If extra terrestrials exist, why would the U.S. want to hide it from people?

Question

I have already heard and read of incidents that took place in Roswell, New Mexico in the 40's. There was one story that I read where there were two individuals who were near the crash site when the incidents took place. The two individuals noticed the UFO and alien bodies. Then right after they witnessed it, a military truck pulled up to remove the bodies and UFO. Then one of the military officials had told the individuals to leave at once and never speak of what they had seen. So, I was just curios, if the story is true, as to why the U.S. would want to keep it from us.

Answer 1

panic?

Answer 2

If they exist it means that every government is covering it up not just the U.S. so it just seems like too big of a secret for every government on Earth to keep.  If they existed we would know it by now and have better video than some clips of lights in the sky at night.

Answer 3

They don't want the US public to freak out-they want to contain a potential threat.

Answer 4

I believe that your last statement ........"if the story is true"......... pretty much sums up the situation. The Roswell incident has been played and replayed with so many additions, embellishments, and outright falsehoods, that it's fairly safe to say that MUCH of what is said about it is NOT true. Governments all over the world, not just the U.S., conduct research and testing, or handle situations that they would rather not make public "for the public safety". If you don't get all the details freely given at the beginning, though, does that mean that your wildest imaginings are true? Hardly. I think the U.S. is "hiding" far less than most want to believe.

Answer 5

"if the story is true" - You are on the right track here.

The Roswell incident has been so thoroughly debunked that it is not really worth dicussing further. (see Skeptic magazine, issue 10.1)

If the US military/industrial complex had evidence of a UFO landing, it would be hounding the government for even more funding for the USAF, missile defense, and NASA.

Answer 6

I am still up in the air about this stuff, but here are some reasons why it would be possible:

1) Technology monopoly.

2) Keeping alive the paradigm of human superiority, thereby preserving humans as the heads of government.

3) Religious control reasons.  

4) To hide lies about occurrences in the past that would discredit the entire leadership establishment.

5) Revealing the information would compromise military or other secrets.

Answer 7

If extra terrestrials had ever appeared on earth, not even the USA could put a lid on it.

Answer 8

maybe to protect us from the unknown and potential danger?

Answer 9

National Security, what would happen if the world discovered Aliens did exist.

religious intolerance

religious doomsday predictions

aliens described by extremists as demons

social intolerance

species-ist imagine the KKK with a world backing them up and executing aliens by hanging them from trees

workers intolerance

is this another reason to support job outsourcing?

technological intolerance

technology given to humans proves we would expect it to always be given to us and we become dependant on alien technology, fielding a wide array of conspiracy theories

military intolerance

can we really protect our own nations if aliens can just willy-nilly crash land on our planet with or without invitation?

disease

what diseases would these aliens have that humans just can not garner an instant immunity to? viruses, parasites, bacteria....you name it.  Just compare the American Indians when the Europeans came to shore.  Normal everyday child infections that are common place overran the Tribes which they had no nature immunities built up.

There are plenty of reasons to hide the idea that aliens exist, is it right to lie to the populace....that's where it gets tricky.  How would your universal space view change about even the smallest things you take for granted if you knew thay are real and exist and the governments have been lying for 100 years or so.

Answer 10

IF THEY DO EXIST  U KNOW WAT WOULD HAPPEN UR GOVERNMENT WOULD SHOOT 1ST ASK ?S LASTER THEY ALWAYS DO THAT  THAN THEY WOULD DISECT THEM SEE HOW THEY TICK  

Answer 11

Because the American people are strong and smart... But their only flaw is that they panic rather easily.... And that could start a world wide panic that no government could hope to control..... And think about this what if that alien looked like a giant roach, I just don't think that will go over well and people just happen to see  a human killed and eaten by this giant Bug... Even if it was done in self-defense.... And then comes the Billy Bob's of this world that are going to save us from our-selves no matter how we feel about this situation... And he manage to catch one of these alone a shoot it to death with his shot-gun and he is proud of what he had done for He just save us from a horror that only he knew about.... And the aliens learn of this incident  and they say good-by then they fly their ship up to a certain  spot and turn this earth into a burned out cinder  block.. I think that is a good reason to hide this info from the people...............................

Answer 12

People in general are scared of things they dont understand. Confusion leads to panic and disorder costing them money.

Answer 13

Men in Black the movie answers your question.

"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it."

It's true, people are capable of making rational, intelligent and sane decisions. Groups of people panic and make irrational unintelligent and sometimes insane decisions. It's not wonder the military and government wouldn't want its people lead into hysteria.

And for the record, there is another potential reason the U.S. wanted to keep Rosswell a secret. If it wasn't a U.F.O. it most definately was a secret U.S. military operation that involved a craft that was never reported nor seen by the general public. There would have been a lot to lose in the war against the Germans if word got out that we had this craft. It was covered up for sure, and this wouldn't have occured if there wasn't a viable and urgent need to keep it quiet.

Answer 14

You see what you want to see. You believe what you want to believe.

I will never get tire of saying the same thing, the more the government denies of having this knowledge, the more people believe in it, so I wonder... why bother on deny it?

They keep you busy whit the little green man while they have the real thing going on, I will always believe they know other truths, truths regarding the way we got into this planet, maybe we're just travelers, beings that colonize planets using meteorites as the transport and genetic mutation to adapt to a new planet, that's a theory call Panspermia, its not really well accept it yet, but knowing how to use right, even if we destroy this planet we can still survive in a new one.

BTW if the theory of Panspermia is true, we are all "aliens". Still the real origins of life will be unknown, and more unthinkable.

In 1947, Roswell was a well-calculated scenario, and everything came up right, people believe in little green men, just as they wanted.

Answer 15

BECAUSE YOU CANT HANDEL THE TRUTH -- SO THEY MAKE IT UP EVEN IF THEY HAVE TO LIE ABOUT IT ---