The aliens have arrived.
Look no further than The New York Post. Here are the front page headlines from the Friday edition:
OUT OF THIS WORLD
Pentagon releases dozens of UFO files offering transparency on ‘alien and extraterrestrial life’
The War Department released more than 160 files Friday related to sightings of UFOs dating back nearly 80 years ago
This being the era of quickly updated electronic front pages, as the day progressed there was a new Post headliner:
TRUTH IS OUT THERE
Mysterious footage captures peculiar ‘eight-pointed star’ streaking across sky: UFO files
Mysterious footage released in the Pentagon’s UFO files on Friday appeared to capture a bizarre “eight-pointed star” streaking across the sky several years back.
Alrighty! Got it!
Newsmax, (full disclosure I am a Newsmax contributor) was also on its game, headlining:
Pentagon: Draw Your Own Conclusions on UFO Files
So too, after looking a bit, it does seem that CNN has something on this. The CNN headline…which is a bit down in the weeds…reads:
Pentagon releases initial batch of declassified detailing UFOs
Fox, however, was on it, headlining:
Declassified Apollo moon docs describe unexplained mysteries, UFO lights 'like the Fourth of July'
The Washington Post had the story well down in its computerized version. As almost an aside, saying that President Trump wanted the files released for Americans to judge for themselves. So too did The New York Times write it up.
The obvious media question then is….where is the media waving any kind of red flag on this? Is it eye-rolling disbelief? Simple elitist skepticism that really this story is all about a Steven Spielberg extra-reel from that old ET movie?
One suspects that the latter is the answer for the nonchalant way that media outside of The New York Post is dealing with this story. This is, presumably, how the thought goes in those sophisticated media bureaus when dealing with the UFO topic.
Suffice to say, there is no inside information available in this corner of the world. I haven’t heard from ET. But I do recall a long ago 1950’s era movie that I eventually caught up with as a kid that is titled The Day the Earth Stood Still. The plot: A flying saucer lands on the Mall in Washington D.C.. With, but of course, all you-know-what breaking loose as the President has it surrounded by soldiers and tanks.
But I do think that when there are enough U.S. space craft/computers/electronics zipping through space and sending back photos of “unexplained mysteries” and “UFO lights” that at a minimum should be arousing simple media curiosity in some sort of persistent fashion with more attention to be paid.
In short? Stay tuned. And if there really is a visit from space landing on the Washington Mall it may be better than a movie!
And The New York Post will be watching.
Cue The Twilight Zone music.
