Historical efforts like Project Blue Book were intentionally designed to foster public stigma and ridicule regarding UFO encounters.

“The purpose was make these people look like fools. You only do that if you know something that other people don't.”

Matthew Cox suggests that various US presidents and government officials have been prevented from disclosing information about aliens by powerful secret groups.

“Carter he saw an a UFO before he became president and he was going to get to the bottom of it and when he get became president he asked Bush who Father Bush to because he was head of the CIA I want all the information you can give me on on UFOs and aliens and Bush said no I'm not giving you anything”