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«Eek!», Scott Nickel

Nick Pope, no NY Times, demonstra a sua preocupação com os OVNIS e demonstra, na sua óptica muito pessoal, como continuar a ignorar todas as observações e todos os testemunhos sobre estes pode ser um grave risco para a segurança dos EUA e do mundo ocidental; inclusive uma oportunidade para ataques terroristas…

A healthy skepticism about extraterrestrial space travelers leads people to disregard U.F.O. sightings without a moment’s thought. But in the United States, this translates into overdependence on radar data and indifference to all kinds of unidentified aircraft — a weakness that could be exploited by terrorists or anyone seeking to engage in espionage against the United States.
The American government has not investigated U.F.O. sightings since 1969, when the Air Force ended Project Blue Book, an effort to scientifically analyze all sightings to see if any posed a threat to national security. Britain and France, in contrast, continue to investigate U.F.O. sightings, because of concerns that some sightings might be attributable to foreign military aircraft breaching their airspace, or to foreign space-based systems of interest to the intelligence community.

Nunca se sabe o que estes OVNIS podem querer…

Manny Francisco, «The Manila Times»