[mysterio]

So WHY keep UFOs secret? A. All major countries and many terrorist groups would very much like to duplicate the flight technology of the saucers. They can literally fly circles around our vehicles, move at very high speed, make right angle turns, move straight up and down — typically with little noise, no visible engines, no exhaust. They would make wonderful weapons delivery and defensive systems.

Again, it is in the self interest of any government to scare the heck out of the populous so that the people demand that the government protect them. And space monster would be the perfect excuse for consolidation of power, as a strong national/world government is the only entity that has any chance of organizing a successful defense against the scary space monsters. I don't believe any government would pass up that opportunity to steal our freedom from us in the name of safety.

[GingisK]

Again, it is in the self interest of any government to scare the heck out of the populous so that the people demand that the government protect them.

That is right! We scared the Soviets by showing them pictures of our advanced aircraft well before they were ready for service. That way, they'd just surrender once they saw the real thing.

You are naive beyond words.

They were hiding the crash-recoveries and the obviously related reverse engineering projects, Einstein. The Soviets cannot attempt to get moles inside or otherwise steal information from projects unless they know about them. Our Nation can be thankful that folks like you are not in charge of secrecy and security.

[Quix]

GOODNESS!

Maybe I should sit down.

Maybe I read your post wrong.

Are you actually learning something?

I don’t think I’m prepared for naysayers to learn something. Too great a shock to my system.

Oh, Dear me!