The History Channel has this show called UFO Hunters featuring 3 “investigators” taking on supposed UFO sightings they call “cases” and trying to prove the evidence associated with each case.

I’m certainly someone who believes there are UFOs. But I like the ground things based on scientific fact.

That’s why I love SciFi Channel’s Ghost Hunter series. In Ghost Hunters, Jason and Grant (who ran TAPS) try to “debunk” everything they possibly can with science and technology. Even if they discover something that is unexplainable they often are sometimes very hesitant to label a place as “haunted” but will admit they can’t explain some activity they have caught. For them, just because something is unexplainable at some location doesn’t mean that location is haunted. They want require really hard evidence.

With UFO Hunters, the biggest problem I have with the show is their “lead investigator” Bill Birnes (who is also the publisher of UFO Magazine). He apparently also runs The History Channel’s UFO Hunters Blog too.

Bill always has some far out explanation on every show that supposedly proves UFOs are real and extraterrestrials are involved. He never looks at the reasons that disprove anything – he always tries to do everything he can with any explanation possible to prove the whole UFO/extraterrestrial connection. Even his colleagues like Pat and Kevin sometimes appear frustrated on the show because no matter what, Bill has a explanation even if facts say otherwise. In one episode of the show Bill says he considers pilots reliable sources because “they are pilots and are trained to report strange things they see”. Uh, that doesn’t mean what they are reporting is reliable. Give me a break. Ultimately I believe Bill hurts the whole UFO thing with his attitude of 100% acceptance UFOs are real and are from extraterrestrial origin with any fact he is represented with. He’s not credible.

I will admit, they have shown off some interesting evidence on UFO Hunters that really make you go “hmmm” and really think about possibilities. But it’s not enough to make the kind of statements Bill is making. While Kevin and Pat express their skepticism on many of the cases against the crap that Bill says – it’s just too much crap coming from Bill that hurts this show.

I want them to take people’s reports of UFOs and do shows where they say “these are the reasons why this isn’t a UFO”. Disprove things.

Oh and is there a reason why Bill can’t take off his sunglasses on the show?

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