Karl Popper articulated falsifiability to distinguish between science and pseudo-science.

While ufology has been considered a pseudo-science, there may be some ways to make it more scientific.

UFOs might be light-based phenomena like holograms and not solid, material objects.

Sir Karl Popper (1902-1994), one of the most influential 20th-century philosophers of science, was determined to distinguish real science from pseudo-science. It irked him that some so-called "scientific theories" seemed as easy to confirm as vague horoscope predictions. So what would Popper have to say about ufology—the study of UFOs (or UAPs)?

The Demarcation Problem

Popper was particularly troubled by Freudian psychoanalysis, Alfred Adler's individual psychology, and Karl Marx's theory of history because these theories seemed too easy to confirm with simple observations and confirmation bias (i.e., the tendency to observe only what you already believe). For example, if our horoscope reports we will soon face "a significant challenge" in our lives, sure enough, something happens that fits the bill since life is full of challenges. But there should be something special about scientific theories, Popper believed—something........

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