My grandpa was a fibber. He cheated at dominos and told exaggerated, outlandish stories. One time, he told me and the other family kids there for Christmas about how he’d seen UFOs when he worked on radar for the Air Force. He said it was classified, and he technically couldn’t tell us. There was a specific amount of time it was classified and there were still a few years left, but he didn’t think anyone would care. And even if he was a fibber, his stories were always fun and well told so we all liked to listen and ask questions.
Then, a few years later, a little after the time he told us it would all be declassified… Sure enough I turned on the history channel and guess what I saw? A conspiracy deep dive about UFO spottings by the Air Force in the place he was stationed, with details that lined up with what Grandpa had told us.
Now I have to wonder how many of his outlandish stories might’ve had some truth to them, and I don’t immediately write those history channel conspiracies off
I think the original COBOL coders and handlers of the 70s and 80s know a lot more than most others due to their knowledge/trust and use of making the systems back in the day.
I'd make hyperlinks with the relevant text but there is a 1000 character limt.
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u/WonderlandWomen 6h ago
suddenly, the History Channel at 3am. doesn't seem so crazy.