In the quote from Turner that I reproduced above, the ellipsis indicates the omission of a phrase from her statement. I omitted it to improve the flow of the quote, but I think it's worth mentioning that what I omitted was Turner's emphasis that the conclusion she was drawing was not tentative ("...there are something things I think I know, and some things I know I know..."). Her conclusion that the data set she presented was explained without question by alien abduction and visitation.
No scientist draws a conclusion like that even from certain data, and definitely not from anecdotal data in which the causation cannot be determined.
You yourself said Turner admits there is no prima facie evidence for her hypothesis. You yourself claim Turner admits she has no evidence of the properties of the space aliens to which she attributes her symptoms.
You ignore all of that and simply point to some body of anecdotal evidence for some set of symptoms. Keeping a diary of them does not mean one's attempt to explain them is the right one. Hearing similar reports from others does not mean the attempt to explain them is correct.
Yes, let's agree that Charles Darwin kept a meticulous diary of his observations at Galapogos. But if Darwin then comes home and writes a book entitled, On the Origin of Species By Means of Their Having Been Blown From the Noses of Invisible Nargles, the means of collecting the data don't mitigate the absurdity of the conclusion drawn on them. He still has no basis for accusing the Royal Society of covering up the evidence of Nargles.
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