New Rule:
Scientists must stop pretending they know about UFOs:
Scientists should do a little reading before they make statements about UFOs especially when they know nothing about them. I like a good laugh like everyone else but some of their explanations could be punch lines on comedy central.
New Rule:
UFO researchers have to stop finding new explanations for Roswell.
From now on every Roswell investigator has to show his new theory to the surviving witnesses of the Roswell incident; these researchers then have to report the witnesses responses in their books and UFO presentations. Then we can hear and read for ourselves how much baloney the witnesses think it is. We have everything from MOGUL balloons to dead dwarfs as explanation for Roswell…what's next Roswell -was a movie promotion?
New Rule:
Admitted liars, like hoaxers, who claim their hoax caused a "famous UFO case" need to take Polygraph tests or they remain what they were…liars.
Many UFO witnesses with good character and absolutely no history of lying have been asked to take polygraph test. But these hoaxers who are sadistic people and like to embarrass others get a free ride. If you come out forty or fifty years later and make fantastic claims about a famous UFO case then the first item on the agenda should be a polygraph test… that is the least we can demand for the sake of the real UFO witnesses. Come to think of it, I think Charles Moore is a liar, you know the guy who worked on MOGUL. He remembered some forty years later the exact day a MOGUL balloon way launched. It turned out to be the only MOGUL that could have landed in Roswell. He should get a polygraph, too. There are so many others out there, let me think…Rendlesham Hoaxers?
New Rule:
UFO researchers have to spend more time on new investigations.
We have a rich UFO history. I love it. I write about it. But there is so much out there that seems legitimate which is not being investigated. When was the last time you examined a book on new UFO sightings? You would think nothing is going on, and that does not seem to be the case, believe me. Why not send the new MUFON Teams to do some new thorough investigation of multi-contact experiences? Gilliland Ranch comes to mind.
New Rule:
UFO researchers have to make "different presentations" at "different UFO conferences".
We are having a hard enough time getting young members into the conferences. Nothing will turn them off more than watching the same thing over and over. Also, many of us like to attend different conferences and we get bored with the same presentation at each conference.
New Rule:
Some UFO researchers need to practice what they preach.
Attacking the UFO witnesses in the midst of presenting new evidence on a case is just distracting and non constructive. You guys are the experts in this field. If you see some inconsistencies, present them-absent the jibes. Most of us, who think, will note your professionalism and respect you for it. People are multi-layered- 
New Rule:
Bloggers who have big mouths have to turn on comments:
Recently I was taken to task for not publishing comments. It was an accident but people can get pretty frustrated when a blogger writes statements that are controversial and they can't counter them. Somehow my email had been changed at BlogSpot. When I corrected it, I ended up having to answer every comment… it took two days… people still believe I did it on purpose. The comments are turned on off many UFO blogs and on many scientific blogs and web pages. After you receive a PHD you don't need to be right about UFOs… all you need to be is, on the right side.
New Rule:
Debunkers need to explain away the entire UFO sighting
Only UFO debunkers get away with explanations and no detail. We need to be on their asses and let them know, we know their game. UFOs haven't been explained, not by Project Bluebook, Condon Committee or any other government sponsored study. A star by any other name might not be a star.
New Rule:
MUFON needs to design a new "MUFON Journal" geared more towards the rank and file:
I love the MUFON Journal. I get it every month. I think it can be improved. First, I would like an expanded comments page. They could delete the sky map page. Anyone can get that on the internet now. We have many great UFO investigators that make mistakes or get hoodwinked. The MUFON Journal should recognize this and offer the investigator space in the journal to respond before they print a counter explanation. This was allowed for Stanton Friedman on the Brad Sparks MJ12 controversy; it should be allowed with others.
New Rule:
Contactees have to stop acting like they know it all.
You not only have contactees in our community claiming they know the real intentions of the ETs but they can name you each star they come from; really? These outlandish statements just turn off the majority of good UFO investigators and delay serious investigation into this real phenomenon.
Contactees, use some common sense. Think about this, would you reveal to a species just full of war mongers, fanatics, racists and power hungry mad men where your planet was?
New Rule:
The UFO community has to stop criticizing TV series UFO shows.
Beggars can't be choosy. We are lucky to get any show on TV. The constant attacks on UFO Hunters and others, I believe, helped in their demise. Although the show wasn't perfect, they did have access to some of the best scientific instrumentation around. Get over it, people. We should have supported, and encouraged our readers to watch the show through our blogs and our involvement, instead of nit picking it to death.
New Rule:
UFO witnesses need to stop embellishing their experience.
Nothing will hurt your credibility more than embellishing your story.
