UFOlogists besmirch Sagan, then Galileo

A. J. Gevaerd, the editor of "Brazilian UFO Magazine" is what I would charitably call a crank. He once interviewed a guy in his magazine who claimed that Jesus is tied up in the UFO phenomenon -- of course! -- along with other things that would make my head all asplodey to write about. A few months ago, he wanted to start a new research center to study UFOs, called the Carl Sagan Institute. Now, I will give you a moment to make comical head-shaking noises and wipe your ears out with your fingers. Yes, he wanted to name his pseudoscientific center after Carl Sagan, one of the leading and most vocal critics of the UFO phenomenon. Now, you might say to yourself, "Maybe Gevaerd will be critical and apply Sagan's skepticism to the study of UFOs." Hope springs eternal! But then there is the inevitable fall, you realize, remembering ...