People on UFO and alien subreddits constantly ask the same question: if the U.S. government really recovered crashed UFOs and alien bodies, why would they cover it up? Personally, I think the answer is probably much simpler than a lot of people make it out to be. Let's assume, for the sake of argument, that some UFO crashes actually happened, that the U.S. military recovered exotic technology and that they've been trying to reverse engineer it. If that's true, then there’s a very simple and pragmatic reason to keep everything secret: national security and military advantage. Alien technology could potentially lead to the creation of extremely advanced weapons and military systems, and that alone would make it one of the most strategically important things on Earth. No government would openly reveal information like that to the world. From a purely strategic perspective, it would make perfect sense for the United States to hide the information. The last thing the U.S. military would want is for Russia or China to gain access to the technology. And if Russia or China recovered similar technology, they would almost certainly behave in exactly the same way. They would classify everything, restrict access and deny the existence of the program publicly. Any major world power would do this, because the potential military implications would simply be too important. As Stanton Friedman used to say, you can't reveal this information to your friends without also revealing it to your enemies. I don't think you need to invoke "ontological shock," consciousness, spiritual awakening or the idea that society would collapse if people learned the truth. Governments don't need philosophical reasons to keep something secret when straightforward strategic reasons already exist. Geopolitical competition is more than enough to explain why a cover-up would happen. submitted by /u/Melodic-Attorney9918 [link] [comments]