The weirdest observations often have benign causes. Hard to imagine any extraterrestrial has ever visited Earth, taking the tremendous size of the universe into account.
this post was submitted on 10 Jun 2025
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A wild read, thanks for sharing. A particular excerpt I thought was interesting:
For decades, certain new commanders of the Air Force’s most classified programs, as part of their induction briefings, would be handed a piece of paper with a photo of what looked like a flying saucer. The craft was described as an antigravity maneuvering vehicle.
The officers were told that the program they were joining, dubbed Yankee Blue, was part of an effort to reverse-engineer the technology on the craft. They were told never to mention it again. Many never learned it was fake. Kirkpatrick found the practice had begun decades before, and appeared to continue still. The defense secretary’s office sent a memo out across the service in the spring of 2023 ordering the practice to stop immediately, but the damage was done.
Insane that they systematically gaslight their best and brightest, and for what? Giggles?
Sounds like normal alphabet agency antics to me.