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I would assume the issue would be that a government agency is reversing UFO tech and congress doesn't know about it, not just that it's being done. A government

I would assume the issue would be that a government agency is reversing UFO tech and congress doesn't know about it, not just that it's being done. A government agency going rogue in such a manner would be a big concern

Sunspark 3y ago
Agreed. Many implications. If technology is reverse-engineered in secret while government funded and then patented to a private corporation, is this not theft from the people if they try to sell it for profit? Security threats are a concern as well, civilians are not allowed to possess weaponry more powerful than what the military has, etc.
cubefox 3y ago
What does it mean to "reverse" UFO tech?
- thatguy0900 3y ago
  Reverse engineering a UFO would be disassembling and studying it so that we can recreate it or repurpose the technologies in it. Presumably it would have some manner of exotic engine or power source or perhaps weapons, etc.
  - HideousKojima 3y ago
    For an example of this from the early Cold War, see the Tupolev Tu-4. The Soviets took the wrecks of three downed US B-29s from WWII and spent huge amounts of money and manpower studying them and developing copies of them since US strategic bomber tech was so far ahead of their own. Supposedly (though I'd need to find a source again) there was a bullet hole in the wing of one of the recovered B-29s that the Soviets faithfully recreated in the Tu-4 thinking it was part of the actual design. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-4 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-4
    - cubefox 3y ago
      Interesting, though the B-29s were IFOs (identified flying objects). And very much not of extra terrestrial origin... There was a similar story: https://fstoppers.com/film/how-soviet-union-snapped-first-picture-far-side-moon-captured-air-force-kodak-325971 https://fstoppers.com/film/how-soviet-union-snapped-first-pi...
- anigbrowl 3y ago
  Reverse engineering
throwaway743 3y ago
The claims are not that it's so much a rogue gov agency, but that it's buried by contractors who aren't tied to the requirements agencies have.

Sunspark 3y ago

Agreed. Many implications. If technology is reverse-engineered in secret while government funded and then patented to a private corporation, is this not theft from the people if they try to sell it for profit? Security threats are a concern as well, civilians are not allowed to possess weaponry more powerful than what the military has, etc.

cubefox 3y ago

What does it mean to "reverse" UFO tech?

thatguy0900 3y ago
Reverse engineering a UFO would be disassembling and studying it so that we can recreate it or repurpose the technologies in it. Presumably it would have some manner of exotic engine or power source or perhaps weapons, etc.
- HideousKojima 3y ago
  For an example of this from the early Cold War, see the Tupolev Tu-4. The Soviets took the wrecks of three downed US B-29s from WWII and spent huge amounts of money and manpower studying them and developing copies of them since US strategic bomber tech was so far ahead of their own. Supposedly (though I'd need to find a source again) there was a bullet hole in the wing of one of the recovered B-29s that the Soviets faithfully recreated in the Tu-4 thinking it was part of the actual design. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-4 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-4
  - cubefox 3y ago
    Interesting, though the B-29s were IFOs (identified flying objects). And very much not of extra terrestrial origin... There was a similar story: https://fstoppers.com/film/how-soviet-union-snapped-first-picture-far-side-moon-captured-air-force-kodak-325971 https://fstoppers.com/film/how-soviet-union-snapped-first-pi...
anigbrowl 3y ago
Reverse engineering

throwaway743 3y ago

The claims are not that it's so much a rogue gov agency, but that it's buried by contractors who aren't tied to the requirements agencies have.