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I think some caution is warranted though.

For starters, their trustworthy personalities could mark them out as targets for a disinformation campaign. If you were tasked with creating havoc you'd want serious people on board, not those with a track record of BS. 

Secondly, despite their roles in Government, I don't think there's much linking them to any such program, so where did they get this information or from whom? 

It's also a fact of life that as we age our cognition can become impaired. I really hope not in this case but having cared for two much-loved people with dementia has made me fearful of this disease. It can lead to really bizarre symptoms. 

Finally, the reason I think this may be due to mental health is because of its mirror to certain religions. 

I definitely don't want to criticize anyone's faith but I have noticed that some more esoteric religions have an apocalyptic belief at their core. 

Most mainstream religions agree with science when discussing 'the end'. People die and Earth will die at some point. Religion differs when it introduces the concept of judgement of the soul. Mainstream religions still don't specify a date though. 

There have been a number of cults which have specified the end to a much greater degree. The Japanese Aum Shinrikyo, Branch Davidians of Waco, Jim Jones' Jonestown cult and Marshall Apple White's Heaven's Gate all claimed that members would witness the apocalypse. 

ISIS even tried to trigger the apocalypse through attacking the town of Dabiq. This is possibly the biggest difference between ISIS and al-Qaeda. 

Thinking about it would reveal just how flawed the concept is. Out of the thousands of generations humans have lived in civilizations, it's this generation, here, right now, that is going to witness the end? 

Having memories of research dating from back in the 1970s (my mum was really interested) and the 1980s and then ultimately becoming a total skeptic by the mid-1990s I can't help but see parallels with UFO 'celebrities' doing this, naming single years or a range of years during which the UFOs / UAPs. 

I think this is going to hurt a lot of people because I'm convinced we're not receiving visitors and they will feel betrayed by people they respected.