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They're making fun of all of you.

It's not "making fun" so much as work in science and defense is pretty boring but the passion for the field is typically by people who shared a childhood interest in the fantastical and mysterious components of it - and the associated stories.

It's like when they labeled missile defense "Star Wars."

This happens more than most people might think.

There's nerds in government jobs too.

More, I think, preying on the public's interest in UFOs to justify another massive military budget. All of the wild PR around UFOs with absolutely nothing of substance to back it seems to be a very effective PR campaign.

They don’t need to prey on anything to justify a military budget of any size. The military budget just is, and grows, as a basic assumption like “bees can fly” or “magenta is a color”.

Yup, just take a look at the Space Force Delta 18 insignia.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Delta_18#/media/File:Spa...

Weird, NASIC also has Egypt inspired insignia, what's the deal with that?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Air_and_Space_Intelli...

Stargate?

Pyramids!

Indeed.

The newer insignia is a reference to the NASIC one. "The majestic sphinx – an ancient symbol of wisdom, knowledge, and the challenges that NSIC analysts will solve – is invoked out of pride in an organization that traces its roots back to the earliest days of aerospace intelligence." Riddle of the space sphinx, I guess.

https://media.defense.gov/2022/Jun/22/2003021948/-1/-1/1/DEL...

"The Sphinx, a traditional symbol of intelligence, signifies the unit's intelligence analyses, production and services." - https://www.nasic.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/article/611728...

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