When push comes to shove, the risks outweigh the benefits when it comes to disclosure and national security. At least for those in charge. Let me be clear. I’m for disclosure. But for wholly personal reasons of simply just wanting to know. I think the ufo community has come up with some good pro-disclosure arguments regarding national security, but when push comes to shove I think the risks brought about by unequivocal disclosure from the United Sates government that we have UFOs, brings about more risks than the benefits of being transparent and open.
Some pro disclosure arguments that are made: * Secrecy and coverups breed mistrust. * Better intelligence sharing and access for scientists will lead to better scientific [and defense] discoveries and abilities. * If we drop the ball and don’t give more open access to the scientists and engineers, other countries could get ahead, having deep, defense-related implications. * We need to know what’s in our skies. (But they probably already do.) * Flight safety (But this isn’t relevant as far as disclosure is concerned. They’ll still be there.) * Knowing what we’re dealing with. (Again they probably already do, they just don’t divulge it publicly.) * [Then there’s lots of general unspecified statements about how transparency is important, but no solid defined arguments as to why.]
If the US discloses we’re in possession of non-human crafts, it could start a very, very serious defense and intelligence race. One that would stay under the rug and not be near as concerted, if the issue was just left alone, and continually denied. Undoubtedly there’s already campaigns by multiple countries to discern the validity of the claims that have been made so far, and also to obtain defense-related secrets that could put that country years to decades ahead of others’ military. This is no doubt happening already. But if the US admits unequivocally that we do have crashed craft, the scale and vigor of these efforts would increase incredibly. Each country, especially and most importantly our enemies, would make entire divisions and campaigns dedicated to stealing any and all intelligence related to this and getting a quantum leap of defense ability. This area could present huge defense capabilities that could make, well, world domination a viability.
4 months ago I wrote my representative in the house regarding grusch’s claims, and the need for access to a scif. I finally just now received an answer. Among this brief answer he said, “Ensuring greater transparency and oversight is critical for making sure that government truly works for the people it’s supposed to serve. As a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, I recognize the importance of protecting national security from any emerging domestic or foreign threats…We also have a responsibility to be transparent with the public on issues that do not compromise our national security.” As far as transparency is concerned, it’s merely transparency to certain small aspects of congress to have oversight. If that’s even truly important to them… I think the risks for making something like this generally known far outweigh any benefits, even the most obvious and important one, of greater scientific involvement and potential gains. They’d much rather keep their slow slug and keep it under wraps.
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