Spies, Disinformation Agents or Genuine Interest? Intelligence Community Members and the Phenomenon.
There are suspicions held about former members of the intelligence community that are active in the UAP realm. Are they disinformation agents? Are they manipulating public opinion or just out to make a buck on their book? It’s a fair question but often considered only from the negative side: Are these former IC community members somehow disingenuous? Having been recently been exposed to some apparent disinformation of this nature, I wondered if there are legitimate reasons for interest in the UAP phenomenon on behalf of former intelligence community members. Here’s three possible reasons:
Some Former IC Members Know the Truth
Having been on the inside of the IC or DoD, some folks may have information demonstrating that the phenomenon is very real. They’ve experienced it, they’ve seen evidence or they know people that they trust that have seen evidence. Put yourself in the position of knowing with certainty that the phenomenon is real. Of course, you would have heightened interest if you know UAP is both real and highly impactful to humanity.
The UAP Information Space is a Study in Information Manipulation
I view the UAP online world as a vast disinformation space likely occupied by many different actors. Anyone reasonably familiar with the various online UAP communities such as X.com and Reddit can see this in action.
Many UAP community members can readily identify some of the bad actors and IC interplay. Professional skeptics such Mick West and Jason Colavito are frequently called out as disinformation agents. The UFO online community has done an excellent job of identifying organized disinformation agents operating on Wikipedia. Recently, after Representative Eric Burlison released a video of a Hellfire missile striking a UAP. Soon after, the Chinese military released a video of their missile striking a UAP, an apparent tit-for-tat between near peer militaries.
It may be interesting to people trained in intelligence to watch this information space in action. There’s every reason to believe that we’ve seen many of the techniques commonly used in the spread of disinformation used in the UAP space: Fabricated evidence that is later discredited, Agents of disinformation such as the group Guerrilla Skepticism operating on Wikipedia, denial, deception, astroturfing all seem to be in play. If intelligence work is your stock and trade, wouldn’t this be interesting to you?
NHI as an Intelligence Target
Finally, what if a non-human intelligence is considered as a target for intelligence collection? Your adversary is likely more technologically advanced, more intelligent and better able to mask its capabilities and intent than any other adversary ever encountered. Intelligence gathering from an NHI might be considered the greatest intelligence challenge yet encountered. What retired IC person wouldn’t be fascinated by that?
Yes, there are reasons to consider some former IC community members as disinformation agents, but there are also compelling reasons why this group of people could have genuine interest in the phenomenon. Consider both sides of the argument.
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