Thursday, 19 December 2024

Deny, distract, dilute

Here's my assessment of the current 'drone flap'. 

Sometime in mid-November, craft of non-human origins began showing up over military bases in the UK and US. These incursions were unprecedented in intensity and duration. The bases have been associated with the storage of nuclear weapons, something that UFOs and Nukes author Robert Hastings says has been happening since the 1940s. These anomalous craft typically show no heat signature detectable to infrared sensors, flying in from the sea in silence, and demonstrating endurance well beyond that of any human-made battery-powered drone, staying aloft for several hours at a time. They were untraceable and unaffected by counter-drone technology. If these are foreign-made drones, the technology is way more advanced than what the US has.

Whereas the UK 'drone' sightings blew over without attracting too much mainstream-media attention, in America, the public, the media and Congress were less willing to let it go. From CNN to Fox News to smaller outlets, right across the political spectrum, the 'drone incursion' story wouldn't fade. It remains in the headlines to this day.

After the first wave of anomalous sightings, the news cycle refuses to move on from on the drone-incursion story. And so, word goes out – flood the fields. 

Air Force, Army and Navy bases start putting their own, identifiable, drones, into the night skies, with transponders off, and where possible, with position lights switched off. Lots of them. Night after night after night. At the same time, the social media is flooded by Travis Trailerhome and Betty Bigbutt posting footage of airliners taking off or landing at night, accompanied by shrieks of "Wow! Unreal! Aliens!". Hobbyist drone jocks practice flying their Black Friday bargains after dark to get in on the act. Amateur CGI enthusiasts of lesser or greater skill levels start posting their clickbait fakery, hoping the algorithm will help monetise their channels. Recordings of spooky sounds emanating from car radios. The more laughable the fake, the better. The more glaringly obvious missightings from America's none-too-bright community, the better. 

And at a joint press conference held on 17 December by the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security , the Federal Aviation Authority and the FBI the message was put forth that: "Having closely examined the technical data and tips from concerned citizens, we assess that the sightings to date include a combination of lawful commercial drones, hobbyist drones, and law enforcement drones, as well as manned fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and stars mistakenly reported as drones. We have not identified anything anomalous and do not assess the activity to date to present a national security or public safety risk". The message from White House national security communications advisor  John Kirby and others is – we know that these are not foreign adversaries. We know that these are not our own craft. But we don't know what they are; however, whatever it is that they are, they're not a threat to our safety and there's nothing to be alarmed about. 

This is frankly laughable. This might serve to allay the concerns of the casual observer, but to anyone thinking critically about the issue, this message does not wash at all.

There is a secret so deep that the US military is willing to look incompetent rather than to come clean with the public. 

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