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originally posted by: Degradation33
a reply to: one4all
I wish I could agree, but public sentiment has very short memory and shelf life, and once "discredited" so shall it remain, even when it is illogical. I agree some of the best evidence exists before CGI was commonplace, and there is a chain of evidence that dates back decades. While i feel there is some very compelling evidence, I believe the old fallback of the weak cover story and outright denial will not change any time soon. As long as there is someone there (and there are many) to accept the skeptical viewpoint and believe what their told at face value they will hold firm.
It's a trillion dollar industry that depends on secrecy, if only for technological supremacy. Any public admission would not be to their financial benefit. Civilian oversight is never conducive to uninhibited spending. Even when thousands get the objects on camera, from multiple angles, in a mass sighting they don't back down. There will always remain too much "reasonable doubt" in public sentiment to change tactics, even when that sentiment is the minority. It's too easy to claim fake, however absurd.
In any case I'd be very surprised to ever see disclosure.
originally posted by: Degradation33
a reply to: one4all
In any case I'd be very surprised to ever see disclosure.
More people would reasearch....and the next big incident would make people not believe anymore that the government does not know anything.
originally posted by: Rob48
originally posted by: Degradation33
a reply to: one4all
In any case I'd be very surprised to ever see disclosure.
If aliens were here, they wouldn't need government permission to show themselves. So why haven't they? Nobody seems to be able to answer that one.
originally posted by: waltwillis
I think that have disclosure now but most folks just do not believe what is being told because it is so far over their head.
Listen to the YouTube report given by the retired CIA officer that is just 17 minutes long.
Richard Dolan was able to interview this officer before his passing away and place the video on You Tube.
If that is not disclosure I don't know what is...
originally posted by: Rob48
originally posted by: Degradation33
a reply to: one4all
In any case I'd be very surprised to ever see disclosure.
If aliens were here, they wouldn't need government permission to show themselves. So why haven't they? Nobody seems to be able to answer that one.
originally posted by: AlienView
I don't want to spoil anyone's fun and I too often speculate about a benign advanced race of ETs who one day, when they think we have reached a high enough level of civilization, will come down and enlighten us to their advanced science and engineering. BUT how do you know this? - sounds like religious faith - hope you are right. BUT to date we have no indication we are dealing with friendly beings. The abductions, if true, hardly sound friendly - and how about the cattle mutilations and also the people who have disappeared without a trace? The dark side here is that we may be dealing with a carnivorous race that is experimenting with the porper recipe 'to serve man' - the hypothetical aliens from an old Twilight Zone episode - 'To Serve Man' turns out to be a cookbook!
originally posted by: JadeStar
originally posted by: AlienView
I don't want to spoil anyone's fun and I too often speculate about a benign advanced race of ETs who one day, when they think we have reached a high enough level of civilization, will come down and enlighten us to their advanced science and engineering. BUT how do you know this? - sounds like religious faith - hope you are right. BUT to date we have no indication we are dealing with friendly beings. The abductions, if true, hardly sound friendly - and how about the cattle mutilations and also the people who have disappeared without a trace? The dark side here is that we may be dealing with a carnivorous race that is experimenting with the porper recipe 'to serve man' - the hypothetical aliens from an old Twilight Zone episode - 'To Serve Man' turns out to be a cookbook!
If they were that advanced that they can travel the stars they probably don't need to go to other planets for dinner.
After all even we have things like lab grown meat, 3D printing, etc.
We know a lot more today than they did when that 50s Sci-Fi was made.
originally posted by: AlienView
I would tend to agree but when dealing with hypothetical entities all scenarios should be considered. Most might think thet an advanced cibilization would be more civilized and not so barbaric - But consider some of the 'so-called' advanced human civilizations of the past and even the not so distant past - the Nazis for example - super good war machine - what if the first alien race we run into has a Nazi like mentality? And what if they are like the mythical 'insectoid' type alien - insect like; Like the parasitical bugs that feed on man here on Earth, you would have to consider what an alien race of insectoids might do - Man aesthetically might be very ugly to them - but still might taste good and may supply nutritional sustenance.