S12 Ep103: UFOs: Reframing the Debate

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🗓️ 13 June 2017

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

The UFO field has produced thousands of dedicated researchers over the years, and reams of literature; but to what end? What can we claim to know conclusively today about the underlying nature of UFO phenomena that we didnt know in the late-1940s? UFO study has always suffered from major organizational and methodological problems. It has also become dangerously self-referential.
If ever we are to further our understanding of the UFO enigma, we must fundamentally reframe our debate. We must wipe the board clean and fill it with new ideas, new theories, even new language. We must be willing to start from scratch when the field stagnates. We must be critical, sober, and free of dogmaready to rinse away the residue of our own beliefs.
Dave discusses the current issues and problems with the study of UFOlogy and asks what is next with his guests Robbie Graham & Susan Demeter-St. Clair.

Robbie's website: www.robbiegraham.uk
Susan's website: www.susanstclair.com

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0:00.0	🎵
0:19.4	Thewill of marriages
0:30.0	Hello and welcome, you're tuned into the best in Paranormal Talk radio.
0:41.0	It's Tuesday and you're listening to Beyond the Darkness on your host Dave Schrader.
0:45.8	Tim has a day off.
0:46.8	We will be getting back together within the next week, working together on these shows.
0:51.5	As soon as he is up to it and mobile and able to get going, so again, keep him in your
0:56.2	thoughts and prayers for continued healing on his foot.
0:58.8	It means a lot to all of us.
1:00.6	Thank you very much for tuning in.
1:02.9	UFOs.
1:03.9	Listen, this is something that fascinates our listeners.
1:07.6	And we get so many downloads of the UFO and alien episodes.
1:12.0	I'm always looking for a different angle and a different way to open up a dialogue about
1:17.8	this.
1:18.8	Because to be honest, for the after 12 years, there's not a whole lot of new stuff coming out.
1:22.3	There's not a whole lot of new theories or ideas.
1:25.4	And I wanted to continue this conversation, but maybe do it in a different way.
1:30.4	And when I got the promotional slip for our guests today, I thought this will be a good
1:34.9	conversation because their PR press release started off with, if you like your UFO literature
1:40.3	to confirm what you already know, this is not the book for you.
1:44.1	And I knew these would be the guests I want to talk to today.
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