HOW AUTHORS ARE FOOLED BY UFOS

Authors are often fooled by UFO cases in the following ways:

Authors are fooled by witnesses.

The author recounts everything the witness reports as the absolute truth. Examples of "facts" that the witness can't possibly know:

Authors are fooled by their own UFO sightings.

General reasons, plus two famous cases:

Authors are fooled by the press.

Where they put the story can determine whether or not the author sees it:

Authors are fooled by tabloid magazines.

What tabloids publish is not always the truth. They publish what sells magazines:

Authors are fooled by UFOlogists.

Science is not always what UFOlogists do:

Authors combine unrelated material into the UFO story.

Examples:

Authors often don't know their science.

Examples:

Authors often don't check all of the sources.

Examples:

Authors tend to ignore negative evidence.

Often there is evidence or testimony that the UFO event did not happen. Authors tend to ignore it.

Examples:

Authors think "UFO" whenever something unusual happens.

Whenever some unusual event happens, some authors think UFOs might be responsible:

Honest authors can be fooled by many different events.