlogy" by James Oberg
		Ufology is still struggling to achieve scientific and popular respectability, so it is perhaps un derstandable that public pronouncements of ufologists would be primarily in the persuasive rather than expository vein.
		The thesis of ufology is an indictment against the ability of contemporary science to explain the Universe, and it must prove such an indictment as every other such proponent must prove it: the need for a modif ication of our current model of reality must be established beyond reasonable doubt.
		For ufology, extraordinary reports can be considered to be valid data until disproved; and, in the most devastating departure from scientific methodology, ufologists reject the concept of "falsifiability" of scientific theories.
	www.debunker.com /texts/ObergCuttySark.html (2502 words)

	Blastitude 13
		Ufology pictures an aesthetic collision between a housing structure, the UFO, and an alien element that inhabits this house, in an uncommon aesthetic mixture of the abject and the technological.
		Ufology always invokes this connection between the heavenly and the abject and, so far, this has not been codified to the point where it could be considered a contemporary religion.
		I’m particularly drawn to the stream of ufology where there is an almost utopian fixation with the hi-tech image of the flying saucer, but this is paired with an alien being of monstrous form, or other abject elements.
	www.blastitude.com /13/ETERNITY/ufology_kelley.htm (2131 words)

	Trafford Publishing: Ufology: A Very Short Introduction
		Ufology: A Very Short Introduction is the result of decades of reading and thinking about flying saucers, extraterrestrials, prehistory, ancient astronauts, megalithic architecture, alien encounters, contactees, abductees, and the government cover up; and, it's the result of years of discussing these topics with friends and students.
		This is because ufology is actually a young evolving science that has been artificially kept in the realm of pseudoscience.
		So, informed by ufology, we are now able to sketch an improved outline of our past and our present, and we can project a little into what may be our future.
	www.trafford.com /05-1384 (501 words)

	UFOlogy
		Ufology is the study of UFOs, or Unidentified Flying Objects, and the visitation of extraterrestrials to Earth.
	home.earthlink.net /~trailsendparanormalsociety/id9.html (122 words)

	The Truth About UFOlogy and Debunking
		UFOlogy believes strongly that UFO reports represent observations of phenomena involving intelligently controlled air vehicles of some kind with the most likely source being from outside the earth.
		One can quote Peter Brookesmith in regards to Roswell and apply it throughout UFOlogy, "...the more UFOlogists barricade themselves within the stockade of Roswell, the less credible will be their entire position when their little wooden fort is overrun" (Brookesmith 122).
		The fortress of UFOlogy is built on the shaky foundation that their "classic" cases can not be "debunked" and that collective weight is a good substitute for hard evidence.
	members.aol.com /tprinty/debunk.html (1862 words)

	UFOlogy Society
		The UFOlogy Society, Inc. is a Dallas/Ft. Worth based, volunteer supported, Texas nonprofit corporation dedicated to facilitating the scientific investigation of UFO phenomena, providing a forum for the public and private presentation of responsible viewpoints concerning the phenomena, and providing support for persons who have had personal UFO experiences.
		The UFOlogy Society, Inc. presents leading researchers, authors, and others with significant personal experiences or expertise in the UFO field at local public meetings held throughout the year.
		Memberships in the UFOlogy Society, Inc. costs $20 per year for U.S.A. residents and $30 for non-residents.
	www.ufon.org /html/ufology_society.html (191 words)

	Ufology for the New Millennium
		I have discussed aspects of ufology with various scientists, and whatever their views on the subject as a whole, they never cease to be amazed at the way in which ufologists are constantly making personal attacks on each other.
		Ufology requires hard work and a professional approach, but offers in return the chance to be a part of the quest for perhaps the greatest and most important mystery of all time.
		The impression is given that ufology is a disorganised collection of groups and individuals, constantly bickering amongst themselves, and never able to prevent a united front.
	www.nickpope.net /ufology_for_the_new_millennium.htm (6188 words)

	The Lure of the Edge: CHAPTER THREE
		Ufology is cited as an example of "unorthodox" (pseudo)science or of the lamentable failure of scientific educators to teach the American public to understand and use scientific ways of thinking.
		In the case of ufology, in the early years it had several supporters from the most relevant scientific disciplines who in death or retirement were not replaced by junior colleagues, probably because of the by-then considerable professional opprobrium attached to the study of UFOs.
		One way of viewing the framework that ufology presented is to see it as having suggested that instead of being the explorers, the colonizers, and the missionaries of space, the inhabitants of planet Earth might instead be the explored, the colonized, and the missionized.
	www.ucpress.edu /books/pages/9018/9018.ch03.html (17130 words)

	Stupid UFOlogy Tricks
		Mainstream UFOlogy in North America holds to the ET hypothesis - that the small residual of UFO sightings that cannot be explained are of extra-terrestrial craft.
		It is of no use whatsoever to any scientist wishing to take a methodical approach to UFOlogy, as it can neither be proved nor disproved, and its only purpose can be to provide a pseudo-rationale for believing the ET hypothesis in the absence of evidence.
		IUFOS advocates the application of the scientific method to UFOlogy and so I shall outline the scientific point of view with respect to the making and proving of claims.
	www.webfellows.com /tufop/iufos/tricks.html (1893 words)

