Welcome back to Cosmosis. I'm your host, Kelly Chase. Today's episode is something a little different.

What you're about to hear is an updated version of my recent talk from Contact in the Desert 2025

titled UFO Narrative Wars, weaponized belief in the Age of Disclosure. This isn't just a talk about

UFOs. It's about the war of meaning that surrounds

them, the invisible tug of war between intelligence agencies, experiencers, journalists,

skeptics, and true believers, all competing to shape the dominant narrative. In this episode,

I break down how narrative control operates, not just in the UFO world, but within the intelligence community as a whole.

We'll look at examples of psychological operations, the role of limited hangouts and disinformation,

why the Department of Defense is not a reliable narrator, and how even the most well-intentioned researchers

can become pawns in a much larger game. But more than anything, this is a call to develop our

discernment, to stop asking who to believe and start asking how and why we believe what we

believe. Because the fight over the UFO narrative isn't just

about disclosure. It's about perception, power, and the future of human consciousness.

Now, let me be clear from the outset. I don't have any clearances or special knowledge.

What follows in this talk are just my opinions. They've been shaped over the

last few years through deep research into intelligence tradecraft, perception management, and even

mind control, as well as through increasing direct contact with people from the intelligence

community itself. It's a hazard of the job. Using what I've learned, I've extrapolated a set

of frameworks that have helped me to make sense of this space. They might help you too, or they might

not. And that's the point. You don't have to believe me. In fact, if you take anything away from

this talk, it should be that you shouldn't believe me, or anyone.

Our desire to outsource the arbitration of truth to others is the very mechanism by which

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