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Not all Canadians are reality-based

The debate on UFO evidence is vibrant, yet it remains refutable despite high profile UFO claims. Eyewitness testimony is often unreliable.

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One of the things I like about Canada is that its citizens tend not only to be reality-based, but also are so matter-of-fact about it. Of course we don't think vaccines cause autism, they might say? Why would you ever think that? But some do succumb to nonsense. And some of these can be high profile. I present to you one Paul Hellyer, ex-Minister of Defence (sic). He thinks evidence for UFOs is "irrefutable". Uh, yeah. First off, he's wrong. Of course the UFO evidence is refutable. If it weren't, then we'd know UFOs exist. Despite the claims of some, we still have not a single confirmed picture, video, sample, or sighting of a bona fide alien spacecraft. What we do have is a gazillion UFOs, but remember what the acronym stands for. It doesn't mean "space ships". It means stuff some people haven't quite figured out yet. The article ...

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