2008 paper in Political Theory by Alexander Wendt and Raymond Duvall arguing the UFO taboo is not embarrassment but function: modern rule is anthropocentric, so a confirmed superior other would undermine the basis of sovereignty, and the subject is therefore systematically not taken seriously. The most-cited academic treatment of the taboo. Closer Encounters runs the argument through Carl Schmitt’s friend-enemy distinction and the Nuclear Interference record to conclude real Disclosure is structurally impossible.
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