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Plus there's the whole "gee whiz, the Air Force is really open about what they're doing so I guess we should always trust what they say, huh?" aspect. That sets (gullible) people up for easy acceptance of future reports. For example they tell someone,"yeah, that flying saucer you saw? It's just swamp gas" and that person goes, "well, the Air Force was really up front about everything else so I guess they'd have no reason to lie... Okay, swamp gas it is".

I guess there really are some people who buy into that, so that's why they do it. Or at least it's one benefit of doing it.