Editing Unidentified flying object (section)

====Status as a pseudoscience====
{{Excerpt|Ufology|Status as a pseudoscience}}
[[File:Jacques Vallée by Christopher Michel 12112024 4.jpg|thumb|Jacques Vallée]]
[[Jacques Vallée]], a scientist and ufologist, claimed there were deficiencies in most UFO research, including government studies. He criticized the mythology and cultism often associated with UFO sightings, but despite the challenges, Vallée contended that several hundred professional scientists—a group both he and Hynek termed "the invisible college"—continued to study UFOs quietly on their own time.<ref name="Revelations" />