Comment Re: For real or for the marketing? (Score 1) 102
Of course it's spin. You don't get to his position without knowing how to spin your films or wanting to maximise revenue.
What seems odd is using the entirely public domain evidence gathered by the UAP sub-committee as a justification. David Spergel, the guy who ran that investigation is one of the most hard-nosed, talented and data-driven scientists around. Now, their brief was NOT to confirm or deny the existence of aliens, and they had no access to classified information, and they did indeed conclude there were unexplained phenomena, but that the real issue was the dismissive culture and non reporting of such events, particularly among airforce personnel. However, even the most tantalizing unexplained reports they had are about a trillion miles from suggesting the existence of aliens. In fact because they are so unconvincing and inconclusive, they pretty much boost the null hypothesis. Convincing evidence of aliens wouldn't require any work, it would be self-evident. What we do have is what the acronym says: unexplained aerial phenomena.