Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Coyame UFO incident (2nd nomination)
For a stand alone article, a topic must have received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject (i.e. ). This topic fails that requirement, particularly as it relates to the reliability of sources. For example, William J. Birnes, a self-described "UFO expert", was apparently the "consulting producer" for the http://www.history.com/shows/ufo-hunters/videos/mexicos-roswell-the-coyame-crash#mexicos-roswell-the-coyame-crash History Channel piece and the author of ''http://books.google.com/books?id=jVcPD5A8TWsC&pg=PA131 UFO Hunters: Book One''. These are two of the sources that Mercy11 posits as reliable sources. First of all, notice that the History Channel piece presents the UFO incident as fact. Secondly, Birnes writes: "Moreover, had it not been for a mysterious report filed with an entity referred to as the Deneb team, the crash might have gone completely unnoticed by the UFO community."(p. 132) After detailing that report, he then gives credibility to the speculation that "ETs in human form who are monitoring the military's monitoring of UFOs" are responsible for writing it!(p. 138) Per WP:RS, reliable sources are those that have a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy. Sources that spin details from a "mysterious report" that potentially originated with human-form ETs then present it as fact do NOT have reputation for fact checking and accuracy
— User:Location, 00:56, 1 August 2014 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:GNG (Wikipedia:Notability)