I was musing recently as to why the vast resources of our
national security agencies seem to have provided such remarkably little insight
into the true nature of the UFO phenomenom. The case has been made by some that
our government deliberately seeks to muddy waters that, as we all know, tend to
be inherently murky even without the suspected deliberate feints and
provocations of our secret alphabet agencies. I would like to contribute one
more theory to the list. Quite possibly
it is not an original idea, however I have yet to see it stated elsewhere.
I'm sure that it will easily be ground to shreds by those of
you who are serious students of UFOlogy.
I am prepared to be abused.
The government has presumably performed any number of
serious research inquiries into the nature of UFO's and reached the same conclusion
that any serious, competent and impartial researcher would conclude: i.e., (1) that UFO's do indeed exist as a physical
reality; (2) they exhibit technological capabilities far beyond our own; and
(3) their origin, intent and purpose remain a complete mystery.
If, as I suspect, the above three conclusions are all that
can be said about the government's knowledge of the subject, then the next
logical question that I would expect our security professionals to ask is: Do
these UFO thingies pose any serious security threat to the USA?
ANSWER: The evidence would suggest they pose no direct
threat to the U.S. After all, the number
of people injured and amount of property damaged by the phenomena is
infinitesimal, if any. There is little in the history of the UFO phenomenon
that suggests they rarely exhibit mendacity or antagonism towards humans.
QUESTION: In what way could UFO's be a POTENTIAL threat to
the U.S.?
ANSWER: If UFO
technology were to be acquired by another country, the entire world balance of
power would shift instantly. Possibly into the hands of a nation not quite so
enamored with our democratic principles. Imagine what mischief the N. Koreans
might be able to wreak should they acquire an alien deathray. Or if the
Russians got an anti-gravity levitation device before we did. The world would instantly become a very
different place and likely not for the better.
QUESTION: How best to prevent such an event from happening?
ANSWER: No really good
answer. Since we don't know what UFO's are we certainly are fundamentally
unable to alter or predict their behavior. But WE CAN predict and alter the
behavior of other countries, a practice we are long experienced with. We
therefore must immediately develop a comprehensive policy that we can impose on
the rest of the world that minimizes the likelihood of another country obtaining
UFO technology.
QUESTION: How do we prevent other nations from seeking UFO
technology?
ANSWER: First objective is to convince the rest of the world
that the entire phenomena is fraudulent. In so doing we delegitimize the very
topic, thereby making the pursuit of UFO knowledge little more than a fools
errand. By making UFO research and researchers appear foolish we sow the seeds
of disinformation that will assist in rapidly discrediting the entire subject.
We do so through a concerted effort to delegitimize and undermine the entire
issue. The public will laugh at the phenomenon resulting in a climate where no
serious person, much less nation, would expend any significant effort pursuing
the matter.
QUESTION: How can such a policy be implemented?
ANSWER: The field of
UFO "investigators" is literally awash with people practically
begging to be deceived. The task is nothing that a few creative disinformation
specialists couldn't accomplish given the public's already skeptical atittude
towards "flying saucers." Imagine you are in a Pentagon briefing room
circa 1952 discussing how to deal with public inquiries into this matter. The
problem is we don’t really know anything but we don’t want anyone to know we
don’t know anything and we want the rest of the world to keep from knowing
anything.
Some manipulative bastard suggests we implement a
cooperative effort among a variety of government agencies that leaves the
impression that the U.S. government feels the entire issue is so much eyewash.
Toss in some shadowy cloak and dagger stuff occasionally, a carefully crafted
forgery now and then, manipulate the UFO opinion leaders, perhaps even
participate in the odd hoax every so often. A forged FBI memo here, a “leaked”
top secret report there, doctor up a few grainy and fuzzy photos and, in no to
time at all, voila, the perfect recipe for a heapin’ helpin’ of UFO silliness.
With little effort and risk, the entire subject matter has been reduced to a
laughing matter pretty much akin to the Loch Ness Monster and Bigfoot.
Maybe we can’t prevent Russia, China or whoever from
investigating UFO’s but we can damn well make sure that any country that does
waste resources investigating this subject will be made to appear rather
foolish.
QUESTION: What are the risks of such a policy?
ANSWER: Practically
none. You just do whatever it takes to cast doubt and ridicule on the entire
subject. If it fails, we are no worse off than we are now. If it succeeds, we have possibly averted or
at least postponed, a national catastrophe of epic proportions. In so doing, we are buying additional time to
figure out the true nature of the phenomenon without having to compete with
other nations making similar inquiries.
QUESTION: When does this policy terminate?
ANSWER: When it's no
longer needed. Which is pretty much, NEVER.
