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Do You Believe In UFOs?

I was listening to a podcast the other day and the subject of UFOs came up. The first thing I learned is that it’s no longer UFO, it’s UAP – Unidentified Aerial Phenomena. Knowing the government they probably spent $28 million dollars to focus test the new name. Anyway, turns out there was a UAP hearing in front of congress this summer and a number of credible people testified that the government has way more info about sightings than they let on. Which got me thinking. Do I believe in UFOs?

I’d say I tend to be in the “no” camp, but I’m not willing to entirely rule them out. Here’s the way I think it breaks down:

Option One They don’t exist, or at least if they do they’ve never visited earth. I find it odd that the only “sightings” tend to be over the ocean and involve primarily the United States. Why don’t we ever hear about encounters and/or investigations in other countries? Wouldn’t aliens be equally interested in, say Japan, Saudi Arabia, or Sweden as they are the US? Also, similar to Bigfoot, for years now we’ve had the entire population of the earth walking around with cameras and video recorders 24×7 (cell phone). How come the only footage we ever see is from military pilots and airplane gun cameras? If we’re being visited I’m pretty sure we’d have captured more video/pics by now.

Option Two Why wouldn’t they exist? It’s pretty unrealistic to think we know everything about everything. For gods sake, we’re still discovering creatures in the ocean we didn’t know existed. To use a size comparison, imagine our Milky Way galaxy as the size of a tiny crumb. The known universe would then be the size of the Empire State Building. It’s estimated the observable universe contains between 200 billion to 2 trillion galaxies. To think we’re the only life form in something that vast is pretty naive. It seems reasonable that there are more advanced beings out there somewhere.

Option Three Not only have we been visited, but the government has an actual UAP crash recovery team and has biologic samples (bodies?) This was asserted during the UAP hearing. There are claims that many of the “sightings” are actually US (or other countries) objects from secret test facilities. I don’t buy this idea at all. I don’t think our government is competent enough to keep that sort of secret. Someone would talk. But then again, there are people who know the truth about the JFK assassination and that’s been kept secret for 60+ years. I will admit that it is odd how secretive the government is about sharing what it knows about UAPs. We have radar tracks and other data collected on sightings by military pilots. Why not share it?

Option Four I find it odd that almost all of the sightings are over the ocean. Many of the video footage we have show the objects rising from or diving into the ocean at speeds that would kill a human. Is there something going on in the ocean that we don’t know about? Maybe China or Russia has some sort of sub based hypersonic drone program? Maybe we do? There has to be a reason most encounters seem to be over the ocean. But… I’m still a skeptic about any government being able to keep that sort of secret.

Bottom line, I’m not sure what I think. I do think life exists out there somewhere. The universe is too vast for only one planet out of billions to have spawned biologics. Do I think life out there has evolved to the point that faster than light travel has been mastered? Doubtful.

How about you? Do you believe in UFOs? Do you think we’ve been visited?

Bonus points if you’ve been abducted and lived to tell the tale!

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It’s A Conspiracy

Over this past Christmas break, we traveled to a warmer climate to visit the in-laws. It was a lovely trip, but spending time with my in-laws is, well, unique. Think the Costanzas from Seinfeld and you’ll have a pretty good picture of the experience. They’re getting older, so things tend to move at a glacial pace. You’d think I’d have figured this out by now, but for some reason I’m always baffled as to why we can’t get out of the house before 2pm. And you have to be back to the house by 4pm so you can take naps before dinner. Anyway, the end result is that I have plenty of time sitting around the pool… waiting.

To fill my time this trip, I read. I actually lost track of how many books I finished (there was a lot of waiting). Part of the reason I read so many books, is that I went down a rabbit hole of conspiracy theories. Now I love me a good conspiracy theory. There’s just something about challenging conventional wisdom that appeals to the Contrarian in me.

But to be a good conspiracy theory, it can’t be too wacky. Chemtrails and birds aren’t real are too far-fetched. No, the theory needs to be outside of mainstream thinking, but have just enough facts rooted in reality to make you go “hmmm”. You don’t want to believe, but something in the narrative is just enough that you begin to doubt what you’ve been told.

I started my journey with the Kennedy assassination. First off, it’s weird that the government won’t declassify anything other than rehashed Warren commission stuff. That by itself is enough to make you go “hmmm”. The more I read, I’d think “no, that couldn’t be”. I’d do a little independent research and sure enough a certain person was verifiably there or involved in some way. It was an awesome trip down a weird rabbit hole. And you know it was a good conspiracy theory when you then start thinking, well if that could have happened, what else could be covered up? Boom. Next thing you know I’m four books into big brother controlling my thoughts and the CCP monitoring my activities through my smart refrigerator. I loved it!

Everyone loves a good conspiracy theory. That’s why we’re so susceptible to ads and YouTube thumbnails that start with “Nobody knows this one trick to…” or “The secret Costco price strategy…” and “Lose weight by eating this little-known food…” We all want to be in on the secret.

But after my multi-day reading frenzy, I don’t know if I want to learn about any more conspiracies. Because if they’re even partially true – it’s disturbing, and kind of depressing. I WANT to believe that the world is fair and that everyone plays by the rules. I want to believe that evil cabals only exist in the movies. Otherwise, it means that us little guys are suckers and just pawns in a game that’s rigged.

I think it’s time for me to step away from the conspiracy theory genre. Maybe I’ll go find a good spy thriller or a whodunit mystery. Meanwhile, you’ll have to excuse me for a bit – I need to cover all the cameras and speakers in my house with black tape. With the research I did, I’m positive I’m now on some sort of government watch-list. Should I suddenly disappear, please know that I have no desire to Epstein or Mcafee myself.

P.S. birds aren’t real