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Interview with Mick West: UFOs, Aliens, and Conspiracy Psychology

Decoding the Gurus

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The Politics of Skepticism in the UFO Community

The UFO community is very clear that you should always be skeptical of everything that the government says and does. There's a hyper skepticism towards any narrative that contradicts or says they investigated the UFOs and they didn't find enough evidence to find a credible. And then on the other hand, there's a hyper charity or credibility extended to eyewitness testimony. So if you think like a government spokesperson saying we don't know anything about UFOs, it's very different to a pilot saying I saw a UFO once.

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