Non-human beings from another world? Neither me or governments believe in that.
UFO: Just something unidentified that flies (or flew).
UAP: Re-definition to support unidentified objects that do not specifically "fly".
Extraterrestrial: Out of Earth. Pedanticly, could be an astronaut.
Alien: Pedantically, means "from another nation".
These are acurate terms to avoid describing something very acurately, while keeping the public away from potentially sensitive information. They are designed to spread the weaker myth-like version.
Any of those things mean "you are not supposed to know what we think this is". However, I have the impression that earlier versions of these mechanisms were less friendly, and sometimes even used as offensive or defensive measures, maybe even decoys. "Hey, we found an experimental plane, did you lost one? If you did, you must be freaking out" or things like that.
No actual beings from another completely different tree of life, no beings from other planets. At least not so evidently.
Non-human beings from another world? Neither me or governments believe in that.
UFO: Just something unidentified that flies (or flew).
UAP: Re-definition to support unidentified objects that do not specifically "fly".
Extraterrestrial: Out of Earth. Pedanticly, could be an astronaut.
Alien: Pedantically, means "from another nation".
These are acurate terms to avoid describing something very acurately, while keeping the public away from potentially sensitive information. They are designed to spread the weaker myth-like version.
Any of those things mean "you are not supposed to know what we think this is". However, I have the impression that earlier versions of these mechanisms were less friendly, and sometimes even used as offensive or defensive measures, maybe even decoys. "Hey, we found an experimental plane, did you lost one? If you did, you must be freaking out" or things like that.
No actual beings from another completely different tree of life, no beings from other planets. At least not so evidently.