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As I mentioned in a recent thread, a big reason I've been writing about UFOs of late is b/c they are back in the headlines. Why is that? It fascinates me b/c today's breathless stories are the same as those from 50 & 60 yrs ago, esp the military angle. 1/
Today, we see all the mainstream news coverage of Navy pilots & military personnel and what they say is no different than what their brethren said 50 yrs ago. 2/
Luis Elizondo (the focus of my Intercept story) has specifically linked UFO encounters to U.S. military/nuclear installations. Guess what? We've been there before, too! Lots of reports of this dating back to the 1960s and 1970s. 3/
amazon.com/UFOs-Nukes-Ext…
So, does this mean extraterrestrial UFOs have been toying with the U.S. military for many decades? And the Pentagon just shrugs this off, like Elizondo and Mellon would have us believe.

C'mon people. 4/
washingtonpost.com/outlook/the-mi…
I'm astonished that no journalists have placed the recent wave of UFO/military stories all over the news (via NYT, CNN, MSNBC, Fox et al) in this larger, historical context. Same goes for national security scholars (looking at you @dandrezner). 5/

washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/0…
It's not that difficult to find this history & see how it matches up with today's media frenzy. I laid it out in a piece several months ago, which also drills down into the very dubious 2017 NYT story that triggered this latest UFO craze. 6/
medium.com/s/reasonable-d…
And then, in another piece for @ISSUESinST, I explored the Pentagon's role in this long-running UFO saga--how it has alternately perpetuated belief in flying saucers while also trying to debunk it.
issues.org/ufos-wont-go-a… 7/
So why does any of this matter? Well, because of all the latest media hoopla, some U.S. Congress members are taking up the issue.
denofgeek.com/us/culture/ufo… 8/
Hey, guess what? We've been here before, too! 9/
People! C'mon already with this. As David Byrne says... 10/
So who's behind all the latest UFO stories & why? I can't speak to the latter--yet. But in a new piece for @theintercept I do look into a central character who is driving the latest UFO frenzy & the odd backstory that elevated him into the spotlight. theintercept.com/2019/06/01/ufo… 11/11
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