fienman.
I am on your side.
Knowing UFOs are real is not my problem, because I know they are real.
My problem is I have no proof to present to anyone interested.
That's okay! I take solace in the fact that we aren't in control of the situation, and I find the government's attempts to cover things up and invoke Chinese drones to cushion the slow-motion blow that we are not alone, extremely funny and enjoyable. It is as though I've read the last quarter of a book and must wait to watch the television adaptation of the first 3/4 of the book to see how skeptics bite it and how the phenomenon intensifies to the point it must be acknowledged. I rest completely well knowing this is all inevitable, without a doubt in my mind. Of course acknowledging the reality one way or the other is not especially enjoyable either, so it's a Pyrrhic victory. Now we have a real situation on our hands, and we are really screwing things up on the planet. My main concern at this point is what course the phenomenon will take in the future --will it become much more visible? Will it continue in the same manner? (I think that's most likely), will it begin engaging military aircraft the world over and pace civilian planes? Will it move from a serious national security issue to THE national security issue of most importance? It all remains to be seen.
As far as the report goes, it will apparently suggest that
1. The technology observed is far beyond the most advanced tools in the US arsenal and has been flying in restricted airspace with impunity and can't be shot down. They can't prove they are from outer space, but they also cant prove flying unicorns don't exist somewhere either --so that is just kicking the ball forward, but doesn't really mean anything. I think UFOs might originate from a number of different places --outer space or a combination of that and something else seems most likely to me.
2. A foreign adversary might have developed these devices. I think that is ridiculous for a large number of reasons --including the historicity of the phenomenon, the lack of development or offshoot technologies from something so revolutionary, ridiculous deployment --if they were from an adversary, we would be engaged in WWIII. The fact that adversaries are still investing in obsolete tech, given the tools they would possess --even stealing US tech, etc.
3. So Aliens (yawn..) A non-human advanced technology regardless of where it is from (even an contiguous universe), is alien.
People who have encounters with UFOs either decide to remain silent and not report them (sometimes for fear of job loss, etc.), or decide that they are obligated to report them to their fellow humans or are so excited or traumatized that they can't help themselves. They will then come to know the "Frank Manor Effect"; that there is no convincing people who are skeptical. The only thing that would work would be for the skeptics to have their own encounters or the phenomenon to decide it is going over the tipping point an become much more visible. It's pointless to try and convince skeptics or to take it personally. I've come to know that forums are useful records of human knowledge, but I've never seen many minds changed one way or the other about UFOs or ANYTHING at ALL, for that matter. It is a human thing. It's also why we keep fighting and battling on this planet. I'd add that some of the most close-minded people I've met are... Scientists.