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Re:US Government releases first batch of UAP documents by aurareturn on Friday May 08, 2026 @08:11AM (#48061953)
Pretty cool to dig in but distraction for something else?
Re:US Government releases first batch of UAP documents by abacadaba00 on Friday May 08, 2026 @08:42AM (#48062235)
I will tell all from an isolated account to protect it from karma assassination if this post gets 10 or more upvotes.

You can read my “sanitized” past threads to get an idea, though the full details are things that will get me immediately banned and I’m tired of trying to do the right thing to the ire of every hypocrite who wants to know yet hates hearing things they don’t want to know.

No upvotes, no dirty secrets.

Re:US Government releases first batch of UAP documents by dgellow on Friday May 08, 2026 @10:09AM (#48063446)
I would highly recommend that you see treatment. And I mean it seriously
Re:US Government releases first batch of UAP documents by beardyw on Friday May 08, 2026 @08:49AM (#48062306)
> distraction for something else?

The list is endless. Obvious distraction.

Re:US Government releases first batch of UAP documents by aurareturn on Friday May 08, 2026 @09:09AM (#48062562)
Feels like every time the government wants us to pay attention to something else, they release something about UFOs and aliens.
Re:US Government releases first batch of UAP documents by conception on Friday May 08, 2026 @09:46AM (#48063081)
Or go to war.
Re:US Government releases first batch of UAP documents by djray on Friday May 08, 2026 @10:01AM (#48063294)
"Skirmish" or "Conflict" or "Action". It's less illegal if you don't call it a war.
Re:US Government releases first batch of UAP documents by cj on Friday May 08, 2026 @09:41AM (#48063015)
If the full extent of the distraction is a 3 minute segment on cable news (and this HN submission), this is a complete failure of a distraction attempt.

I can't tell if comments like this are serious or rage bait.

Re:US Government releases first batch of UAP documents by Forgeties79 on Friday May 08, 2026 @09:52AM (#48063150)
Something can be a bad distraction. The fact that they’re planning on releasing these at a drip over the coming weeks/months certainly builds a case that this is meant to be yet another distraction. And you can bet this administration is desperate for anything that turns people’s attention away from Iran.
Re:US Government releases first batch of UAP documents by goatlover on Friday May 08, 2026 @10:03AM (#48063335)
And Iran used to be a distraction from something else the administration was desperate to turn the public's attention away from.
Re:US Government releases first batch of UAP documents by Forgeties79 on Friday May 08, 2026 @10:09AM (#48063435)
Maybe so but unlike near-meaningless UAP info dumps that one actually matters and has real world ramifications lol
Re:US Government releases first batch of UAP documents by booleandilemma on Friday May 08, 2026 @09:51AM (#48063136)
Everything is a distraction from the fact that our politicians are all corrupt millionaires and we're effectively a country run by an oligarchy. Literally everything else is a distraction from this, to keep the machine going as long as possible, before a revolution takes place (which might happen without our lifetime, if we look at recent events).
Re:US Government releases first batch of UAP documents by abletonlive on Friday May 08, 2026 @01:53PM (#48066510)
:yawn: When in your lifetime were politicians not "run by an oligarchy"? It's so boring when people just hang onto the latest buzzwords and say nothing of substance. You think they need aliens to distract us from this?
Re:US Government releases first batch of UAP documents by ortusdux on Friday May 08, 2026 @09:56AM (#48063210)
Re:US Government releases first batch of UAP documents by criddell on Friday May 08, 2026 @02:44PM (#48067110)
Are you saying that if you were to dig in to this, you would forget about other things?

These distraction comments always sound a little condescending to me. They are all over Reddit and it's a bit of a bummer to see it taking off here.

Re:US Government releases first batch of UAP documents by stevenhuang on Friday May 08, 2026 @07:02PM (#48069838)
These are the sort of people who aren't good with ambiguity, lack curiosity, and cannot tolerate holding conflicting views.

This reframe is a meme, but truly, if they were to dig into this topic they'd find there's more to uaps than meets the eye. There is something here that we don't understand.