America's ‘Mirage Men’ May Have Intentionally Convinced Us That Aliens Are Real
As Edward Snowden’s leaks continue to wreak havoc across the globe, one document has flown mostly under the radar. Entitled The Art of Deception, it’s a presentation that spells out just how powerful psychological manipulation can be. And smack-bang in the middle of the slideshow is what appears to be a smoking gun — three iconic images of UFOs.
Misdirection
But this presentation, developed by the U.K. security agency GCHQ, is hardly the government confession that many conspiracy theorists have been waiting for. Instead, it seems to be misdirecting the public in an entirely different way. And across the pond, America’s "Mirage Men" are guiding the narrative in the same direction.
A government cover-up
For decades, countless people have looked to the skies, convinced that aliens are real and that governments are lying to cover it up. But the truth might turn out to be something even stranger. Are sinister forces really concealing the facts about UFOs? Or have these forces been in charge of the conversation all along?
Flying saucer fever
Today, the idea of alien spaceships visiting our planet is fairly commonplace, appearing in everything from literature to movies to television. UFOs, though, are actually a relatively modern phenomenon. In fact, most historians trace popular belief in the concept back to 1947, when flying saucer fever first gripped the United States.
Kenneth Arnold
Although the Roswell incident was certainly the most well-known saucer sighting to occur that year, it wasn’t the first. On June 24, amateur pilot Kenneth Arnold was flying over Washington when a flash of bright, bluish light suddenly illuminated his plane. Assuming this had come from a nearby craft, he looked around but saw nothing to account for the phenomenon.
