According to the Wall Street Journal on June 7, the Pentagon investigation team discovered a shocking truth when investigating conspiracy theories about UFOs: at least one of them was spread by the Pentagon itself.
The Wall Street Journal said the report was based on interviews with 24 current and former U.S. officials, scientists and military contractors involved in the investigation, as well as thousands of pages of documents, recordings, emails and text messages.
Nevada's "51 District" peripheral area, items that express the theme with UFO. Source: Wall Street Journal
Investigators reportedly found that in the 1980s, a U.S. Air Force colonel came to a bar near the "51" in the Desert in Nevada. He showed the owner photos of the possible "flying saucer" that were then hung on the bar wall, which caused rumors that the U.S. military was secretly testing the recycling of alien technology.
"But the officer's task is to spread false information." The report continued that the retired officer admitted to Pentagon investigators in 2023 that the photos had been tampered with, and the entire operation was a scam designed to cover up what was really happening in Area 51, that is, the US Air Force is developing top-secret stealth fighter jets at the local military base, which is seen as a key technology to fight the Soviet Union. Senior U.S. military officials are worried that if locals accidentally see F-117 stealth fighter jets and other fighter jets under development for test flights, the relevant plans may be exposed, and making people believe that these technologies are better from outer space.
U.S. F-117 fighter data pictures The Wall Street Journal report picture
The New York Post further quoted the content of the Wall Street Journal to explain that the US military's consideration at that time was: hiding cutting-edge technology in the many conspiracy theories of "zone" in the "51 District" was the best strategy to avoid the Soviet Union's "spying" during the Cold War.
The Wall Street Journal also disclosed another example that the U.S. government deliberately concealed the truth from those who witnessed secret military projects, and former Air Force Captain Robert Salas was one of them. According to him, in 1967, he witnessed an UFO landing over a nuclear missile test site in Montana. At that time, a flash of light caused all 10 nuclear missiles in the bunker to fail and all electronic systems were paralyzed. Salas was ordered to never talk about the sight he saw, insisting that he witnessed “Alien Visitors.” However, the investigative team found that Salas was never told that what he actually saw was an emerging electromagnetic pulse test designed to verify whether the U.S. missile silo can withstand atomic weapons radiation and to carry out operations before the Soviet Union launched a strike. But due to the failure of the trial, officials decided it would be better not to let anyone know the secret of the loophole, so Salas and other witnesses were deliberately kept in the dark and could only speculate on their own.
Data photo: In 2019, a guard stood at the entrance of the Nevada trial and training range near "Zone 51". Source: The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal said that for decades, there have been opinions that Washington has covered up knowledge about alien life, and the US Department of Defense's 2024 report pointed out that such allegations were groundless. In fact, however, the Wall Street Journal investigation shows that the release of the report itself is a cover-up, but not as "UFO conspiracy theorists" say. The publicly disclosed content does not contain the truth behind the UFO rumors, that the Pentagon sometimes deliberately fans the flames, which is equivalent to the US government using false information to target its own citizens.
The media said its investigation found that the Pentagon omitted key facts in the public version of the 2024 report that could have helped calm some UFO rumors, both to protect confidential information and to avoid embarrassment. The Air Force particularly insists on omitting some details because they believe that these details may endanger the secret plans of the U.S. military or damage the careers of some military personnel.
Source: Global Network
