From the time I was young, I have always been fascinated by the mysteries of the universe. The enigmatic nature of the unexplained phenomena such as aliens, UFOs, Bigfoot, and ghosts has always piqued my interest. Whenever I come across any news or article related to these topics, I always take the time to read and gather more information.
As a child, I was always captivated by the stories I heard about aliens and UFO sightings. The idea that there could be life beyond our planet seemed so exciting and intriguing. I would often spend hours gazing at the stars, wondering what might be out there in the vast expanse of the universe. I was always on the lookout for any news or stories related to aliens or UFO sightings and would devour any book or article I found on the subject.
I remember watching the Alien Autopsy video on VHS and believing it was real. The film’s producer admitted the video was a hoax in 2006. Even today, however, many in the UFO community continue to claim otherwise. Why is it that way? Why do people ignore the obvious to hold onto their beliefs? I’m talking about smart people, professionals, and other adults who are capable of critical thinking.
UFO Community Credibility
Lately, there have been articles hitting the Internet with headlines like, “China admits aliens are real.” These stories get tons of attention in the UFO groups. They get hundreds of shares and thousands of views.
Unfortunately, they’re all fake. The stories may speak of events that occurred, but the headlines are categorically wrong.
Adults capable of research and critical thinking view these articles as pure garbage. As a result, when they see the UFO community sharing them all over the place the UFO community credibility comes into question.
Censorship Among Themselves
I belong to a few popular UFO/Aliens groups on Facebook and I’ve noticed some disturbing trends among their members. Obviously fake stories seem to get the most positive attention because they promise something spectacular.
Administrators of the groups remove stories that show any amount of skepticism. I recently wrote an article about how the China story was incorrect and posted it to 2 of the most popular UFO groups on Facebook.
Some members stated it was refreshing to have a realistic point of view, but within 24 hours admins of both groups had removed the article. No explanation was provided.
These groups thrive on creating their own echo chambers in this way. The behavior fortifies members’ beliefs while sheltering them from anything that doesn’t follow the narrative.
Members strive for validation within the group by repeating the cycle while those who disagree begin to view the group with more scrutiny.
Consequently, UFO community credibility dissipates causing the most critical thinkers to leave or fail to join altogether.
Sabotaging Themselves
What the UFO community needs now more than ever, are individuals capable of critical thinking. Unfortunately, people like this can’t exist within the current echo chambers of the Internet.
While click-bait articles run rampant and websites infringe on intellectual rights, the community becomes more of a joke. Nobody takes them seriously anymore.
If UFO community credibility is to ever be repaired, people have to cut out the garbage. They need to actually read articles before sharing them with others. They have to confirm sources.
Most of all, they need to stop posting the same regurgitated stories over and over again. Don’t share something simply because the headline says what you want it to say. You could be doing more harm than good to the people who put their time towards searching for the truth.
If you want to be part of a community of critical thinkers regarding aliens & UFOs, check out Skeptical Believers in the Unexplained.
Unfortunately, it’s like religion, believers do not wish to entertain the notion that what they thought was divine is just their misunderstanding of what they saw. Flat-earthers exhibit the same manic devotion. You MUST believe otherwise your self-worth feels threatened hence you double down on anything, ignoring all facts.
This is correct, in fact you’ve just described a psychological phenomenon called “the backfire effect”. You would probably enjoy one of my other articles about how Ancient Alien Theory should be reclassified as a religion.
Great article… It’s very frustrating not only being a believer but having evidence to back up my beliefs and having most people not take it seriously…. Facebook is not the place to find evidence unless you’re looking for fake UFO videos and bogus news… But then again most of the internet is filled with that… The disinformation campaign rages
Most of the time – and I mean like 90% or more, once I do research on a sighting, it turns out to be either a hoax or a gross misrepresentation. Of course, that still means I come across quite a few mysteries in my digging. But not EVERYTHING in the sky you can’t identify is an alien spaceship.
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Nonsense.
Eroding itself.
What a plot to keep the asleep sleeping.??
Nonsense.
The experience evolves as your awareness increases.
Your frequency attuning from your experience is ongoing. ✌️
Stop the fake crap!!!!
It’s not our fault people can’t handle the truth no matter the expression.
As an experiencer and explaining to people: it never gets easier to understand for the listener.
Do not stop sharing. That’s their mission.❤️?
Until the aliens land 😀
I don’t know who you are, but thank you for the refreshing, and brutal, honesty. You’re not alone…
Thank you for the compliment Ray, it’s nice to know my honesty is appreciated. It’s one of the ways my site is different than other ones – I view each sighting as an opportunity to find an explanation (even if the explanation doesn’t end up being aliens). Other sites view every sighting as another chance to prove alien visitation and rarely accept any other explanation.
I’m in a few groups myself as I’m sure your aware.
My point is that these groups have many fake people that join the group to ridicule and generally make fun of anything and everything that’s said.
Why are they added to such groups without knowing why they want to be involved.
I was explaining my truth and was contacted by another group asking if they could do an article on it. I was overwhelmed by this as it was very tiring explaining again and again my truths.
As my first encounter was many years ago I had no way of capturing footage. But then two years ago I saw one coming towards my house,unlike my first encounter. Which was close enough to touch.
So as I saw it coming towards my house somewhat high up.i went to my rear garden and caught it on footage.
To the naked eye it was white.on footage it was a beautiful blue.
I’ve recently watched it on virtual reality and you can see all the colours on it the same way as my first encounter.
I can’t express enough that we’re not alone. And thankfully communities are identifying it now to be of the truth.that we’re not alone ❤️?
Yeah many of those groups are full of people who take it to the extreme. I’m skeptical of every sighting because I’ve seen so much fake stuff and people too eager to believe that everything in the sky which they don’t understand must be a extraterrestrial-controlled craft. Sometimes, “I don’t know what it was” is all the explanation you can get. There are plenty of interesting sightings out there – it’s a shame they get diluted by hoaxes and over-eager believers.
Alien UFO Blog or those in place to stop over eager believers.
I’m still trying to put my finger on it.
It’s noticeable when you see the probing comments appear ?
Over many years I’ve noticed the acceptance in society. Will never be the people you’d expect to accept your credible input. ✌️?
There is totally so much garbage out there…
You’re right about that.