posted on Jul, 6 2011 @ 09:08 AM
It's a pleasure to meet you all. I've been reading ATS for some time, but have just now decided to muck in on some of the discussions. Here are my
thoughts on THE "big picture".
I've read Richard Nolan, and some Vallee, and the impression I get regarding government secrecy toward the ET hypothesis is this; the government, and
subsequently humanity, are powerless and subject to the whims of our technologically-advanced visitors.
In the past, the justification for secrecy was something to the effect of "Accepting aliens as real is too traumatic and would result int he break
down of society." While this may have been an accurate description of society in the 1950's, 21st century polls show humans are quite comfortable
with the idea of the existence of ET's. What we don't stomach is the mass secrecy.
It has also been argued that secrecy has persisted for financial reasons. While I don't doubt this has some significance, I think the underlying
reason is far more troubling.
Ultimately, I think those with actual knowledge of the ET reality are maintaining secrecy over the issue because the larger secret humanity keeps from
itself is its own powerlessness. Call me a pessimist, but that's how I see it.