...there was one posting where it appeared he was looking for anamolous objects (he admits they were later determined to be stars, which to me was obvious)...
I don't see anything that suggests he was looking for "anomalous objects." He photographed Hale-Boppe, which was probably then a justifiable activity for all astronomers professional and amateur. He initially attributed two items to comet debris, which (if true) would have been fortunate but not anomalous. The ultimate attribution to background stars he says was based on corroboration with another observatory's results, which strikes me as a responsible thing to have done. Whether he should have immediately recognized them as stars is something I'm not qualified to judge.
We have to be very careful not to embroil people in scandals to which their names are involuntarily attached. While I do think it's strange that he seems to favor publicity, there's not enough evidence for me to pigeonhole him as a habitual UFO-hunter.
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