Garrett Graff

if the government ever managed to recover one but i think after looking into all of this and having covered national security for 20 years in washington i'm pretty dubious that the u.s government is capable of a sophisticated long-term cover-up of a crashed alien spacecraft you know it just seems as with all conspiracy theories

if the government ever managed to recover one but i think after looking into all of this and having covered national security for 20 years in washington i'm pretty dubious that the u.s government is capable of a sophisticated long-term cover-up of a crashed alien spacecraft you know it just seems as with all conspiracy theories

Yes, and that, in fact, is just my sort of most basic reasoning for why you shouldn't believe the government conspiracies about secret UFOs or bases under Area 51 or bodies is the government is capable of keeping secrets, but the government is not really able to keep secrets that are really big, that are known by a large number of people for very long.

Yes, and that, in fact, is just my sort of most basic reasoning for why you shouldn't believe the government conspiracies about secret UFOs or bases under Area 51 or bodies is the government is capable of keeping secrets, but the government is not really able to keep secrets that are really big, that are known by a large number of people for very long.

Yes, and that, in fact, is just my sort of most basic reasoning for why you shouldn't believe the government conspiracies about secret UFOs or bases under Area 51 or bodies is the government is capable of keeping secrets, but the government is not really able to keep secrets that are really big, that are known by a large number of people for very long.

And so, you know, do I believe that the government could cover up a crashed alien spacecraft, you know, for a couple of hours, a couple of days, a couple of weeks, a month or two, maybe a year or two? Probably.

And so, you know, do I believe that the government could cover up a crashed alien spacecraft, you know, for a couple of hours, a couple of days, a couple of weeks, a month or two, maybe a year or two? Probably.

And so, you know, do I believe that the government could cover up a crashed alien spacecraft, you know, for a couple of hours, a couple of days, a couple of weeks, a month or two, maybe a year or two? Probably.

But the idea that there is some massive government program that has been ongoing for 80 years where no one has accidentally emailed a budget briefing to their roommate about the UFO program, I just don't really believe. And my challenge with

But the idea that there is some massive government program that has been ongoing for 80 years where no one has accidentally emailed a budget briefing to their roommate about the UFO program, I just don't really believe. And my challenge with

But the idea that there is some massive government program that has been ongoing for 80 years where no one has accidentally emailed a budget briefing to their roommate about the UFO program, I just don't really believe. And my challenge with

really any government conspiracy is that they presuppose a level of competence, foresight, planning and strategy that is just not on display in the day to day work that the government does.

really any government conspiracy is that they presuppose a level of competence, foresight, planning and strategy that is just not on display in the day to day work that the government does.

really any government conspiracy is that they presuppose a level of competence, foresight, planning and strategy that is just not on display in the day to day work that the government does.

little of all of the above, that you see the government really studying the skies on a daily basis. But what they're searching for are adversary technology, Russian satellites, Chinese spacecraft, you know, Iranian drones. You know, the government will react to some of these sightings if they come in in certain channels or appear to threaten national security.

little of all of the above, that you see the government really studying the skies on a daily basis. But what they're searching for are adversary technology, Russian satellites, Chinese spacecraft, you know, Iranian drones. You know, the government will react to some of these sightings if they come in in certain channels or appear to threaten national security.

little of all of the above, that you see the government really studying the skies on a daily basis. But what they're searching for are adversary technology, Russian satellites, Chinese spacecraft, you know, Iranian drones. You know, the government will react to some of these sightings if they come in in certain channels or appear to threaten national security.

You know, you sort of saw that last year, that flap over the Chinese spy balloon, which sort of started out as a UFO sighting. But I think the core of the challenge is that, you know, whatever that percentage is, 1%, 2%, 5%, of sightings, the government just really is just as baffled as the rest of us.

You know, you sort of saw that last year, that flap over the Chinese spy balloon, which sort of started out as a UFO sighting. But I think the core of the challenge is that, you know, whatever that percentage is, 1%, 2%, 5%, of sightings, the government just really is just as baffled as the rest of us.

You know, you sort of saw that last year, that flap over the Chinese spy balloon, which sort of started out as a UFO sighting. But I think the core of the challenge is that, you know, whatever that percentage is, 1%, 2%, 5%, of sightings, the government just really is just as baffled as the rest of us.