do a lot of work

— I have written extensively about this elsewhere, but in this context it is noteworthy that yet again, conspiracy theories abound regarding the government hiding information about these videos, especially since they were filmed by the US military, who admitted they are “real.” That word is doing a lot of work here. When people hear “real,” their brains autocorrect to “aliens” or “Russian/Chinese assets” threatening our country, while the government simply meant that the videos themselves are genuine, not fakes or hoaxes.