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Betteridge's Law of Headlines strikes again:

> Q. Do you think that if Clinton is elected we can expect to learn new information about UFOs?

> A. I highly doubt DoD or any other government agency is concealing UFO information.

> Q. Are you certain there is no government cover-up?

> A. It’s impossible to prove the negative, so all I can say is that I never saw any evidence of official interest in UFOs.

> Q. So where does this all leave us, and what is to be done?

> A. In my view, calling for the end to an alleged government UFO cover-up is almost certainly a dead end, and does not help inspire anyone in government to become more open to the topic. The UFO mystery is a scientific problem.

(That's not to say there isn't a UFO cover-up. But we're discussing this article, and the insiders' opinion is that the answer is no.)

There's also a big difference between UFO and Alien Vehicle. A UFO could be a foreign airplane, or satellite, or a weird meteor, or two birds duct-taped together.

parent pavel_lishin 10 years ago

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