In short,“consensus lists” of the best cases are a highly desirable commodity.  It is therefore extremely disappointing (and perhaps surprising) to note that despite numerous challenges by skeptics to produce lists of the “best” cases:

1. with the notable exception of Brad Sparks, few researchers have referred to any of these lists;

1. several of the relatively few references to these lists by leading ufologists have been inaccurate and misleading;

1. ways of obtaining more meaningful “consensus lists” do not appear to have been the subject of any real debate or consideration.

The remaining Parts of this series of articles attempts to stimulate more debate about attempts to obtain more meaningful “consensus lists” (if this is possible).