The pop\/cult phenomena has run its course. Done. Stick a fork in it.<\/p>\n
(BummerDietz Location:<\/strong>Los Angeles) Scylla & Charybdis<\/a><\/p>\n Reaching its cynosure in 1977 with Spielberg “Close Encounters of the Third Kind<\/span><\/a>,” somewhat paralleling the nature of religious faith — that is, “belief” where there is no proof — the church continued into the digital age with runaway TV hit, The X-Files<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n Skeptics longs knew (scratch that … long suspected<\/em>) that the very nature of UFO sightings — always occurring away from urban areas, with little or no evidence to back the sighting other than the pleading “eyewitness” testimony of some person, which was always somewhat spottily reported, was the giveaway. As the world grew smaller and technology advanced, the law of random outcomes dictated that — statistically — a UFO craft would be verified by oh, say, a real photograph, or a landing, etc., given the hundreds and thousands of UFO sightings, visits and even abductions that purportedly were occurring.<\/p>\n [[[MORE]]] <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The pop\/cult phenomena has run its course. Done. Stick a fork in it. (BummerDietz Location:Los Angeles) Scylla & Charybdis Reaching its cynosure in 1977 with Spielberg “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” somewhat paralleling the nature of religious faith — … Continue reading