The Navy’s Big UFO Problem

Shelly Fagan
The Startup
Published in
6 min readJun 19, 2019

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For more than five decades, the US government has laughed off unidentified flying objects as swamp gas, weather balloons or vehicles for little green men.

It seems a lack of credibility on the subject of UFOs may now be a serious threat to a potential $13 billion program — and all the people who will become rich along the way.

The Navy Does an About Face

Recently, the US Navy drafted newly classified guidance for pilots and military personnel to report UFO sightings, or what the military calls “Unexplained Aerial Phenomena” (UAP). The term “ExtraTerrestrial Vehicle” or ETV may be more appropriate.

The public should question why this information has been made available to the media after decades of denial, stonewalling, disinformation and outright ridicule of witnesses by government spokespersons. Allegations of coverups have been painted with the broad brush of “conspiracy theories” to malign those who question the official narrative.

The threat of a ruined career has discouraged many in the military and private sector from reporting significant contacts. With this latest announcement, the US Navy seeks to undo the damage they have wrought by changing the guidelines.

The taxpayers are supposed to accept this complete turn-around without question. Fully…

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Shelly Fagan
The Startup

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