I've reported on UFO sightings for decades – and come to this conclusion
washingtonpost.comThe more technology we have, the higher the minimum standard of intelligence, and the greater the need for each citizen to have a perfectly functioning bullshît meter. This is the highest priority of education.
And then there's Beatriz Villarroel which basically did the reverse.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.15896
https://www.wired.com/story/the-search-for-alien-artifacts-i...
Should be, but sadly isn't; the incentive is to feed into the economically incentivised "bs" rather than be wary of it, which is just... disheartening. Schools often inculcate this enough on a subconscious level that I've seen my fellow college mates rather unable to shake off that residual behaviour.