Turns out, the tinfoil-hat crowd was more right than wrong. And once again, it’s the so-called “trusted institutions” who’ve been lying through their teeth the entire time.
According to the new Wall Street Journal investigation, the US military spent decades deliberately planting fake UFO stories, doctoring photos, and fueling public hysteria.
A recent Wall Street Journal investigation reveals that much of America’s UFO mythology has been fueled by Pentagon disinformation campaigns designed to cover up real secret-weapons programs, not extraterrestrial encounters.
The report uncovers that as early as the 1950s, the U.S. military spread doctored photos and false stories — such as doctored images of “flying saucers” at Area 51— to mislead the public and protect classified stealth fighter projects. Rather than hiding alien technology, the military sought to keep secret the development of advanced weapons systems critical to national security during the Cold War. The Pentagon’s congressionally-ordered probe, led by chief scientist Sean Kirkpatrick, found that disinformation was often propagated by local commanders as well as possibly by institutional programs, creating fertile ground for decades of myths.
These myths were sometimes allowed to flourish intentionally to misdirect foreign intelligence, especially from the Soviet Union.
But it wasn’t just the public getting played.
Inside the military, the disinformation ran so deep that even commanders were falling for it or being forced to play along. The Wall Street Journal uncovered a jaw-dropping hazing ritual where new Air Force leaders were shown fake photos of antigravity flying saucers and told to keep the lid on it. The Daily Caller piece goes on.
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