Excellent post, CC. You have succinctly covered most of the important bases. Thank you for saving me a whole ton of typing. I find it quite tiring teaching pigs to sing, and I am glad you have relieved me of some of the burden.


Here's another thing about this and probably all coverups. A coverup is an initial lie, followed by a great many further lies. Now, we all know that when a person tells one lie, it doesn't end there. A long series of further lies must be invented to cover the original lie. This can lead to an ever more tortuous train of lies. The longer such lies are told, the more pressure the person telling them is under to maintain his position and defend all the lies. It becomes more and more embarrassing for him to recant, bactrack, and admit he was lying. It's harder to fess up to 1000 lies than to one lie. It's harder for a government to admit to several decades of lying to the public than to admit to one episode of lying.

That, I think, can be one very major factor in the tenacity of the CIA and related groups in stonewalling and refusing to tell what they know about ETs. Many people's reputations, credibility, and careers would be irreparably damaged by full disclosure. It would be a huge scandal, and public faith in their leaders would be greatly reduced, if not destroyed completely.

This would not be a pleasant prospect for those in charge of the coverup or for most people in the government either, and that alone would be strong enough motivation for them to continue the coverup indefinitely. They cannot afford to admit to what they have already done against the interests of their own public.