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A selective branch focused on cases and frameworks that Isaac Koi treated as especially worth examining.
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11. Introduction
“ Best UFO Cases ” by Isaac Koi PART 1: Best UFO Cases: Introduction Ufologists regularly complain that skeptics fail to address the best UFO cases. On the other hand, skeptics fr...
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110. Consensus lists : National Enquirer Panel
“ Best UFO Cases ” by Isaac Koi PART 10: Consensus lists : National Enquirer Panel Many UFO researchers have complained about ridicule of UFO witnesses, arguing that a fear of rid...
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111. Consensus lists : The Rockefeller Briefing Document
“ Best UFO Cases ” by Isaac Koi PART 11: Consensus lists : The Rockefeller Briefing Document Earlier part s of this article have indicated the diverse lists of cases that are nomi...
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112. Consensus lists : Conclusion
In short,“consensus lists” of the best cases are a highly desirable commodity. It is therefore extremely disappointing (and perhaps surprising) to note that despite numerous chall...
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113. The Top 100 UFO Cases
“ Best UFO Cases ” by Isaac Koi PART 13: The Top 100 UFO cases Given the problems with the various lists covered in Parts 3 to 12 , I thought that it might be interesting to find...
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114. Top 10 cases within various categories
“ Best UFO Cases ” by Isaac Koi PART 14: Top 10 cases within various categories In PART 13: The Top 100 UFO cases , I presented a “Top 100” list of UFO cases based on the frequenc...
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115. Qualitative criteria: Introduction
“ Best UFO Cases ” by Isaac Koi PART 15. Qualitative criteria: Introduction Although quite a few lists of “best cases” have been presented by various ufologists and groups, surpri...
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116: Qualitative criteria: Credible witnesses
“ Best UFO Cases ” by Isaac Koi PART 16 : Qualitative criteria: Credible witnesses Reports from eye-witnesses play a very important role in relation to UFO reports. Indeed, it is...
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117: Qualitative criteria: Multiple witnesses
“ Best UFO Cases ” by Isaac Koi PART 17: Qualitative criteria: Multiple witnesses Several of the lists of qualitiative criteria suggested by various UFO researchers (see PART 15:...
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118: Qualitative criteria: Miscellaneous other criteria
“ Best UFO Cases ” by Isaac Koi PART 18: Qualitative criteria: Miscellaneous other criteria Below are some notes I have made on points I considered interesting on miscellaneous ot...
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119: Quantitative criteria: Introduction
“ Best UFO Cases ” by Isaac Koi PART 19: Quantitative criteria: Introduction Previous sections of this article have examined with some of the qualitative criteria that have been p...
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22. Challenges to produce lists of top cases
“ Best UFO Cases ” by Isaac Koi PART 2: Challenges to produce lists of top cases If UFO proponents wish to persuade scientists to examine the evidence for the alleged objective re...
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220: Quantitative criteria : Hynek – Strangeness and Probability
“ Best UFO Cases ” by Isaac Koi PART 20: Quantitative criteria : Hynek – Strangeness and Probability Some Relevant Definitions Before considering Hynek’s Strangeness and Probabili...
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221: Quantitative criteria : Vallee’s SVP ratings
“ Best UFO Cases ” by Isaac Koi PART 21: Quantitative criteria : Vallee’s SVP ratings Since the 1960s onwards, Jacques Vallee has written several discussions regarding classificat...
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222: Quantitative criteria : BUFORA’s case priority
“ Best UFO Cases ” by Isaac Koi PART 22: Quantitative criteria : BUFORA’s case priority One of Britain’s most profilic and respected ufologists, Jenny Randles, wrote a book entitl...
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223: Quantitative criteria : Ballester/MUFON index
“ Best UFO Cases ” by Isaac Koi PART 23: Quantitative criteria : Ballester/MUFON index Introduction The most detailed attempt made thus far to put forward a method for the quantit...
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224: Quantitative criteria : Olsen’s Reliability Index
“ Best UFO Cases ” by Isaac Koi PART 24: Quantitative criteria : Olsen’s Reliability Index There have been various proposals for quantitative criteria to assess the reliability of...
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225. Quantitative criteria : Figuet’s hardest cases
“ Best UFO Cases ” by Isaac Koi PART 25: Quantitative criteria : Figuet’s hardest cases Michel Figuet prepared a paper for the “European Congress on AAP” in November 1988 entitled...
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226. Quantitative criteria : Moravec's rating system
“ Best UFO Cases ” by Isaac Koi PART 26: Quantitative criteria : Moravec's rating system Mark Moravec has suggested that assigning “numerical weights” to the factors which are con...
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227: Quantitative criteria : Koi's ICES ratings
“ Best UFO Cases ” by Isaac Koi PART 27: Quantitative criteria : Koi's ICES Ratings Isaac Koi has adapted Hynek's Strangeness and Probability Ratings (discussed in PART 20: Quanti...
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33. Experts' Short Lists
“ Best UFO Cases ” by Isaac Koi PART 3: Existing lists by various individuals Have individual UFO researchers and UFO groups put forward lists of the top cases? Which cases did th...
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44. Consensus lists : Introduction
“ Best UFO Cases ” by Isaac Koi PART 4: Consensus lists : Introduction Have leading UFO researchers ever reached a consensus as to which UFO cases are the "best"? What polls have...
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55. Consensus lists : Jacques Vallee’s poll (1965)
“ Best UFO Cases ” by Isaac Koi PART 5: Consensus lists : Jacques Vallee’s poll (1965) As discussed earlier in this series of articles (see PART 1: Top 100 UFO Cases: Introduction...
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66. Consensus lists : Ronald Story’s poll
“ Best UFO Cases ” by Isaac Koi PART 6: Consensus lists : Ronald Story’s poll (1979) In his first book on UFOs, skeptic Philip J Klass wrote “I have yet to meet a UFOrian who is w...
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77. Consensus lists : Paul Kimball’s Vox Populi poll (2006)
“ Best UFO Cases ” by Isaac Koi PART 7: Consensus lists : Paul Kimball’s Vox Populi poll (2006) As discussed in earlier sections of this article, Jacques Vallee and Ronald Story c...
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88. Consensus lists : Kimball’s expert poll (2007)
“ Best UFO Cases ” by Isaac Koi PART 8: Consensus lists : Paul Kimball’s expert poll (2005/6) A documentary entitled “Best Evidence : Top Ten UFO Sightings” premiered on “Space: T...
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99. Consensus lists : Fortean Times expert poll (2007)
“ Best UFO Cases ” by Isaac Koi PART 9: Consensus lists : Fortean Times expert poll (2007) Earlier Parts of this article have considered several earlier polls of ufologist to dete...
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- 13. The Top 100 UFO Cases
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- 15. Qualitative criteria: Introduction
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