Yesterday’s update was about what we are now supposed to call the “UAP” question, but which in times past was known popularly as “UFO” for “Unidentified Flying Object.” The coiner of the term, Air Force Captain Edward J. Ruppelt, wanted it pronounced “you-foe,” not “you eff oh,” but that stalled at lift-off.
And it wasn’t the only term that had trouble at the beginning. Its replacement term, “UAP,” started life as “Unidentified Aerial Phenomena,” but because no small part of UFO lore had objects going into and out of bodies of water, the term was expanded to mean “Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena.” Not a few people who are known as “ufologists” suspect that the name change wasn’t for accuracy but as part of some propagandistic effort to hoodwink the masses, to pretend that the phenomena are new, not very, very old.
And one of the problems with all the disclosure talk in Congress is they never seem to ask pertinent historical questions, say about the infamous “Twining Memo.”
As yesterday’s update was published, a new story broke. Shane Galvin produced another article for the New York Post, “Congress demands Dept of War release 46 secret UFO videos: ‘You’re gonna see some weird f–king s–t’.”
“Those with knowledge of the long list of videos — which include titles like ‘Several UAP in vicinity of Columbus OH airport” and “UFOs in formation over Persian Gulf’ — said the clips are shocking,” Galvin’s article explained. “‘You’re gonna see some weird f–king s–t,’ a source who has viewed the videos told The Post.”
To ramp up to X-Files levels of paranoia, the article concluded that “Congress is not going into this request blind — with two sources telling The Post moles within the intelligence community have eyes on the files being requested and they’ll blow the whistle if the videos are moved, altered, or deleted by anyone.
“The Department of War is expected to hand over the clips by April 14, according to the letter.”
It may be worth noting that last year’s “drones” panic, while no longer making the news, continues. That is, mysterious drones continue to be seen on the eastern seaboard and over military bases, and the several debunking articles devoted to the “drones” subject, heavily promoted last year, seem to be quite off point.
In February the President had instructed the Pentagon to prepare to release UFO files. We’ll see if that happens. President James Earl Carter, Jr., had promised UFO disclosure, and did next to nothing; Hillary Clinton ran on disclosure and somehow failed to be elected. UFOs have been subjected to official denials, curious silences, and contradictory psy-op affirmations over seven decades. Many people have no hope for government to come clean. Events, they think, must force a disclosure.
But amidst all the contradictions, what of substance could be said? For most of us, it is all guesswork. But note: if this is all a big nothing, some folks behind the scenes have been cooking up a lot of something about nothing.
