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I don't need to believe in UFOs to believe the government would spend tons of money trying to retrieve one.

HideousKojima 3y ago
You should believe in UFOs, they're definitely real. I see them every few days, I simply look up in the sky and see something that I can't identify.
- earthboundkid 3y ago
  those are birds
complianceowl 3y ago
Your comment is both hilarious and so true.
wcarss 3y ago
I think that's the story here -- congress is trying to fix some serious corruption. Replace UFOs with magic beans and it sounds like some folks in government seem to have been swindled into diverting money through multiple paths into "classified work" chasing after Jack and a giant stalk. That sounds like a potentially fantastic grift for whoever is running it. This is why the bill says: no more money for anything related to these crazy beans, and anyone who is employed looking for them is freed from any bonds of secrecy to come tell us what's been being done. Of course there's a tiny tiny possibility someone comes back with a giant's ring, so they include that you've got to show everything you actually found, but that provision also will make it clear later that despite a lot of money, no one has actually found anything meaningful, and thus the whole thing was a fraud.
- brookst 3y ago
  This would be a stronger theory if the UFO triggers in congress weren’t also the most credulous / disingenuous believers in numerous other conspiracy theories, and only slightly further behind in their advocacy for corruption. Maybe there is fraud and the wrong people are getting rich from it?
  - jeremyjh 3y ago
    These people are at odds with the military industrial complex.
    - brookst 3y ago
      Marco Rubio? The same Marco Rubio whose own website[1] says: > he’s secured funding and supported programmatic changes that have seen continued growth in Florida’s defense industrial base > Since 2011, Rubio has secured more than $2 billion in military construction in the state. > In 2021, Rubio’s many years of supporting the F-35 program reaped additional rewards in the Panhandle when the Air Force announced that Eglin Air Force Base would receive a second F-35A Squadron That Marco Rubio is at odds with the military industrial complex? 1. https://www.rubio.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/fighting-for-florida-accomplishments https://www.rubio.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/fighting-for-f...
- SheinhardtWigCo 3y ago
  If that were the case, wouldn't the "Sense of Congress" be that UAP programs are hiding corruption and fraud, rather than "to integrate any recovered exotic technology into the nation’s broader industrial base"?
hnboredhn 3y ago
I am surprised by how little takes on this seem to address the fact this is likely to be bureaucratic. There are many people or departments who would benefit from increased fundings in these areas. Not seven saying its overt corruption. But if you work for the military in collecting sightings on unidentified objects and earnestly dont know what 10% of the sightings actually were, it behooves you to fan the rumors on it a bit.

You should believe in UFOs, they're definitely real. I see them every few days, I simply look up in the sky and see something that I can't identify.

earthboundkid 3y ago
those are birds

complianceowl 3y ago

Your comment is both hilarious and so true.

wcarss 3y ago

I think that's the story here -- congress is trying to fix some serious corruption. Replace UFOs with magic beans and it sounds like some folks in government seem to have been swindled into diverting money through multiple paths into "classified work" chasing after Jack and a giant stalk. That sounds like a potentially fantastic grift for whoever is running it. This is why the bill says: no more money for anything related to these crazy beans, and anyone who is employed looking for them is freed from any bonds of secrecy to come tell us what's been being done. Of course there's a tiny tiny possibility someone comes back with a giant's ring, so they include that you've got to show everything you actually found, but that provision also will make it clear later that despite a lot of money, no one has actually found anything meaningful, and thus the whole thing was a fraud.

brookst 3y ago
This would be a stronger theory if the UFO triggers in congress weren’t also the most credulous / disingenuous believers in numerous other conspiracy theories, and only slightly further behind in their advocacy for corruption. Maybe there is fraud and the wrong people are getting rich from it?
- jeremyjh 3y ago
  These people are at odds with the military industrial complex.
  - brookst 3y ago
    Marco Rubio? The same Marco Rubio whose own website[1] says: > he’s secured funding and supported programmatic changes that have seen continued growth in Florida’s defense industrial base > Since 2011, Rubio has secured more than $2 billion in military construction in the state. > In 2021, Rubio’s many years of supporting the F-35 program reaped additional rewards in the Panhandle when the Air Force announced that Eglin Air Force Base would receive a second F-35A Squadron That Marco Rubio is at odds with the military industrial complex? 1. https://www.rubio.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/fighting-for-florida-accomplishments https://www.rubio.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/fighting-for-f...
SheinhardtWigCo 3y ago
If that were the case, wouldn't the "Sense of Congress" be that UAP programs are hiding corruption and fraud, rather than "to integrate any recovered exotic technology into the nation’s broader industrial base"?

hnboredhn 3y ago

I am surprised by how little takes on this seem to address the fact this is likely to be bureaucratic. There are many people or departments who would benefit from increased fundings in these areas. Not seven saying its overt corruption. But if you work for the military in collecting sightings on unidentified objects and earnestly dont know what 10% of the sightings actually were, it behooves you to fan the rumors on it a bit.