*** UAP THREAD ***

445,000 Views | 5296 Replies | Last: 1 day ago by Redstone
Some Junkie Cosmonaut
How long do you want to ignore this user?
AG
TCTTS said:

Sounds familiar…




Watching someone who has repeatedly taken swipes at the Christian faith deride others for being skeptical and not having enough…faith…in aliens is something.
TCTTS
How long do you want to ignore this user?
AG
TCTTS
How long do you want to ignore this user?
AG
If directed at me, all I have ever done is question the concept of a god who forces billions of souls into existence against their will, knowing beyond a shadow of a doubt that the vast majority of them, statistically speaking, will burn in hell forever. It's a perfectly valid question, one that concerns only the logic of the conceit. Otherwise, I don't deride people for their faith. The only time I have ever pushed back in that regard is when I've first been told I'm going to burn in hell myself.
TCTTS
How long do you want to ignore this user?
AG






TCTTS
How long do you want to ignore this user?
AG
Joes
How long do you want to ignore this user?
3) Under one noteworthy provision, the federal government would assert eminent domain (ownership) over any "recovered technologies of unknown origin" and "biological evidence of non-human intelligence" currently under private control.


This part is interesting. Obviously, I'm skeptical of what will actually come of all this but of course I'm at least open to the possibility something will. All I've been saying is show me, don't tell me.

But then the question is that in the hypothetical event that technology and/or entities from literally another world or dimension becomes public knowledge, exactly how does the U.S. government alone publicly say "it's all ours!". I would imagine every country in the world would say that this isn't an American issue, it's a world issue, give it to the U.N.

Post removed:
by user
Joes
How long do you want to ignore this user?
Bregxit said:

Joes said:

3) Under one noteworthy provision, the federal government would assert eminent domain (ownership) over any "recovered technologies of unknown origin" and "biological evidence of non-human intelligence" currently under private control.


This part is interesting. Obviously, I'm skeptical of what will actually come of all this but of course I'm at least open to the possibility something will. All I've been saying is show me, don't tell me.

But then the question is that in the hypothetical event that technology and/or entities from literally another world or dimension becomes public knowledge, exactly how does the U.S. government alone publicly say "it's all ours!". I would imagine every country in the world would say that this isn't an American issue, it's a world issue, give it to the U.N.


Finders keepers. Our soil, our stuff. Get your own.
I notice your winky face, but still, for what it's worth they're specifically saying a really big unmovable craft is in another country.

I just don't see how any of this can work in practice. Either the net result is that there isn't anything real to this anyway, or else the hearings will be a sham and the coverup will continue.

Unless it's implied that any agreements with these beings were already done by representatives of the whole world, I can't possibly imagine a scenario where we (the U.S.) announce publicly that "yes, the United States has total ownership of all craft and beings even in other countries and we have unilaterally made agreements with beings from another world, now you all know."

And in the event that the whole world has been in on it, then why is only the U.S. expected to give up the secret and how would other countries react to our doing that unilaterally?

That's the problem, the more you think about all this the more it just seems obvious that it's all a pipe dream. Either there's nothing to it or else there is something to it and it will never be made public. I can't see a practical third option.
Post removed:
by user
St Hedwig Aggie
How long do you want to ignore this user?
AG
I wish the aliens would just show up…call us what we are…filthy, ass-backwards and unenlightened apes…and put us all in a zoo…
Joes
How long do you want to ignore this user?
Bregxit said:

US eminent domain is not applicable on foreign soil. They're referring to say if Lockheed has something here in the US then the US govt claims eminent domain over it.
Well, regardless, I just can't see an outcome where "firsties" are acknowledged publicly (and then globally accepted) of craft, and beings, and actual diplomacy with another world.
Joes
How long do you want to ignore this user?
West Point Aggie said:

I wish the aliens would just show up…call us what we are…filthy, ass-backwards and unenlightened apes…and put us all in a zoo…
I can call us that now for you if it helps!
astros4545
How long do you want to ignore this user?
AG
Bregxit said:

US eminent domain is not applicable on foreign soil. They're referring to say if Lockheed has something here in the US then the US govt claims eminent domain over it.


