When I asked Ohio State University political science professor Alex Wendt what his students thought about his enthusiasm for UFOs, he told me reactions are mixed. His PhD students fear Wendt’s interest in gathering data on UFO sightings will undermine the credibility of their research. Other graduate students, he said, “hide their heads…they’re tolerant, but try to ignore it.” But his undergrads are more open. “Some are skeptical,” he told me. “But some are quite excited.”
This gives him hope that his new project, UFODATA, has a chance of drawing in the talent—or at least the cash—of young, curious, UFO agnostics. It’s going to need those things to survive.
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