The recent interest in UAP phenomena goes well past the news media and has resulted in multiple Congressional hearings and an entirely new DoD office. You’re ab

The recent interest in UAP phenomena goes well past the news media and has resulted in multiple Congressional hearings and an entirely new DoD office. You’re absolutely right that disinformation and internal confusion are all good explanations for what’s going on now; with that said, if the historical explanation was “the US military covering up its own test aircraft by discrediting witnesses with UFO rumors” it’s a little hard to explain the sudden shift in strategy.