Cold War Paranoia and the UFO Craze: A Social Phenomenon Shaping Policy, Not Alien Contact
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David Clarke and Andy Roberts argue that UFO fascination in the Cold War was a social phenomenon driven by paranoia and government manipulation rather than alien contact, supported by declassified reports, radar artefacts that misled people, CIA plans to exploit public fear, cross-border talks with Britain, and cover-ups to hide the government’s inability to explain the hysteria.
