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Kottmeyer, Martin

TL;DR Claim(s) to Fame

  • Folklorist/skeptical analyst who treated UFO and abduction stories as modern legend shaped by cultural scripts.
  • Known for motif-tracing and for arguing that media contagion influences encounter testimony.
  • Influenced “mythic/folkloric ufology” that studies narrative evolution rather than craft mechanics.
  • Criticized by literalists for reducing experiencer claims to folklore dynamics and dismissing physical possibilities.

Kottmeyer, Martin

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