Putin is overtaking Ukraine because that is where the football field sized UFO is housed

Eminent domain for everyone
TCTTS
How long do you want to ignore this user?
AG
Joes said:

Bregxit said:

US eminent domain is not applicable on foreign soil. They're referring to say if Lockheed has something here in the US then the US govt claims eminent domain over it.
Well, regardless, I just can't see an outcome where "firsties" are acknowledged publicly (and then globally accepted) of craft, and beings, and actual diplomacy with another world.


If any of this is real, of course, building on what Bregxit said (which was spot on), our government "owned" these craft first. And then, in the late '60s, because of the Freedom of Information Act, and increasingly prying eyes, our government basically farmed these craft out to the Lockheed and the like. A few top dogs in the government were/are still technically in charge, but for plausible deniability purposes, the tech was placed in the possession of these aerospace companies. And now, our broader government, who has since been made aware of all of this, is essentially asking for them back. It sounds like one of the issues, though, is that in the 60+ years since we handed these craft off, the aerospace companies have essentially pissed all over them, marking their territory, so to speak, and don't want to give any of them back.
Joes
How long do you want to ignore this user?
TCTTS said:

Joes said:

Bregxit said:

US eminent domain is not applicable on foreign soil. They're referring to say if Lockheed has something here in the US then the US govt claims eminent domain over it.
Well, regardless, I just can't see an outcome where "firsties" are acknowledged publicly (and then globally accepted) of craft, and beings, and actual diplomacy with another world.


If any of this is real, of course, building on what Bregxit said (which was spot on), our government "owned" these craft first. And then, in the late '60s, because of the Freedom of Information Act, and increasingly prying eyes, our government basically farmed these craft out to the Lockheed and the like. A few top dogs in the government were/are still technically in charge, but for plausible deniability purposes, the tech was placed in the possession of these aerospace companies. And now, our broader government, who has since been made aware of all of this, is essentially asking for them back. It sounds like one of the issues, though, is that in the 60+ years since we handed these craft off, the aerospace companies have essentially pissed all over them, marking their territory, so to speak, and don't want to give any of them back.
That, I can understand and is basically how I was reading it. But if this is made public then I sure don't see how it only remains a question of whether American private companies or the American government has legal possession. 194 other countries are going to demand access and this is something that the whole world would isolate us over instantly.

I find it hard to believe that if there's anything to this that only the U.S. government has ever gotten to every single event all over the world first.
Post removed:
by user
Michael Cera Palin
How long do you want to ignore this user?
AG
Joes said:

TCTTS said:

Joes said:

Bregxit said:

US eminent domain is not applicable on foreign soil. They're referring to say if Lockheed has something here in the US then the US govt claims eminent domain over it.
Well, regardless, I just can't see an outcome where "firsties" are acknowledged publicly (and then globally accepted) of craft, and beings, and actual diplomacy with another world.


If any of this is real, of course, building on what Bregxit said (which was spot on), our government "owned" these craft first. And then, in the late '60s, because of the Freedom of Information Act, and increasingly prying eyes, our government basically farmed these craft out to the Lockheed and the like. A few top dogs in the government were/are still technically in charge, but for plausible deniability purposes, the tech was placed in the possession of these aerospace companies. And now, our broader government, who has since been made aware of all of this, is essentially asking for them back. It sounds like one of the issues, though, is that in the 60+ years since we handed these craft off, the aerospace companies have essentially pissed all over them, marking their territory, so to speak, and don't want to give any of them back.
That, I can understand and is basically how I was reading it. But if this is made public then I sure don't see how it only remains a question of whether American private companies or the American government has legal possession. 194 other countries are going to demand access and this is something that the whole world would isolate us over instantly.

I find it hard to believe that if there's anything to this that only the U.S. government has ever gotten to every single event all over the world first.

