MY FAVOURITE subgenre of scientific papers is “let’s please take this thing seriously even though it’s usually associated with conspiracy theories and cheesy sci-fi movies”. And so it was with glee that I dived into a recent example with the highly technical title “An environmental analysis of public UAP sightings and sky view potential”. Translation: “We looked at where the most…
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