2024-01-19
35 分钟This is in conversation from Apple News.
I'm Shemitah Vasu.
Today, what our fascination with UFOs says about US Earthlings.
A couple years ago, the Pentagon released some pretty startling footage.
It was captured by a Navy jet pilot in 2015.
A little black dot moving shockingly fast over the ocean.
So fast that even the pilots weren't quite sure what they were looking at.
The Pentagon released the videos to, quote,
clear up any misconceptions about whether the footage was real.
But in many pockets of the Internet,
the videos and the Pentagon's statement were proof of something else.
Alien life here on Earth.
The heart of the UFO question is, are we alone?
That's national security journalist Garrett Graf.
And that is probably one of the most fundamental and long standing questions in human existence.
And it's up there with, you know, is there a God?
What happens to us after death?
Garrett's career has been all about investigating government secrets.
He's written books about Watergate, 9, 11, cybersecurity.
His most recent book is called the Inside Story of the US Government's Search for Alien Life Here