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The author argues that the recent Congressional hearing on UFOs featured credible testimony from military witnesses that UFOs exist and the government has covered up information about them for decades. The author, a retired Navy admiral, vouches for the integrity of the witnesses. He believes society should demand that the government disclose what it knows about UFOs. This could lead to scientific advances that transform our understanding of physics and the universe. Studying UFOs could also improve international security and cooperation. The author contends that failing to study UFOs would be arrogant given how little we understand about the universe.

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[-] admin@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago

I agree that these testimonies are very compelling and fascinating. However, I try to take a more measured approach when it comes to UAP. Here is a great interview with Avi Loeb who studies UAP at an academic level.

[-] cryball@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

I like his approach of stating that these are big claims, but cannot be really evaluated in any meaningful way, as there is no useful public data to look at.

In my opinion this is the main crux of the whole topic. One party (the US government) has a boatload of various quality sensor data that could be studied, but it's classified. As a result nobody can believe anyone's statements as they aren't supported by anything.

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