If I missed the sarcasm I apologize. Just so many legitimate finds being discredited without probable cause. There absolutely have been hoaxes, but to kneejerk judge every find as a hoax denies credit to the legitimate discoveries. :)
“...but to kneejerk judge every find as a hoax denies credit to the legitimate discoveries.”
At least in this country, in many situations, you are innocent until proven guilty. But you have to admit there have been many “discoveries” that have been proven hoaxes. How many UFO sightings have been thrown helmets or someone trying to get their 15 minutes of fame? I go into these with an open mind and am not influenced with the media since they are predatory liars anyway. And the first thing that should be done is prove it.
So a good example is the government trying to determine the exitance of UFOs. The invented Bright Star and Blue Book, the 200 series regulations, whose only purpose was to disprove them. This seems to be the pattern and we only see the ones they did disprove all too often with the ones not proven wrong being hid in the back on the back burner. We seldom see those. They remain unexplained and not proven forever.
Is it honest? Nope. But it is done and has been successful for Uncle Sugar for long before my conception. As Rocky would say, “Absolutely.”
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