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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Luis Elizondo is a Department of Defense insider

Knew it before I clicked...

Anytime you see an article about how some high level government guy just admitted we have aliens, it's always this guy.

I dont know why the media always like it's a new development, he's been saying this for a very long time

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Elizondo

It's like how you'll see "Harvard Professor" or "Ivy League professor" and immediately know it's Avi Loeb

There's definitely weird shit going around with Elizondo tho, like his dad being a US spook working against Cuba, the DoD disavowing him, and high ranking politicians backing his claims about DoD related work that the DoD was denying

I can't believe that a conspiracy this fucking big would have one person whose spent 8 years screaming at anyone who will listen, and the government just lets him keep going but not a single other person from that program came forward to back him up.

Like, DoD looks into all types of shit. The Men Who Stare at Goats was based on a true story about the DoD trying to recurit clairvoyants and people with telekeniss.

Even tho it never pans out, it's still classified for decades. I think that's what's going on. He really ran that goverment program and they really did try to find aliens

I just don't think they actually did, and while the DoD can't disclose what was or wasn't done, they also can't stop this guy from saying random shit. But they could stop him if it was real, be cause then it would be disclosing classified material

That's my biggest argument for why it's bullshit.

[–] scytale@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

As a counterpoint, having just this one guy scream all he wants about it for years without follow up makes him sound crazy or a liar and helps them keep stuff under wraps. He probably unintentionally helps them by diverting the attention to him while they work to make sure the people with actual hard evidence can’t come out.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

Oh for fuck's sake, Elizondo is still pushing this bullshit.

[–] TheBigBrother@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago

If what he say was truth he will be already dead.

[–] MediaBiasFactChecker@lemmy.world -3 points 2 months ago

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