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[X-Files] What percentage of Mulder and Scully's cases are we seeing?

There must be lots of cases where the unexplained phenomenon actually turns out to be a hoax or something. In my headcanon, this is like 80% of their caseload, and those cases just never get aired on TV. 

It would explain why Scully remains so skeptical, since she'd actually be proven correct most of the time. 

Any evidence either way on this?
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I'd say it's probably a ratio of about 3:1 for every mundane case to extraordinary X-File. Scully certainly seems more than willing to discount cases without further investigation just because nothing has turned up within the first few hours, even though by the end of her first year working with Mulder, she'd witnessed events that are overtly paranormal and/or connected to a major conspiracy. This isn't even counting the following years where she was abducted, diagnosed with cancer, and almost murdered several times due to strange events. 

Even though she seems to be almost naturally stubborn in her skepticism, there still has to be times when it's reaffirmed through cases going nowhere. I'd say there's an average of 3-4 weeks between the cases that are shown in the FOX documentary, and in the meantime, there's either 1-2 cases where nothing turns up, or Scully goes on a reading binge where she consumes a bunch of material that reaffirms her beliefs in reason and skepticism (scientific journals, books by people like James Randi, etc.). 

As for what Mulder does in-between major cases, he probably reads deeper into whatever paranormal topic he's into at the moment, or he thinks heavily about Samantha's abduction and other past events, both of which end up reaffirming his beliefs. Also, lots of porn, which is bound to have serious effects on him as well.