Ali, Questioner,
I think those are good ideas. Credibility is a top priority for an organization like that. Consider that you can buy professional grade software for photo manipulation (photoshop, etc) for a few hundred dollars and professional grade CGI creation software (Maya, 3DStudio Max, etc) for about a thousand dollars. This means that with the right level of skill and motivation, you could create very convincing UFO or alien photos. I.e. a group seeking to diminish the power Wikileaks now has could easily do such a thing, and then "debunk" them the next day.
But, just as likely, the editors themselves may not believe in UFOs. I don't blame them if that's the case, nor do I blame anyone for not believing. It seems to me most people don't, but maybe that's wrong. The 80% figure is encouraging, Ali, although I wonder how accurate it is. Skeptics have had a field day on the subject of UFOlogy (among other subjects) for decades, and of course we live in a society that does not overly encourage individuals' critical thinking. Rather most people feel more comfortable appealing to authority. That's not always a bad thing of course, but you know what I mean.
Of course it's also possible they have never been given UFO related material. We simply don't know. Or if they have, they may have felt it wasn't as relevant or helpful to release as war related material was.
L&L, ~L
I think those are good ideas. Credibility is a top priority for an organization like that. Consider that you can buy professional grade software for photo manipulation (photoshop, etc) for a few hundred dollars and professional grade CGI creation software (Maya, 3DStudio Max, etc) for about a thousand dollars. This means that with the right level of skill and motivation, you could create very convincing UFO or alien photos. I.e. a group seeking to diminish the power Wikileaks now has could easily do such a thing, and then "debunk" them the next day.
But, just as likely, the editors themselves may not believe in UFOs. I don't blame them if that's the case, nor do I blame anyone for not believing. It seems to me most people don't, but maybe that's wrong. The 80% figure is encouraging, Ali, although I wonder how accurate it is. Skeptics have had a field day on the subject of UFOlogy (among other subjects) for decades, and of course we live in a society that does not overly encourage individuals' critical thinking. Rather most people feel more comfortable appealing to authority. That's not always a bad thing of course, but you know what I mean.
Of course it's also possible they have never been given UFO related material. We simply don't know. Or if they have, they may have felt it wasn't as relevant or helpful to release as war related material was.
L&L, ~L