1676: Robert Sheaffer on Conspiracies, UFO Claims, and the High Bar of Skeptical Evidence
Author(s): Scott Douglas Jacobsen
Publication (Outlet/Website): Medium (Personal)
Publication Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 2026/04/11
“Conspiracies occur all the time.”
“You have to do it in an upbeat sort of a way.”
“I set a very high bar for the level of evidence required.”
“There are very few authentic UFO cases.”
“Consider the source in judging the credibility of any UFO claims you encounter, on-line or elsewhere.”
“It gives viewers what they want: exciting stories about alien encounters that sound credible because they are presented in an extremely biased and inaccurate way.”
“I can’t un-complicate it any more than that.”
“There is no possible doubt that this identification is correct.”
“Whose credibility is zilch.”
“Which is pure bollocks.”
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