In the assumption this is all true, I doubt we're the only country that has craft. Sure, some of our allies may have deferred to us (they already do with nuclear weapons) and delivered stuff for us to analyze. Again, assuming this is all true, and US companies have craft, then there's no doubt in my mind China and Russia do too. We just happen to have a government system which allows for something like this to unfold in this way.
TCTTS
How long do you want to ignore this user?
AG
Basically, it sounds like our allies have willingly given any crashed craft to us (maybe two or three total), we've strong armed a couple from a weaker country or two (one or two total), and our enemies have kept theirs for themselves (Russia might have one, and China might have one). Something along those lines, as insane as it all admittedly sounds.
Joes
How long do you want to ignore this user?
And regarding the agreements, if the U.S. government as whole including congress is truly unaware of this program then that literally means that the world is being told that in actuality some anonymous American bureaucrat in a secret weapons program is making deals on behalf of the whole world with aliens. It's comical either that that has happened or that it would ever be acknowledged if it did. Just think this stuff through and it'll be obvious why nothing can ever come of this publicly, even if there's anything to it.

TCTTS
How long do you want to ignore this user?
AG
Another interesting wrinkle - again, if any of this is to be believed at all - is that of the 12-15 craft reportedly in our possession, two or three or more crashed (or were found) *after* the late '60s, and it wasn't the United States military who retrieved them, but rather the retrieval teams of these aerospace companies. So THAT'S where things would get even more interesting, in terms of who owns what. If the government is secretly, off-the-books in charge of these programs, but it was an aerospace company who technically retrieved the craft, who actually "owns" it? Because none of this was decided under any real laws, it all has the chance to make for one the most insane court battles in history.
Joes
How long do you want to ignore this user?
Michael Cera Palin said:

Joes said:

TCTTS said:

Joes said:

Bregxit said:

US eminent domain is not applicable on foreign soil. They're referring to say if Lockheed has something here in the US then the US govt claims eminent domain over it.
Well, regardless, I just can't see an outcome where "firsties" are acknowledged publicly (and then globally accepted) of craft, and beings, and actual diplomacy with another world.


If any of this is real, of course, building on what Bregxit said (which was spot on), our government "owned" these craft first. And then, in the late '60s, because of the Freedom of Information Act, and increasingly prying eyes, our government basically farmed these craft out to the Lockheed and the like. A few top dogs in the government were/are still technically in charge, but for plausible deniability purposes, the tech was placed in the possession of these aerospace companies. And now, our broader government, who has since been made aware of all of this, is essentially asking for them back. It sounds like one of the issues, though, is that in the 60+ years since we handed these craft off, the aerospace companies have essentially pissed all over them, marking their territory, so to speak, and don't want to give any of them back.
That, I can understand and is basically how I was reading it. But if this is made public then I sure don't see how it only remains a question of whether American private companies or the American government has legal possession. 194 other countries are going to demand access and this is something that the whole world would isolate us over instantly.

I find it hard to believe that if there's anything to this that only the U.S. government has ever gotten to every single event all over the world first.

In the assumption this is all true, I doubt we're the only country that has craft. Sure, some of our allies may have deferred to us (they already do with nuclear weapons) and delivered stuff for us to analyze. Again, assuming this is all true, and US companies have craft, then there's no doubt in my mind China and Russia do too. We just happen to have a government system which allows for something like this to unfold in this way.
And then you're saying that Russia and China will be A-Ok with us essentially divulging their topmost secrets by default, too?
Michael Cera Palin
How long do you want to ignore this user?
AG
Joes said:

Michael Cera Palin said:

Joes said:

TCTTS said:

Joes said:

Bregxit said:

US eminent domain is not applicable on foreign soil. They're referring to say if Lockheed has something here in the US then the US govt claims eminent domain over it.
Well, regardless, I just can't see an outcome where "firsties" are acknowledged publicly (and then globally accepted) of craft, and beings, and actual diplomacy with another world.


