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Neil Cicierega @neilcic.com · 13/05/2026

He was wright

Orville Wright Says:
Flying Saucers "War Propaganda"

Orville Wright thinks the flying saucer craze is “propaganda started by the government to support the current state department campaign to get us in another war.”
The co-inventor of the airplane compared the saucer stories with the false rumors published in England in 1913 about German dirigibles flying over the British Isles.
“It is more propaganda for war, to stir up the people and excite them to believe a foreign power has designs on this nation,” the 75-year-old scientist said.
Mr. Wright criticized wide publicity given the saucer stories.
He believes there is no scientific basis for the existence of the phenomenon reportedly seen by hundreds of persons across the nation.
“You can get people to say anything,” he commented. “The American people have reached a pretty low level to be taken in by sheer propaganda.”

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Neil Cicierega @neilcic.com · 13/05/2026

it's blowing my mind that one of the Wright bros lived into the atomic age and knew about flying saucers, but also: they let him say something so ~UN-AMERICAN~ in the papers in 1947

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clever display name lacker @pfish.zone · 13/05/2026

we’ve had some real high-profile duds of late but plenty of good people came out of Ohio

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Dark Jaguar @darkjaguar64.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

What- what are their purpose?!

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jimpers crimpers @jimprov.sendusyourmoney.com · 13/05/2026

he was right to say "You can get people to say anything."

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Shapeguy @shapeguy.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Well I guess if you're censoring someone who invented something as substantial as airplanes it's more reflective of you than them in the public eye.

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