Mutual mistrust may have added a few X-files to the UFO era

Mulder and Scully may have accomplished something that hasn’t happened for society — trust between two opposing viewpoints. According to a new study, uncloaking the flying saucer movement in the United States could offer historians a snapshot of Cold War attitudes at work in society, as well as insights into how science communication may be tied to current denialism and conspiracy theory movements.
February 21, 2016 | Categories: Psychology | Tags: behavioral science, extraterrestrials, history, peer reviewed, political issues, pseudoscience, psychology, science, social science, ufology | Leave a comment