The high degree of consistency of detailed abduction accounts, reported with emotion appropriate to actual experiences, told by apparently reliable observers.
The steady flow of reports, often made in concert by 'reliable' observers, raises questions of scientific obligation and responsibility.
The "steady flow of reports, often made in concert by reliable observers," merited scientific attention, not ridicule.
He wrote that reliable observers of big flakes estimated their diameters at anywhere from two to six inches.
Try to find a several reliable observers in that part of the world that will see the eclipse, and have them report back their findings.
"He is a reliable observer," Worley notes, "and he swears that this event is well beyond the capacity of his imagination."
Jones was too reliable an observer for that.
Ms. Francke is a reliable observer of this cultural clash, even as she makes no secret of where she stands on the battlefield.
There's usually one reliable observer, but one has to make up one's mind who that is.