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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 45 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Mostly poor education in STEM and a massive distrust of government.

[–] underscores@lemmy.zip 17 points 4 days ago

It's mostly because of a highly credible and stable intelligence officer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Grusch_UFO_whistleblower_claims

Essentially he was tasked with finding where funds are going and it led him to a rabbit hole of black programs

Keep in mind this doesn't mean any of the implications of the programs are true, but the programs do exist, whether their purpose is legitimate or not is the question

[–] kinther@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

I would encourage you to look into a recent documentary about the congressional testimony from numerous high ranking intelligence officers - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Age_of_Disclosure

tl;dr Of the claims they make in the documentary, the biggest thing (to me) appears to be a massive siphoning of tax dollars into black ops programs that don't report up through the government. Whether there are actual UFO/UAP programs is up to debate.

[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

If you want an American to believe something, tell them the government says it is a hoax.