I saw the headline that Kirkpatrick had penned another scathing article but hadn’t yet had a chance to read until this evening. It’s predictably sanctimonious, but here’s some reading between the lines:
“The conspiracists’ story goes something like this: The U.S. has been hiding and attempting to reverse engineer as many as 12 UAP/UFOs from as early as the 1960s and perhaps earlier.”
Well, that’s a pretty conspicuous non-reference to Roswell (1947). Which is weird, because the USAF has an official debunking report he could reference.
Alright, next he discusses the genesis of the aforementioned allegedly tall tale and says it’s “largely an outgrowth” of AATIP and the Bigelow crowd.
Here, he does 2 things: 1) doesn’t mention Bob Lazar at all, which is just weird, considering how easily you could ‘take a shot’ at the UFO crowd with Lazar’s vingette, and 2) he mentions that these people were involved in a study “on the possible societal impact of disclosing the existence of extraterrestrials to the public.”
Why even mention that? I’ve barely had time to read into that story—which, if not new, is recently recirculating—yet, he’s drawing attention to it? Seems odd.
Last Section:
“AARO thoroughly investigated these claims as part of its congressionally mandated mission to not only technically evaluate contemporary UAP observations but also review historical accounts going back to the 1940s. … “[M]any of the circulating allegations described above derive from inadvertent or unauthorized disclosures of legitimate U.S. programs or related R&D that have nothing to do with extraterrestrial issues or technology.”
Well, so much for the 1960s, eh? Also, don’t forget, he’s always going to lie to you about aliens, because it’s his job, and every time they round table this, they can’t think of any good that would come out an irreversible decision like an official disclosure.
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