Originally posted by IsaacKoi
Which are best cases amongst that mass of material?

In this article I unveil (for the first time on a public forum) the “Top 100” UFO cases based on the frequency of their discussion within 963 UFO/SETI books.

If ufologists wrote books solely with the objective of presenting the best available evidence, then the most frequently discussed cases would be the ones that the most authors regarded as the best cases.

Does the resulting list accord with your view as to the best cases? If not, which cases would you add or remove? Why?

Just a quick post to say that I've done a LOT of work on this topic since starting this thread a few years ago.

I'm making the relevant lists of references available on the Internet and seeking to establish better ways of identiftying the best UFO cases.

Unless some reasonable ways are put forward for identifying the views of the UFO community as which UFO cases are the vest, where are skeptics to start when told there are thousands upon thousands of UFO reports?

To take things to the next level, one of the ideas I'd like to explore is whether any consensus exists as to the RELATIVE merits of UFOs cases if certain specified criteria are applied (aking to Hynek's Strangeness and Credibility Ratings, Vallee's SVP ratings etc), regardless of the views of the people participating in the ratings as to the causes of UFO reports.

I'm planning (work and family commitments permitting - which they often do not) that I'll be able to start a relevant thread in the near future to try a little experiment along these lines.

I hope some of you will act as guinea pigs in that experiment.

All the best,

Isaac

Your thread reminded to dig again into the exteriorization of consciousness
observed often at the abductions as well as into the other OBEs and the
implications of it. It is very important for us to know what we exactly are into
the considerations about our relations with everything pointed of you above.

Wow this thread is fantastic! You should bump
this thread every so often for new members OP.

Originally posted by BLKMJK
Wow this thread is fantastic! You should bump
this thread every so often for new members OP.

Thanks, but I'm not sure whether it is polite for me to bump my own threads. I'm generally happy to rely on others expressing an interest in my threads and posting in them.

Originally posted by antar
Good job on the compilation, next time please do one with top ATS members

For the last, oh, 2 or 3 years I've been intending to post a little experiment which involves inviting ATS members (whether "top" or otherwise) to participate in a poll regarding their views on various UFO cases. I'm not sure I'll ever get around to running that little experiment...