Roswell Effect: How Official Narratives, Pop Culture, and Sightings Shape UFO Belief
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UFO beliefs persist because official explanations, media depictions, and ongoing sightings reinforce each other, with Roswell catalyzing theories of government coverups and a deep state, and scientists such as Avi Loeb suggesting that life beyond Earth is plausible but contact would likely be rare and puzzling rather than a dramatic encounter.
