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I don't see this as a fair comparison. First, back then, it was wartime. A time when most people understood the necessity of maintaining tight security; especially when dealing with a subject like the atomic bomb. I don't think anybody, even if involved in work where he/she has knowledge of some 'alien presence', would see the necessity of maintaining absolute secrecy on anywhere the same level as atomic secrets. Don't forget, even in WWII, many pilots were seeing 'foo fighters', talking and spreading rumors, and no one was seriously trying to cover it up.
Finally, even with atomic secrets, how long did this the secrecy last? Secrets were kept on a temporary basis, while absolute necessity was there only. Why would it be any different in this case?

[QUOTE="softbeard, post: 118488, member: 2315"] I don't see this as a fair comparison. First, back then, it was wartime. A time when most people understood the necessity of maintaining tight security; especially when dealing with a subject like the atomic bomb. I don't think anybody, even if involved in work where he/she has knowledge of some 'alien presence', would see the necessity of maintaining absolute secrecy on anywhere the same level as atomic secrets. Don't forget, even in WWII, many pilots were seeing 'foo fighters', talking and spreading rumors, and no one was seriously trying to cover it up. Finally, even with atomic secrets, how long did this the secrecy last? Secrets were kept on a temporary basis, while absolute necessity was there only. Why would it be any different in this case? [/QUOTE]

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