If any of this is real, of course, building on what Bregxit said (which was spot on), our government "owned" these craft first. And then, in the late '60s, because of the Freedom of Information Act, and increasingly prying eyes, our government basically farmed these craft out to the Lockheed and the like. A few top dogs in the government were/are still technically in charge, but for plausible deniability purposes, the tech was placed in the possession of these aerospace companies. And now, our broader government, who has since been made aware of all of this, is essentially asking for them back. It sounds like one of the issues, though, is that in the 60+ years since we handed these craft off, the aerospace companies have essentially pissed all over them, marking their territory, so to speak, and don't want to give any of them back.
That, I can understand and is basically how I was reading it. But if this is made public then I sure don't see how it only remains a question of whether American private companies or the American government has legal possession. 194 other countries are going to demand access and this is something that the whole world would isolate us over instantly.

I find it hard to believe that if there's anything to this that only the U.S. government has ever gotten to every single event all over the world first.

In the assumption this is all true, I doubt we're the only country that has craft. Sure, some of our allies may have deferred to us (they already do with nuclear weapons) and delivered stuff for us to analyze. Again, assuming this is all true, and US companies have craft, then there's no doubt in my mind China and Russia do too. We just happen to have a government system which allows for something like this to unfold in this way.
And then you're saying that Russia and China will be A-Ok with us essentially divulging their topmost secrets by default, too?

I'd imagine they won't be happy about it, but what are they going to do? Run to the UN and tell a security council member "noooo you can't have more global transparency about your massive defense complex that would be so bad!!!!"?
TCTTS
How long do you want to ignore this user?
AG

TCTTS
How long do you want to ignore this user?
AG
Post removed:
by user
Houston Lee
How long do you want to ignore this user?
AG
This is Chuck Schumer. It instantly makes me wonder what he has to gain on this. He is as deep state as you can get.

If we assume that the deep state is in control of all of this info and is at the heart of what we are doing behind the scenes, why is Schumer now leading the charge to expose it?

Me thinks that they know the cat is out of the bag and now they are going to have Schumer come out as some savior out to expose the dirty secrets. Only thing is if he becomes the "spokesman" for bringing out the "truth" he (and the deep state) can control the narrative and what all comes out.

Schumer is a plant. A controlled plant.
TCTTS
How long do you want to ignore this user?
AG
Boom.

TCTTS
How long do you want to ignore this user?
AG
I of course have a flight that day, and knowing my luck it'll be exactly when this hearing starts.
TCTTS
How long do you want to ignore this user?
AG
Houston Lee said:

This is Chuck Schumer. It instantly makes me wonder what he has to gain on this. He is as deep state as you can get.

If we assume that the deep state is in control of all of this info and is at the heart of what we are doing behind the scenes, why is Schumer now leading the charge to expose it?

Me thinks that they know the cat is out of the bag and now they are going to have Schumer come out as some savior out to expose the dirty secrets. Only thing is if he becomes the "spokesman" for bringing out the "truth" he (and the deep state) can control the narrative and what all comes out.

Schumer is a plant. A controlled plant.

This goes deeper than the "deep state" (whatever the hell that is, exactly, I can never keep track). All indications point to only a *very* select few in our government even knowing about these programs, and those individuals, by all accounts, are in the Department of Energy and the Department of Defense. In other words, I don't think Schumer had any idea about any of this, and only found out around the time the Senate Intelligence Committee did. In fact, it doesn't sound like a single soul in the Legislative branch was aware of this prior. But who knows?

That said, I do think Schumer senses an opportunity here, and is potentially trying to position himself as "savior." We'll probably be seeing a lot of that actually, in the form jockeying to be the "face" of this thing, once the writing is on the wall. Which could very well be as soon as a week and a half from now...
TCTTS
How long do you want to ignore this user?
AG
As for the hearing itself, again, I don't think we're going to get any kind of smoking gun video or undeniable proof or anything like that. What I do think could a game-changer, though, is the unified front and coordinated messaging of these witnesses - these three, four, five, or however many individuals, Grusch included, who come forward. Especially if one of them actually worked in either the crash retrieval or reverse engineering programs. It sounds like one of them might be Lue Elizondo as well, so say you have Grusch, Elizondo, and, like, three other highly credentialed individuals coming forward, as a team, all claiming that the United States government, in league with an aerospace contractor or two, has in its possession off-world craft and bodies of NHI, it obviously becomes a pretty big story. But still without proof, not one that quite yet sets the world on fire. I think that comes at some point after this hearing - again, perhaps in the next six to nine months or so - but we'll see.
Wrec86 Ag
How long do you want to ignore this user?
TCTTS said:

