▲ 165 ▼ Washington priest removed as exorcist after linking UFOs to work of demons (www.theguardian.com) submitted 2 months ago by LordMayor@piefed.social to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world 21 comments fedilink hide all child comments Crossposted from https://lemmy.nz/post/38380382
[–] EatingOnions@lemmy.world 30 points 2 months ago (4 children) I don't understand American obsession with UFO, is there something behind it? permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 45 points 2 months ago (3 children) Mostly poor education in STEM and a massive distrust of government. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] underscores@lemmy.zip 17 points 2 months ago It's mostly because of a highly credible and stable intelligence officer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Grusch_UFO_whistleblower_claims Essentially he was tasked with finding where funds are going and it led him to a rabbit hole of black programs Keep in mind this doesn't mean any of the implications of the programs are true, but the programs do exist, whether their purpose is legitimate or not is the question permalink fedilink source parent [–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) If you want an American to believe something, tell them the government says it is a hoax. permalink fedilink source parent [–] kinther@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago I would encourage you to look into a recent documentary about the congressional testimony from numerous high ranking intelligence officers - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Age_of_Disclosure tl;dr Of the claims they make in the documentary, the biggest thing (to me) appears to be a massive siphoning of tax dollars into black ops programs that don't report up through the government. Whether there are actual UFO/UAP programs is up to debate. permalink fedilink source parent [–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago (1 child) The confirmed, filmed sightings of UAP doing things we understand to by physically impossible are behind it yes. I refer you to the US Air Force, and their publicly released footage. My guess, and it's a left field one, holograms. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip -1 points 2 months ago My guess is that people's intuitive interpretation of unfamiliar phenomena can be massively wrong. permalink fedilink source parent [+] pasdechance@jlai.lu 0 points 2 months ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 months ago A culture that stigmatizes intelligence, mainly. "My lazy ignorance is just as good as your hard-earned knowledge." permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 45 points 2 months ago (3 children) Mostly poor education in STEM and a massive distrust of government. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] underscores@lemmy.zip 17 points 2 months ago It's mostly because of a highly credible and stable intelligence officer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Grusch_UFO_whistleblower_claims Essentially he was tasked with finding where funds are going and it led him to a rabbit hole of black programs Keep in mind this doesn't mean any of the implications of the programs are true, but the programs do exist, whether their purpose is legitimate or not is the question permalink fedilink source parent [–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) If you want an American to believe something, tell them the government says it is a hoax. permalink fedilink source parent [–] kinther@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago I would encourage you to look into a recent documentary about the congressional testimony from numerous high ranking intelligence officers - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Age_of_Disclosure tl;dr Of the claims they make in the documentary, the biggest thing (to me) appears to be a massive siphoning of tax dollars into black ops programs that don't report up through the government. Whether there are actual UFO/UAP programs is up to debate. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] underscores@lemmy.zip 17 points 2 months ago It's mostly because of a highly credible and stable intelligence officer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Grusch_UFO_whistleblower_claims Essentially he was tasked with finding where funds are going and it led him to a rabbit hole of black programs Keep in mind this doesn't mean any of the implications of the programs are true, but the programs do exist, whether their purpose is legitimate or not is the question permalink fedilink source parent
[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) If you want an American to believe something, tell them the government says it is a hoax. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kinther@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago I would encourage you to look into a recent documentary about the congressional testimony from numerous high ranking intelligence officers - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Age_of_Disclosure tl;dr Of the claims they make in the documentary, the biggest thing (to me) appears to be a massive siphoning of tax dollars into black ops programs that don't report up through the government. Whether there are actual UFO/UAP programs is up to debate. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago (1 child) The confirmed, filmed sightings of UAP doing things we understand to by physically impossible are behind it yes. I refer you to the US Air Force, and their publicly released footage. My guess, and it's a left field one, holograms. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip -1 points 2 months ago My guess is that people's intuitive interpretation of unfamiliar phenomena can be massively wrong. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip -1 points 2 months ago My guess is that people's intuitive interpretation of unfamiliar phenomena can be massively wrong. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 months ago A culture that stigmatizes intelligence, mainly. "My lazy ignorance is just as good as your hard-earned knowledge." permalink fedilink source parent