Name Change

You may have noticed that UFOs are no longer being called UFOs but UAPs- which stands for Unidentified Aerial Phenomena.

This name change doesn't seem to reflect any real shift in perception or understanding- so what's the rationale?

I suspect it goes something like this:

Politicians and government agencies and their tame media have been telling us for decades that only loons believe in UFOs.

But now we have a problem. The official line is changing- for whatever reason- and government agencies and their tame media are telling us that, "Actually, these things do exist and we have the evidence and we're prepared to show you some of it".

So how do the government agencies and tame media dodge the stigma they've created and propagated- along with the imputation that they've been lying their heads off?

How about this?

Wipe the slate clean. Start afresh...

...And call the damn things something else.

UFOs are so 20th century-

But now we've got these things called UAPs- and it's perfectly respectable to believe in them...