Andreessen: UFO evidence consistently falls apart under close technical scrutiny
Marc Andreessen · Marc Andreessen’s Worldview in 60 Minutes | Live on MTS · May 11, 2026 · at 47:03
Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen discusses public interest in government UFO file releases with Erik Torenberg on Monitoring the Situation.
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“The problem with this space is, you know, generally as you get close to the details, you know, the examples tend to fall apart. And, you know, there's all these, like, the classic examples, like UFO, like what appears to be, like you know, you'll have these things where, like, a US military aircraft or something will have a camera imagery that looks like it's tracking a, you know, rapidly moving and weirdly maneuvering object, and it's just like, you know, you get close enough to that and look at the details, and it's, you know, it's like the, there's a parallax optical illusion thing that pops up and then there's artifacts instrument artifacts camera artifacts, imagery, digital imagery artifacts and then there's you know, like literally like weather balloons and ball lightning and all these other things, so like, yeah, so I haven't, I would, yes, I want to believe, I haven't seen the one yet that is has tipped me over it.”
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