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Re:US urged to reveal UFO evidence after claim that it has i... by Reptur on Tuesday June 06, 2023 @11:01PM (#36222352)
Just look at the history of alien / UFO sightings. It all began at the beginning of WW2 and the Cold War. It is my humble opinion all just a psychological operation. Some benefits that a government would have doing such a thing would be: Division, misdirection of MSM and population, other news that is very important is intentionally being sandbagged. Fear, Hysteria, & Confusion allows further tightening of control of a society and prompts consent to loss of liberty in exchange for false security. It also increases government support. As well as an intimidation tactic to their enemies that they possibly have much stronger weapons / tech that they let on.
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Re:US urged to reveal UFO evidence after claim that it has i... by Aperocky on Tuesday June 06, 2023 @11:24PM (#36222475)
This doesn't pass the occam's razor.

The simplest explanation are mental illness, shameless fame seekers and confused people who saw rocket debris or some supersonic fighter.

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Re:US urged to reveal UFO evidence after claim that it has i... by jfoutz on Tuesday June 06, 2023 @11:41PM (#36222562)
Not really getting that the speed of light is a universal speed limit is simpler.

I want to believe. So I'll spend more time than is wise evaluating evidence. But, like, it's gotta be some really good evidence.

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Re:US urged to reveal UFO evidence after claim that it has i... by necovek on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @02:44AM (#36223653)
So far, all of the "laws of physics" have turned out to be true, if they were considered an approximation applicable with a certain set of preconditions.

My only hope for human kind travelling interstellar distances is to figure something orthogonal out, as even speed of light is too slow (perhaps we extend our lifetimes to span millenia combined with teleportation? :).

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Re:US urged to reveal UFO evidence after claim that it has i... by George83728 on Tuesday June 06, 2023 @11:52PM (#36222624)
Also anonymous pranksters, deliberately tricking people using balloons, kites, drones, etc.
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Re:US urged to reveal UFO evidence after claim that it has i... by King-Aaron on Tuesday June 06, 2023 @11:48PM (#36222598)
> Just look at the history of alien / UFO sightings. It all began at the beginning of WW2 and the Cold War.

It's been happening for some time before then.

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Re:US urged to reveal UFO evidence after claim that it has i... by nprateem on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @12:10AM (#36222710)
They're in old art:

https://listverse.com/2016/04/24/10-historic-divine-painting...

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Re:US urged to reveal UFO evidence after claim that it has i... by poulpy123 on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @02:12AM (#36223455)
The very first example is a religious painting that has nothing to do with aliens
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Re:US urged to reveal UFO evidence after claim that it has i... by nprateem on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @03:34AM (#36223984)
Most of them are religious paintings. It's still surprising to see a UFO in The Baptism of Christ, though I'm sure some people would explain it away as something else somehow.
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Re:US urged to reveal UFO evidence after claim that it has i... by anon84873628 on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @01:48AM (#36223324)
The typical reply to this is that it wasn't until the 20th century that people had enough understanding of the universe to view them as aliens. Previously they would be angels, demons, gods etc.

But the idea that the government is manipulating people to seize power goes back a long way too...

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