# Sheaffer 2020: Claims About a Government 'UFO Program': How Much Is True? > Robert Sheaffer, 2020. 13 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The main sceptical reading. Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D013XEE32AG/claims-about-a-government-ufo-program-how-much-is-true Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) --- [Sources](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources)[Skinwalker Ranch](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch)Sheaffer 2020 **0** # Claims About a Government 'UFO Program': How Much Is True? Robert Sheaffer, 2020. _Skeptic_. A sceptic's review of the AATIP/AAWSAP story, with a section on the ranch arguing that the prior owners reported nothing in sixty years, that NIDS found nothing, and that the simplest reading is that the Sherman family's stories were made or grown before the sale. **Skinwalker Ranch** Web pageChecked against the original0 ## What it's used for here The main sceptical reading. ## Cited by on this site 13 records [Nothing unusual was reported in the Myers years.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/answers/ANS0D0156EY2B1G/nothing-unusual-was-reported-in-the-myers-years) Answer ANS [Predators, disease and scavenging, read as mutilation.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/answers/ANS0D014CB02BG8/predators-disease-and-scavenging-read-as-mutilation) Answer ANS [The accounts were largely made up before the sale.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/answers/ANS0D014RSE5JFG/the-accounts-were-largely-made-up-before-the-sale) Answer ANS [The founding accounts were invented or deliberately embellished for gain.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/answers/ANS0D014BBR7Q9Y/the-founding-accounts-were-invented-or-deliberately) Answer ANS [The reports grew from ordinary events and misperception in a place with a reputation, amplified by the people…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/answers/ANS0D0149WW7ANF/the-reports-grew-from-ordinary-events-and-misperception-in-a) Answer ANS [Many of the most bizarre incidents in the 2005 book were witnessed only by Terry Sherman, who stayed on as…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/evidence/EVD0D014S180GGQ/many-of-the-most-bizarre-incidents-in-the-2005-book-were) Evidence EVD [The NIDS investigators' own book concedes they obtained very little physical evidence and none that could…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/evidence/EVD0D0149D80M7P/the-nids-investigators-own-book-concedes-they-obtained-very) Evidence EVD [The Shermans sold within months of going public and Terry Sherman was retained as caretaker.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/evidence/EVD0D014BKJ6GJQ/the-shermans-sold-within-months-of-going-public-and-terry) Evidence EVD [The family that owned the ranch for sixty years denies any phenomena occurred there.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/evidence/EVD0D0156YJ0GWZ/the-family-that-owned-the-ranch-for-sixty-years-denies-any) Evidence EVD [The same book concedes very little physical evidence and none that could count as conclusive proof.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/evidence/EVD0D014WEM1ZNF/the-same-book-concedes-very-little-physical-evidence-and) Evidence EVD [Skinwalker Ranch](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch) The mystery article MYS [Did anything happen at the ranch between 1994 and 2010 that ordinary causes cannot explain?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/questions/QST0D0147PJ363M/did-anything-happen-at-the-ranch-between-1994-and-2010-that) Question QST [Did anything unusual happen at the ranch while the Myers family owned it, from the 1930s to 1994?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/questions/QST0D014ES40PZ2/did-anything-unusual-happen-at-the-ranch-while-the-myers) Question QST ## Cite it ``` Sheaffer, R. (2020). Claims About a Government 'UFO Program': How Much Is True?. Skeptic. https://www.skeptic.com/reading_room/claims-about-pentagon-ufo-program-how-much-is-true/ ``` [Read it free at skeptic.com](https://www.skeptic.com/reading_room/claims-about-pentagon-ufo-program-how-much-is-true/) Key **SRC** 0D013XEE32AG Kind Web page Rights The publisher's Kept 29 Oct 2026, for editors Checked Against the published original Added by [apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo) The record Bibliographic records are CC0. Take this one as CSL-JSON, BibTeX or RIS. [CSL-JSON](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D013XEE32AG/claims-about-a-government-ufo-program-how-much-is-true/csl.json)