"In fact, I believe that those in power who snicker about credible reports of strange objects in the sky and stymie research into them, including access to classified data, have become a threat to national security themselves."<p>This seems to have become a deep-seated aspect of American culture. It extends into startup land as well. We on HN seem to be deeply skeptical of new applications of technology--like Dropbox and Coinbase--despite being highly receptive to developments lower in the abstraction hierarchy.
I have assumed for awhile that they were either drones from an adversary or, in some cases, from our own CIA.<p>An extraterrestrial origin is going to require more proof. Easier for me to believe it is China or Russia.
Adversary with drones makes a lot of sense in general and is probably happening.<p>Not quite seeing why the UFOs is connected to that? There is a fair big gap between even sophisticated drones and reports of stuff going supersonic without a bang for example.