Lazlo
1st February 2012, 23:09
I thought some of you might enjoy this.
I had the pleasure of becoming friends with a lovely couple. It was only after we had known each other for some time that I discovered that they had both been Air Force intelligence officers, and were assigned to the same duties. If I recall the timing correctly, they weren't married until they both returned to civilian life.
Once I found out what they had done, I of course had to ask THE question. They both laughed and filled me in on what they could. Their job was to travel around to different commands and give technology briefings to pilots: Who had what new radar system or what new missile capabilities, that kind of stuff.
I replied sure, that's interesting and all, but what about UFOs? I expected the conversation to go to another round of drinks and then another topic. What they did tell me was that the Air Force does have a sense of humor about it all. The briefings were always secret and above, so the pilots never knew what they were going to be briefed on until they were behind closed doors. They said that they had a picture of a UFO as the first slide in every presentation, and without fail, one of the pilots would burst out with "I KNEW IT!"
Everyone would have a laugh and then they would get on with the real briefing once the tension was broken. They assured me that they didn't have any knowledge of UFOs and that it was their way of having fun and getting their audience engaged.
What I find interesting, is that this shows just how prevalent the belief in UFOs is among our pilots in uniform. So no smoking gun, but plenty of fighter jocks with open minds.
I had the pleasure of becoming friends with a lovely couple. It was only after we had known each other for some time that I discovered that they had both been Air Force intelligence officers, and were assigned to the same duties. If I recall the timing correctly, they weren't married until they both returned to civilian life.
Once I found out what they had done, I of course had to ask THE question. They both laughed and filled me in on what they could. Their job was to travel around to different commands and give technology briefings to pilots: Who had what new radar system or what new missile capabilities, that kind of stuff.
I replied sure, that's interesting and all, but what about UFOs? I expected the conversation to go to another round of drinks and then another topic. What they did tell me was that the Air Force does have a sense of humor about it all. The briefings were always secret and above, so the pilots never knew what they were going to be briefed on until they were behind closed doors. They said that they had a picture of a UFO as the first slide in every presentation, and without fail, one of the pilots would burst out with "I KNEW IT!"
Everyone would have a laugh and then they would get on with the real briefing once the tension was broken. They assured me that they didn't have any knowledge of UFOs and that it was their way of having fun and getting their audience engaged.
What I find interesting, is that this shows just how prevalent the belief in UFOs is among our pilots in uniform. So no smoking gun, but plenty of fighter jocks with open minds.