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The most interesting thing to me is that the US federal government isn’t calling them “balloons” - or even “lighter than air craft”. It leaves open a lot of con

The most interesting thing to me is that the US federal government isn’t calling them “balloons” - or even “lighter than air craft”. It leaves open a lot of conspiracy type theories, and I just don’t see the motivation to do that It “feels” to me like there’s something more than US/China brinksmanship going on.

l3mure 4y ago
> It leaves open a lot of conspiracy type theories, and I just don’t see the motivation to do that Really? You can't think of any reason the US government would be happy to stir up disinfo and bullshit? I mean... https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/us-using-declassified-intel-fight-info-war-russia-even-intel-isnt-rock-rcna23014 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/us-using-... > Multiple U.S. officials acknowledged that the U.S. has used information as a weapon even when confidence in the accuracy of the information wasn’t high. Sometimes it has used low-confidence intelligence for deterrent effect, as with chemical agents, and other times, as an official put it, the U.S. is just “trying to get inside Putin’s head.” Emphasis mine.
booleandilemma 4y ago
The US government loves to tease the public with speculation of aliens and UFOs for some reason. https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/27/politics/pentagon-ufo-videos/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/27/politics/pentagon-ufo-videos/... https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/ufo-report-government-can-t-explain-143-144-mysterious-flying-n1272390 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/ufo-report-go... https://www.foxnews.com/science/nasa-team-study-ufos-release-report-public-2023 https://www.foxnews.com/science/nasa-team-study-ufos-release...