Thanks Pigfarmer, I very much enjoy reading your posts, as they are cautious and well thought out. And, As you suggest, and has certainly happened in the past, our black projects have been mistaken for UFOs and that belief was encouraged and a lot of misinformation put out to reinforce it. I just think that given the diversity and placement of the folks in the know suggesting aliens, and some quite earnestly, including folks like General McCasland, Steve Justice and so many others, that to me it is just proof that what that skeptics have said about the truth being too big to cover up, is ostensibly true. I don't think that the military or intelligence agencies (Avril Haines also suggested a possible ET solution, past presidents, past spymasters) even wanted to talk about UFOS with the American public. There has been an immense uptick in sightings and apparent violation of our airspace repeatedly, by objects we can't shoot down --it's the pilots and military personnel who have come out and put pressure on the military for answers, and involved Congress --if there was no uptick, and folks weren't coming out publicly, there would be no discussion now.
Military spending keeps going up, UFOs or not, and we can already destroy the world with what we all have:
Roscoe Hillenkoeter knew they were real, way back in '47, and told people there was a coverup, and he was head of the CIA. And the
RAND paper also said they were real, conflating the historical accounts with modern occurences.
If they are the same as the ones in the '50s and '60's that were watched through telescopes, theodolites and binoculars, for hours at a time by police and others, and the by entire
stadiums full of people, and even by myself, twice, and the descriptions are the same across decades... Well you know where I am headed with this, and I know you suspect it yourself too! So, some folks need more evidence or to see it for themselves, and hopefully more doubts will be dispelled over time. I certainly respect your opinions and analysis, so let us hope more information comes out.