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On Friday, 15 September 2023 at 18:28:20 UTC-4, J Birch wrote:
> On Friday, September 15, 2023 at 2:06:58 AM UTC-4, RichA wrote:
> > No proof, not substantive evidence they come from "out there."
But we all knew that. Another oddity; why change the name from "UFO"
to "UAP?" Nothing was more direct than UFO, even if some of them were
reflections off water, mirages, balloons, car headlights in the distance, Venus,
etc.
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66812332
> I assume such an `expensive` change (imagine the expenses &
hassles if you changed your name today) has more than one reason, both
internal (NASA, CIA, aviation, etc) & external (media, political, social,
etc). The two I see off-hand are, that "UAP" is a much more general
term than is implied by "Object", and allows exploration of events or
phenomena that happen daily (lots of daily work & projects, instead of
waiting for a rare & fraught headline project), and (so far) it is
relatively unencumbered by the `weirdos` factor. Whether it proves a useful
change, remains to be seen.
We see this manipulation all the time. Like when "global warming"
became "climate change." "Abortion" becomes "reproductive rights" etc,. I
think there is one to rename "bombing run." The vagueness of language is
a key government policy.
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