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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums75 years now of bullshit.
Roswell, New Mexico.
A local rancher found some parts and pieces of a balloon.
It was a then-top secret CIA program to detect atomic explosions in Russia.
The cover story was put out there, and has been embellished up the wazoo since then.
My "big three" still applies to the true believers of this "flying saucer crash" story.
Mistakes or a cover-up of a secret program from the authorities.
Certified crazies.
People cashing in.
SocialDemocrat61
(2,643 posts)Archae
(46,736 posts)Even Odo was in it.
Kid Berwyn
(17,678 posts)Then came the late, great Sen. Harry Reid, who wrote in the May 26, 2021 edition of the New York Times:
What We Believe About U.F.O.s
We still dont know what they are but we may be close to finding out.
Harry Reid, former US Senator
The New York Times, May 21, 2021
Excerpt...
Over the following years, as I became increasingly interested in U.F.O.s in part through my conversations with former astronaut John Glenn, a fellow senator with a similar curiosity my staff warned me not to be seen to engage on the topic. Stay the hell away from this, they said. I politely ignored them. I was inquisitive and, like Senator Glenn, I thought it was an issue that demanded attention, and I was in a position to act.
And act I did.
In 2007, while serving as Senate majority leader, I worked with Senators Ted Stevens, a Republican from Alaska, and Daniel Inouye, a Democrat from Hawaii, to secure $22 million in funding for what would become known as the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program. This clandestine Pentagon operation investigated reports of U.F.O.s and other related phenomena, including U.F.O. encounters involving American military personnel. Some videos and photographs documenting these astonishing encounters have since been made public, reigniting Americas longtime fascination with U.F.O.s.
Snip...
Until recently, many military pilots feared the possibility of retribution for reporting sightings of unidentified aerial phenomena. But I believed that an unofficial taboo regarding the frank discussion of encounters could harm our national security and stymie opportunities for technical advancement. Which is why, along with Senators Stevens and Inouye, I helped create that secret Pentagon program in 2007. We wanted to take a close, scientific look at the technological implications of reported U.F.O. encounters.
I believe that there is information uncovered by the governments covert investigations into unidentified aerial phenomena that can be disclosed to the public without harming our national security. The American people deserve to know more and hopefully they will soon, with the release of a comprehensive government report requested by the Senate Intelligence Committee on the militarys encounters with U.F.O.s. (The report is due in June, though it may be delayed.)
What have I personally learned from official investigations into unidentified aerial phenomena so far? The truth, disappointing as it may be, is that theres still a great deal we dont understand. Its unclear whether the U.F.O.s we have encountered could have been built by foreign adversaries, whether our pilots visual perception during some encounters was somehow distorted, or whether we truly have credible evidence of extraterrestrial visitations. There may be other, as yet unknown explanations for some of these strange sightings.
Regardless, I believe its crucial to lead with the science when studying U.F.O.s. Focusing on little green men or conspiracy theories wont get us far. Of course, whatever the science tells us, some portion of the public will continue to believe in the reality of otherworldly U.F.O.s as a matter of faith. Ultimately, the U.F.O. debate can be broken down into a sincere belief in science versus a sincere belief in extraterrestrials. I side with science.
Continues...
https://news.google.com/articles/CAIiEOsLrtgddIISu8Sv43m2Yz8qFwgEKg8IACoHCAowjuuKAzCWrzwwqIQY?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen
Your OP title may reveal a sad attitude about a phenomenon that is real and appears to appear throughout human history. We the People should know what UFOs are and, it seems, who or what is behind them. If they have the ability to visit our reality or monitor earth through the ages, we should want to learn more so we can discuss what to do next. Oh. And better us to decide than misinformed skeptics, the CIA or MAGA.
Archae
(46,736 posts)Something confirmable.
Not just fuzzy photos of blobs of light, or obvious fakes.
Not just wild stories from attention seekers.
Is there anything unlike the above?
Nope.
Flying saucers are the space age versions of fairy stories that used to be told during ancient times.
Initech
(101,554 posts)chouchou
(1,218 posts)Their home planet had brilliant people and not-so-smart people. (Really not smart people.. )
Yeah..They dropped them off here.
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Archae
(46,736 posts)At the end of that series, the useless people are dropped off on Earth long time in the past.
chouchou
(1,218 posts)Thanks!
Talitha
(7,415 posts)I can believe it.
There's a quote attributed to several authors...
"The earth is the lunatic asylum of the Universe."
BigmanPigman
(52,147 posts)I have an open mind.