Notable Debunkers
- Stephen Barrett founded Quackwatch and writes on medical quackery.
- Brian Dunning produces the podcast Skeptoid.
- Stanton Friedman has debunked both supposed UFO cases and debunking attempts on other UFO cases.
- Martin Gardner, mathematics and science writer who has extensively debunked parapsychology.
- Harry Houdini debunked spiritualists.
- Ray Hyman, psychologist known for debunking some parapsychological studies.
- Philip Klass was a pioneer in the field of skeptical investigation of UFOs.
- Donald Menzel was Philip Klass' predecessor in debunking UFOs.
- Joe Nickell writes regularly for the Skeptical Inquirer.
- Penn & Teller demystify magic tricks and illusions. They have also debunked many other aspects of popular belief on their show, Penn & Teller: Bullshit!.
- Phil Plait debunks astrology and end-of-the-world scenarios.
- James Randi has exposed faith healers, psychics and others claiming to have paranormal powers.
- Carl Sagan debunked purported close encounters such as the Betty and Barney Hill abduction, and pseudoscience such as Immanuel Velikovsky's Worlds in Collision.
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