Talk:UFO conspiracy theories

Schneider
The APFN does not appear to be a reliable source yet it is the sole source currently supporting the material about Phil Schneider, it seems. — Paleo Neonate  – 02:45, 28 May 2022 (UTC)

Adding: he seems to be a rather obscure person, except as part of some conspiracy theorist and extremist circles like the Patriot Movement, making it difficult to find better sources. The claims themselves are rehashed discredited UFO conspiracy theories from that tradition, making any of his personal testimonies dubious as well... It's unclear if he used his real name, if he was amateur enthusiast (perhaps with psychiatric issues, apparently he ultimately suicided) or paid promoter. What is clear is that it was nonsense and very political (other than entertained starting from a few selected and reinterpreted facts, of course)... — Paleo Neonate  – 16:52, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Google search Schneider + Dulce and lots of non-RS tabloids and UFO enthusiast books turn up with mentions of Schneider supposedly witnessing or being told of a battle between aliens and humans in a secret underground base. Here is the least fringy source I could find, a book by a paranormal writer who is somewhat skeptical and published by McFarland & Company. - LuckyLouie (talk) 17:41, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
 * It doesn't seem very critical to me, but at least it's not transcripts on an advocacy website. It also seems to include more details.  Thanks again for your work on Wikipedia BTW, we meet less these days, as I'm rarely active.  — Paleo  Neonate  – 23:16, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
 * I noticed this edit that appears to be classic WP:OR — from a contributor who has been around long enough to know better. Perhaps there are secondary sources yet to be added? - LuckyLouie (talk) 13:49, 9 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Gladly self-reverted -- the intent was to immediately add a second source linking the obit to the folklore, but I got interrupted. Upon reflection, even well-sourced it wouldn't really be an improvement.  Feoffer (talk) 06:04, 11 November 2022 (UTC)

Content not related to conspiracy theories
Along with problems related to dubious sourcing, this article contains a lot of content that has nothing to do with conspiracy theories per se. Simply listing alleged UFO sightings and assuming an underlying conspiracy is inappropriate WP:OR. I'm beginning to remove such off-topic content, along with material attached to non-WP:FRIND sources. JoJo Anthrax (talk) 18:13, 9 February 2023 (UTC)
 * A lot of dubious sourcing remains in this article. The writing is quite good, but is it reasonable or appropriate for an encyclopedia article to depend so heavily on pro-conspiracy organizations/authors as sources for conspiracy theories? Perhaps this article should include only notable UFO-related conspiracies directly covered by WP:FRIND sources. Reasonable minds might, of course, disagree about that, so please share your opinions here. I might also take this issue/question to FTN. JoJo Anthrax (talk) 15:59, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
 * I don’t think we need to be laundry listing every single claim made by Ufologist types to get the point across on what a ufo conspiracy theory is. I also concur that the article should shy away from overtly fixating on the simple belief in UFOs as alien in origin- the actual meat and potatoes is the belief that “the government” is actively hovering it up. Paragon Deku (talk) 01:42, 16 May 2023 (UTC)