Let me rephrase that for you: NASA uses public obsession with conspiratorial nonsense to try and obtain more funding for real shit.
It would shock me if there wasn't life elsewhere in the universe, but space and time are stupid huge, and the credulous nonsense from UFO enthusiasts is incredibly annoying to me.
Like, sure - anything we don't understand should be investigated, and NASA is criminally under-resourced in all areas, but don't get annoyed when it still isn't aliens.
It would shock me if there wasn't life elsewhere in the universe, but space and time are stupid huge, and the credulous nonsense from UFO enthusiasts is incredibly annoying to me.
Like, sure - anything we don't understand should be investigated, and NASA is criminally under-resourced in all areas, but don't get annoyed when it still isn't aliens.