The professional ufologists who proclaim the extraterrestrial
origin of the Unidentified Flying Objects, UFO, are not working on a hypothesis
but proclaim the alien presence in our planet as a fact.
Hypothesis is
defined as a supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited
evidence as a starting point for further investigation, but since there are no evidences about that ET
presence, the exo-fantasists are forced
to deny alternative ideas and instead of serious research, they give us a complex,
contradictory and unreliable mythology that has nothing to do with the real
world.
Many things that are fundamental for a serious ufological
research are also denied, and that is why the pseudo-researchers do not tell
the public that at least ninety per cent of the sightings are identified as
natural phenomena manmade artifacts or hoaxes. The other ten per cent remain
unidentified for lack of information and research. This information changes
completely the perspective of any serious ufological research and justifies the
pseudo-scientific rhetoric and the mass of nonsense that we regularly analyze
in this blog.
That’s why we work on the Psycho Cultural Hypothesis, the
PCH.
According to the PCH, belief in UFOs as a real phenomenon
developed out of a pre-existent fascination with the concept of space conquest
and aliens, and the belief in alternative life forms here on our Earth.
The anthropomorphic alien is the new character. Science
fiction, anxiety, personal fantasies and pop culture changed the old angels, gods,
sylphs, gnomes and fairies into extraterrestrials
The UFO phenomenon then evolved as any other cultural story.
The extraterrestrial mythology brought us good aliens and bad aliens; all of
them very human indeed, and playing a game of hide and seek with us. The close
encounters of the Third Kind, beautifully imagined by Steve Spielberg in his
film, are always a personal experience without objective evidences.
The PCH sees UFOs and Ufological sub-culture
as a complex phenomenon combining modern mythology, literary narrative, popular
culture, and human psychology, which is after all the galaxy of
memes as I wrote in this blog. We should also add the conspiracy
theories and pseudo-science, including hoaxes.
As all hypotheses, this one is a supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited
evidence as a starting point for further investigation.
I think however that some of those unidentified flying
objects or entities were occasionally seen in our skies from the beginning of
times, but until this very moment, we do not know what these “things” are.