Garrett Graff

what you see created in the late 40s and the early 50s is this flywheel, really, that becomes the way that our society thinks of these issues in the subsequent decades, where you have sort of popular culture fueling public sightings that then fuels national security concerns and anxieties

what you see created in the late 40s and the early 50s is this flywheel, really, that becomes the way that our society thinks of these issues in the subsequent decades, where you have sort of popular culture fueling public sightings that then fuels national security concerns and anxieties

that then fuels more popular culture interest, that then fuels more public sightings and sort of on and on and on. And of course, part of the challenge of that is this idea that UFOs are real. All a UFO actually is, of course, is an unidentified flying object. And there are obviously unidentified flying objects. It's just in the public mind.

that then fuels more popular culture interest, that then fuels more public sightings and sort of on and on and on. And of course, part of the challenge of that is this idea that UFOs are real. All a UFO actually is, of course, is an unidentified flying object. And there are obviously unidentified flying objects. It's just in the public mind.

that then fuels more popular culture interest, that then fuels more public sightings and sort of on and on and on. And of course, part of the challenge of that is this idea that UFOs are real. All a UFO actually is, of course, is an unidentified flying object. And there are obviously unidentified flying objects. It's just in the public mind.

sort of UFO becomes this shorthand for alien spacecraft.

sort of UFO becomes this shorthand for alien spacecraft.

sort of UFO becomes this shorthand for alien spacecraft.

It is. And it's one that the government and the national security apparatus and the intelligence community and the air force all really struggle with in the years ahead, because on the one hand, the government wants to reassure the public that these UFOs, whatever they are, uh, don't pose a threat to national security, but at the same time, um,

It is. And it's one that the government and the national security apparatus and the intelligence community and the air force all really struggle with in the years ahead, because on the one hand, the government wants to reassure the public that these UFOs, whatever they are, uh, don't pose a threat to national security, but at the same time, um,

It is. And it's one that the government and the national security apparatus and the intelligence community and the air force all really struggle with in the years ahead, because on the one hand, the government wants to reassure the public that these UFOs, whatever they are, uh, don't pose a threat to national security, but at the same time, um,

you know it's pretty clear that the government does not know what many of these ufos actually are and you know time and time again uh you see the government sort of trying to pull together study groups or commissions or committees

you know it's pretty clear that the government does not know what many of these ufos actually are and you know time and time again uh you see the government sort of trying to pull together study groups or commissions or committees

you know it's pretty clear that the government does not know what many of these ufos actually are and you know time and time again uh you see the government sort of trying to pull together study groups or commissions or committees

to look at this phenomenon and try to put public concerns and official concern to rest, but doing so without really being able to solve what the underlying mystery actually is.

to look at this phenomenon and try to put public concerns and official concern to rest, but doing so without really being able to solve what the underlying mystery actually is.

to look at this phenomenon and try to put public concerns and official concern to rest, but doing so without really being able to solve what the underlying mystery actually is.

One of the puzzles to me in looking at this is our government appears to be just as baffled as the ordinary public and far less interested in figuring out the answer to any of this mystery than I think it should be. To me, as a taxpayer, as a citizen, as a journalist, I want the government to be more interested in the subject of UFOs than it appears to be.

One of the puzzles to me in looking at this is our government appears to be just as baffled as the ordinary public and far less interested in figuring out the answer to any of this mystery than I think it should be. To me, as a taxpayer, as a citizen, as a journalist, I want the government to be more interested in the subject of UFOs than it appears to be.

One of the puzzles to me in looking at this is our government appears to be just as baffled as the ordinary public and far less interested in figuring out the answer to any of this mystery than I think it should be. To me, as a taxpayer, as a citizen, as a journalist, I want the government to be more interested in the subject of UFOs than it appears to be.