You might find it comforting that more Americans believe in aliens than Bigfoot. Or maybe not.
A recent YouGov poll found some interesting facts about Americans when it comes to aliens, including:
56% of Americans believe aliens definitely or probably exist;
47% of Americans believe aliens have definitely or probably visited Earth at some point.;
29% of Americans an alien visit would have a negative effect on human civilization (see below);
21% of Americans have seen something they thought was a UFO; and
Only 13% of Americans think the government would tell the public if it had evidence supporting the existence UFOs.
These negative feeling towards both aliens and the government seem to be reflected in most of the recent television series and movies. The new TV series Alien: Earth may be the most representative of this feeling, where the corporate tech geeks are the government and also believe they can control alien species. As with all things Alien, the mess is spectacular.
If you have questions about UFOs, now fashionable called Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) to presumably add some seriousness and move it away from the kooky crowd, you might want to check out the upcoming film The Age of Disclosure. It will be available on November 21 on Amazon Prime as well as at select theaters.
Here is the trailer, which might entice you. It has the draw of many entertainment thrillers, and reminds me of the endless videos on YouTube and even Netflix describing secrets only a few know. It comes across as an updated version of the search for Bigfoot and the Arch of the Covenant rolled into one.
The film description states:
The Age of Disclosure is an unprecedented and revelatory film –featuring 34 senior members of the U.S. Government, military, and intelligence community– revealing a cover-up of the existence of non-human intelligent life and a secret war to reverse engineer technology of non-human origin.
The film exposes the profound impact the situation has on the future of humanity, while providing a look behind-the-scenes with those at the forefront of the bi-partisan disclosure effort.
An explosive documentary that reveals an 80-year global cover-up of non-human intelligent life and a secret war among major nations to reverse-engineer advanced technology of non-human origin. Featuring testimony from 34 U.S. Government, military, and intelligence community insiders, the film exposes the profound stakes for the future of humanity.
One of the officials in the trailer is Senator Marco Rubio, now Secretary of State Rubio. If there is any bit of truth to all of this, we should be asking for these UAP files instead of the Epstein files.
The films creator, Dan Farah, was on Real Time with Bill Maher last week discussing the film. You can find the podcast here. Mr. Farah discusses how these non-human actors live in the sea and seem to have appeared right around the time the nuclear age started. Of course, this is also after World War II when new forms of flight and related spying was underway, but why mess up the story.
Mr. Farah also seems surprised they are seen around our military facilities, as if this would not be a prime target for any outside party, human or otherwise. He then states:
…there’s been a few events where UAP activity over nuclear weapon sites has activated the missiles in some case and then turned them off in some cases. And it’s obviously a display of power of some sort. You know, your guess is as good as mine of what the intention is, but it’s concerning.
All of this sounds pretty amazing, yet I think it is more an amazing paste job of various quotes that are then repurposed to create a more dramatic story. For that reason, it may be better for the uninitiated, or just the regular newspaper readers who do not get their news from social media, to first go through the material from the very group set up to study all of this, the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, as well as various congressional hearings on this matter. Then you can make up your own mind.
Here are a few congressional hearings to get you started on your search:
We already have too many conspiracies upsetting the public and breeding mistrust of all government entities. Its time to breath and read up on this material yourself.
Science arouses a soaring sense of wonder. But so does pseudoscience. Sparse and poor popularizations of science abandon ecological niches that pseudoscience promptly fills. If it were widely understood that claims to knowledge require adequate evidence before they can be accepted, there would be no room for pseudoscience. But a kind of Gresham’s Law prevails in popular culture by which bad science drives out good.
Image (Credit): Orion’s Belt. (Davide De Martin & the ESA/ESO/NASA Photoshop FITS Liberator)
The ongoing panic related to drones it getting pretty silly. I am just glad we are not shooting down small airplanes or trying to take out a star system.
For example, Maryland’s former Governor Larry Hogan recently claimed to have “personally witnessed” drones outside his house. However, he was actually looking at Orion’s Belt.
Maybe he should check with employees at the University of Maryland’s observatory to learn about upcoming stargazing events for the public. Oh wait, the observatory is currently closed due to budget cuts.
Image (Credit): NASA’s Alta-8 small Unmanned Aircraft System testbed vehicle. (NASA/Bowman)
“…there have been a limited number of visual sightings of drones over military facilities in New Jersey and elsewhere, including within restricted air space. Such sightings near or over Department of Defense installations are not new. The Department of Defense takes unauthorized access over its airspace seriously and coordinates closely with federal, state, and local law enforcement authorities, as appropriate.”
-Joint statement by the FBI, Federal Aviation Authority, and Departments of Homeland Security and Defense regarding the recent sighting of UFOs long the East Coast. It is an interesting admission by the government that this is more common than thought. It reminds one of the Chinese balloon shot down by the U.S. Air Force in 2023. At that time, we learned that Chinese air balloons had been flying over the United States for years.
Note: The same press release played down the drone issue in general, stating:
Having closely examined the technical data and tips from concerned citizens, we assess that the sightings to date include a combination of lawful commercial drones, hobbyist drones, and law enforcement drones, as well as manned fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and stars mistakenly reported as drones. We have not identified anything anomalous and do not assess the activity to date to present a national security or public safety risk over the civilian airspace in New Jersey or other states in the northeast.
What’s going on in New Jersey and other parts of the East Coast? We are hearing of mysterious drone flights over communities and military installations, which the government cannot confirm.
Earlier this week, New Jersey State Senator Jon Bramnick stated:
The State of New Jersey should issue a limited state of emergency banning all drones until the public receives an explanation regarding these multiple sightings.”
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy voiced his own concerns as well to President Biden, stating:
While I am sincerely grateful for your administration’s leadership in addressing this concerning issue, it has become apparent that more resources are needed to fully understand what is behind this activity.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation says it knows nothing at this point, stating:
The public can continue to call our 800 line, or submit a tip online, we are acting on every substantive lead that we get.
And, always helpful, Donald Trump has joined the chorus, stating:
Mystery Drone sightings all over the Country,…Can this really be happening without our government’s knowledge. I (don’t) think so! Let the public know, and now. Otherwise, (shoot) them down!
As noted, this mystery covers other parts of the East Coast, including Maryland and Virginia. So is this another Chinese balloon-like incident, teenage pranksters, or something more targeted against U.S. interests?
With drones doing heavy damage in Ukraine, Russia, and the Middle East, we are no longer talking about toys. It just represents another wave of space technology causing us to look up with fear, not unlike the Cold War, which gave us plenty of other UFO scares.
We should know soon enough what is happening, but it demonstrates again the risks related to the militarization of our airspace. It starts low to the ground and goes as high as our most sensitive satellites, representing a renewed threat to all the satellites and aircraft assisting with astronomy.
Keep looking up, but hold off on shooting them down until we know more.
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