{"id":3611,"date":"2025-03-11T16:02:10","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T16:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/11\/interest-followed-by-disinterest-in-this-topic-spans-decades-and-is-nothing-new-3\/"},"modified":"2025-03-11T16:02:10","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T16:02:10","slug":"interest-followed-by-disinterest-in-this-topic-spans-decades-and-is-nothing-new-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/11\/interest-followed-by-disinterest-in-this-topic-spans-decades-and-is-nothing-new-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Interest Followed by Disinterest in this Topic Spans Decades and is Nothing New"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>The Cycle of Interest and Disinterest in UFO Discourse<\/h3>\n<p>Many people who haven&#8217;t delved deeply into the history of UFO phenomena believe we&#8217;re on the verge of a significant &#8220;Disclosure&#8221; moment, especially with recent Congressional hearings. However, here&#8217;s an alternative perspective:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>1960s:<\/strong> UFO Congressional hearings arise, yet public focus leans toward assassinations, the Vietnam War, and protests.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>1970s:<\/strong> Watergate dominates the public&#8217;s attention.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>1980s:<\/strong> The Chernobyl disaster and Space Shuttle accidents capture more interest.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>1990s:<\/strong> The collapse of the Soviet Union and the Gulf War take precedence for the majority.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>2000s:<\/strong> The Disclosure Project emerges, but is overshadowed by 9\/11 and its aftermath, including the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and an economic recession.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>2010s:<\/strong> The New York Times publishes a significant UAP article, though general public concern remains elsewhere.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>2020s:<\/strong> UAP Congressional hearings occur amid the backdrop of a pandemic, political unrest, rising authoritarianism, and government dismantling.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This pattern of fluctuation in interest is nothing new \u2014 the cycle is long established.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nThe Cycle of Interest and Disinterest in UFO Discourse Many people who haven&#8217;t delved deeply into the history of UFO phenomena believe we&#8217;re on the verge of a significant &#8220;Disclosure&#8221; moment, especially with recent Congressional hearings. However, here&#8217;s an alternative perspective: 1960s: UFO Congressional hearings arise, yet public focus leans toward assassinations, the Vietnam War,&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/11\/interest-followed-by-disinterest-in-this-topic-spans-decades-and-is-nothing-new-3\/\" 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":1922,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3611","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\/3611","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=3611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}