In order to thoroughly examine UFO sightings and UFO waves, a researcher must attempt to consider every possible rational explanation for the incident before classifying it as a genuine unknown. One such explanation as to the cause of UFO sightings is one that is largely ignored by UFO researchers, but it may play a larger role in UFO cases than many would suspect. This cause is military hoaxing of UFOs for any of a variety of possible reasons. One of the inevitable facts that we must examine is that the U.S. military has by know realized that the belief in extraterrestrials and UFOs is something which can be manipulated to benefit the modern military machine This is true regardless of whether or not UFOs actually represent some type of undiscovered intelligence, because a belief in anything can be used to manipulate the believer, regardless of whether or not that belief is objectively correct.
People donate a huge amount of money to various religious organizations every day.
How correct the religion actually is does not change the fact that the money has changed hands and that the belief in these religions influence the actions of millions of people on a daily basis. Tape recordings of primitive gods have been prepared, to be played from helicopters, thus frightening tribes and keeping them in their villages- a sophisticated form of population control. War on the Mind was first printed in 1978, so we can safely assume that by now technology has progressed to the point that any display of the type Watson referred to would be nearly impossible to detect as a fraud if performed today. We should also consider the fact that Watson, in all likelihood, was not fully informed of the technological capabilities of the military at that time, just as many of us are unaware of their capabilities today. So it's possible that more sophisticated means than the ones Watson mentioned could have been employed.