Are they here or not?

All the talk of cloning and "Raelians" (R-rated aliens?) lately has once again raised the mysterious subject of UFOs. (It never entirely goes away, of course.) This extrordinarily perplexing topic is made more extraordinarily perplexing by being monopolized by believers and unbelievers. If only some disinterested parties--scientists and (perhaps) philosophers--who are neither threatened by the idea of superior "aliens" nor desperate to prove they exist would look into the phenomenon, maybe we'd learn something surprising. Unfortunately, the whole subject has been so mired in media ridicule and ignorance that any objective person who looks into it risks career suicide. Greg Sandow, a journalist who doesn't specialize in this topic, seems to be one of the brave few who is willing to do so. His website makes for some fascinating reading:

Greg Sandow -- UFO Site