	The Other Side of Truth: Ufology - Going... Going... Gone?
		The "science" of ufology or ufo-analysis will be done and is being done, quietly by small groups of dedicated, ego-free individuals with true expertise in various disciplines that apply.
		"Ufology," according to the VSU, "is winning the PR battle," as evidenced, he said confidently, by those opinion polls I mentioned - polls which show that more people accept UFOs as real than do not.
		And he is willing to give the quidnuncs in ufology more time to prove their worth.
	redstarfilms.blogspot.com /2005/07/ufology-going-going-gone.html (4605 words)

	PatMorais.com » Blog Archive » UFOlogy: Science and the Flying Saucers
		UFOlogy, formerly a forbidden subject in this country of more than one billion people, has only recently emerged from the shadow of Chairman Mao when authorities in China lifted a ban on reporting UFO sightings in 1979.
		Pat Morais discovers that if the UFO Club has their way, someday soon you may be able to study for a degree in UFOlogy at your local university.
		Though it has been disregarded in the past as the work of quacks, UFOlogy has started to gain respectability in the scientific communities of countries in the western world.
	www.patmorais.com /?p=98 (1326 words)

	UFOlogy In Cuba
		There is little propaganda on Cuban ufology in comparison with what goes on in the rest of the world and in the neighboring countries bathed by the waters of the Caribbean, such as Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic or Mexico.
		Although the thoughts presented in the article are of skeptical nature, the document represents an interesting perspective on ufology from within a "closed society.
		Allen Hynek, who established the first ufology course in the world at Northwestern University.
	www.rense.com /general63/ufol.htm (2815 words)

	UFOLOGY's Desire for Scientific Recognition
		UFOlogy always makes claims that science does not do research on UFOs because they fear being made fun of by their counterparts.
		UFOlogy wants a special consideration from scientists to make up for their lackluster attempts to gather meaningful hard data.
		UFOlogy has spent the last fifty-plus years yearning for some form of scientific recognition.
	members.aol.com /TPrinty/Science.html (4508 words)

	Ufopsi.com: UFO (U.F.O.s and ufology)
		From the mentioned definition, it's easy to understand that the word "ufology" is the study of UFO phenomena (yes there are more than one!).
	www.ufopsi.com /ufodc/ufo.html (224 words)

	Reflections On Today's Ufology
		Ufology, at present, is no more than a proto-science which could emerge into a true science or into a pseudo-science.
		The Facts: First, the lack of progress in ufology is the absence of a universally accepted definition of what exactly the phenomenon is.
		THE IMPLICATIONS The development of ufology has been seriously handicapped by the ufologist’s lack of unity and common goals plus the systematic disregard of the scientific method.
	www.virtuallystrange.net /ufo/updates/2005/mar/m04-015.shtml (481 words)

	INSIDE UFOLOGY June 1988 REFEREED JOURNAL A GIANT STEP FORWARD ParaNet Alpha 06/20 - Betwe
		UFOlogy was, and for the most part still is, considered something of a poor cousin to Science with a capital "S".
		The articles will be screened by the Journal's Board of Editors, which, according to Swords, reads like a Who's Who of UFOlogy.
		In the past, UFO researchers who were otherwise academically qualified would submit their works to the refereed journals of other disciplines, only to meet with almost universal rejection -- usually accompanied by a sneer.
	www.skepticfiles.org /mys3/insd0688.htm (742 words)

	A new Ufology ? - Unexplained Mysteries Discussion Forums
		Ufology is typically defined as, "The study of unidentified flying objects".
		This fragmenting creates confusion among those outside, but interested in, Ufology, while it provides some sort of "legitimacy" for the fringe elements and their claims.
		"Ufology" now includes alien abduction, exopolitics, secret bases (under and above ground), government coverups, "reverse-engineered" technologies, and a renewed attempt to debunk many classic cases.
	www.unexplained-mysteries.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=46218 (296 words)

	Skeptical Inquirer: Why SETI is science and UFOlogy is not
		Using SETI and UFOlogy as case studies, a space scientist examines what is meant by science and why some highly speculative ideas are part of the scientific mainstream while others are not.
		Skeptical Inquirer: Why SETI is science and UFOlogy is not
		One of the goals of science education is to provide the critical thinking skills that are necessary to distinguish fact from fallacy, legitimacy from fraud, and science from pseudoscience.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m2843/is_6_28/ai_n6361832 (391 words)

	MetaHistory - Metahistory: Lexicon
		A subset of intervention theory, Biblical UFOlogy treats events described in the Old and New Testaments as testimony of encounters with aliens, i.e, non-human entities assumed to be of superior intelligence and advanced evolution.
		In Biblical UFOlogy the entire narrative ignores any reference to the Goddess Sophia or her ancient cognates, such as Asteroth and Astarte, telluric female divinities of ancient Palestine to whom Sophia (vaguely indicated by the Hebrew Shekinah) can be equated.
		Biblical UFOlogy assumes that OT/NT religion is a genuine and veracious expression of the spiritual striving of humanity, if not a direct revelation of God's Plan for our species.
	www.metahistory.org /lexicon_B.php (5800 words)

