Re:US urged to reveal UFO evidence after claim that it has i...
by colechristensen on Tuesday June 06, 2023 @10:04PM
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Eh, you're giving nations too much credit.
What's going on is something like emergent disinformation. A combination of
* intentional withholding of facts (we don't report on how much we know about foreign spying and interfernce with aircraft, etc),
* incompetent reporting within the government (the person denying things is a low level public relations person who isn't told much and knows very little, forced to change stories when scraps of information come down)
* memes (UFOs go through waves of popularity of public interest)
* legitimate hallucinations
* hoaxes
* rare atmospheric phenomena
What is almost certainly happening is we've got foreign spies etc. with ordinary, unusual, and unfamiliar aircraft bothering us along with thrillseekers with drones etc. on an uptick because drones are cheaper and more possible these days. There might be some really interesting secret aircraft both foreign and domestic flying around, and generally the governments aren't showing their cards about what they can do and what they know... they benefit from the confusion and conspiracies keeping their adversaries off balance chasing the unknown.
In the end the people who do know everything know some interesting but still certainly rather mundane information. It's not a case of a grand conspiracy where somebody is trying actively to manipulate public opinion, just vague intentional lack of communication and keeping secrets by just not telling most people anything involved.
What's going on is something like emergent disinformation. A combination of
* intentional withholding of facts (we don't report on how much we know about foreign spying and interfernce with aircraft, etc),
* incompetent reporting within the government (the person denying things is a low level public relations person who isn't told much and knows very little, forced to change stories when scraps of information come down)
* memes (UFOs go through waves of popularity of public interest)
* legitimate hallucinations
* hoaxes
* rare atmospheric phenomena
What is almost certainly happening is we've got foreign spies etc. with ordinary, unusual, and unfamiliar aircraft bothering us along with thrillseekers with drones etc. on an uptick because drones are cheaper and more possible these days. There might be some really interesting secret aircraft both foreign and domestic flying around, and generally the governments aren't showing their cards about what they can do and what they know... they benefit from the confusion and conspiracies keeping their adversaries off balance chasing the unknown.
In the end the people who do know everything know some interesting but still certainly rather mundane information. It's not a case of a grand conspiracy where somebody is trying actively to manipulate public opinion, just vague intentional lack of communication and keeping secrets by just not telling most people anything involved.