Caveat Emptor

History

Caveat Emptor wore its editorial philosophy in its name. The Latin phrase "let the buyer beware" signalled a publication that approached UFO claims, contactee stories, and paranormal reports with deliberate scepticism. The newsletter examined cases and controversies through a lens of critical analysis, pushing back against the credulity that characterised parts of the UFO community. Contributors questioned popular narratives, tested evidence claims, and challenged researchers to defend their conclusions.

This critical stance placed Caveat Emptor in a small but important subset of UFO publications. Most newsletters in the field started from a position of belief, treating witness testimony with sympathy and reported phenomena as likely genuine. Caveat Emptor reversed that default. It asked what evidence survived rigorous examination and flagged cases where it did not. The publication engaged with the full range of anomalous claims, from UFO sightings to psychic phenomena, applying the same standards across topics.