Basically, it sounds like our allies have willingly given any crashed craft to us (maybe two or three total), we've strong armed a couple from a weaker country or two (one or two total), and our enemies have kept theirs for themselves (Russia might have one, and China might have one). Something along those lines, as insane as it all admittedly sounds.


So how many governments are keeping this secret? And for how long have they been keeping it?

Of all the reasons I am highly skeptical about this subject, the idea that 10? 15? governments could keep a secret for decades is just a non-starter for me.
Wrec86 Ag
How long do you want to ignore this user?
TCTTS said:

As for the hearing itself, again, I don't think we're going to get any kind of smoking gun video or undeniable proof or anything like that. What I do think could a game-changer, though, is the unified front and coordinated messaging of these witnesses - these three, four, five, or however many individuals, Grusch included, who come forward. Especially if one of them actually worked in either the crash retrieval or reverse engineering programs. It sounds like one of them might be Lue Elizondo as well, so say you have Grusch, Elizondo, and, like, three other highly credentialed individuals coming forward, as a team, all claiming that the United States government, in league with an aerospace contractor or two, has in its possession off-world craft and bodies of NHI, it obviously becomes a pretty big story. But still without proof, not one that quite yet sets the world on fire. I think that comes at some point after this hearing - again, perhaps in the next six to nine months or so - but we'll see.


I'll officially go on record (whatever that's worth as an anonymous internet name) that we will still have zero proof on 8/1/2024 of UAP retrieval / non-human bodies, etc. And we will still have a large chunk of the UAP "fanbase" pointing to "next year".

(I chose 8/1 because of the 7/1 deadline next year that you mentioned)

I truly hope that I'm wrong. I would love to be alive if/when the "aliens exist" moment happens in our history.
TCTTS
How long do you want to ignore this user?
AG
Wrec86 Ag said:

TCTTS said:

Basically, it sounds like our allies have willingly given any crashed craft to us (maybe two or three total), we've strong armed a couple from a weaker country or two (one or two total), and our enemies have kept theirs for themselves (Russia might have one, and China might have one). Something along those lines, as insane as it all admittedly sounds.


So how many governments are keeping this secret? And for how long have they been keeping it?

Of also the reasons I am highly skeptical about this subject, the idea that 10? 15? governments could keep a secret for decades is just a non-starter for me.

I don't blame you one bit. Even I struggle with the idea that multiple countries somehow have these craft, and that they've all somehow not only agreed to keep them a secret, but have actually kept them secret. That said, if true, it's definitely not in the 10-15 countries range. The rumored countries that keep coming up in the "lore" are...

- The United States
- Canada
- Brazil
- Peru
- Italy
- Russia
- China

But the US, Russia, and China are apparently (and somewhat conveniently) the only ones who actually have them in their possession, seeing as we reportedly have the ones found in/retrieved from Canada, Brazil, Peru, and Italy. We're rumored to have 12-15 craft total (a range that came out after the Grusch interview), Russia apparently has one or two, and China may only have one. So we're talking less than 20 craft worldwide, a number of them being crash retrievals, a couple of them having been "found" unattended (as crazy as that sounds), and one them might have even been discovered in an archeological dig in Egypt (if so, potentially add Egypt to the list above, even though the craft would be in our possession).

