What makes a Credible Source in the UFO World?

Credible sources are often those who have experience in an industry who are able to provide explanations to certain situations based on either their qualifications or status.

For example, would you trust receiving health advice from a developer who spends all their day sitting at a desk staring a computer screen. On the flip side, would you trust coding advice from somebody who does not own a computer?

Credible UFO / Alien Sources

This often bothers me more than it should and I feel it should bother you too. There are no qualifications required to have an opinion on certain videos / theories relating to UFOs or Aliens - however, we often do find stories and articles that make comments such as "Retired US Pilot speaks out" or "Ex-Government Whistle blower comes forward" - all because they are trying to add credibility to a very murky situation.

Can there ever be a credible source?

In short, yes! I personally feel that if somebody has spent many years researching UFO sightings, or listening to others stories are classed as credible. Take the book I am currently reading 'The Custodians' by Dolores Cannon. Dolores was a renowned hypnotherapist who spent many years prior to investigating Alien Abductions delving deep into peoples minds to help them understand certain habits or roadblocks in their lives and then working with their sub-conscious on how they can be fixed.

As she gained more experience dealing with her patients she began to notice certain patterns emerging and essentially pivoted to working with subjects who had lost time, seen an odd light in the sky, or even just somebody who remembered being abducted.

Opinions are Not Credible... are they?

An age old saying "Opinions are like a*seholes, everybody's got one" really hits the spot, and I think that's exactly where we're at with UFO Investigations.

Our brains are wired differently and what I might see and be able to explain would not be the same as everybody else.

An odd light in the sky to somebody might be an Alien Invasion heading our way, to somebody else it's just a satellite passing by.

Why does online media keep quoting 'Experts'?

You may very well be an expert in your industry, but when it comes to Aliens/UFOs, nobody is expert as everything is still based around an opinion. The fact of the matter is that large media outlets want to sell stories, and they do that by quoting 'experts' in a similar field.

To those who are picking up the 'click bait' titles, it adds legitimacy to the article and pushes the agenda that the article must be true.

It's not just UFOs

How many times have you been browsing Google News and seen articles titled:

"I'm a plumber and here is a 30p must have tool to save you thousands!"

"I'm a dietitian and here is the 1 single fruit that will help you shift that body fat"

The system works as the above titles grab the interest of the reader, and enforces its 'truth' by quoting an expert.

The chances are that the experts never existed to begin with, and it's just a clickbait title to drive revenue for the paper.

So what does make a Credible Source for UFO / Alien news?

I personally will always value anybody's opinion. I don't necessarily have to agree, nor do I have to challenge - it's somebodies opinion. However, pushing your opinion onto others forcing them to believe that you are correct is a huge red flag for me.

Having experience in the field is huge for me and I will value your opinion more. If you're open in discussing why you reached a certain conclusion I am more likely to keep coming back to your content.

If everything you see is "ALIEN", then it's a no from me.

Trust and Credibility is built over time - it's not a given because you piloted an aircraft 30 years ago. Yes, you can use your knowledge to educate the reader on why you 'believe' something is Alien... but to solely trust you purely based on your past occupation is a no from me.

What do you think?