It occurred to me while reading about UFO whistleblower news. Why do the majority of UFO things occur in the United States rather than Russia, China, and other countries?
Aliens are big in American pop culture, and alien conspiracies even moreso, so it’s going to be a pretty big community of people. It’s also likely that if someone suffers from psychosis, they might go down the alien route in their delusion because it’s familiar to them through popular culture.
fubo@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The “flying saucer” phenomenon originated among American and British pilots, from the “foo fighters” of WWII to Kenneth Arnold’s widely publicized sightings.
abbadon420@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Blame the science fiction magazines from the 50’s and 60’s. It really was a good time for scifi: Isaac Asimov, Arthur C Clarke, Kurt Vonnegut, Philip K Dick, Robert A Heinlein, Frank Herbert.
fubo@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Sure — also L. Ron Hubbard, John W. Campbell, and many others who got involved personally in weird shit & pseudoscience of one sort or another.