Posthuman Blues

The Martians aren't coming

"So is there a crisis in ufology? Joe McGonagle, who runs UFOlogyinuk, the main internet newsgroup for British ufologists, believes there is. 'Ufology has shot itself in both feet and needs drastic surgery in order to recover,' he told his 1,000-strong membership yesterday in an emailed response to the news from Cumbria. 'Ufology is suffering from the paranoid accusations of government cover-ups which some of the more vociferous groups and individuals are all too willing to believe and kick up a fuss about. All of these things drive people away from what is already a peculiar subject.'"

(Note the headline's inexplicable reference to "Martians.")