Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick had a few choice words for the public on his way out the door of the Pentagon's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office.

Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick had a few choice words for the public on his way out the door of the Pentagon’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office

Sean Kirkpatrick was once the man in charge of a D.C.-backed agency tasked with investigating claims into unidentified anomalous phenomena, the new term for what most people still call UFOs. He stepped down from the position in December, and has now published a excoriating farewell letter in Scientific American detailing some of the reasons why.

So why did he stop hunting for UFOs on behalf of the American government? In short: Because congressional leaders believe in conspiracy theories with absolutely no substantial proof. “Our efforts were ultimately overwhelmed by sensational but unsupported claims that ignored contradictory evidence yet captured the attention of policy makers and the public, driving legislative battles and dominating the public narrative,” Kirkpatrick said in Scientific American.

  • MyPornViewingAccount@lemmy.world
    59·
    10 months ago

    All these sweaties have no imagination.

    I dont need faster than light travel, I just have to have developed earlier than you.

    You know what a Von Newman probe is? Its a machine that is capable of self replication.

    So lets say that thousands of years ago an alien species identifies solar systems with planets inside their habitable zones and launches Von Newman probes at them - no faster than light travel required.

    Also explains crashes, the mini-probes, built by the “mothership” are literally that - expendable.

    We are literally talking about doing something similar to Alpha Centurai

    https://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-selects-a-wild-plan-to-swarm-proxima-centauri-with-thousands-of-tiny-probes