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The original was posted on /r/ufos by /u/BlockedEpistemology on 2024-11-03 15:34:27+00:00.

Vannevar Bush. Not your harmless helpful grandfather.

Since we’re all heading into a politics-themed week here (& a gap in UAP news), I thought y’all might be interested in this stab at ascertaining the politics of a nascent ‘The Program’. Whether or not the control group was formally called ‘MJ-12’, (and whether or not MJ stood — formally or by whistleblower / disinfo artist’s inference — for ‘May-Johnson’), after a year of research I’ve found it inescapable that:

Given the priors of

1. existence of UAP in general and

2. the existence of a program for reverse engineering them,

• then Vannevar Bush was, (given priors), without doubt, read-in to a reverse-engineering program, and *most likely* had *some* executive scope in it.

So understanding the Vannevar’s politics becomes integral to understanding the organizing & governance paradigm of a Program that he would have had enormous scope in shaping. This piece paints that up.

Upon reading it (and benefiting from the four excellent pages in his one-and-only biography by G Pascal Zachary that the linked article can only cover a small excerpt of), we are left with some uncomfortable questions to consider, especially in light of the upcoming election: How much power should we place in the hands of technical experts ‘who know best’? How much accountability? When we give experts executive power, should they have term limits (and how long)? Should they be elected, politically appointed, or hired/promoted through the technical bureaucracy? This gets into highly politically-charged topics like ‘deep state’. Sidestepping the emotion but focusing on technicals: how much independence do you feel that technical bureaucracies like the DoE, DARPA, NSF etc. should have? Especially if you don’t know whether your preferred candidate will be in the Oval Office any given election cycle?

PS One thing you might benefit from reading: Prior to this work, I was left in a more uncertain, more fearful place by not knowing what kind of amorphous blob might have been behind The Program over the decades. Following my work in examining the origins & politics of The [Legacy] Program through the prior May-Johnson posts and this one, I’ve felt a much stronger sense of agency & empowerment from being able to ‘see’ my adversary. After reading this and prior articles, I hope you’re able to arrive at the same empowered feeling.

PPS This is probably the most creepy-looking photo of Vannevar I could find, putting paid to his usual grandfatherly exterior image. You’re welcome.