Why are alien UFOs kept secret?
Almost as interesting as any government secret is why it’s kept secret. And for alien UFOs, the conspiratorial answers span a whole spectrum: They’d cause too much peace, make too much chaos, give too many people too much technology, or, maybe—as is the case in Barry’s story—just be a real disappointment.
Is the government covering up aliens?
The government wasn’t covering up aliens, but it did prove itself able to keep the truth hidden for decades. Information stays shhh within government if it would damage national security.
What would happen if aliens visited the United States?
In the universe of Barry’s story, federal studies suggested that an alien visit wouldn’t swing positive or neutral but ultranegative. Researchers predict conflicts between the great powers, more spying, more assassinations, the dissolution of moderate religion, the blowup of radicalism, immigration issues, etc.
Could contact with extraterrestrials bring us all together?
But some scientists have suggested that contact with ETs would actually increase the likelihood of peace on Earth: The existence of extraterrestrials could bring us all together as Earthlings—united not by nationality but by planetarity.
Are aliens a threat to humanity?
To begin with, Aliens can potentially represent the greatest threat to mankind’s existence since the advent of the nuclear bomb, and possibly even foreshadow it’s destructive prowess. Would the Aliens really come in peace? Can we trust them to not exploit us, and not turn us into not just another cog in their space faring machine?
Why is the government so important to the UFO community?
In The Hidden Hand, an award-winning documentary that explores UFOs and US military cover-ups, Stanton Friedman, a nuclear physicist and author of Flyers Saucers and Science said, “The government is important because they have the radar systems. They are in a position to connect, and to collect the data.”