Netflix’ ‘Top Secret UFO Projects’ Series Offers Condescending Psychobabble

Article by Hayley Anderson                                                August 4, 2021                                                      (express.co.uk)

• Top Secret UFO Projects: Declassified is a six part series on Netflix that debuted on August 3rd. The show features “The most recent information and proof exposing the most top-secret government projects that handled contact with and cover-ups of, extraterrestrial presence on Earth”, says the show synopsis. “Though claims of extraterrestrial encounters have long been dismissed, many believe the existence of UFOs is not just likely, but a certainty.”

• Each episode focuses on a different theory, the first being Project Blue Book. Another episode examines whether the US Army has physical evidence of an alien spacecraft. The series will show how sightings of alien life have been talked about by the governments in the UK, US and the former Soviet Union since the end of WWII.

• In the past decade, with the rise in the interest in extraterrestrial life, more conspiracy theories have also developed around climate change, the flat Earth, and the coronavirus pandemic. Psychotherapist and life coach Andre Radmall says that those who have been “let down by life” are more likely to hold on to such ideas. “The world is unstable,” says Radmall, “and so perhaps it is not surprising that some people look for unseen forces that might be pulling the strings behind the scenes. A kind of Wizard of Oz.”

• “These people hope there is a conspiracy, because at least then someone has a plan,” Radmall continues. “For them, a conspiracy theory can be a convenient hook upon which to hang their anxiety. Psychologically we all tend to want an explanation, a cause for our sense of unease and stress.” “[T]his crystallization of fears and anxieties into a conspiracy story can be both addictive, compelling and hard to give up.” Conspiracy theories “offer meaning and purpose in a world that often seems chaotic”.

• Senior lecturer in psychology at Northumbria University Dr. Daniel Jolley chimed in: “These (conspiracy) theories are entertaining…novel and attention-grabbing, which is enticing. They can make the everyday appear more exciting. What hidden worlds exist that the government is hiding? It turns every day into a sci-fi film.” “[E]xposure to conspiracy theories can change the way we think and behave. One conspiracy belief feeds into another – UFO cover-ups to deny the existence of climate change. Conspiracy beliefs merge because both assume a secret group is covering up information for their self-interest. A distrust is developed, where an overriding suspicion is asserted.”

• Netflix states: “Though claims of extraterrestrial encounters have long been dismissed, many believe the existence of UFOs is not just likely, but a certainty.” According to Dr Jolley, such theories could be detrimental to individuals and society as once they have formed, they are difficult to “debunk”.

• [Editor’s Note]   This article reveals how mainstream mental health professionals and academia is still clinging to the deep state notion that UFO’s, extraterrestrials and the government’s cover up of them are merely empty conspiracy theories propagated by people who need to believe in them to make up for something lacking in their own lives. But in reality, these pseudo-intellectuals carrying on the propaganda set forth by the deep state without even realizing it. So the true conspiracy theory here is how all of the so-called experts and academics could become so brain-washed as to refuse to acknowledge what they can see with their own eyes and prove with just a minimum of open-minded research?

Top Secret UFO Projects: Declassified is a docu-series that has been dropped on Netflix today,

Tuesday, August 3. The six-part series delves into various claims of people who have seen and been in contact with aliens as well as those who believe governments are misleading the general public. But what is it that makes people get so invested in such theories?
Why do people obsess over conspiracy theories?

The Netflix synopsis for the show says it will feature: “The most recent information and proof exposing the most top-secret government projects that handled contact with and cover-ups of, extraterrestrial presence on Earth.

“Though claims of extraterrestrial encounters have long been dismissed, many believe the existence of UFOs is not just likely, but a certainty.”

Each episode is going to focus on a different theory, the first being Project Blue Book which is

meant to be a record and analysis of UFO observations.

As well as this, there will be an instalment dedicated to the theory that the USA Army has physical evidence of an alien spacecraft.

Top Secret UFO Projects is also going to “prove” that sightings of alien life have been talked about by the governments in the UK, United States and the former Soviet Union since the end of the Second World War.

In the past decade, there has been a rise in the interest in Extraterrestrial life and so more conspiracy theories have developed.

They don’t just revolve around alien life either with many believed concerning climate change, the Earth being flat and most recently the coronavirus pandemic.

Speaking to Express.co.uk, psychotherapist and life coach Andre Radmall explained his views on those who live by such theories.

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