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Trust no one: The Pentagon needs to come clean about UFO lies | Red Hot Takes
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3:32Now PlayingPaging Fox Mulder: In a scene right out of “The X-Files,” the Department of Defense has uncovered evidence that the Pentagon was behind one of the most notorious conspiracy theories about little green men. NY Post editorial page assistant editor Brooke Rogers shares this story.
The Wall Street Journal reported last week that the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, a tiny DOD crew tasked with investigating UFO sightings, found that the Pentagon itself planted the rumor that Area 51 was swarming with aliens.
In the 1980s, an Air Force colonel (no word if he was perpetually shrouded in cigarette smoke) gave fake photos of flying saucers near the base to a local bar owner: The idea was to cover for the development of the F-117 Nighthawk; any locals who caught a glimpse of the stealth fighter on a test flight would be predisposed to think it was extraterrestrial tech — and so get laughed off.
In another episode of disinfo-spreading linked to the DOD, in 1996 a radio host received a piece of metal with a note claiming it came off an alien spaceship.
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