Assessing Ufo Conspiracy Theories
College of Graduate Studies
UNIM523: Research Methodology in IT
Individual Assignment 1
Logical Fallacies
by
Vignesh Kumar Nagarasan ST20833
U N I V E R S I T I T E N A G A N A S I O N A L
Assessing UFO conspiracy theories
Today, most people have their own opinions about UFOs. Many will say they believe there is alien life in the universe. Others will say there is not life in the universe, but scientists find new planets every day, making opinions change. Although there are numerous different galaxies in the universe, scientists have no solid evidence that there is alien life.
In the same way as opinions, there are many different theories about what UFOs and abductions are. Scientists and urologists’ have investigated UFO sightings/abductions and have found that the people who claim to be abducted and see UFOs are mentally stable and well educated which helps prove the theory that UFOs are from aliens (Haisch 1). Moreover, during Project Blue Book thousands of UFO cases were identified as airplanes, jets, and other human aircrafts (Clark 278). The other 700 that were claimed "unidentified" are supposedly alien ' incidents (Clark 278). While the two main theories about UFOs are that they are mistaken airplanes and aliens, another theory is that it is the person 's imagination or a vivid dream (Clark 13). In most of these dreams the person sees strange things that they have never seen before which leads them to believe that they had sighted or been abducted by an alien. However, even after centuries of seeing UFOs there has never been solid proof as to what exactly these UFOs are.
Furthermore, an important, history-changing crash that occurred was the Roswell, New Mexico crash of 1947. This famous crash is said to be the first major government cover-up. Many witnesses and other military officers reported that the crashed object was a flying disc supposedly from space (Wilson 81) . Government officials
UNIM523: Research Methodology in IT
Individual Assignment 1
Logical Fallacies
by
Vignesh Kumar Nagarasan ST20833
U N I V E R S I T I T E N A G A N A S I O N A L
Assessing UFO conspiracy theories
Today, most people have their own opinions about UFOs. Many will say they believe there is alien life in the universe. Others will say there is not life in the universe, but scientists find new planets every day, making opinions change. Although there are numerous different galaxies in the universe, scientists have no solid evidence that there is alien life.
In the same way as opinions, there are many different theories about what UFOs and abductions are. Scientists and urologists’ have investigated UFO sightings/abductions and have found that the people who claim to be abducted and see UFOs are mentally stable and well educated which helps prove the theory that UFOs are from aliens (Haisch 1). Moreover, during Project Blue Book thousands of UFO cases were identified as airplanes, jets, and other human aircrafts (Clark 278). The other 700 that were claimed "unidentified" are supposedly alien ' incidents (Clark 278). While the two main theories about UFOs are that they are mistaken airplanes and aliens, another theory is that it is the person 's imagination or a vivid dream (Clark 13). In most of these dreams the person sees strange things that they have never seen before which leads them to believe that they had sighted or been abducted by an alien. However, even after centuries of seeing UFOs there has never been solid proof as to what exactly these UFOs are.
Furthermore, an important, history-changing crash that occurred was the Roswell, New Mexico crash of 1947. This famous crash is said to be the first major government cover-up. Many witnesses and other military officers reported that the crashed object was a flying disc supposedly from space (Wilson 81) . Government officials
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