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The UFO Control System Is Invisible: Vallée Was Onto Something

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Show Notes

Why are UFOs so hard to see with our sensors? Jacques Vallée called the phenomenon a control system. Chris Lehto comes at the same question from biology, pulling in evolutionary biology, biosemiotics and Donald Hoffman, and makes the case that the phenomenon may be the visible leakage of a higher-level control system.

Originally released on YouTube on 25 May 2026. Watch the original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSrKGS_UrhI

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