We’ve already had the Condon Report. It was rigorous, exhaustive, and conclusive. But in UFOlogy lore it was at best severely flawed. It was at this time that the notion that all solved cases are simply noise that should be thrown out became a hardened position among UFOlogists. Hynek really pushed that. He expressed frustration that so much attention was being paid to the solved cases. Taking away, in his mind, time and energy from the “real” cases. Which assumes that the cases that remained unsolved required an extraordinary cause.
That is antithetical to the scientific method. If 95% of all cases are solved ... Read even more
