Head of MUFON quits because all UFOlogy is just "humans deceiving humans"

[salvorhardin]

James Carrion, head of MUFON, uncovered a pattern of shoddy investigation and deception after deception within the organization of UFO enthusiasts.

Wait a minute, what about those who don’t take things on faith and actually collect data and conduct investigation? Good question. I decided to examine the data collection and investigative practices in Ufology, and after poring over thousands of historical case files from MUFON, NICAP and APRO investigators in the MUFON archives, what I found, was inconsistent investigation with a total lack of evidentiary standards. I also found a paper trail of disinformation and misinformation that has kept Ufology in check through infighting and red herrings, rabbit holes and elaborate deception operations.

The other thing I found documented in the MUFON archives was the sad history of those UFO investigators who thought they could successfully play the “cover up game” by cultivating their inside sources only to be discredited, manipulated or ego driven to delusion. But it was after conducting six personal investigations that I began to question whether or not ANY of the data sitting in any UFO archive can be relied on.
http://followthemagicthread.blogspot.com/2010/04/goodbye-ufology-hello-truth.html

Cross-posting to GD too.

[charlie]

1. Jacques Vallee also discovered that quickly

back in the sixties. UFOlogy was just a hothouse of infighting and schisms between true believers, few of whom had the skills to investigate a lunchbag theft. And ditching the extraterrestrial hypothesis just made him a heretic amongst weirdos. 40-some years later, they haven't changed a bit.

[salvorhardin]

2. Quick followup

Reed Esau who lives in Colorado and enjoys tracking the UFO weirdos who seem to congregate in that state noted that Carrion actually resigned back in January even though Carrion just published his scathing rebuke of MUFON and UFOlogy. For anyone who doesn't know, Reed is the founder of Skepticamp and he started the Celebrity Atheists website.