Is the government about to come clean on UFOs?

[Wombat-metal]

@sshoihet

One time, the water about 50 meters from me was undulating in a really strange manner that definitely wasn’t waves

If that happens and the Jaws theme starts playing, get a bigger boat

[Gloucestre]

@sshoihet

As an aside, humans are also not very good at identifying things they’re not expecting, even if the are familiar with them: it’s called “inattentional blindness”.

Apparently I get this when I am looking for things around the house.
Sometimes I get deaf too…

[sshoihet]

@Gloucestre

Apparently I get this when I am looking for things around the house.
Sometimes I get deaf too…

When I’m looking for something I know must be there and I can’t find it, I call it “using my man vision”

[Gloucestre]

Sometimes I need a pair of glasses to find my glasses.
Interestingly if someone asks me to find something, if they tell me the colour I will have a better chance of finding it than a description.
Also if people move something I will lose it as I carry around ‘pictures’ in my head of where things were last put.

[sshoihet]

@John_E

If I were the military in the 50s I would have staged these “ufo” sightings so the Russkies et al would think we had super secret air technology and be afraid of us

Well, that’s kind of what Russia did to the US… Just without the UFO. In many cases the USSR did not have nearly the capability or number of things that the US thought they had

[sshoihet]

@Gloucestre

Also if people move something I will lose it as I carry around ‘pictures’ in my head of where things were last put.

I have more trouble finding things after I clean up

[Gloucestre]

I accuse my wife of hiding things from me, after she cleans up I can’t find anything as i know where it is in my “mess”

[Barney]

@Gloucestre

I accuse my wife of hiding things from me, after she cleans up I can’t find anything as i know where it is in my “mess”

If I can’t find something and ask my wife. She’ll say “Did you look properly or just do a ‘boy’ look”?

She will then instantly find the object I couldn’t locate

[Deidheid]

The most dreaded words you can hear in my house are “I put it somewhere safe”. When uttered by my wife it means you will never see it again.
I have no idea where this safe place is, trouble is neither does she

[Wombat-metal]

@sshoihet

Well, that’s kind of what Russia did to the US… Just without the UFO. In many cases the USSR did not have nearly the capability or number of things that the US thought they had

Reminds me of a Civil War story. McClellan had crossed the Rappahannock to advance on Richmond. One of the Southern commanders took a couple of brigades and marched them across a field in front of the Union advance. Then behind a copse of trees, and back through the field again and again. Little Mac counted the troops and guns, and setup a defensive perimeter, and wired back to Washington for reinforcements. The Army of the Potomac’s advance was stopped, they didn’t take Richmond that year. It gave Lee enough time to move his army.

People are very good at construing what they see to what they expect or fear.

[Celticstar]

@Barney

Running the Ops Desk on nights in the RAF you’d regularly get UFO calls from the public.

Interesting.
Were you actually in the RAF or just serving on an RAF base as a member of the Canadian military?

[Barney]

British military - 12 years. Sunshine and lollipops every day.

[John_E]

Lollipops!
Secret to empire building…

[bob.oconnor1]

@Wombat-metal

If that happens and the Jaws theme starts playing, get a bigger boat

Or move to Kansas

[Darryl]

Hi @antonio

Are you seriously asking me if I think the pentagon is worried about the “cost” of a congressional investigation? With trillions of dollars “missing” from the pentagons budget going to black ops? That’s funny.

You mention “government secrets” as a reason the pentagon wants to shut down the congressional investigation. You make my point for me. Of course they want to shut it down to maintain government secrets. They want the UFO question to remain secret, so that’s exactly why they want to shut down the meetings.

As far as people trusting the government or not trusting the government… I can only say that anyone who has an ounce of critical thinking skill does not trust the government. Anyone who trusts the government is simply asleep. May the chains rest lightly on their shoulders.

The people who are REALLY in control own the government. And it’s my opinion that the whole UFO secrecy thing is because the truth might wrest the chains of control from their greedy hands.

All that said, please hear all of this with a friendly tone. Not trying to make any enemies here.

[howard]

My opinions on trusting the government as an American; YMMV:

The government is simply a big, bureaucratic entity - nothing to trust or distrust about it.

The military has very good reasons for keeping secrets and frankly I wish they were better at it.

Individual government employees - most I have interacted with are fine. Civil servants, by and large, are good hardworking people that are generally underpaid compared to their private counterparts.

Politicians and political appointees - there has never been a single one I would even consider trusting.

Law enforcement- we make way too many laws, criminalize large portions of our population, incarcerate at rates like a totalitarian state, and our notion of criminal “justice” is a sick joke.

Individuals in law enforcement - most I run in to have been fine, especially those who have been friends and relatives. Others have not been fine. Generally the individuals do not share the deep problems of the system they work in. Sometimes they do.

Again, YMMV

[Wombat-metal]

@howard

Individual government employees - most I have interacted with are fine.

I work in government

@howard

Politicians and political appointees - there has never been a single one I would even consider trusting.

There is a huge difference between an appointee and a civil servant. We are very dedicated to serving the community, appointees have agendas.

[howard]

Absolutely, 100%. I have been a government employee multiple times myself (including the armed forces), and a government contractor as well (engineering contract at NASA). Civil servants by and large are great people. I edited to elaborate on that a bit.

[Barney]

@howard

Law enforcement- we make way too many laws, criminalize large portions of our population, incarcerate at rates like a totalitarian state, and our notion of criminal “justice” is a sick joke

[antonio]

One thing that recently came up was “would you go to Mars if you got a one-way ticket? What if you could come back?” And I was thinking, I’m only going there if they have Mars bars, cause I like some sweet caramel chocolate treats.