UFO's and the Intelligence Community Blind Spot to Surprise or Deceptive Data

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Other ExB.I!lples of Blindness to Surprise Material Causing Dafeet
1. Because the Aztecs .could not conceive of the Spanish as burr.an
enemies, they were destroyed by this sudden· invasion of alien Gods
who coul.d not be defended egeinst •
2, Beceur- 'the Span, sh could not believe that thoze crude
A."ller:i,cans 9ou1.d build 2. modern effccti vc n!:ival force tlieir outmoded.
were sw).ftly destroyed e.t Cub-a end the P'nilippines in the Spanish-
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3. Because the French had such absolute faith in their rn�inot
ship:;
line they refused to believe that the re.d.5.cally new s::iell swift blitz�:.reig
anoy coul.d outflank the.ir line c.nd shock them into a disorgenized route
in 19lio.
4. Because 'we could rot appreciate the pover of the novel
carrier strike force were surprised and defeated at Pearl Harbor.
,. Because Ya'"il!lla::iot.o ..-as not. a.....ar.�_that the ?:lost important
snip in tne modern fleet was the novel aircraft cerrier, he· protected his
b�ttl�ships by leaving them far behind the rest of the �leet - �here
they could afford no protection to the carriers, which "':!. thout
suf:ficient air cover vere nearly de:fenseless �ainst the fa.merican aive
bombers at Midway.
6. Part_ly because the Gemans -believed that yo'..l could not r:1ount
an invasion �7,thout permanent port facilities tney were �irruy convinced
No:cmandy invasion must really come at Pas de Calais. Tne result w�s
that they re:fused. to reinforce No171andy even after the beach..l-:lead vas
established.. When ttiey did finally move the a.r.noured. reserves to
support the _Norr.iandy forces, Patton trapped them in the beg behind
the Fa.J.ise Gap. (It is interesting to note that the idea of portable
port facili�ies vas so novel and radical thet the allies e�cs� re��s.ed.
to accept it. It is no i.-onder th�t the Gerrr;�ns didn't take it into
their calculations.
7. Because the Germans found the idea that any one 'would spend five
million dollars to brea.� their enigma mach�ne to be inconceivable -
too radical, they refused to accept .the reality of the co:ipromise of
enigma even vhen they were presented with solid evidence to the contrary.
8. Because A.�ericans refused to believe that fast erratic L>Oving
oval objects were anything but mental illusions, they i.·ere destroyed
.by fast erratic moving oval guided missiles f.rom Russia.