“The UFOs were nothing more than the collective fantasies of a stressed out society... The world into which UFOs had appeared was one of under-the-desk siren drills against nuclear annihilation. Society had made a new myth, a communal idea of something outside a species apparently intent on dooming itself.” FantasySocietyStressUfoAlienMutually Assured Destruction Book:Artificial Gods Source: Artificial Gods
“I don't think I'm being harassed by little green stalkers. I don't know what's really going on, but I'd rather try to eliminate all rational excuses before blaming intergalactic monkeys from the fourth dimension who are somehow interested in this really boring town.” ReasonSpaceBlameRationalAliensUfo Book:Artificial Gods Source: Artificial Gods
“The UFOs were explicable enough, just experimental aircrafts from the airport. Of course the government was not going to tell people what was actually going on. She would not be surprised if the government encouraged the UFO cultists to flock there as the perfect cover, since no one would ever believe them.” GovernmentExplanationUfoAlienCoverup Book:Artificial Gods Source: Artificial Gods
“Are UAPs (Unexplained Aerial Phenomena, the more precise name for what was erstwhile called UFOs) to be blamed on a technological-advanced interstellar society? Time travelers? Dimensional visitors? The fae folk in shiny metal suits?” DimensionsTime TravelUfoFairiesAlienInterstellarUapVisitiors Book:The Curious Case of the Talking Mongoose Source: The Curious Case of the Talking Mongoose
“In my research into the Pine Bush UFO phenomenon, I encountered gossip about a cardboard-headed cat who walked on its hind legs. It is a story that does not make sense, seeming to exist purely to make the teller sound deranged, thus discounting anything else they might say.” CrazyCatNonsenseUfoDerangedPine Bush Author:Thomm Quackenbush
“I know for a fact the first UFOs reported in modern times, just before the crash at Roswell, were boomerang shaped and were reported as 'flying saucers' to describe the motion of their flight, like a saucer skipping over water. Yet immediately after, people saw and photographed saucer-shaped objects. Boomerang-shaped objects were rarely seen. Now people mostly report seeing large triangles instead of discs or boomerangs, because that is what they are told to expect to see.” ExpectationsAliensUfoFlying SaucersRoswell Book:Artificial Gods Source: Artificial Gods