The media/government reasoning behind heavily-marketed stories is simply propaganda and driving of a narrative to achieve a certain goal.
And in context LEO/shootings statement, I would have to say that we can apply a little bit of situational awareness to that concept. For instance, our members here have known about the crime and violence happening (specifically in Indianapolis) for years, with more details than are common knowledge to the general public because we are sharing that information in our social circle. In a similar vein, I would come to the conclusion that IF there were a bunch of UFOs reported or shot down in the last few years that we would’ve heard at least some chatter about them, for a few reasons:
1. Service members talk and that info gets out.
2. The government will use any excuse to bolster itself.
3. Conspiracy chatter would’ve made its way mainstream by now.
4. Regular people love to share everything on social media.
Not saying it hasn’t been happening, just that it’s harder now more than ever for something big like that to be hidden and Occam’s Razor applies.
