I have to take my tinfoil hat off to the guy who compiled the list, because he very thoughtfully considered the financial wherewithal of the average MUFON Field Investigator. He actually put together three very different lists for three very different budgets. The first list, "Necessary Equipment," is for the Field Investigator who's behind on his bills. It consists of simple household products like "tweezers" and "string" and "ziplock bags" that the Field Investigator probably already has lying around the house, but which could come in handy when investigating a UFO sighting. It's basically the Dollar Store Field Investigator's Kit.
But here is its brilliance: let's say I'm interviewing a UFO contactee, and in the course of the interview it comes out that the contactee was examined by aliens and had some sort of probe inserted into his or her body, and now he or she wants it out... Suddenly the tweezers, which at first seemed kind of lame, make perfect sense!
Next up is the "Desirable Equipment" list, for someone like me who has a few bucks to spend on his hobby but is acutely aware that MUFON does not have a reimbursement policy. This list includes everything from the Dollar Store list, but adds such pricey-sounding oddities as "Several 100-foot chalk lines" and "FRS/GMRS Radios." Here's where I could use some explanation. A builder uses chalk lines to lay out reference lines for walls or floors along a hard concrete surface. So if I happen to investigate a UFO encounter at a building site, I'm expected to lend a hand laying out the building as I interview the witness? Help me here, MUFON.
At the top of the pyramid is the "Optional Equipment" list, the Cadillac of equipment lists for the MUFON One-Percenters. Here we find all sorts of "-ometers" for measuring magnetic fields, light levels, radiation levels, distances, weather conditions, ground density, and all sorts of other things that can make or break a UFO investigation. Trouble is, many of these devices cost a boatload and "require a trained specialist to operate correctly."
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Apparently I will need a Geiger Counter like this when I am called upon to interview a radioactive UFO witness. It costs over a thousand dollars and requires special training. |
NOTE: Phone calls used to cost a dime.
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