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extraterrestrial presence
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Ufology: From Fringe to Mainstream to Fringe? - Skeptic Magazine skeptic.com Feb 20, 2026 4 facts
perspectiveThe author of the Skeptic Magazine article argues that if Donald Trump's presidency concludes without the disclosure of extraterrestrial visitation, it would suggest that the government is not aware of any such extraterrestrial presence.
perspectiveThe author finds the argument that U.S. Presidents are kept in the dark about an extraterrestrial presence unconvincing.
perspectiveThe author argues that if a decades-long cover-up of an extraterrestrial presence exists, the reasons for secrecy must be exceptionally compelling because it has been maintained by successive administrations of both political parties.
claimSome individuals argue that information about an extraterrestrial presence is withheld from U.S. Presidents by unelected gatekeepers in the government or private sector.
How the Pentagon Started Taking U.F.O.s Seriously | The New Yorker newyorker.com Apr 30, 2021 3 facts
claimIn 2011, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy responded to petitions filed by ufologists by stating it could find no evidence to suggest that any 'extraterrestrial presence has contacted or engaged any member of the human race.'
claimIn 2011, the Office of Science and Technology Policy responded to two petitions filed by ufologists, stating that it could find no evidence to suggest that any extraterrestrial presence has contacted or engaged any member of the human race.
accountIn 2011, the Office of Science and Technology Policy responded to two petitions filed by ufologists, stating that it could find no evidence to suggest that any extraterrestrial presence has contacted or engaged any member of the human race.
Steven M. Greer - Wikiquote en.wikiquote.org 2 facts
claimSteven Greer asserts that the extraterrestrial presence is non-hostile, arguing that if extraterrestrial civilizations were hostile, they would have destroyed human civilization at the dawn of the nuclear era given their advanced interstellar technology.
claimSteven Greer asserts that the extraterrestrial presence is non-hostile, arguing that if extraterrestrial civilizations were hostile, they would have destroyed human civilization at the dawn of the nuclear era given their advanced interstellar travel capabilities.
Disclosure or deception? New UFO Pentagon office divides believers nbcnews.com Jan 8, 2022 1 fact
claimStephen Bassett is the only lobbyist in Washington D.C. dedicated to the formal acknowledgement by the U.S. government of an extraterrestrial presence.