{"id":8962,"date":"2026-05-19T04:15:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T04:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/19\/i-documented-wikipedia-s-uap-bias-my-post-got-254-upvotes-and-40k-views-in-just-4-hours-then-r-ufos-deleted-it-then-wikipedia-permanently-banned-me\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T12:11:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T12:11:27","slug":"i-documented-wikipedia-s-uap-bias-my-post-got-254-upvotes-and-40k-views-in-just-4-hours-then-r-ufos-deleted-it-then-wikipedia-permanently-banned-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/19\/i-documented-wikipedia-s-uap-bias-my-post-got-254-upvotes-and-40k-views-in-just-4-hours-then-r-ufos-deleted-it-then-wikipedia-permanently-banned-me\/","title":{"rendered":"I documented Wikipedia&#8217;s UAP bias. My post got 254 upvotes and 40K views in just 4 hours. Then r\/UFOs deleted it. Then Wikipedia permanently banned me."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Uncovering Bias in Wikipedia\u2019s UAP Coverage: A Personal Account of Censorship and Manipulation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In recent days, I undertook a transparent investigation into the editorial practices surrounding Wikipedia\u2019s article on the Disclosure Movement, a topic central to ongoing debates about Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP). What began as a fact-based documentation of potential bias quickly evolved into a complex tale of online suppression, coordinated editing, and censorship. Here, I share the details of what I found, the reactions I encountered, and the broader implications for public discourse and information integrity.<\/p>\n<h3>The Core of the Investigation: Documented Bias in the Wikipedia Article<\/h3>\n<p>The Wikipedia article in question (accessible here: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Disclosure_movement\">Disclosure Movement<\/a>) is a conduit through which public perceptions of UAP disclosures are shaped. My examination focused on the verifiable edit history, revealing a pattern of language that appears designed to dismiss or delegitimize the movement.<\/p>\n<p>Key points include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Framing language<\/strong>: The opening paragraph employs dismissive terms such as &#8220;conspiracy theories,&#8221; &#8220;so-called,&#8221; &#8220;allege,&#8221; and &#8220;prophecies,&#8221; which collectively create an immediate bias against the subject.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mocking descriptors<\/strong>: The article describes beliefs involving &#8220;demons&#8221; and &#8220;even time travelers,&#8221; framing these as fringe or fantastical, arguably undermining serious whistleblower testimony.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Altered representations of official testimony<\/strong>: The phrasing about Luis Elizondo\u2019s congressional testimony was changed from \u201ctestified under oath\u201d to \u201caccused,\u201d significantly altering perceived credibility.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Terminology shifts<\/strong>: Official language like \u201cnon-human intelligence\u201d was replaced with sensational terms like \u201cspace aliens,\u201d and \u201cclassified information\u201d became \u201csecret information,\u201d diluting legal precision.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Selective editing<\/strong>: The name of David Grusch, a former intelligence official who testified under oath, was removed while other testimony remained attributed to figures like Elizondo.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Status of the movement<\/strong>: Despite involvement from former Pentagon officials, senators, Navy pilots, and sworn witnesses, the opening sentence labels the entire movement as \u201cconspiracy theories.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This pattern suggests an overarching aim to exclude or diminish the legitimacy of credible evidence and testimony related to UAPs.<\/p>\n<h3>Coordinated Editing and Editorial Control<\/h3>\n<p>Further analysis uncovered a tightly controlled editing process:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reverts of my proposed changes occurred within minutes, executed by a small group of editors\u2014specifically accounts like Lucky<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nUncovering Bias in Wikipedia\u2019s UAP Coverage: A Personal Account of Censorship and Manipulation In recent days, I undertook a transparent investigation into the editorial practices surrounding Wikipedia\u2019s article on the Disclosure Movement, a topic central to ongoing debates about Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP). What began as a fact-based documentation of potential bias quickly evolved into&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/19\/i-documented-wikipedia-s-uap-bias-my-post-got-254-upvotes-and-40k-views-in-just-4-hours-then-r-ufos-deleted-it-then-wikipedia-permanently-banned-me\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;I documented Wikipedia&#8217;s UAP bias. My post got 254 upvotes and 40K views in just 4 hours. Then r\/UFOs deleted it. Then Wikipedia permanently banned me.&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8963,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8962","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\/8962","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=8962"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8964,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8962\/revisions\/8964"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}