What he said.

I am awfully tired of the "the government always lies!" method of argument. No, in fact, it doesn't always lie, and to believe so is either to be obtuse or clinically paranoid. The government in fact tells the truth more often than not, even if you do believe in all sorts of wackaloon conspiracies. The census report is generally accurate, or as accurate as it can be, all things considered. The caloric content of food isn't a lie. I can go on, but the fact is, none of the things I could mention would be thought of as things The Government says--even though they are.

Once again, of course, "UFO" and "alien spacecraft" are not synonymous. Once you have labelled something an alien spacecraft, it's an identified flying object!

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Gillian

"Now everyone was giving her that kind of look UFOlogists get when they suddenly say, 'Hey, if you shade your eyes you can see it is just a flock of geese after all.'"

"You can't erase icing."

"I can't believe it doesn't work! I found it on the internet, man!"