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Government agencies have hidden pretty astounding things in the past: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_Committee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_Commit
by hn-thrwaway202 3y ago
Government agencies have hidden pretty astounding things in the past: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_Committee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_Committee
- LadyCailin 3y agoThose are all rather mundane things. Compared to intelligent life flying around in Earth, which, would presumably fly around many countries, not just the US, would require a coordinated, worldwide many year effort to keep secret. Not even a little bit the same ballpark.
- 000ooo000 3y agoWhy do you think that the effort required would be significant? All they have to do is paint anyone claiming to have experienced it as a delusional crank and relegate those beliefs to the fringe. Even people like Michael Burry who had some level of insight into the GFC before it happened is these days often written off as a crank or is the subject of cliches like "even a broken clock is right twice a day". I don't think keeping it a secret is as important as keeping the idea in the domain of fantasy.
- SketchySeaBeast 3y agoClearly then they are also hiding the hollow earth and the lizardmen and the sentient troll drolls. But that argument doesn't work, right? Because just because they hid something previously doesn't mean they are guaranteed to be hiding what you want now.
- OhioMan2943 3y agoWhy are so many people here aggressively attacking the character of people who are open to non human intelligence and visitation? There's no reason for hostility and open-mindedness has minimal consequences, even on this issue.
- SketchySeaBeast 3y agoI'm not attacking the person, I'm attacking the argument. I said nothing about the person. Was I dismissive of the argument? Absolutely, and I explained why. If they had a better argument for their position I'm open to it.