Simply put, don't do it…even if you have a book deal and they tell you it will increase sales. There are tons of UFO researchers out there just waiting for a sign of weakness in your report… you will not get away with it.
New Rule:
Scientist who want to investigate ongoing UFO/paranormal encounters need to treat what they are investigation as probably intelligent.
These multi-contact experiences are an important new component to UFO investigations- a chance to investigate in real time what is happening. The "Skinwalker Ranch" is a prime example of non intuitive scientific investigation which can lead to failure, at least on our side. It can be done better and we all know it.
I am sure everyone reading this has their own "New Rule" they would like to see put into place. I would really like to read them. Thanks to the Bill Maher show for the idea. Thanks to you, to the Anomalist and Aliencasebook and Lesley at the "Debris Field" for helping in increasing my weekly hits 10,000 fold and for helping support non- commercial independence in the UFO field.
Joseph Capp
UFO Media Matters
Non-Commercial Blog
Besides rules, in my eyes the first thing we need to consider is ignoring websites such as All News Web and India Daily. I don't know which is worse.
ReplyDeleteIf they're not spouting nonsense, they're digging up sightings that are not investigated and making them appear to be more than they really are simply because their ONLY interest is website hits in order to create an advertising base.
People get sucked into such things because they're ill informed as to the website's real antics.
The downside is that sites such as those DO make the whole of Ufology look like a bunch of clowns, while thinking that we're all buying into it.
Hi Abby,
ReplyDeleteI fully agree with you will ad that to a new rule
new rule:
when Internet "newspapers" make rediculous UFO claims
they must mark. " it as saptire" because you have to be a sap to believe them.
Thanks
Joe
ufomm
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ReplyDeleteThere is a petition to get UFO Hunters back on TV.
ReplyDeletehttp://histmyst.blogspot.com/2009/09/ufo-hunters-petition.html
Dear Jeff,
ReplyDeleteI know I sign a few before and will continue to sigh whatever comes my way on this.
What you did was good.
Joe
UFOMM
Non-Commercial Blog
Hi Joseph. I didn't know you had like over 10000 hits per week on this blog. Great work man! You deserve it.
ReplyDelete"Contactees have to stop acting like they know it all."
That was golden! You're absolutely right. From what I can surmise a lot of people get contacted by an unknown intelligence and I frankly don't think the majority of people make these things up. I believe they get internal messages from externally and do hear spoken voices in their heads. Why, I do not know, but it seems to follow pretty much this particular pattern:
I can't remember the name of the male UFO researcher, but it's a famous one, this person got contacted by an unknown intelligence a number of years ago. Having investigated some UFO cases for a limited number of time all of a sudden he found himself getting messages in English in his head. It was a voice speaking. It was heard even clearer than spoken voice since it was only heard internally. The voice wanted the man to do the usual contactee things like understanding the body of "their" message and spreading that particular word to others and so forth...the usual stuff contactees tell when they convey these messages publically. The UFO investigator wasn't the gullible type so he started to question the message put forth. "Why is it so? How do I know you are not deceiving?" His questions began to frustrate them as he refused to accept anything at face value. Eventually he decided not to go along with their plan. And here's the kicker - at that point, that's EXACTLY when the internal clearly spoken voices stopped. It was not some kind of one-off thing or in dream state or something. It was clear and conscious and correlating exactly with the story and also correlating with how other contactees describe how their contacts began. The only difference was, these people went along with the plan while he didn't.
I wonder how many out there have been contacted for a while, later the contact stopped, but they haven't told anyone about the whole thing?
I can't remember that particular UFO investigators name. Maybe you can. I tell you if I remember it again.
New Rule:
People must stop to pretend that UFO means extraterrestrial spacecraft!
New Rule:
People must stop to dismiss conspiracy theories as nonsense.
When corruption is deemed by every major thinker to be the biggest problem in the world today, the motivation to conspire for monetary reasons is obviously the main global game that unites us all. Couple that with the adamant historical evidence of foul play and only idiots believe that the game isn't rigged. (the definition of an idiot being "one repeating the same mistake over and over while expecting different results each and every time"...)
Thanks for the blog my friend.
All the best,
Daniel Berg, Sweden
Dear Daniel,
ReplyDeleteTheir were so many sci-fy books on ETs being regarded as Gods. There is a very strong potential they pretended to be Gods for the ancient. Now they may be pretending to be spiritually enlightened. I would really like to know the name of that researcher who had that experience. That is really interesting to me. Please if you get the name let know I would really appreciate it.
you rule about conspiracies I call people like that cospiraphobics.
