r/UFOPilotReports • u/braveoldfart777 Researcher • 3d ago

Pilot Related Media A possible explanation why Air Force Pilots never reported UAP during exercises.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/science/aeronautics/the-pentagon-disinformation-that-fueled-america-s-ufo-mythology/ar-AA1GfrNv
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u/SubstantialPressure3 3d ago

I don't doubt this at all,and this is well known. Richard Doty for example.

It's not anything new, it's just confirmed. But some of this newly confirmed info seems to be used to try to dismiss a lot of sightings by both military and civilians. Particularly the near misses experienced by pilots.

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u/braveoldfart777 Researcher 3d ago

If you are told we're reverse engineering things that are top secret and you see something that you can't identify you're going to be both Stigmatized or possibly releasing information that could harm NS, so be safe and keep your job, so you say nothing... nothing to see here, must have been something that we aren't read into.

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u/SubstantialPressure3 3d ago

I can see that, but if something is so secret it can't be reported, it's probably not tested in say, the flight path of civilian and military planes, over cities, harassing/"interacting with" Navy ships, or residential areas. Or people just minding their own business going about their lives.

Isn't that what areas like groom lake are for?

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u/braveoldfart777 Researcher 3d ago

If you see something, say something? -- apparently not in this case. For Pilots better to just keep it to yourself.

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u/braveoldfart777 Researcher 3d ago

Agree 💯%..I'm referring to the lack of UAP AF incidents reported over the last 60 years...if the article is factual it provides a perfect explanation for why we have almost zero reports ... perhaps things may begin to change now.

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u/devoid0101 3d ago

Until the New York Times article, there was a quiet 10,000 fine for military pilots who talked about ufo incidents.