Final Results for UFO Hall of Fame/ Shame
Results and totals on the voting at Kimball’s Other Side of Truth site.
The short version:
UFO Hall of Fame
Dr. J. Allen Hynek
Dr. Jacques Vallee
Stanton T. Friedman
Major Donald Keyhoe
Dr. James McDonald
UFO Hall of Shame
Billy Meier
Philip J. Klass
Dr. Steven Greer
Dr. Edward U. Condon
Marshall Applewhite
For the Hall of Fame, I would have had Vallee on top, followed by Keel, but the public has spoken. The Hall of Shame voting was pretty hard on Adamski, who surprisingly came out ahead of Bob Lazar and Seth Sleestak.
We’ll put up a poll here soon. Any ideas on subjects?
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August 16th, 2007 at 5:23 pm
Best UFO myth.
Best UFO explanation.
Best UFO celebrity.
Best place for watching a UFO.
August 16th, 2007 at 7:57 pm
Keel should be on there (fame, not shame).
Best and worst UFO conference.
A poll sounds fun.
~Y
August 17th, 2007 at 1:21 pm
Maybe we’ll get Keel and Ruppelt admitted in 2008.
August 17th, 2007 at 9:07 pm
Bill:
Keel and Ruppelt will indeed be on the 2008 ballot, when the number of inductees will be limited to 2 for both the Hall of Shame and the Hall of Fame. It should be noted that Keel finished 6th this year, so he probably has a good shot next year, although he will have to compete with some new competition, including UFO Mystic’s own Nick Redfern, and MUFON’s Walt Andrus, among others.
I was suprised that the Lorenzen’s didn’t get more votes. Oh well - people have short memories.
Paul
August 17th, 2007 at 10:04 pm
Jacques Vallee is the best of all time. Hands down, the best. I would not have become interested in UFO’s if it were not for him. I wish to God he would write something new.
p.s. I click on the subscribe to comments button, but they never get sent. I’ve put my email address in the registration form. Is there anyway one of you guys could make that work for me?
August 18th, 2007 at 1:40 pm
Paul,
Got to agree that with the passage of time a lot of people and contributions lose immediacy and can get forgotten. I was surprised about the Lorenzens, too. Another one…though he made research errors here and there..who SERIOUSLY impacted UFO interest among the baby boomers in the early 1960s was Frank Edwards (and Long John Nebel). In fact a huge percentage of the crypto-Fortean-cum-UFO buffs of today got lit up initially by the Ace paperback version of Edwards’ “Stranger Than Science” back in the early sixties. For VERY many of us, “STS” introduced us to the “Flatwoods Monster”, “Tunguska”,The “Airships of 1897″, and so on. In a chapter called “Sky Traps”, he broke ground on what he called “The Point of No Return”, a concept that Vincent Gaddis would one day term “The Bermuda Triangle”. Edwards, like Keyhoe, was VERY important in that period of the UFO mystery culture.
In light of things said and published before his death we need to consider Gordon Cooper in this equation, too.
Bill
Oh, yeah, and that Nick fella, too. No, not Pope…the other one…the one that audially inhales the Ramones and used to have hair when he was a kid! Yeah, THAT one!!!
August 18th, 2007 at 1:46 pm
Guess candidates for the Hall of Shame might include Donald Menzel , Michael Shermer, and Joe “It’s All Owls!” Nickell.
August 19th, 2007 at 12:29 pm
redpill and yards,
Thanks for the suggestions. I may use one or may not. This could be very interesting!
August 19th, 2007 at 12:33 pm
Paul,
This poll thing could be the subject of a UFO book all by itself. The Lorenzens were important not only because of APRO, but possibly more due to all the popular books that Coral wrote. One of my favorites (and one that got me back into the subject) was “Flying Saucer Occupants.”
August 19th, 2007 at 12:44 pm
mister anderson,
Vallee infected (possibly) millions of minds with his original thinking, and he came in second. This is probably due to the fact that the mainstream always wins out. If I were voting with my heart, Vallee would have come in first. If it was with my head, it might have very well been Hynek, since he popularized the subject by campaigning for a serious and widespread look at UFOs.
It’s almost like polling a group of goth-rock people on their favorite groups. Some will swear by Sisters of Mercy, but the Cure would probably win out.
August 19th, 2007 at 12:46 pm
Bill,
Here’s an idea for a poll: Most Despised Person in Ufology!
August 20th, 2007 at 8:55 am
misteranderson,
Re: Your email - Check your spam filter and/or the filter inbox. All the subscribed comments get routed there on my email.
October 5th, 2007 at 2:26 pm
While watching a Wired Science episode on the local PBS station this week, I was surprised to see the individual who owns the company in the follwing link:
http://www.unitednuclear.com/about.htm
What a long strange trip it’s been, eh?
Steve Jones