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greeting citizens and welcome to unknown

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I'm Jason McClellan thanks for hanging

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out with me the question of whether or

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not UFOs posed a threat has been an

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enduring question throughout UFO history

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and it's one that seemingly picked up

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some momentum recently so let's briefly

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look at this question together and I'll

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share my take on it's you the primary

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catalyst for the current resurgence of

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the question are UFOs a threat is

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seemingly to the Stars Academy of Arts

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and Science

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a hybrid research and entertainment

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company made up of former government and

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military personnel and scientists on a

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mission to explore exotic science and

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materials to change the world and to

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influence public perception surrounding

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the topic of UFOs the term threat has

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been used by the company repeatedly over

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the course of its nearly three-year

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history the word is even used in the

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description to the company's current TV

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show on history unidentified inside

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America's UFO investigation the show's

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description explains that its purpose is

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to quote produce tangible evidence to

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build the most indisputable case for the

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existence and threat of UFOs ever

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assembled and quote one individual who's

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been quite vocal in response to TTS A's

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use of the term threat is Steven Greer a

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well-known and polarizing personality in

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the UFO world

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Greer's not a fan of characterizing UFOs

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as a threats he's known for his stance

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that extraterrestrials are benevolent

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wait did we just abruptly jump from UFOs

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to ETS

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UFOs and extraterrestrials aren't the

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same thing yeah some UFOs could be of

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extraterrestrial origin some could be

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piloted by ETS but certainly not all

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UFOs are extraterrestrial spacecraft

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so Greer's taking offense at the word

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threat when talking about UFOs is a bit

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of an overreaction like I said he's been

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very vocally opposed to this

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characterization and he specifically

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voiced his displeasure at TTS a and its

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team specifically Lewis Elizondo here's

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one example back in 2018

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Greer posted this on Twitter quote

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Elizondo is / was known as a

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counterintelligence agent in the

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Pentagon one of the best meaning he has

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a role to play to deceive the public and

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present you a PE UFO et events as a

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threat it's all spin by the spin

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Meister's in quote this is also a big

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theme in his latest documentary film so

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let's get back to TTS a something to

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keep in mind is that TTS A's efforts are

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and have always been focused on the

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military they work closely with the

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military they have contracts with the

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government and they're actively working

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on gaining additional partnerships with

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the military their TV show on history

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focuses on the military and on

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influencing Congress Lewis Elizondo

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addressed the use of the word threat on

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a recent episode of the company's

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podcast I think where this falls into

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the category of is potential threats

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because we don't have enough information

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to establish whether something is or is

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not a threat so at least from my time an

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agent we had to do work under the

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auspices that everything is a potential

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threat until we are sure it is not a

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threat and Franklin do you want your

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Department of Defense to look at things

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through that optic we're not a

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humanitarian assistance organization

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when you look at what the job is of the

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Department of Defense it's very quickly

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identify and neutralize a potential

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adversary so shouldn't be you know a

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surprise to anybody

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the military has used the word threat in

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relation to UFOs for decades for the

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very reason that Elizondo pointed out

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that's the focus of the military looking

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at things and assessing potential

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threats various official government UFO

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studies ended because it was determined

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that UFOs don't pose a threat the US Air

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Force's Project Blue Book concluded that

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quote no UFO reported investigated and

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evaluated by the Air Force was ever an

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indication of a threat to our national

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security

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unquote the CIA's Robertson panel

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concluded that quote there was no

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obvious security threat in quote the

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British Ministry of Defense's official

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UFO project closed in 2009 after

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determining that quote no UFO report has

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revealed any evidence of a potential

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threat to the United Kingdom in quote my

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friend and colleague Maureen Elsberry

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and I asked retired Army colonel John

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Alexander about UFOs being a

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threat back in 2012 Colonel Alexander

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during their time in the military and

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all your research you've done on

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unidentified objects do you feel that

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these flying unidentified craft are a

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supposed security threat no I do think

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there's been a few isolated incidents in

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which they're a major threat but you

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know by definition the Department of

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Defense has looked at and said this is

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not a threat and if you go back 50 years

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we haven't been invaded but aren't

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objects that we have no idea what they

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are

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isn't that a threat no no many things we

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don't know what they are I mean that's

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the nature of reality so just because we

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don't know what what it is I think Nick

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you've asked an important question and

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this has to do with American cultures we

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treat everything as a threat that's how

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we sell things this would be a you know

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toothpaste or so for whatever we create

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threats so we just used to that

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environment and we've done that now with

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your phone personally I've always been

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in the mindset that unidentified objects

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in our airspace do pose a threat because

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like Elizondo pointed out on the recent

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episode of the TTS a podcast you can't

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eliminate something as a threat until

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you know what it is I think when it

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comes to people who object to the term

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threat associated with UFOs there's a

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confusion between threats and hostility

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just because something poses a potential

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threat doesn't imply that it's

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malevolent the reality with UFOs is that

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we have lots of strange things in our

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skies and countless pilots both

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commercial and military have almost

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collided with these UFOs fighter jets

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have been scrambled to intercept UFOs

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and have been unsuccessful in their

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attempts that's the bottom line with

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this topic there are unidentified craft

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flying around that we can't identify and

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although these objects don't typically

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do anything that seems hostile even if

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they did our military seemingly couldn't

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do anything about it that my friends is

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what makes a potential threat

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McClellan do us a favor friends always

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treat the UFO subject with the cautious

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and responsible skepticism that deserves

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question everything had the courage to

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