Westall 1966: A Mass Sighting That Tests Epistemology and Credibility

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The Westall High School sighting shows how an extraordinary, well-documented event can shake people’s basic beliefs about reality, push us to reexamine how we know things, weigh different explanations—from aliens to advanced tech—and demand solid evidence, a point highlighted in a documentary by Rosie Jones and Shane Ryan, even though the final truth remains unsettled.

Westall ‘66: 50 years on, still stranger than fiction
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Westall ‘66: 50 years on, still stranger than fiction

Beliefs, webs, tears Unlike Bethsheba’s husband, our beliefs about the world do not go out to face the music alone. The most basic beliefs you can think of—say: that right now, my son is in the room with…