When you think about it, UFO sightings and the Cold War began right around the same time (late 1940s), and declined a little after 1991 when the Cold
War ended.
Right around the same time we *AHEM* procured nazi technology?
Maybe
edit to add: previous poster:
We are in a new cold war now, against Islam, we've always functioned better as an economy with someone to hate, am I being too obvious?
I agree - I would only add "someone or something to hate." Actually, I think we've been at war since at least World War II - WWII, Korea, Vietnam,
War on Poverty, War on Drugs, War on Terrorism, Persian Gulf, Iraq, Afghanistan...we're always at war.