We Need Better Monikers
Use The Farce By Ron James
July 2025
Everyone in UFOlogy should be having a lot more fun.
Instead of ridicule, it should be permissible, maybe even encouraged, for UFOlogists to seriously joke around.
I mean, we’ve got a plethora of material. Any stand-up comedian worth their salt could build an entire act around alien butt jokes.
And then, of course, we have people who should be the butt of jokes. Our favorite Pentagon spokesperson, for instance. (If you don’t know who I’m talking about, this article probably isn’t for you.)
We’ve got the “I saw an alien, give me a book deal” crowd.
We’ve got the “Immaculate Constellation whistleblower" that I'm still trying to figure out. What exactly was revealed anyway? I must have missed something.
We’ve got Sean Kirkpatrick. Enough said.
We’ve had the "chandelier scandal," followed by the "irrigation circle scandal."
Looking back, we’ve had Blue Bird people with iPads, teleportation from Hawthorne, California, to Mars, and spaceship designers who allegedly worked exclusively with hot babes from another planet.
I mean... wow. No, really. WOW!
We’re never going to run out of material. But strangely, nobody’s really doing anything with it.
Someone should be documenting this journey with all the sardonic humor it deserves.
Why hasn't a mainstream UFOlogist rounded all this up and put out an honest, hilarious evaluation? Could it be that deep down, we’re afraid of looking foolish?
Oh, wait - what did I just say? Never mind.
Actually, I’ll go first.
Remember that major announcement out of Mexico? The so-called “alien mummy”?
It was painful watching dear friends like Richard Dolan gamble their credibility and show up for what turned out to be a fiesta of fools.
That story fell apart faster than all the UFO experts could run home and hide for days.
So let’s call that one... "Mummygate."
It is so.
I actually coined that phrase right after it happened, but now I’m naming it and claiming it officially.
And I’d like to invite everyone reading this article (all three of you) to help me name some of the other bizarre chapters that have captivated our attention and made us look like fools to the rest of the world.
Right now, I’ve got my "swami hat" on, and I’m peering into the future.
I see... something round.
It has... a strange seam in the middle.
I see... tribal tattoos.
Wait... they’re calling it something.
It’s coming to me now...
Boogie? No.
Bookie? No...
Oh! I’ve got it.
"Bogus Sphere."
That really has a nice ring to it.
Remember, you heard it here first.
Let's see if it sticks.
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