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Re:US Congress doubles down on explosive claims of illegal U... by krapp on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @04:33PM (#36512206)
What does the press get them? The Russians/Chinese or whomever are flying these theoretical UAVs know they aren't alien, the US government knows they aren't alien, and now not only us the US exposing its intelligence capabilities (or lack thereof,) they're making themselves look like fools in the process.
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Re:US Congress doubles down on explosive claims of illegal U... by heavyset_go on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @04:55PM (#36512449)
It's better for adversaries to think you're incompetent or dumb than it is to let them know that you're on to them and/or can defeat their latest measures if it comes down to it. They might try harder next time, and actually outclass you.

One aspect of such surveillance missions is to see how the US responds to these incidents, in order to learn about technology and methods that are used and that adversaries might not know about.

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Re:US Congress doubles down on explosive claims of illegal U... by krapp on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @06:02PM (#36513260)
It still seems like a boneheaded and ridiculous way to go about it, when simply not saying anything and running counterintelligence would also work and not make us look like clowns.
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Re:US Congress doubles down on explosive claims of illegal U... by heavyset_go on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @07:42PM (#36514323)
The UFO and aliens narratives serve multiple functions domestically, as the government's history with them shows. I figure that's why they're going about it this way instead of just staying silent like they normally would have.
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Re:US Congress doubles down on explosive claims of illegal U... by theptip on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @08:14PM (#36514620)
In the theory above, this is one government faction (some group in congress) trying to force the hand of another (pentagon? CIA?).

If you view “the US government” add some monolithic entity with a single set of objectives then sure, the above makes no sense.

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