Imagining that hard working folks in the DoD, Pentagon or anywhere else, are losing sleep over some unverified UFO report that is still under investigation and may be nothing more than a new radar system bug, or likewise may be friendly operations of experimental systems by other agencies besides DoD, is, well, just imagination. The folks at DoD have their hands full assessing the many real threats in this world, and determining how to address those threats in a balanced way given limited resources.
Discounting my own experience as 'virtue signaling' is a liberal silencing tactic.
Discounting my own experience as 'virtue signaling' is a liberal silencing tactic. No one is discounting your experience. But BTW virtue signaling is something liberals do...and something conservatives call them on.
Using your own experience to brag is what is known as virtue signaling.
No one is "discounting your experience." If you have experience with the DOD that others at FR don't have, I think we would all benefit from that.