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Would The Government Hide Aliens From Us?
Topic Started: Feb 21 2016, 06:43 PM (1,048 Views)
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So because of YouTube adds, I found some Nibiru/NASA/Planet X conspiracy nut, which I can only assume is completely spewing out completely bullocks (although I don't know enough about this stuff to technically discredit him), and it got me thinking.

Although I by no means find much credibility in the idea that our government in any way knows about aliens, it brings up the question. If, or when, we do find aliens... would they cover it up? To what extent? For how long?
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I think the real question is, could they?
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Yeah, it'd be pretty damn hard. Secrets would come out sooner or later, and it could end up like Watergate as a failed conspiracy. Leaving almost everyone unprepared would be a disastrous move. As for Nibiru, which was supposed to pass by in 2003, 2005, 2012 etc with such absolute certainty, with the only thing the paranoid nut jobs can say is 'I made a mistake, it'll definitely happen this time' it kind of speaks for itself. Get a copy of Universal Simulator 2 and it shows what happens when you have a planet or brown dwarf pass through the solar system.
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Secrets would come out sooner or later, and it could end up like Watergate as a failed conspiracy.
The aftermath of that could be an interesting thing to think about.
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I think the real question is, could they?
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look at Watergate.
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There was actually a statistical study that was done on how long conspiracies could last before being completely revealed, and generally the more people involved means the more likely it'll be revealed. So aliens, in which any and all casual astronomer should be able to spot them, any conver-up would be ruined within no time. Hell, the huge number of reports of the Trinity launch off southern California indicates how hard it would be to hide space things.
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Let's start with something that conspiracy theorists of all sorts latch on to. If an alien ship had indeed crashed at Roswell in 1947, the general public would have found out a long time ago. Even with how secretive the government can be when it wants to, there are simply too many people involved in the day to day operations of the government for something to not slip through the cracks. Personally, I think that if that happened and the US managed to get in touch with an alien government of some sort, they might tell the public anyway to get an edge over the Soviet Union.
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There was actually a statistical study that was done on how long conspiracies could last before being completely revealed, and generally the more people involved means the more likely it'll be revealed. So aliens, in which any and all casual astronomer should be able to spot them, any conver-up would be ruined within no time. Hell, the huge number of reports of the Trinity launch off southern California indicates how hard it would be to hide space things.
Well, there goes the plausibility of one of my stories, I guess.
My question is, why exactly would the government have any real reason to hide alien contact from the public, aside from the old "preventing worldwide panic" bullshit? In the case of the American government, and of course the alien civilization we contacted was peaceful, I'd think America would be really excited to announce that they are the first country to make first contact.
Actually, I think a lot of countries would probably be eager to announce first contact. Except maybe Canada. If ever there was a country that was hiding secret reserves of powerful alien technology, it's probably mine.
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Well, nobody really lives up north besides a few Inuit families. The north is so sparsely populated, you could hide damn near anything up there. Maybe there's a bunker in that military base on Ellesmere Island full of alien tech.
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My logic was that Canada is one of those countries that doesn't really get a whole bunch of attention, so if Canada was up to some shady stuff, it'd possibly take everyone else a little longer to notice.
Plus, the territories are so vast with not much in them, they're almost begging to have some secret, government-hidden stuff.
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I mean, if you really want it out of the way you could hide in Bhutan.
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But I don't think they would hide. The public would already know because if there is a witness for example they might tell them to their friends which will... you know what I mean.
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