“The psychosocial
hypothesis builds on the finding that most ufo reports have mundane
explanations like celestial objects, airplane lights, balloons, and a host of
other misperceived things seen in the sky which suggests the presence of an
unusual emotional climate which distorts perceptions and the perceived
significance and anomalousness of merely terrestrial stimuli.
In the more exotic
situation where people claim direct contact with extraterrestrials, the need
for a
psychosocial approach seems obliged by the presence of at
least 70 claims of people meeting Venusians and at least 50 claims of meeting
Martians; both worlds now known to be uninhabitable and devoid of any advanced
civilization.”Read
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THE PSYCHOSOCIAL
HYPOTHESIS “is particularly popular
among UFO researchers in the United Kingdom,
such as David Clarke, Hilary Evans, the editors of Magonia magazine,
and many of the contributors to Fortean Times magazine.
It is also popular in France since
the publication in 1977 of a book written by Michel Monnerie,[1] Et
si les ovnis n'existaient pas? (What if ufos do not exist?).
