Mona Pereth wrote:
InTheWild wrote:
It's so bizarre all this talk of extraterrestrials and UFOs coming from the U. S. I wonder if all just another ploy to justify more absorbadent increases to the military budget. Plus it's also a major distraction from more pressing issues.
I suspect that the Pentagon's aim is simply to reduce whatever stigma people might fear about reporting any weird phenomena they might see.
I suspect that the Pentagon's actual main concern is the possibility of China (or Russia?) developing new aerial or space technologies. Hence they want American citizens to feel free to report any evidence of weird aerial phenomena they might encounter.
This makes sense to a point, but why wouldn't they be honest that it was China and Russia they were concerned about? More people would take it seriously if this about them than aliens.
If the US were worried that China/Russia were becoming (or being seen to be) advanced beyond the capabilities of the west, they could frame it as China and Russia being reckless with flawed technology that could cause an international incident.