"In fact, I believe that those in power who snicker about credible reports of strange objects in the sky and stymie research into them, including access to classified data, have become a threat to national security themselves."

This seems to have become a deep-seated aspect of American culture. It extends into startup land as well. We on HN seem to be deeply skeptical of new applications of technology--like Dropbox and Coinbase--despite being highly receptive to developments lower in the abstraction hierarchy.