Thanks Daniel
Joe
UFOMM
I have mixed feeling about not linking to All News Web and especially India Daily. I honestly believe that 99% of people know that I am linking to those for fun, just like I sometimes link to Weekly World News. Also, to me there is a big difference between All News Web and India Daily. All News Web presents stories that they say are true (sometimes there is some truth in them) but they try to make them sound way more important than they actually are -- which is the hilarious part. India Daily, most articles are written as speculation. I don't always link to those sites, but I will if it is a slow news day or sometimes just to make fun of ANW. :)
ReplyDeleteDear Lesley,
ReplyDeleteHey there is noting wrong with reading what they write. Just be very careful. Many times they don't have links proving what they are reporting as being true. When all they have is speculation but then they present that as news, many are fooled into thinking it is gospel and it's not. Sometimes, like you say they are fun, as long as you take them with a grain of salt.
Thanks Lesley from spending time here
Joe
UFOMM
I had correspondence going with Michael Cohen earlier in the year and his main objective is to increase his website hits for advertising purposes and he admitted to it.
ReplyDeleteHis articles represent absolutely nothing but the kook factor and/or they are UFO sightings that are not of the UFO kind and he knew that before posting.
Cohen reports about a couple in particular that email him with their stories, usually they are apocalyptic or "I was abducted last night" kind of stories. He will not furnish me with those emails nor will he supply a city, state, country, yadda, yadda, yadda for these individuals. I know it's because he's fabricating the stories.
My biggest regret was that after I had received a good 20 plus emails from him, I threw them away. That was dumb because it only got worse and I had proof in the pudding that he was fabricating stories.
The other thing he does is make sure he reports a UFO sighting in a foreign country. When you go into that foreign country via a translation program you can't get one because they're the unpopular ones and/or you have to pay for those translations. So what he's doing is making sure 'first' that we cannot translate the original article. Have you ever seen him do a U.S.A. article - very, very rarely and when he does it's a pick up from someone else who created it and not his own original material.
Anyway, after going round-de-round with him about his posts and him actually admitting that he's only there for website hits I just got tired of it and quit emailing him.
Worse yet, for some reason All News Web is treated by Google and Mainstream Media as a Mainstream Media website. They're not! Unfortunately, that kook factor (which we really don't need anymore of) is prevalent in mainstream media since they pick up and quote his article. Of course they do, they're juicy, they're the National Enquirer delivered for free, they're junk and that's what mainstream wants because that's what the readers eat up. Not necessarily the readers who are believers but rather the readers who aren't. The bigger numbers so to speak.
The downside to that is that it downplays abduction horribly so and it puts ufology in the "what a bunch of nuts" category.
Visualize all of the garbage like Cohen's never hitting the Internet to begin with. What do you have? You have something that people are certainly more curious about now.
Now put it all back in and what do you have? Questionable attitudes, skeptics, and non-believers a million fold.
All News Web has only two themes in their rag, which doesn't make them a newspaper let alone mainstream media. They do only UFOs and Psychics. That speaks volumes because they are utilizing two of the some of the biggest search items for Google. That is why UFO and Psychics were picked by All News Web and that's the only reason.
Porno sites do the same thing. They're smarter than anyone when it comes to promoting their garbage - they use UFO sites.
For trackback activity the porno sites always hit on the UFO sites first. It's for all of the same reasons as All News Web. They know that our numbers are big and they want our readers to come to their house. Ugh!
My biggest hitter in regard to trackbacks, which I have to delete continually are pornography. This doesn't affect Blogger of course since they don't have trackbacks. Just the same, the trackbacks are on my UFO pages in my Quickblog that I have to delete and they're never on my Paranormal pages.
Anyway, learned my lesson. NEVER throw away controversial emails that have solid proof of funny business admitted by the culprit.
All I can say Atrueoriginal is.... WoW. I wrote Cohen on an article he posted which I thought was nothing more than sensationalism, and his lack of supporting links.
ReplyDeleteI agree we should get the message out there but if you message turns out to be a blatant lie then you are doing damage to the real UFO witnesses who have an extreme up hill battle as it is to achieve credibility.
I receive an email from Dr. Steven Greer asking for a donation of a "First Class Round Trip" fliers miles ticket so he could give a lecture. You can't make this stuff up. I am going to look for it hope I didn't toss it.
Sorry I called you Abby my brain went on vacation.
Joe
UFO Media Matters
Non-Commercial Blog
Well, speaking of people getting paid for article -- what about the Examiner.com? It took me a while to catch onto that, but I was wondering why certain old stories were appearing like they were something new and that newer stories were made to sound like something more than there is evidence for. Then someone told me that these people get paid based on the amount of hits. Not that there is anything wrong with that by itself, but when you purposely sensationalize a headline or story for that purpose there is. Not saying everyone at Examiner.com does that, but it does seem to happen.
