UFO: The Greatest Story Ever Denied
February 28, 2010Henry Baum No Comments »This movie isn’t great, though maybe it’s fairly eye-opening to someone who knows nothing about the subject. They may be surprised to see that the UFO issue isn’t just believed by deranged rednecks, but smart, sober people. I like the occasional use of schmaltzy Hollywood sentimental music – because that might be able to get through to people. It’s not just frustrating or shocking that this issue is not taken seriously, it’s actually fairly sad, a society denying its potential for progress. Meanwhile we drown in a sea of pop culture crap – I see as much doom in the obsessions of pop culture as anything done by governments. People may mock and laugh at the UFO issue, but they should be more shocked that the Hiltons or Kardashians are given four seconds of attention.
On Google News this morning, I was greeted with this article, MoD to destroy future UFO reports:
The Ministry of Defence will destroy all future UFO reports it receives so it does not have to make them public, a previously secret memo reveals.
Britain’s official UFO investigation unit and hotline were closed down at the start of December.
Since then reports of strange sights in the skies sent to the MoD have been kept for 30 days before being thrown out, the newly released policy document shows.
This stance was adopted so defence officials would not have to publish the information in response to freedom of information (FoI) requests or pass it to the National Archives.
This is so terribly sad. If the UFO issue was taken at all seriously, this would be met with the same kind of outrage as an article called, “Government decides evolution will not be taught in school.” It’s a tragic shot to knowledge, and if you can’t see conspiracy there, there’s a problem. If there was nothing to UFO reports, there would be no reason to cover them up.
Recently there was this article in the L.A. Times, UFOs, Across the Pond:
Maybe it’s coincidental that the TV series “The X-Files,” which prominently featured alien abductions and viruses from outer space, was then a top-rated show on BBC2. Indeed, the British records, which detail sightings from 1994 to 2000, show that perceptions about UFOs might owe more to Hollywood than previously thought.
Not a big deal, really, but it strikes me – the paranoid type – to be a subtle form of propaganda. The editorial has no byline, and it’s this sort of reporting that has led to UFOs never being taken seriously Someone who has a limited interest in the UFO phenomenon (i.e. most people) can read that editorial and think, “OK, case closed. This is something I don’t need to think about.” Over time, people stop thinking about it entirely, so when a government denies access to UFO reports, nobody cares.
One day, this will change. Andrew Sullivan, a mainstream blogger I read frequently, who’s very good on torture, drug legalization, and Sarah Palin’s derangements – i.e. stuff the MSM doesn’t cover with any seriousness – never mentions the UFO issue. I don’t expect him to, but it just illustrates how far off the radar the UFO issue is. At some point, some day, that will change. Drug legalization seems to be making some progress. Unfortunately, it may take some mass sighting of something incontrovertible for the issue to reach the mainstream. Because if they’re not already interested given the amount of interesting information already available, they may never be. And if UFOs prove anything, it’s that they’re very good at being seen “just enough.” It’s enough to make you start disbelieving in UFOs, or at least increasing your faith in UFO’s “craftiness.”
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