Guardian article: 'Why UFO believers are winning the mainstream narrative' – thoughts?

Did anyone read that piece in the Guardian on Sunday? Proper long-form journalism, took the whole paranormal community somewhat seriously. The writer was arguing that after decades of being sidelined, UFO/UAP enthusiasts are finally getting mainstream credibility because the US military and government have started acknowledging aerial phenomena they can't explain.

The article touched on things like Rendlesham Forest, the Nimitz incident, and all the congressional testimonies from last year. The writer made a decent case that we're not all tin-foil hat wearing loonies anymore - there's actual credible testimony from military pilots and officials now.

I thought it was pretty balanced, tbh. Didn't make us all sound mad. Obviously had the token sceptic at the end saying 'most of these can be explained' but at least they gave our side proper space to argue. Has anyone else read it? What did you make of it?

Yeah, read it on Sunday morning with my coffee. Thought it was genuinely well researched. The bit about military pilots coming forward was strong - hard to dismiss a commodore or whatever with 30 years of service saying 'I saw something I couldn't identify.' That carries weight with the normies, which is important if we want this stuff taken seriously.

I thought it was pretty balanced, tbh. Didn't make us all sound mad.

Still annoyed me though. The way the writer kept saying 'believers' instead of 'researchers' or 'investigators.' That language choice matters - makes us sound like we're in a cult rather than looking at evidence. But yeah, overall it was decent. Baby steps.

My dad sent it to me with a message like 'see, you're not completely mad after all' which I suppose is progress? A year ago that article would have been in the Mail with a headline like 'FLYING SAUCER CRACKPOTS TAKING OVER?' So the narrative is shifting, definitely.

The thing that bugs me is they still frame it as 'winning the narrative' like it's a competition we've been losing. We're not trying to 'win' anything - we're trying to understand what's actually going on. The sensationalism never stops, even in supposedly serious journalism. But I get it, conflict sells papers.