De rigeur disclosure: I am related to one of the authors :)
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A different angle: one of the more interesting perspectives on UFO phenomena comes form Jacque Vallée, VC and real-life model for Lacombe, the civilian expert played by François Truffaut in Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
He has hypothesized that whatever the ultimate nature of UFO phenomena, it is consistent with a very slow period (think Long Now-scale) inoculation/inculcation of–for lack of a better word–contact.
Between humanity and what exactly he does not claim to have any answer.
This perspective is a good one: what would a slow-drip/evolving story be good for? What might its objectives be?
That is a useful question, regardless of whether we ever get ground truth.
To wit: our government has a very long (now 70 year) history of exploiting UFO reporting for various ends and for murky reasons.
Recommended sober account: https://www.amazon.com/UFOs-Government-Historical-Michael-Sw...
De rigeur disclosure: I am related to one of the authors :)
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A different angle: one of the more interesting perspectives on UFO phenomena comes form Jacque Vallée, VC and real-life model for Lacombe, the civilian expert played by François Truffaut in Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
He has hypothesized that whatever the ultimate nature of UFO phenomena, it is consistent with a very slow period (think Long Now-scale) inoculation/inculcation of–for lack of a better word–contact.
Between humanity and what exactly he does not claim to have any answer.