Again, I'm not saying I believe all of this, and I fully acknowledge how implausible it all sounds. I'm just combining what Grusch has said with rumors that have persisted for years and year now. I'm sure I'm also leaving out a smaller country or two, but since it's all conjecture anyway, it obviously doesn't really matter.
TCTTS
How long do you want to ignore this user?
AG
Wrec86 Ag said:

TCTTS said:

As for the hearing itself, again, I don't think we're going to get any kind of smoking gun video or undeniable proof or anything like that. What I do think could a game-changer, though, is the unified front and coordinated messaging of these witnesses - these three, four, five, or however many individuals, Grusch included, who come forward. Especially if one of them actually worked in either the crash retrieval or reverse engineering programs. It sounds like one of them might be Lue Elizondo as well, so say you have Grusch, Elizondo, and, like, three other highly credentialed individuals coming forward, as a team, all claiming that the United States government, in league with an aerospace contractor or two, has in its possession off-world craft and bodies of NHI, it obviously becomes a pretty big story. But still without proof, not one that quite yet sets the world on fire. I think that comes at some point after this hearing - again, perhaps in the next six to nine months or so - but we'll see.


I'll officially go on record (whatever that's worth as an anonymous internet name) that we will still have zero proof on 8/1/2024 of UAP retrieval / non-human bodies, etc. And we will still have a large chunk of the UAP "fanbase" pointing to "next year".

(I chose 8/1 because of the 7/1 deadline next year that you mentioned)

I truly hope that I'm wrong. I would love to be alive if/when the "aliens exist" moment happens in our history.

I'll echo what I said before and put it this way... if by the end of 2024 we don't either have some kind of proof, or we don't have an ultra-convincing video or two that basically everyone agrees is authentic and all but proof, I'll probably start to think this is all somehow bullish*t. So I guess I'm giving them five more months than you, just in case there's one last big obstruction effort, or unavoidable bureaucracy slows things down. But yeah, if all we ever get are stories and hearings for the next year-and-a-half, I'll be thinking the grift is on. That said, it would have to be one of the greatest, most elaborate grifts in human history...
Joes
How long do you want to ignore this user?
TCTTS said:

As for the hearing itself, again, I don't think we're going to get any kind of smoking gun video or undeniable proof or anything like that. What I do think could a game-changer, though, is the unified front and coordinated messaging of these witnesses - these three, four, five, or however many individuals, Grusch included, who come forward. Especially if one of them actually worked in either the crash retrieval or reverse engineering programs. It sounds like one of them might be Lue Elizondo as well, so say you have Grusch, Elizondo, and, like, three other highly credentialed individuals coming forward, as a team, all claiming that the United States government, in league with an aerospace contractor or two, has in its possession off-world craft and bodies of NHI, it obviously becomes a pretty big story. But still without proof, not one that quite yet sets the world on fire. I think that comes at some point after this hearing - again, perhaps in the next six to nine months or so - but we'll see.
My expectations are low but my curiosity is high. But yeah, what you wrote is kind of where I'm at, too. I don't realistically see a possibility of a smoking gun anytime soon (or really ever at all), so by the end of this (admittedly possibly only first round) we'll have more witnesses talking about seeing things they can't explain and the people who were already convinced will say "See, I told you so!" and the people who want to see conclusive proof will continue to roll their eyes and say "It's still just people talking!"

Ultimately, I'll happily accept whatever the reality is but one thing I don't think too many enthusiasts think about is what happens in the event there truly are exponentially more advanced beings conclusively proven to be all around us?

After the initial "Holy ****, this is incredible!!!" moment wears off then we're stuck with the realization that we're effectively nothing but zoo animals with absolutely no agency whatsoever with our fate totally controlled for us whether by action or inaction (in other words, even if you want to say they're not interfering, just knowing they're babysitting us and can choose to at any time means we're nothing but a terrarium.) That's a pretty pointless world to live in and it has no appeal to me at all. We'd all be living in a giant version of The Truman Show. Is that really something you guys would be excited about?

This all seem like a giant case of "be careful what you wish for."

First Page Last Page
Page 16 of 152
 
×
subscribe Verify your student status
See Subscription Benefits
Trial only available to users who have never subscribed or participated in a previous trial.