Robert Petersen 

“NASA is hiding proof of aliens!” has to be one of the funniest takes ever.

NASA is comprised almost entirely of nerds like many of us watching Star Trek and Doctor Who and shit.

If NASA had proof of alien life they’d be throwing a massive kegger on top of the Johnson Space Center and submitting a budget to Congress for eleventy trillion dollars.

#Space #UFOs #Aliens #UAP #Science #NASA

Sep 18, 2023 at 10:21amWeb
Show threadRev.Dr. Nikolai KingsleySep 18, 2023

@Sonikku

> If NASA had proof of alien life they’d be throwing a massive kegger on top of the Johnson Space Center and submitting a budget to Congress for eleventy trillion dollars.

if anyone could credibly fabricate evidence of alien life, it'd be NASA. are they just too nice to?

Show thread·J MoppSep 18, 2023
@Nikolai_Kingsley You would have to get the Europeans, the Russians, the Indians, the Chinese, and the Japanese on board too — as they would likely be digging through their observations to corroborate the evidence. Not to mention every other country with telescopes
Show threadRodneyPetersonTalentAgencySep 18, 2023

@jmopp @Nikolai_Kingsley

It would likely be just as sudden as Stephen Hawking says and as depicted in the documentary Mars Attacks!:

“Don’t run we are your friends!”

“I’ll tell you one thing they ain’t getting the TV!”

“I want the people to know that they still have two out of three branches of the government working for them, and that ain’t bad.”

Show threadburneSep 18, 2023

@jmopp @Nikolai_Kingsley

>Not to mention every other country with telescopes

You don't need to own a telescope. All NASA data is open to the public.

Show threadwaywardSep 19, 2023
@Nikolai_Kingsley uhhh, the thing about science is that you don't usually get away with lies for very long
Show threadapophisOct 13, 2023
@Nikolai_Kingsley @Sonikku space science nerds - the real kind, the ones who actually love the stars and don't just see a frontier to rape - are consistently some of the nicest people i've met
Show thread🍸Pooka🥕Boo🍸Sep 18, 2023
@Sonikku Great take.... 😂🤣😂🤣
Show threadCaveDaveSep 18, 2023
@Sonikku also the constant rushing to publish as many papers as possible
Show threadNullNoMoreSep 18, 2023
@Sonikku - there would be so many job postings for linguistics grads
Show threadKBSez ✅Sep 18, 2023

@Sonikku

Soooooo true.

The problem with these massive conspiracy theories is that they are massive... the more people the more chance someone will talk or leak and it will get out. If it were 3 guys in Los Alamos.. maybe...

Show threadRobert Petersen Sep 18, 2023

@kbsez even the Manhattan Project was riddled with spies and leaks lol.

The only way to keep a secret is if only two people know it and one of them shoots the other…and then themself.

Show threadMartin Tilo SchmitzSep 18, 2023
@Sonikku @kbsez only if that doesn't look suspicious enough that someone is gonna start digging for a reason.
Show threadRené Merced  🇵🇷Sep 18, 2023

@Sonikku

At first glance I read this as NASCAR and I was very intrigued...

Show threadCosmic RaySep 18, 2023
@Sonikku
Yeah, and the police, military and FBI are full of woke liberals who hate MAGA
Show threadcuan_knaggsSep 18, 2023
@Sonikku i don't think that's true. i'm sure they could come up with a bigger number
Show threadcuan_knaggsSep 18, 2023
@Sonikku also there would be a music video of a spoof song about it all. like: "they're out there and we know it, know it." or "oppa. spaceman style"
Show threadKaren BethanySep 18, 2023
@Sonikku
Having known a few folks who worked at NASA, this is 💯 true 😂
Show threadsimonbpSep 18, 2023
@Sonikku Having been to (multiple) planetary science keggers adjacent to JSC, yes.
Show threadArt - US Expat in SpainSep 18, 2023
@Sonikku It's as absurd as the notion they faked the moon landing. Scientists/nerds would never have been able to keep that secret.
Show threadJohn TurnerSep 18, 2023
@Sonikku They might finally go for that ambitious “1% of the national budget” number.
Show threadE. C. BigribsSep 18, 2023
@Sonikku "Yes, it's true, aliens do exist. They contacted us years ago. But they're BORING. They were drawn by our TV broadcasts, and they just want to talk about football and Jay Leno and cars. So, you know, we set them up in Nevada, supplied them with beer and potato chips, and went back to looking for interesting ones."
Show threadRodneyPetersonTalentAgencySep 18, 2023

@Sonikku

People who believe this alien bullshit from the official hearings are fucking loons.

The girl in my photo here and whose videos are posted at my page believes she’s an alien but that has nothing to do with any of this. She’s extremely unique and crazy talented that’s for sure, but all her beliefs are based on personal experience, not listening to nimrods blather endlessly about flying saucers and such.

Show threadTeancom459Sep 18, 2023

@Sonikku

“Sir! We’ve received a response from the aliens!”

”Do you know what that means son?”

“That we aren’t alone in the universe?”

“No, son. We will now be receiving military funding.”

Show threadChip UnicornSep 18, 2023

@Sonikku As soon as you meet ANYONE from NASA, you realize that

- They could not keep a "proof of aliens" secret.
- Even without an excuse, they will give away every detail of their work. They will give you every line of their source code ( https://code.nasa.gov/ ) . They will not only give you the blueprints for rockets ( https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19710019929 ), but they will create extensive web sites to make sure you understand it at any level of detail that you want ( https://www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-12/rocket/lrockth.html ) .

