Originally published at: NASA released its UFO report and now has a director of UFO research | Boing Boing
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I have a hard time even thinking of NASA engaging in such a waste of time.
The videos released by the Air Force have all been debunked as terrestrial objects and/or various optical phenomena – parallax, gimbal rotation, etc.
But I also keep wondering WHY the U.S. military would release such footage as UAPs? Is it a joke? A distraction? etc. etc.
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Same old same old but… “Now with AI!”
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If it wasn’t for Bill Nelson’s influence, it wouldn’t be.
That’s one of the problems with the power structures within government agencies. Sometimes all it takes is the authority of one eccentric temporary political appointee to sully the whole agency’s reputation.
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Retired spies will talk about news stories and ask the question WHY was the “news” released, not necessarily what the news story was about. It’s usually to deflect, sometimes it’s to control the narrative, but most often there are reasons the story was released and it’s not just to report.
Of course that will never really help the average person as we still don’t know why anything is released. But rest assured you are being programmed and manipulated.
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It’s sad that this is a thing not because the search for extra-terrestrial life is a waste of time but that the idea that they’re here is silly. Plus, of the intelligent life that’s on Earth, much of it isn’t human, so why try to find that on far away rocks when you can literally study ravens, parrots, dolphins, chimps, dogs, whales, and so forth? Like seriously, ET ain’t coming here, space is too dangerous and FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUCKIng big to traverse.
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Terrestrial AI discovering extraterrestrial AI. Maybe it takes an alien to catch an alien.
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NASA engages in such a waste of time because they need funding, and this gets them that, and if something interesting does show up they’re in the loop. Not “Aliens” interesting, but potential hazards and things they might not have plans for yet. If you read the publication, there is a safety concern, as well as a lot of confusion about what some of these things are, but some do clearly pose a potential risk.
As the air gets more crowded with UAVs, delivery drones, Chinese spy/weather balloons, whatever the $50 billion of black budget has out there, and an ever increasing number of plastic bags and other lightweight high-flying pollution, it is probably time again to document, evaluate, and plan for the problems we’re only just now starting to see. Does a jet engine now need to be rated for a given number of plastic bags per flight? Is a sudden fad for helium filled aluminized Mylar 6G wifi balloons going to cause problems with radar, and what happens when one hits a cockpit, or goes into the aforementioned engine? And if a new Skunk Works stealthy hypersonic whatever is getting imaged on cell phones and door cams, well, someone should maybe start working on that, or at least come up with some sort of plausible explanation?
As well, lets be clear, we have what appears to be repeat of the “Know-Nothings” in our political class, and despite their inherent anti-science basis certain elected officials are probably hoping this sort of thing leads to actual aliens, so they can shoot them or something. Probably or something. Best not to dwell on that.
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Also KFC style viral marketing. Coming soon for this holiday season, alien scented fire logs.
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Huh… That’s exactly what I saw when my friends were checking on me after I ate too many magic mishrooms.
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You are just parroting the Avian Intelligence line! 
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Yes, but I can’t resist a cheap joke.
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That can lead to some squawkward moments.
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True, but every now and again you get a cracker.
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That was old 30 years ago when “AI” was called “expert systems”.
Which was a rehash of “now with electronic brains” from 30 years before that.
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Not me man! I’m not a sheeple! I’m informed! The lizard people won’t stop me!
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