What ever happened to all those UFOs?

Over at Tech Central Station, columist Douglas Kern suggests that we no longer have time for "chimerical mysteries and esoteric knowledge" because we're living in a time of war. Funny, I would have thought the opposite was the case. More than that, he argues that "the rise of the Internet taught the world to be more skeptical of unverified information."

Not sure I concur. But if you agree that this is an interesting line of thinking, here's the intro:

The UFO cultural moment in America is long since over, having gone out with the Clintons and grunge rock in the 90s. Ironically, the force that killed the UFO fad is the same force that catapulted it to super-stardom: the Internet. And therein hangs a tale about how the Internet can conceal and reveal the truth.

The rest of the article is here.