The thing that has to be explained is why serious intelligence professionals speak of likely non-human origin.
It’s either:
(1) The US military/intelligence community is made up of people who are really crazy.
(2) There are actual aliens
(3) It’s a strange disinformation campaign that seems to go counter to the core interests of the military/intelligence community. It’s damaging to public and congressional trust in the military and invites oversight.
(4) There are some really strange turf wars going on in the military/intelligence community.
(5) There’s some other secret that’s even more strange to be covered up like psychic powers being responsible for the observed objects.
I don’t recall the source, but I do recall having seen a public source saying: The US air force had a problem with pilots getting buzzed by foreign drones, and not reporting the incidents because of stigma around UFOs. An executive decision was made to solve the problem by removing the stigma.
That seems to be a public justification for why the AATIP was started in 2007. It’s worth noting that the US air force didn’t want AATIP. Harry Reid forced them to do it because Robert Bigelow encouraged him to do so.
AATIP seems to come up with the term UAP to remove the stigma associated with the term UFO. That does not explain why AATIP reported having found the strange incidents that it found.
It certainly does not explain the reporting of a 90-year coverup of programs to retrieve UFOs. That’s not the kind of news you would want to produce if you want to reduce stigma.
The thing that has to be explained is why serious intelligence professionals speak of likely non-human origin.
It’s either:
(1) The US military/intelligence community is made up of people who are really crazy.
(2) There are actual aliens
(3) It’s a strange disinformation campaign that seems to go counter to the core interests of the military/intelligence community. It’s damaging to public and congressional trust in the military and invites oversight.
(4) There are some really strange turf wars going on in the military/intelligence community.
(5) There’s some other secret that’s even more strange to be covered up like psychic powers being responsible for the observed objects.
None of the explanations passes the smell test.
I don’t recall the source, but I do recall having seen a public source saying: The US air force had a problem with pilots getting buzzed by foreign drones, and not reporting the incidents because of stigma around UFOs. An executive decision was made to solve the problem by removing the stigma.
That seems to be a public justification for why the AATIP was started in 2007. It’s worth noting that the US air force didn’t want AATIP. Harry Reid forced them to do it because Robert Bigelow encouraged him to do so.
AATIP seems to come up with the term UAP to remove the stigma associated with the term UFO. That does not explain why AATIP reported having found the strange incidents that it found.
It certainly does not explain the reporting of a 90-year coverup of programs to retrieve UFOs. That’s not the kind of news you would want to produce if you want to reduce stigma.