ReplyDeleteTo my knowledge, I do not think that Examiners get paid. Tina Sena is one and I think you know her. You should ask her.
ReplyDeleteI went into that area just yesterday where they explain what it takes to be an Examiner reporter and there was nothing stated about any type of compensation.
The UFO Examiners I do not post anymore except for Larry Rimbert - he's good. He's funny too. His post today was titled, "NASA declares war on ET? Water and This Old House - Lets watch paint dry!" He's a character.
The other UFO Examiners I don't subscribe to anymore. All they do is pretty much copy/paste MUFONs work.
The paranormal Examiners are all pretty good. All aspects - paranormal, ghost hunting, ghost hunter programs, psychics, mediums ect.
Tina is one of my favorites. She flows a little outside her realm of SciFi, which I like and she's an excellent writer.
Dear Lesley,
ReplyDeleteI don't know is it the economy. It's like ratings. I kinda promised myself that if I affected one person as far as looking at UFO witnesses in a different light than I did something good. The hits I got was surprising a link can bring people to you web sight but have them return again and again that is important and if you do it by making them think all the better. Reality is reality and If you have a sensational documented story than I say go with it. But if all your out for is hits, then I say, sooner or later people will catch on and you will loose your integrity. I could of had a job with the Examiner but the real reason I decided not to was I wanted to stay non-commercial.
Believe it or not when I get to far off topic I ask the spirit of June Crain for ideas, she is kind of my inspiration, and beleive it or not I get always them.
Thanks
Joe
UFOMM
Because you mention "hits" - that could be possible but I doubt it's much. Probably equivalent to AdSense.
ReplyDeleteOff the subjects a little, I put AdSense on 5 of my blogs for two weeks and it paid a whopping $7.00. Wow, ran to the bank with that - lol. Not really, I deleted AdSense - what a waste. They have nasty tricks under their sleeve too after you sign up so I advise against it.
Dear Atrueoriginal,
ReplyDeleteThey do they offer me payment for each article but they were not clear with the details. They told me I had three days to respond to the offer and I never responded. They were nice about everything. They have form interview where you have to give samplings of your writing. Three unique topic you haven't written about before. When I finished i submitted it and I got an answer the next day.
So that's it
Thanks for you comment.
Joe
Ufomm
Funny
ReplyDeletejoe
That's probably what it was though Joe, paid on hits. If it were $$ they would have told you upfront I would think but they weren't going to give you the bad news until you signed up. It takes a very, very long time to get hits, meanwhile you're breaking your brain.
ReplyDeleteIn order to make it worthwhile you would have to post daily and be consistent with your readers like Roger, the UFO Examiner. He has over a million hits but he's also got the creme de la creme of topics and he posts almost every single day.
And Joe, it's party time. My Alien Casebook Frontier will be hitting a million hits in a few days. It's at 992,075. That's my baby, my baby do good. :)
I was thinking about having some type of contest where the winner would win $$. I was thinking about utilizing the comments area where the one who comments at the millionth hit wins $$ but Google only allows (I think it's) 15 comments per page. Then again, I could make the rules that they can post on any page and not the rules page. Got any ideas.
That 15 comments may not be true. You have 18 counting my last one that's not posted yet. Hmmm, maybe it will work.
ReplyDeleteI was thinking about $50.00 for 1st, $25.00 for 2nd, $15.00 for 3rd and $10.00 for 4th.
I could be wrong, but I think it was at Frank Warren's blog that I read that Examiner.com writers were paid based on the amount of hits they get.
ReplyDeleteActually now that I am thinking about it, I think it was a comment Frank made at the paracast forum, not on his blog.
ReplyDeleteOkay, I got the skinny from Ed Shanahan a Chicago area Examiner.
ReplyDeleteHe says,
"What makes you think they pay? - LOL
They have a system, has a combination of things
involved it seems: hits, subscribers, your views
compared to the average views under that subject
etc...
Nothing per article, that I know of. - Ed"
The words he used "it seems" sounds like he hasn't been paid for any of his entries of which there are 15 and he started on September 5.
Sounds like the Examiners get the short end of the stick.
You know something your work your butt off and you deserve it. You service to the cause of truth is important. Young people respond to what you are doing and the way you do it.
ReplyDeleteI had seventy two comments on my "The End Of MUFON" article. You have more information than I do about that limits. Money sounds good but a runner up with a DVD or book is always nice. Well I am looking forward to the contest maybe I'll win.
Joe
UFOMM
The information here is great. I will invite my friends here.
ReplyDeleteThanks
dear anonymous,
ReplyDeletethank you for stopping by and i hope your friends stop by and comment.
joe
ufomm