{"id":1307,"date":"2025-03-10T09:18:12","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T09:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/10\/interest-followed-by-disinterest-in-this-topic-spans-decades-and-is-nothing-new-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-10T09:18:12","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T09:18:12","slug":"interest-followed-by-disinterest-in-this-topic-spans-decades-and-is-nothing-new-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/10\/interest-followed-by-disinterest-in-this-topic-spans-decades-and-is-nothing-new-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Interest Followed by Disinterest in this Topic Spans Decades and is Nothing New"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Recurring Patterns of Interest and Disinterest in UFOs Over the Decades<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not uncommon for individuals who haven&#8217;t delved deeply into the history of UFOs to believe we are on the brink of a significant &#8220;Disclosure&#8221; moment, especially with recent Congressional hearings. However, a closer look at history reveals a consistent cycle of interest followed by apathy.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>1960s:<\/strong> UFO Congressional Hearings emerge, yet the focus of the public shifts to significant events like the assassinations, the Vietnam War, and the protests against it.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>1970s:<\/strong> Watergate dominates public attention, overshadowing UFO discussions.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>1980s:<\/strong> Events such as the Chernobyl disaster and Space Shuttle tragedies take precedence.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>1990s:<\/strong> The collapse of the Soviet Union and the Gulf War become primary concerns for the population.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>2000s:<\/strong> Interest in the Disclosure Project arises but is quickly eclipsed by the events of 9\/11, the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars, and the economic recession.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>2010s:<\/strong> The New York Times publishes a notable UAP story, but public interest wanes amidst other pressing issues.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>2020s:<\/strong> Current UAP Congressional hearings are held, yet the pandemic, political violence, rising authoritarianism, and government changes occupy the minds of many.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In summary, this pattern of heightened curiosity followed by distraction is not a new phenomenon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nRecurring Patterns of Interest and Disinterest in UFOs Over the Decades It&#8217;s not uncommon for individuals who haven&#8217;t delved deeply into the history of UFOs to believe we are on the brink of a significant &#8220;Disclosure&#8221; moment, especially with recent Congressional hearings. However, a closer look at history reveals a consistent cycle of interest followed&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/10\/interest-followed-by-disinterest-in-this-topic-spans-decades-and-is-nothing-new-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Interest Followed by Disinterest in this Topic Spans Decades and is Nothing New&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2349,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ufos","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1307\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}