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This whole narrative on UFO coming from US Gov at the exact same moment the fear around covid has faded is so suspicious.. It's really really hard not to see it as a pathetic attempt at keeping the population in a state of mass hysteria.

(yes i know this sound completely paranoïd, but i have absolutely no other idea why they would do that)

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Sounds more nonsensical than anything. Why would "they" want to do this? Who is "they"?

Marco Rubio is talking about UFOs now, but he played down covid and was against lockdowns and masking.

So it's just a feeling then. Although i talked to another friend who made exactly the same observation on its own, without concerting: all of the sudden, some very official sounding declarations from US "officials" making public statement suggesting there may be something real after all about UFOs.

I have no idea who "they" is, but i assume it's pretty easy for a small group of congressmen to spread rumors and declarations on a given topic in the media (from my understanding it is done regularely as a consequence of lobbyist work).

I think it's much more likely that there's nothing to this, rather than it being part of a secret ongoing conspiracy to manipulate the public.

These inquiries predate covid (UAPTF started in 2017).

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