For a moment, I thought this was a cryptid instance and briefly wondered what level of crazy believes that Bigfoot will put you in the ground if you don’t believe in him.

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While I generally approve of the actions Congress is taking on this topic, and I am very interested in all this UAP business, I actually agree with a lot of his sentiment. I mean, my god, why couldn’t it be healthcare or UBI they united on… This might be a good step, but, people are also literally dying right now that Congress could be actively saving, and I’m not referring to anything UAP related with that. We have massive systemic issues, so this UAP stuff can feel like a slap in the face to people that are suffering. For example, my wife and I are being forced out of our home next year due to uncontrolled rent increases in our area. I’d be very inclined to be (more) furious at Congress as well if I wasn’t a sucker for scifi.

EDIT: I also couldn’t reply directly to him, for whatever reason. Just lemmy things, I guess.

My personal favorite.

Difficult to explain, and the writer shows some fear that seems appropriate for the time period. The writer doesn’t speculate as to what they saw out of fear of reprisal from God, and otherwise seems terrified in general. Also written accounts are rare.

I think we should remember, however, that humanity can be pretty creative from our own perspective. Look at Hollywood for the things we’re capable of dreaming up, and then bear in mind that humanity has had that creative spark for its entire lifespan. There’s a surprisingly good chance that the whole aliens thing is a phantom in the human gestalt, something that enough of us have wished to be real and enough others have hoaxed into life that it now has a life of its own.

Coulthart asked him specifically about Kirkpatrick’s statements that there is “no credible evidence” for any extraterrestrial technology.

I just rewatched the relevant clip from the Coulthart interview. Grusch stated that he knew Kirkpatrick for 8+ years, before AARO. He stated specifically that he informed Kirkpatrick in an attempt to draw attention, and that Kirkpatrick never followed up with him. He goes on to say that Kirkpatrick could have done all the same investigations that he, Grusch, had, but chose not to for whatever reason.

So not AARO generally, but Kirkpatrick specifically is who Grusch referred to. I amended my comment to compensate for my bad memory.

No way to migrate posts and comments, is there? It’d be a shame to lose the little spark that was already here.

Grusch claimed early on that he had tried to reach out to AARO specifically Kirkpatrick, before AARO existed, for years before the whistleblower hotline came available. He also claims he tried repeatedly leading up to his tapping the hotline, and he was routinely ignored. This unfortunately tracks with AARO’s public face Kirkpatrick; they have expressed more than once that they do not follow up on the majority of tips they receive as they discount them as “not credible.”

It’s his word against Kirkpatrick, in this case, and Kirkpatrick has not shown a great deal of willing, or even interest, in this regard.

EDIT: Since this is a repost on this new instance, I’m reposting this comment. Also, in the other instance, someone pointed out some flaws in my remembering, and I have amended them here. AARO didn’t exist at the time Grusch claims he was reaching out to Kirkpatrick.

Man, Coulthart… needs to stop talking so much. He’s already been wrong a few times about things he said were definitely coming, and the more he speculates, the more he erodes his credibility.

He got the Grusch interview. I don’t believe anything he has said since has been particularly relevant or accurate, and he’s making a great deal of money off of all of this.

But hey, maybe he does know something. We can but hope.

This is what has Congress so interested, more than the possibility of aliens. There’s a chance that this could lead to tracking down the trillions in missing taxpayer money that the Pentagon has “lost” over the years.

EDIT: Except Burchett, I think that guy really wants it to be aliens.

Grusch claimed early on that he had tried to reach out to AARO *specifically Kirkpatrick, not AARO, for years before the whistleblower hotline came available. He also claims he tried repeatedly leading up to his tapping the hotline, and he was routinely ignored. This unfortunately tracks with AARO’s public face Kirkpatrick; they have expressed more than once that they do not follow up on the majority of tips they receive as they discount them as “not credible.”

It’s his word against Kirkpatrick, in this case, and Kirkpatrick has not shown a great deal of willing, or even interest, in this regard.

Get me a Millenium Falcon-sized interstellar freighter and a stable supply line, and I’ll never set foot planetside again.

I feel like they’re going to release some very ancient, very unsatisfying reports and a few fuzzy videos and claim that’s all they ever had. I hope not, but I’m skeptical this is as revelatory as it seems.