RIDICULE IS NOT PART OF THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD, AND PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE TAUGHT THAT IT IS. THE STEADY FLOW OF REPORTS, OFTEN MADE IN CONCERT BY RELIABLE OBSERVERS, RAISES QUESTIONS OF SCIENTIFIC OBLIGATION AND RESPONSIBILITY. IS THERE ... ANY RESIDUE THAT IS WORTHY OF SCIENTIFIC ATTENTION? OR, IF THERE ISN'T, DOES NOT AN OBLIGATION EXIST TO SAY SO TO THE PUBLIC—NOT IN WORDS OF OPEN RIDICULE BUT SERIOUSLY, TO KEEP FAITH WITH THE TRUST THE PUBLIC PLACES IN SCIENCE AND SCIENTISTS?