{"id":10318,"date":"2021-06-25T16:06:22","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T15:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/?p=10318"},"modified":"2021-06-25T16:06:22","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T15:06:22","slug":"david-clarke-discusses-the-conspiracy-surrounding-the-pentagon-ufo-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/david-clarke-discusses-the-conspiracy-surrounding-the-pentagon-ufo-report\/","title":{"rendered":"David Clarke discusses the conspiracy surrounding the Pentagon UFO report"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the US government prepare to release a landmark report into UFOs, Dr David Clarke<\/a> has been quoted in an\u00a0Evening Standard<\/a> article examining the case for extraterrestrial life, commenting:\u00a0“Just because something\u2019s unidentified doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s alien.”<\/p>\n

He believes the more interesting aspect to focus on is why flying saucers sightings took off post-WWII. He points to the Cold War for the answer. \u201cPeople were worried about the threat of nuclear destruction, they were worried about Government secrecy. All those anxieties needed an outlet,\u201d he says. \u201cPeople were tending to think, \u2018If we as people can\u2019t sort out our problems, maybe there are more intelligent beings out there in the Universe looking after us\u2019\u201d. The Cold War connection would help explain why UFOs are bound inextricably with Government cover-up. Psychologist Carl Jung saw aliens as a \u2018modern myth\u2019, like visions of angels over battlefields of World War I.<\/p>\n

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As the US government prepare to release a landmark report into UFOs, Dr David Clarke has been quoted in an\u00a0Evening Standard article examining the case for extraterrestrial life, commenting:\u00a0“Just because something\u2019s unidentified doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s alien.” He believes the more interesting aspect to focus on is why flying saucers sightings took off post-WWII. 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