The House of Cards
The problem with the premise of ‘Disclosure’ is that it relies on the picture the modern UFO myth painted—that the Government has deep and extensive knowledge of the UFO phenomenon. It's also based on the assumption that, if the Government disclosed what it knows, nothing catastrophic would happen. This idea of disclosure, submitted by those in the so called ‘exopolitics’ movement, is a house of cards that, if the assumptions aren't valid, if the modern UFO myth isn't more than just that—a myth, the house comes tumbling down rather quickly.The prime motivation for a Government is power. Unless it doesn't lose power—whether real or perceived—by doing disclosure, there is no reason for it to do so. Unless it knows everything there is to know about the phenomenon and its alleged occupants, any disclosure would become, automatically, a disclosure of something the Government doesn't know, doesn't control or both.
Politicians and pundits frequently mention the “world after 9/11,” an expression symbolizing the consequences of an event that changed the perceptions of a lot of people. Disclosing the existence or visitation to our planet of non-human entities would certainly qualify as a “world after” event. Conceivably, one of the biggest perception-changing events imaginable, if not the biggest.
We can debate for days—and we do—the arguments for disclosure and their feasibility, about whether or not you think the population is prepared for this event or if the world's religions would be able to “take it,” but at the end of the day, those arguments are still based on assumptions, and on a picture for which I have yet to see any credible evidence for.
And let's not forget—the alleged aliens haven't landed or invaded either. The Government doesn't need to make a move one way or the other. There is simply no incentive or motivation to open a can of worms—of unforeseeable consequences—if it's not absolutely necessary.
I think the Government knows more about UFOs than it publicly acknowledges, but that doesn't mean they are covering up secret agreements, underground bases where genetic manipulation goes on or knowledge of where aliens come from, as painted by the modern UFO myth.
There are a few things we do know, however. We know, for instance, the Government was misrepresenting its interest in UFOs. We have declassified documents showing the Government was very much interested in the phenomenon while at the same time, publicly, it was claiming it wasn't. However, there is nothing concrete and documented that would lead us to conclude the Government has extensive knowledge of UFOs. Quite the contrary if one goes through all the documents that have been declassified. The notion of extensive knowledge—and involvement—comes, strictly, from the tales of the 80s and 90s and alleged insiders claiming they saw, were told, or worked on things that ‘substantiate’ the picture painted by the modern UFO myth.
Many—I'm sure—would say we don't have documentation of this because the Government is “hiding the real stuff.” I know... I've heard the same stories and claims, but they are still stories and claims nonetheless, that remain unsubstantiated. What I'm getting at is that we should deconstruct and analyze the lore, stories and notions that we have been told because most of the premise seems to be based on assumptions, unverified and unverifiable claims and little more.
Unfortunately most people have blindly accepted the picture that was painted by these stories, and base their understanding of the phenomenon and the Government's actions, or inaction, on it. These unsubstantiated claims are then ‘substantiated’ by the fact that the Government hasn't released “the real documents.”
Purposely or not, the way the picture was painted of what is supposed to be going on, has made it that anything the Government does—or doesn't do—that doesn't conform to the disclosure of what is thought of going on, is automatically accepted as evidence that all of it is going on and the Government is covering it up.
The Government didn't release the documents about Roswell and the alien bodies? It can only mean it happened and the Government is hiding it. No documents mentioning reverse-engineering were released? It means it's going on and the Government doesn't want you to know about it. Nothing about underground bases? Those bastards are covering it up!
There is middle ground between thinking the Government is hiding something about UFOs and believing it's secret agreements with grey aliens from Zeta Reticuli.
I can't disprove none of these claims, of course, but I can't disprove the Government isn't covering up the existence of underground bases where unicorns run freely either. I'm not comparing the two, I'm simply pointing out that if we don't address and stick to the facts—the demonstratively factual information—we're just believers preaching to believers and denialists denying for the sake of denying, endlessly, neglecting the middle ground.
Some people like to talk frequently about open-mindedness. Unfortunately the meaning has been distorted and the term gets hurled at people as a way of implying that if you don't believe what they believe you're close-minded.
What being close-minded actually is is not considering all the possibilities; is dismissing, up front, the alleged evidence because it doesn't fit into your box of perceived reality; is giving more weight to some unsubstantiated claims because they reinforce your personal beliefs. That is being close-minded. Open-mindedness means “having or showing a mind receptive to new ideas or arguments” and being ‘impartial.’
You're not being impartial when you accept the Air Force's nonsensical claim that UFOs don't exist, but don't accept Phil Schneider's claim that aliens are living in underground bases. And you're not impartial when you accept Schneider's claim but not the Air Force's. Being impartial means not taking sides and judging the merits of a claim based on the corroborative and supporting evidence. And in regards to these claims—the Air Force's and Schneider's—there is none.
The unconditional supporters of the so called disclosure movement need to reflect and recognize that misdirected anger seems to be the driver behind the wheel of the disclosure bus. If there are really aliens coming here, as most believe, why is the Government to blame? There could be disclosure tomorrow regardless of the Government's position and policies. All the aliens had to do is land and say ‘hello’—but they don't. So people need a target for their frustrations, for not getting what they want, and what better target than the good ol' evil Government? They are certainly not going to blame the aliens, since Steven Greer and other ‘exopolitics personalities’ have painted the picture of benevolent aliens that can do no wrong.
Disclosure is always around the corner. It didn't start in 2001 with Steven Greer, and it didn't start with Doty telling Linda Howe that it was coming soon, in the 80s.
It's a notion that has always been present during the modern UFO era—since people first started toying with the idea that the Government was covering it up.
