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Good, now if only people understood what UFO stands for and that "unidentified" doesn't imply "alien".

Imagine admitting an unidentified object flying over your soil and your defence system not being able to force it down, what consequences that would have for your military, intelligence agencies and your government in general should the object belong to a foreign military. Unless someone has actually seen an alien fly one of these things, it's safe to assume that the unidentified objects are likely to be part of covert operations of either one of the competing powers or the United States military itself. Either that or the aliens really do perceive the entire world to be United States.

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>Good, now if only people understood what UFO stands for and that "unidentified" doesn't imply "alien".

It is my perception that most people know that UFO doesn't mean alien but willfully suspend disbelief, similar to when watching a fictional movie, in regards to them because they enjoy the mystery of the whole deal.

>Either that or the aliens really do perceive the entire world to be United States.

There have been UFOs over the years all over the world. South American countries have also had a lot of reports. The United States has a lot of reports but after filtering the outlandish stories its probably similar to other countries.

> ...now if only people understood what UFO stands for...

Now if only people would stop saying this like anyone hasn't heard it :-)

> Either that or the aliens really do perceive the entire world to be United States.

Alternatively, detecting/tracking/intercepting these alien craft may virtually require the capabilities of a fully modernized nuclear aircraft carrier strike group. Not a lot of these just floating around...

That's why the term UAP is so good. Calling the source of the observation a phenomenon rather than an object highlights the fact that there might not be anything present in the air at all. That's really an important point. The very brief recent report said there was ample evidence that the recent observations have been physical phenomena but then failed to show any of that evidence. There was a vague statement about multiple sensors measuring the same phenomenon simultaneously, but it's so flimsy and unsubstantiated that I can only assume it was a lie to keep the project funded. They aimed for the bare minimum and it's not clear that they even hit it.

thanks Hollywood...

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