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Well I guess we have solved why the universe is silent. i.e no evidence yet of intelligent life
Certainly not explicit evidence of intelligent life, but the UAP situation makes me wonder. I have compiled a tremendous amount of evidence supporting the claim that UAP/UFO are real intelligently controlled objects. Once again, because often people cannot separate the two, this does not prove aliens are real/that is not my argument.
The sources of information are all legitimate and you can verify them for yourself. I sourced the actual government documents from the National Archives. There's no debating the authenticity of the documents. I also included bipartisan quotes supporting the topic, including Schumer and AOC. There is also verified goverment footage of UAP.
For the people whose first instinct is to mislabel me as a crackpot and ignore the link: If you are so sure of yourself, I challenge you to read it and see if you think I'm crazy. You wouldn't say that about other pieces I write. I'm about to start my Master's in Clinical Counseling. I'm not some wild conspiracy theorist.
The amount of denial to the point where people won't even consider evaluating evidence feels like Don't Look Up.
Edit: This is an excerpt from my post for those who are so sure of themselves to consider:
I admit I had difficulty suspending my disbelief in the possibility of UAP, but there is an important example from history that ought to give the skeptic pause in unilaterally dismissing this subject before reading on. I'm referring to the discovery of handwashing, in which everyone originally rejected the antiseptic procedure and surgeons didn't even wash their hands prior to operation.
Like Semmelweis' research, this subject is being discounted and rejected on the basis of preexisting beliefs; not lack of reasonable evidence or ability to to study UAP. And like Semmelweis, rational individuals and scientists studying this subject are being mislabeled as crackpots, and their research misconstrued to have to do with aliens, rather than the very real phenomenon at hand.
I wouldn't bother trying to convince people. Can't be done. :)
Eh, I'm happy breaking through to a handful amid a hundred. I don't care about downvotes. To me, it's just a display of ignorance and avoidance here.
I've convinced a decent few people with that write-up so far. Went out of my way to use credible sources and stay away from alien/abduction claims. The witnesses directly quoted are all from within our military and government.
I believe most rational skeptics would be compelled to believe there is truth to UAP (not necessarily aliens..) if they read it. Problem is getting people to read it. Seriously feels like Don't Look Up.
People are not rational though. If you paint one group in bad enough light, people will do anything to not be associated with that group. And it doesn't matter if the group is right.
Yeah it certainly takes a while to reduce the stigma in situations like this. This subject is so heavily and systematically stigmatized.
The Robertson Panel determined our government agencies should gaslight us on the subject to avoid mass hysteria that the Soviets could exploit to cause panic (think along the lines of The War of the Worlds radio broadcast panic).
It'll take years to make progress reducing the stigma, but scientists and both commercial and military pilots around the world are beginning to facilitate that shift by providing their testimonies.
Edit: nice username by the way.