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Isn't the trench coat look, a longstanding intelligence services (particularly in the USA)/detective/clandestine skulduggery aesthetic/trope, that goes back to the 1930's. that the Matt Freer character leant into?

Of course not. But there is a fundamental difference between civilian scientific instruments and tactical surveillance networks. Academic institutions point telescopes at specific deep-space targets for astrophysics or track known orbital...

Do you think only the military operates instruments that gather data?

Do you think only the military operates instruments that gather data?

No one claimed astronomers are hiding anything. My point is that "80 years of serious academic studies" didn't happen because academia never had the data. Historically, projects like Blue Book were military intelligence operations, not open...

Academic science is being conducted every day by real astronomers, physicists, and engineers. Obviously, they're (for the most part) not studying flying saucers and space ghosts, because these are not real things, but they teach us more about our...

Never said is worth believing, just pointing out that it has been said.

Academic science is being conducted every day by real astronomers, physicists, and engineers. Obviously, they're (for the most part) not studying flying saucers and space ghosts, because these are not real things, but they teach us more about our...

Academic science is being conducted every day by real astronomers, physicists, and engineers. Obviously, they're (for the most part) not studying flying saucers and space ghosts, because these are not real things, but they teach us more about our...

Academic science is being conducted every day by real astronomers, physicists, and engineers. Obviously, they're (for the most part) not studying flying saucers and space ghosts, because these are not real things, but they teach us more about our...

Isn't the trench coat look, a longstanding intelligence services (particularly in the USA)/detective/clandestine skulduggery aesthetic/trope, that goes back to the 1930's. that the Matt Freer character leant into?

Isn't the trench coat look, a longstanding intelligence services (particularly in the USA)/detective/clandestine skulduggery aesthetic/trope, that goes back to the 1930's. that the Matt Freer character leant into?

Echoing MonkeeSage above, you nailed it and possibly some of the confusion associated with AARO. It isn't doing science in an academic way. It's doing science as prescribed by Congress for congressional needs and trying to do that with a variety...

It might worth clarifying AARO's actual congressionally mandated duties, as I think they are often misunderstood to include release of analysis and data of UAP cases as a primary duty. Their actual primary mission is to collect and analyze data...

Isn't the trench coat look, a longstanding intelligence services (particularly in the USA)/detective/clandestine skulduggery aesthetic/trope, that goes back to the 1930's. that the Matt Freer character leant into?