Monday, December 18, 2017

UFO alert: Your tax dollars at work

NYTimes story on lots of money (22 million dollars) spent by the gov't on UFO and other pseudo scientific theories.

well, it's not just to find "the truth" (i.e. it's aliens) but there is a need to discover what is causing the reports: Natural phenomenon or maybe something from an enemy that is a threat.

but if you continue reading, you run into the real reason: Follow the money:


The shadowy program — parts of it remain classified — began in 2007, and initially it was largely funded at the request of Harry Reid, the Nevada Democrat who was the Senate majority leader at the time and who has long had an interest in space phenomena. Most of the money went to an aerospace research company run by a billionaire entrepreneur and longtime friend of Mr. Reid’s, Robert Bigelow, who is currently working with NASA to produce expandable craft for humans to use in space.

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