Skeptic Michael Shermer recently discussed the base rate in a UFO debate, a genuinely useful tool, but he pointed it at the wrong question. How rare a thing is only sets where you start and low base rate raises evidentiary the bar. It doesn't lower the evidence.
I came to the UFO topic a skeptic, and I was wrong. Whatever the ultimate origin, it's a Trojan Horse for very real terrestrial issues. Part 1 starts with whistleblowers, and the retaliation they faced for coming forward.
How I met the pseudonymous physicist "Missileman" and Rob Jones, a journalist, and how their work shaped my book. A look at the people behind Lies Above.
Lies Above is out now. A cybersecurity pro who detects deception for a living went looking for the honest skeptical take on the Navy UFO videos. He couldn't find one. What he found was 70 years of government secrecy, and he cites every word of it.
For the past three years, I’ve been researching and writing a book on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP). It's been a true adventure
Seventy years of government secrecy, and every word of it cited.