	UFOLOGY vs. REALITY
		While UFOLOGY itself is growing exponentially, the seriousness and effectiveness is being knocked down fast.
		What I think saddens me the most is the fact that the UFOLOGY field is now ready to laugh on others.
		I think faster than the growth, and that does bother me. One other thing that is rapidly gaining on UFOLOGY is the size of ego's.
	www.think-aboutit.com /ufo/ufology_vs_reality.htm (849 words)

	Brazilian Ufology Supports Mexican Military Regarding The Episode Of March 2004
		It is founded on the Brazilian Ufology,s Manifesto, whose aim is to organize and unify the isolated claims from many UFO investigators and research groups being made since decades ago, so far without a central coordination.
		The Brazilian civil UFO researchers want Ufology to be officially accepted and acknowledged, following the examples of France, Spain, Belgium, China, Uruguay and Chile, and most recently Mexico.
		The Brazilian UFO Researchers, Community praises the wise and democratic decision made in an unprecedented way in that country to bring to public knowledge both in Mexico and elsewhere, and in television network and mobilizing the whole media, the aforementioned event, which involved the participation of a military team for special actions.
	www.rense.com /general53/brazz.htm (580 words)

	UFOlogy - Protoscience
		Ufology has been practiced by both "kooks" and respected mainstream scientists like Carl Sagan.
		Most critics consider ufology at worst a pseudoscience, or at best a protoscience.
		UFO reports are as worthy of study as any topic, and deserve case-by-case analysis using the scientific method.
	protoscience.wikia.com /wiki/UFOlogy (194 words)

	Anthropology and UFOs: Ufology
		These UFO investigators have developed and pursued an often explicitly anti-establishment science known as "ufology," many advocating the extraterrestrial hypothesis (ETH) for the origin of the phenomenon.
		Those scientists who claim to speak for orthodox science(s) have continued to ignore, downplay, or attack self-described ufologists as de facto assailants on their establishment.
		Click "discussion" to read more about the contested science of ufology, its practitioners and critics.
	home.uchicago.edu /~ryancook/au-ufo.htm (304 words)

	UFOs (unidentified flying objects)
		The last item is irrelevant to the issue, yet it plays a disproportionately large role in UFOlogy.
		Attacking an opponent's arguments or motives, instead of presenting positive evidence in defense of one's own view is common among defenders of the claim that UFOs are alien spacecraft.
		"UFOlogy is the mythology of the space age.
	skepdic.com /ufos_ets.html (1705 words)

	Anthropology and UFOs: Ufology: Bibliography
		The first section is comprised of books either explicitly about the practice of ufology or what are arguably foundational works in that field.
		"Ufology: the intellectual development and social context of unidentified flying objects." in Roy Wallis, ed.
		"Towards a revisionist history of ufology." Merseyside UFO Bulletin.
	home.uchicago.edu /~ryancook/au-ufbib.htm (163 words)

	THE PITFALLS OF UFOLOGY
		I think these two books are the most important books to come out of Ufology in twenty years and Randle is the most important researcher.
		So, one of the pitfalls of ufology is the tendency to use faulty informational gathering tools.
		I write an online column called "The Skeptical Believer."I’m skeptical–but I also believe that there are strange and wonderful things to discover, and some of them are in the arena of what is currently called the paranormal, including ufology, and some of them are of a more spiritual nature.
	www.darkecho.com /skepticalbeliever/pitfalls.html (4184 words)

	The CUFON Interview of Michael D. Swords, Ph.D (September 1995)
		There is much pseudo-UFOlogy (lacking in objectivity or any sense of the history of the subject or the scope of previous research and other relevant disciplines), and even more UFOria (sort of a wide-eyed gee whiz fooling around with "wonders").
		No one, it seems, is willing to set these inappropriate fun-and-games questions aside until there is actually some concrete data with which to at least partially restrict the full spectrum of guesswork.
		There is essentially no UFOlogy today, and rarely has there ever been.
	www.cufon.org /cufon/cir/swords.htm (1077 words)

	UFOlogy
		The first volume is widely regarded as one of the most useful resources in ufology, and this volume is far superior.
		Richard H. Hall a most respected names in ufology, but it's just what the title says: EVIDENCE -- more than 650 pages of evidence, compiled over the past 35 years and assembled here in a very easy-to-digest format.
		The master chronology is an incredibly complete listing, which also refers the reader to pertinent sections in the book for fuller descriptions.
	www.wordtrade.com /society/ufology.htm (641 words)

	ELFIS FORUM - UFOlogy - Death of Ufology
		Ufology is in a state of self denial.
		There are many fallacies adhered to in the field of Ufology by
		Ufology, as a scientific area of study and research, fails on
	www.elfis.net /phorum/read.php?f=5&i=109&t=109 (803 words)

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