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  • noun A person who studies UFOs.

Etymologies

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From ufology +‎ -ist.

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Examples

  • And he states that when someone sees something in the sky that they cannot explain, a ufologist is born.

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  • This was during a training seminar conducted by Dr. Steven M. Greer, a physician who has also been described as a "ufologist" and who claims to have had personal face-to-face contact with an extraterrestrial being.

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  • Majestic is awful; and reading Harbinson's Projekt Saucer [sic] quintet is a real slog … Plus, there's also the possibility the author will get sued by some litigious "ufologist".

    Futurismic Mac Tonnies 2008

  • On the other hand, we do not deny the possibility of other forms of life in the Sea of Azov, ” the ufologist sad.

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  • As a ufologist, it comes with the territory that you must sift through a whole lot of garbage to get to the actual truth.

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  • On this survey see the criticisms of Philip Klass and John Robinson in the current issue of The Zetetic, with replies by P.A. Sturrock, the ufologist who made the survey.

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  • The ufologist will have you believe the universe is crawling with all kinds of aliens - mostly friendly nice aliens who want to help Earth solve her many problems.

    Earth Invaded by killer, bug-eyed space devils. Run for your lives! 2008

  • Physicist and ufologist Stan Friedman argues that it's overwhelmingly likely that some UFOs are extraterrestrial spacecraft.

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  • It's almost official: physicist/ufologist Stan F...

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  • Here's an interesting find: ufologist Kevin Randle...

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