Why do old former government workers “disclose” that extraterrestrials exist, ultimately tarnishing their own reputation?

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It’s clear they are doing it to spread misinformation, but there must be something else. Are they pushing a specific ideology? I’m curious to know. I was interested in this because there’s an AMA on the subject.

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> It’s clear they are doing it to spread misinformation

That isn’t clear at all. Instead they may simply truly believe what they claim; after all you wouldn’t find too much out of the norm for a politician to claim they had received messages from a god, right? Both are similarly silly but the latter is plausibly just pandering to a large voting base while the former doesn’t provide such benefits.

It is far more likely they are just a nut.

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