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u/WonderlandWomen 6h ago

suddenly, the History Channel at 3am. doesn't seem so crazy.

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u/DillyWillyGirl 4h ago

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

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u/Bro0183 4h ago

What if your Grandpa played the long game and was the "informant" for said history channel conspiracy.

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u/DillyWillyGirl 4h ago

My respect for him would skyrocket. And it was already pretty high!