NASA Open Source Software

Find Open Source Software Projects from NASA.

Show threadReallyCanadianFlySep 19, 2023
@Chip_Unicorn @Sonikku
I, an amateur unknown author, was writing a sci-fi short story for funzies and a scientist at JPL couldn't wait to snail mail me his paper on the subject! It was really nice of him, but it just reinforced my opinion that scientists love to share their knowledge!
Show threadJohn G FitzgeraldSep 18, 2023
@Sonikku Yeah, I've got proof of alien life (the GOP). Give me a trillion $$$ & I'll publish everything, full disclosure.
Show threadeSep 18, 2023
@Sonikku I once had an intense conversation with an engineer from NASA. He said the amount of discoveries that are in the back pocket of NASA is astounding. They don't report all of their findings because they know that as a Federally funded agency they need to go before members of congress for budgeting and anything that might be slightly contradicted by the King James will cause them to loose said funding.
Show threadAstro Hawk (Ian Kluft) ✅🚀🛰️Sep 18, 2023
@Sonikku Hard to estimate how big parties 🥳 NASA would throw. Some would be open to the public, some not. With such well-known rivalries among NASA centers, others would make sure not to be outdone. Kennedy Space Center would be throwing a party on the roof of the VAB during a rocket 🚀 launch & landing. Ames would hold one in Hangar One whether the re-skinning work on the building is done or not. Armstrong would plan for its party occupy the entire Rogers Dry Lake bed.
Show threadJenniferSep 18, 2023
@Sonikku I worked as a NASA contractor for a couple years and this is accurate!
Show threadSomeGadgetGuySep 18, 2023
@Sonikku There's a literally ZERO percent chance that the discovery of intelligent extraterrestrial life would be kept a secret if NASA nerds found evidence. 😄
Show threadDavid G. SmithSep 18, 2023
@Sonikku 🙀 @eleventy 👀 reference seen in the wild! 😻
Show threadpotpieSep 19, 2023
@Sonikku we're not hosting an intergalactic kegger
Show threadRobert Petersen Sep 19, 2023
@potpie
Show threadjoel bSep 19, 2023
@Sonikku
Show threadLaux Myth (aka Martin)Sep 19, 2023
@Sonikku
Never thought of this. Fill the whole place full of geeks and nerds and think news of aliens would be kept secret. Not likely.
Show threadOggieSep 19, 2023

@Sonikku
Anyone who thinks that nasa science geeks are hiding the 'real truth' from us has never gotten someone from NASA a drink and asked what they think about alien life.

Every single one has their own potential pet theories about what we might encounter, where, how, and when, and while this probably sint' possible wouldn't it be cool if and it just breaks these few laws we think are pretty set (like conservation of energy).

Getting them to stop is the trick, not start. (said with love).

Show threadrobbiSep 19, 2023
@Sonikku and somebody would leak
Show threadAkaSci 🛰️Sep 19, 2023
@Sonikku
Randall Munroe perfectly captures that sentiment about UFOs and scientists.
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2786:_UFO_Evidence
2786: UFO Evidence - explain xkcd

Explain xkcd is a wiki dedicated to explaining the webcomic xkcd. Go figure.

Show threadAndy SmithSep 19, 2023
@Sonikku https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5muY64Oyp10
Mitchell & Webb - Conspiracy Theories.

YouTube
Show threadDoreen32128 ready to rumble!Sep 19, 2023
@Sonikku Good point!!!!! 👽
Show threadThe FrogSep 19, 2023

@Sonikku

There's my long shot... And I have no proof, just conjectures. It's all from my head.

The Grusch dude came out publicly with his claims of governments having alien tech and biological samples at the same time NASA launched an official investigation on UFOs/UAPs...

We know Grusch is spouting BS, but the GOP lap it up. Why? What's the con?

It happens NASA do monitor ice sheets, climate, pollution, habitat loss...

How convenient for pollutors and deniers if NASA was discredited...

Show threadDavid Landon Sep 20, 2023
@Sonikku When has the government ever been able to keep a secret? Whenever they try really hard to hide something, it always leaks that much quicker.
Show threadRobert Petersen Sep 20, 2023
@4gottenfuturist I remember there were model kit companies selling models of the Stealth Fighter before the government even acknowledged it existed just through all the leaks, and that was pre-WWW even.
Show threadDavid Landon Sep 20, 2023
@Sonikku If I remember correctly, an old Superman comic basically guessed at the existence of the atomic bomb by accident during the Manhattan Project. It's funny that the same people who think the government is incompetent also think it can fake moon landings, hide alien spaceships, fake Elvis's death, etc.
Show threadRobert Petersen Sep 20, 2023

@4gottenfuturist Kodak here in Rochester, NY were able to figure out that the atom bomb test happened because of foggy film, and even determined the element used by how it looked.

https://youtu.be/7pSqk-XV2QM?si=d7RVMTYgFPcK-kjL

How Kodak Exposed Nuclear Testing

YouTube
Show threadTucker TeagueSep 21, 2023
@Sonikku clearly they did find proof, did have a massive kegger, and did ask congress for money, and the fact we don't know about all that is even more proof of a huge cover up
Show threadComputeforloot Oct 12, 2023
@Sonikku exactly
Show threademberquill Oct 13, 2023

@Sonikku All these big conspiracy theories rely on the idea that a group of potentially thousands of people has no dissenters, which is ridiculous.

The US military can't even keep their tech specs from leaking to video game forums. There's no way NASA could hide the existence of aliens even if they wanted to.