A Ufologist's Guide for Dealing with Trolls, Bots, and Bad-Faith Skeptics
by TheWebCoder in r/UFOs Image Source: NBC News When discussing UFOs, UAPs, NHI, or anything outside mainstream narratives, you’ll inevitably encounter trolls, bots, and bad-faith skeptics. These people aren’t looking for real discussion, they’re here to shut down, dismiss, confuse, and exhaust you. Below is a field guide to their most common tactics, along with effective counter strategies to shut them down. 🛑 Tactic #1: "There’s No Evidence!" / "Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence!" 📢 What they say: "There is ZERO verifiable evidence of UAPs or NHI." "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Show me 5-sigma proof!" 💡 Why they say it: • This ignores radar data, military eyewitness testimony, sensor tracking, classified reports, and congressional hearings. • They set an impossibly high standard demanding Hadron Collider levels of certainty while accepting far less in other fields. • They refuse to define what level...