Negative factors in ufo cases

This came up in John Keel’s Anomaly newsletter , Anomaly issue 1, May 1, 1969.

[[ John Keel ]] says that “negative factors” often crop up in UFO cases, ever since 1897.

Those might include commonplace things like:

• newspapers
• pieces of metal
• ordinary pieces of clothing
• ordinary chemicals
• normal tire tracks (found in inaccessible fields)
• [[ UFO occupants often use Ancient Greek words ]]
• UFO occupants might create a diversion to distract from the real deal

They trick people into thinking that the landing is a hoax, but Keel says that negative factors are actually indications that “a real UFO event did occur.”

He then argues that UFOs are environmental phenomenon rather than ETs

Elsewhere, he says that the UFOnauts are liars and hoaxers, not the contactees

hoaxes and tricksters [[ trickster ]] [[ The Trickster and the Paranormal by George P. Hansen ]]