Recall, it was not released, it was leaked. Hence, the Navy didn't want us to see any of it apparently. They could as you say de classify and show more if it now if it showed a more mundane reason for them, and the lengthy experiences of the pilots, chief radar operator, etc. Of course it could all be a well orchestrated psyop to mess with people, or freak out our adversaries, and so forth. Or, it's birds...
leaked/released - the boundary between the two is often blurred with military/government.
www.cbsnews.com
I can't rule out false flag/disinformation.Agreed on all fronts there. The mystery continues to unfold:
"We have tackled many strange stories on 60 Minutes, but perhaps none like this. It's the story of the U.S. government's grudging acknowledgment of unidentified aerial phenomena— UAP—more commonly known as UFOs. After decades of public denial the Pentagon now admits there's something out there, and the U.S. Senate wants to know what it is."
UFOs regularly spotted in restricted U.S. airspace, report on the phenomena due next month
Bill Whitaker reports on the regular sightings of unidentified aerial phenomena, or UAP, that have spurred a report due to Congress next month.
There's no doubt some segments of the government have used the UFO issue to spread disinfo.
First is to admit there is a potential threat exists by these UAP's. Behind closed doors they admit it, publicly it's denial and business as usual. That may change in the near future, but I will not hold breath. One reason they may be resisting so much is admission they have no ability to stop or control what ever they are, would seriously shake people's faith in the ability of the all powerful US government to keep them safe. Pilots are often very shaken by the experience because they go from feeling like top dog in the best fighter jets that exist, to realizing they are slow and helpless to what ever those are.
The US had all the resources we could possibly need, and look how that worked out.
Which is why the whole 'potential threat' angle is mostly pushed by former intelligence operatives and service personnel instead? They may not be as retired or resigned as they say they are.
My personal feelings about it are, if they wanted to do us any harm we'd have known about it a long time ago.
Doctor Stephen William Hawking stated that if they come they will possible have bad intentions and use us a resource. He warned us.
Agreed, if there really are physics-defying objects (whatever their nature) they can command energies we don't know how to command on a scale we can't reach. Weapons are just means of focusing a lot of energy on a thing you want to destroy, so if these objects wanted us dead, we'd be dead.
If you already have a warp drive or some such... interstellar travel... using us as a resource would be like driving cross-country to get a roll of toilet paper. Anything you can get on earth, you can get somewhere else with less fuss. It would be like traveling back in time just so you could rob a caveman. Oh look, we stole all his rocks! Boom!
First an eider duck and now this ... You are hard to take seriously when basic research seems beyond your interest. I gave you the link to Wikipedia (with videos).
They may be manipulating us in more subtle ways for reasons we don't know, but most believe anything with that level of tech wouldn't need to bother with the hassles of physically attacking another planet. They may however be worried about the aggressive violent apes with nukes leaving their own planet, perhaps trying to prevent us with running with scissors so to speak. Supposedly, there was a big increase in sighting and interactions after we started detonation of nukes, and they're seen a lot around nuclear facilities, and so forth. It's possible they're not completely benevolent per se, but not overtly aggressive obviously.
Well, it's said to be both by various sources. Different ET species have been described.
If they wanted us to know what it is they would have said what it was. It is just the release of the videos (which already leaked) and they don't know what it was either nor have they released any info on what happens at Area 51 etc.
That's the reason... to grab govern money... not because it is a threat.
Myself, and many (most?) others who follow the topic, doubt there's a real threat from what ever they may turn out to be. But, as always, it may not be as simple as it appears one way or another, some that dependent on what you read and what you choose to believe.
That's a different issue and topic. For example, the pilots to made the recent "leaked" vids said they were intentionally made difficult to see. Remember, they returned to the carrier and can watch their own vids. According to them, they were much clearer. I have no doubt they can get, and posses, far better vids they aint sharing with us.
