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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