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The one thing we can suppose is that there is a motive: someone somewhere is trying to accomplish something. So who are our actors, and what could we infer? If
by ipnon 5y ago
The one thing we can suppose is that there is a motive: someone somewhere is trying to accomplish something. So who are our actors, and what could we infer? If they are extraterrestrials then what do they accomplish by conspicuously revealing themselves to the United States Navy and seemingly no one else? Why is the phenomenon unique to the United States Armed Forces, with seemingly no other armed forces or private actors having the same frequency of encounters?
It could be that the United States Navy is simply front running the narrative. Keeping the discussion focused on extraterrestrials means other plausible avenues are not explored.
- TechBro8615 5y agoMy guess is it’s some kind of “combatting misinformation” task force at DIA with some assists from the Pentagon. This started around Dec 2017, what was going on then? I recall lots of chatter about Russian misinformation and the early stages of QAnon. It’s conceivable to me that DIA looked at this situation, where small numbers of nefarious actors were able to manipulate the emotional viewpoints of millions of Americans, and went “oh shit.” Maybe a task force was launched and somebody grabbed “UFOs” off the top shelf of conspiracies. From there they started planting the seeds of a long term disinfo drip campaign emulating QAnon. Since they’re DIA and not Ron Watkins, the Pentagon helps them amplify the campaign with some noncommittal “confirmations” of the “leaked” videos. Meanwhile DIA sends out its frontmen to proselytize to the cult and herd them deeper into the paddock. This is the only scenario to me that is politically explainable and strategically understandable. One obvious motive for the DIA would be to control this crowd of people before an adversary does. Maybe they figure there will always be a baseline of people susceptible to conspiracy “movements,” so better to get ahead of it and keep any damage contained. Or, I guess disclosure is coming. Trust the plan.
- hindsightbias 5y agoThis is a decent theory. There have always been crazy conspiracies, books on the Bermuda Triangle or Ancient Aliens were bestsellers decades back. Now that this stuff can be weaponized on internet-scales, makes sense to try to own the space before someone else does. I’d suggest they move away from known Naval testing ranges and to areas where there are environmental issues. That could be tied to “aliens worried about environment”.