Really?

The name is certainly "catchy" enough and may have actually directed you, the interested reader to this blog, however, it may be a valid statement with respect to UFOs or more correctly Unidentified Aerial Objects (UAOs) or Unidentified Submerged Objects (USOs), hence the name of the Canadian UAO-USO Network or CUUN.

So, are they really out there? "Not sure" is the usual answer by most people. The basic problem with the entire field of Ufology is the distinct lack of quantifiable evidence to support the claim that UFOs exist. In truth, people see UFOs every single day, such as a low-flying bird, reflecting the setting sun or early morning sun off it's abdomen, causing a flashing visual phenomena, can indeed be difficult to recognize with an unaided eye, hence, that "thing" is determined to be an unidentified flying object. There are literally hundreds if not thousands of reports from across Canada of strange lights in the sky, most often in the evening, and most frequently during the warmer months of the spring, summer and fall (you think that more people are outdoors during this period, hence, greater frequency of sightings??). Aside from pro and con arguments on nearly every faucet of Ufology, CUUN exists to NOT debunk the claim that extra-terrestrials exist, nor does it outright support that ET's exist and visit our little planet with regular frequency over the ages, but uses whatever resources, skills, expertise, equipment, time, money, energy to examine certain Canadian only incidences, peel the numerous layers of the onion in order to identify the root "truth" with respect to an alleged UFO incident.

Why such a narrow bandwidth? The bottom line, Ufology is mega-huge, and can easily suck every resource available, usually comprised of personal resources at best. CUUN focuses on very few cases, and takes the time and effort to examine each case under a microscope, avoiding the hype caused by the media, and carefully and slowly works each incident until there is no stone unturned. Yes, this could take years, and in fact, it does. However, in the end,the results of the investigation will be undeniable (that is the hope) that either a) some extraordinary unexplained event really did happen there or; b) there is no supporting evidence of any kind that the incident actually happened.

IF "b" turns out to be the most frequent result, this is not necessarily bad. It does mean that as investigators of extraordinary incidences, care must be taken to ensure that whatever results are made, that it is relatively bullet proof, credible and accurate allowing one to "close the book" so to speak allowing the investigators to move on to other possibly more viable extraordinary incidences to investigate!

CUUN is engaged in two projects at this time. The most notable being the UFO incident reported at Shag Harbour, NS, and the second one reported at Ebenezer, PEI. There has been a number of books published on the subject of Shag Harbour, in fact, in Shag Harbour, a Society has been created whose purpose is to educate the public on this significant event that evening on October 4, 1967. We encourage visitors to that part of the country to visit the Shag Harbour Incident Society Museum setup by a pair of lovely local ladies who envision this helping the community raise some much needed funds to keep the little fishing village alive.