When the economist Tyler Cowen was in Chicago last month, I asked him why he keeps talking about Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAPs). He said it’s because it’s abundantly clear, after his conversations with government officials over the years, that they have files on things they don’t understand (he basically says the same thing here). So I thought it would be helpful to recap what we know so far after Trump released a portion of the UAP files:
- There are things that the government can’t explain.
- There are lots of things the government can’t explain – how to solve the common cold, how to cure poverty.
- People have started saying that UAPs are extraterrestrials or spiritual beings.
- People have always said that UAPs are extraterrestrials or spiritual beings.
- People have always believed, in one form or another, that there are higher beings around. It’s only in the last 100 years or so that we stopped believing.
My conclusion after all of this is — this is still a nothingburger without definitive evidence, but investigating it is worth the time. What do you think? Is there something to this?
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