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* ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]''. Less than two years after a bunch of transforming [[Humongous Mecha]] had a giant droid deathmatch in the middle of a major city, everyone has forgotten and the bots are still hidden. {{spoiler|Halfway through the film, [[Big Bad|The Fallen]] announces their existence to the world anyway, and even outright states that the governments have been hiding it from them.}}
** Lampshade is hung in the comic, where it's revealed the excuse was a runaway science experiment in unmanned drones. Sam can't believe people fell for it.
* In ''[[The Sorcerer's Apprentice|The Sorcerers Apprentice]],'' the main character's mentor explains that normal people must never know that magic exists. Later, an evil sorcerer creates a dragon that chases the main character through China Town. When police arrive citing reports of an actual dragon, the mentor, disguised as a fellow officer, says that it was just a bottle rocket hitting a paper dragon. Apparently that is enough to make the whole thing go away. Throughout the film, sorcerers throw powerful magic around with no one seeming to notice, although at one point a sorceress creates a flaming pentgram over New York and the hero's girlfriend literally can't see it, implying either that some magic is invisible to normals, or that normal minds refuse to accept it.
* The upcoming film ''Apollo18'' has the premise that there was a secret 18th mission to the moon. Aside from the enormous amounts of money, resources, specialized facilities, and trained personnel such a mission would require, this would necessarily require the government to cover up the launch of a Saturn V rocket. A Saturn V can be seen from hundreds of miles away during lift off, and is detectable by seismographs even further than that.
* Inherent to [[The Matrix]]. [[It Was Here, I Swear|Any and all evidence as to the Matrix's existence can be erased at will by the Machines]], and even witnesses can be suborned.
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** Doesn't the game explicitly state at one point that only people who have mastered their Persona can remember the events of the Dark Hour, even if they both experience it and survive? I can't recall the exact quote, but it was something to the effect of, "She doesn't have the power like us, she won't remember any of this." They seem to be subconsciously aware that ''something'' happened, but they can't recall any details and most will just assume they were dreaming.
* ''[[Destroy All Humans!]]''. You can rampage the city, either on foot or by flying saucer, and the public will still have no idea aliens exist. Any destruction you cause is blamed on [[Dirty Communists|Dirty Commies]].
* In ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty]]'', a [[Humongous Mecha]] (and I'm stressing the word '''humongous''' here) goes crashing straight into good old Manhattan. Not that anybody cares. You see people passing by, casually heading for their workplace, not even turning their heads to see that a freakin' MECHA BATTLESHIP nearly crushed their homes. Seriously.
** To be fair, they ARE New Yorkers.
** To be more fair, this is far from the weirdest thing to happen in [[Gainax Ending|that ending]].
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