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UFO discourse is shrouded in mystery, intrigue, and a large dose of eccentricity. Conspiracy Podcasts
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Mainstream media typically refuses to engage with the UFO topic, so UFO researchers and
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enthusiasts are generally left to congregate in the dark corners of the internet looking for
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scraps of reliable information to add to their repertoire. It should come as no surprise that
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when a massive collection of UFO related information emerges from Wikileaks, the UFO
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crowd begins to frenzy. While Wikileaks is not constrained by the forces that restrict
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mainstream media, is the Wikileaks effect good for the study of the UFO question?
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A few days ago, Rob Waugh of The Metro published a story in regards to a Wikileaked
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diplomatic cable from 1978 in which Sir Eric Gairy, the former Prime Minister of Granada,
approached the United Nations with a request for a formal investigation into UFOs. Part of
the cable states,

[Gairy] had come to New York to present the item because of his deep
personal conviction that the subject of UFOs was one of world-wide
importance and significance and indeed, one which warranted very serious
consideration by the United Nations.

Sir Eric Gairy

While dated, the story did get good circulation through UFO communities, but it raises an
important question; is this cable Ufologically valuable, and transitively, does the massive
collection of Wikileaks UFO data, from cables to emails, actually help in solving the UFO
riddle? Answering this question requires a quick look back into the historical relationship
between Wikileaks itself and UFOs.

Wikileaks exploded into cultural and social consciousness over six years ago when it posted

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hundreds of thousands of raw secret US government documents concerning the conflicts in
Iraq and Afghanistan. What soon followed were a quarter of a million classified diplomatic
cables, many of which were quite damaging, and the general understanding that no one, no
matter how high up they were in government, was safe from having their dirty laundry aired.

As time went on, and Wikileaks continued to release documents, UFO researchers began to
search the Wikileaks archive for any mention of UFOs. From curious cables and messages
regarding the planet Nibiru, to UFO cult recruiting practices, to even a city mayor referring to
life on other planets the content on Wikileaks created significant buzz in the UFO world.

However, the biggest surge of UFO data came in 2016. Leaked emails from Hillary Clintons
campaign manager and known UFO enthusiast John Podesta, infamously known as The
Podesta E-mails, took center stage as the Presidential elections were in full swing. While
the bulk of the content was not UFO related, it did not take long for UFO researchers to
begin digging into the collection to find as much UFO content as possible.

Tom DeLonge, featured in Rolling Stone Magazine

One of the most intriguing revelations from the e-mails concerns Tom DeLonge of Blink 182
fame, and his meetings with Podesta as well as other high ranking American military
officials. In one of the emails to Podesta, DeLonge stated that he wanted to set up a
meeting between himself, Podesta, and officials who were,

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principal leadership relating to our sensitive topicin charge of most fragile
divisions, as it relates to Classified Science and DOD topics.

In another email, one of these officials is named as General William McCasland. DeLonge
writes,

When Roswell crashed, they shipped it to the laboratory at Wright Patterson

Air Force Base. General McCasland was in charge of that exact laboratory up
to a couple years ago he not only knows what Im trying to achieve, he
helped assemble my advisory teamhes a very important man.

The Podesta E-mails contained a lot of UFO related material, which is to be expected since
the man is interested in the topic. DeLonges messages are just one sample from a long list.
However, the result of these leaked emails secured the UFO communitys infatuation with
Wikileaks as a legitimate source for information.

It was a sort of rallying call. UFO researchers finally had an organization with a household
name behind them. This wasnt some small UFO news website which catered to a small
crowd; this was Wikileaks, a giant and powerful internet presence which made headline
news almost on a daily basis. This was, and still is today, nothing short of alluring for a
subculture relegated to the social fringe. Alluring is not always good, however. The
Wikileaks effect has done to UFOs what it has done to every other cultural topic; it has
blurred the lines between facts researched within context, and dumped information devoid
of context.

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A still shot of a real alien taken from a YouTube video claiming to be from the Deep Web. A bit of research
provides a more dubious source from hoaxers.

It isnt that Wikileaks is good or bad, but it has changed the game. UFO discourse now has
access to more data, but that data is not fact checked or researched before being released.
It is simply raw, and anyone can spin that information to suit their own beliefs or agenda.
Some of that raw information on Wikileaks may be useful in the search for truth, and some
has and will be used by charlatans to line their own pockets or boost their own egos. People
need to remain critical.

Diplomatic cables posted out of context are not facts, and emails in regards to one mans
opinions and beliefs are not evidence. The radical transparency Wikileaks attempts to
provide is most definitely here to stay, but those who study the UFO question must be
weary, as its easy to become blinded. Nothing on Wikileaks has led to concrete evidence
that proves UFOs are anything more than their acronym. Perhaps one day, UFO
researchers will find the holy grail hidden in the Wikileaks data archive, but until then, they
need to be more critical of the information they pull from the massive data dump. As
Podesta tweeted in 2014, #thetruthisstilloutthere.

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