Chalons-en-Champagne (France), 16 October 2005

Twenty Questions for European Ufology

Preliminary notes for the EuroUfoNet meeting agenda

by Edoardo Russo


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a - UFO Sightings and reports collecting

a 1 - Who is collecting and cataloguing UFO sighting reports and news?

a 2 - Is it feasible to arrive at a common minimum database format?

a 3 - Who is coordinating field investigations?

a 4 - Is it feasible to arrive at a common minimum sighting form?

a 5 - Is it feasible to arrive at a common investigation methodology?

b - Internal cooperation and data exchange

b 1 - How can European national organizations cooperate with each other (besides exchanging publications)?

b 2 - Is a common European list of available scientific consultants feasible?

b 3 - Can we build and maintain a common list of ongoing research projects?

b 4 - Can we build a common database of available archives and of their contents?

b 5 - Can we have a regular exchange of duplicates from each other's archives?

b 6 - What activities of archives recovery are being done and by whom?

b 7 - Is a common European refereed journal feasible?

b 8 - Is a common European website feasible?

c - External cooperation

c 1 - How can rationalist ufologists cope with "other" ufologists and UFO buffs?

c 2 - How can we contribute to let new generation buffs evolve in tomorrow's ufologists?

c 3 - How can rationalist ufologists cope with scientific agencies and scientists?

c 4 - Can we elaborate concrete proposals for scientific studies and analyses to be conducted by willing scientists?

d - Philosophical and episthemological issues

d 1 - What is the self-perceived role of a rationalist ufologist in the XXI century?

d 2 - Should we draw borderlines to define who is in and who is out, as of ufology?

d 3 - Are we to radically change our traditional activities for new approaches (eg. Instrumented research)?


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