Subject:
UFO truth - Things are
moving at
long last. Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 12:29:31 -0400 From: "Colin Andrews"
To: "Colin Andrews"
I think we are entering the period I have
long awaited. Keep watching this spot because things are moving. The
USA
might prove to be amongst the last to become honest with the public
about
UFO's perhaps because they have gained more than most by researching
them:
I personally attended several confidential meetings during the early
phases
of the ongoing process aimed at encouraging the US government to become
more honest about the UFO subject. Let us keep our fingers crossed that
the new US government will bring with it the impetuous and courage to
match
the French, Brazilian, Italian and Belgian governments position.
Colin ----
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Original Message -----
From: Richard J. Boylan, Ph.D. To: David
Kingston Cc: Sent: Friday, September 29, 2000 1:10 AM Subject:
[DrRichBoylanReports:]
Leslie Kean's excellent article Dr RichBoylanReports -
http://DrRichBoylanReports.listbot.com
journalist Leslie Kean (she recently published articles about COMETA
French
UFO report in BOSTON GLOBE and Irish INDEPENDENT) I have found out that
she also released her third article in French magazine VSD (the one
that
first released COMETA report in the first place back in July 1999). The
article that I am sending you is a translated non-edited version.
Leslie
says that she is not happy that VSD has cuted a much from this version
that I am sending you, but I think that people will be interested to
see
how it all looks in the working version. Unfortunately we don't have
published
version on english language. Anyway here it is and I am sending this
with
Leslie's permission. Note that on this third article the gravity centre
is more on the detail movings inside US pressures for Congressional UFO
hearings from the 1997 (Greer, Rockfeller and Clinton involved). VSD is
a weekly magazine. But since, as Leslie says, it was a special issue on
UFOs, it didn't have the date of a particular week on it. It was just
dated
June. Leslie continues: "The VSD piece was not very well edited, and
they
cut almost half of what I submitted...so I'm not thrilled with it, but
the information is important." Best regards PS: Dear researchers.
Sorry,
just a small correction about message "Leslie Kean's 3rd COMETA article
in VSD". I have just found out that the piece that I sent was a piece
originaly
released in VSD (as they edited it). The article that you will find in
the following text below is a wider version that was not released in
VSD.
Wider version has many more interesting data then the published one for
the public.
Here
it is:
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By Leslie Kean (draft non-released version
for VSD): COMETA [ special French committee of political and militatry
figures addressing UFO issue] spokesperson Michel Algrin says that the
report was delivered to French president Jacques Chirac and Prime
Minister
Lionel Jospin. "No response is awaited, only action," he says. "The
COMETA
made no request to the US government. It is not entitled to do so,"
says
Algrin, an attorney and political scientist. "But, in its report, it
recommended
to the French government to seek for a cooperation [sic] with its
American
ally on the subject of UFOs." Dr. Edgar Mitchell, the Apollo 14
astronaut
who was the sixth man to walk on the moon, is one of many supporters of
such cooperation. "It's significant that individuals of some standing
in
the government, military and intelligence community in France came
forth
with this," he said in a recent interview from his home in Florida.
Mitchell,
who holds a doctor of science degree from MIT, is convinced "at a
confidence
level above 90%, that there is reality to all of this." He joins
five-star
Admiral Lord Hill-Norton, the former head of the British Ministry of
Defense
and Major Gordon L. Cooper, one of America's original seven Mercury
astronauts,
in calling for Congressional fact-finding hearings into the UFO
question.
"People have been digging through the files and investigating for years
now. The files are quite convincing. The only thing that's lacking is
the
official stamp," Mitchell says. Despite the fact that Mitchell is a
national
hero and has been honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the
USN
Distinguished Service Medal and the NASA Distinguished Service Medal,
his
request for an investigation has been ignored by U.S. officials. As the
COMETA report points out, the U.S. is unique in its silence on this
issue.
UFOs and Defense notes that many UFO files are classified above top
secret,
and accuses the U.S. of following a policy of disinformation. It says
that
the government has an "impressive repressive arsenal" in place, which
includes
military regulations prohibiting public disclosure of UFO sightings.
Air
Force Regulation 200-2, ``Unidentified Flying Objects Reporting,'' for
example, prohibits the release to the public and the media of any data
about ``those objects which are not explainable.'' An even more
restrictive
procedure is outlined in the Joint Army Navy Air Force Publication 146,
which threatens to prosecute anyone under its jurisdiction - including
pilots, civilian agencies, merchant marine captains, and even some
fishing
vessels - for disclosing reports of sightings relevant to US security.
Although some documentation has been released through the Freedom of
Information
Act (FOIA), researchers have had an increasingly difficult time
accessing
information about a subject that the U.S. government claims does not
exist.
A 1980 federal suit is a case in point. The case was filed in the US
District
Court of the District of Columbia against the National Security Agency
(NSA) for 156 UFO documents the agency refused to release. The NSA
provided
U.S. District Court Judge Gerhard A.Gesell with a 21-page, Above Top
Secret
affidavit justifying the withholding. No one else was permitted to see
the affidavit. The judge dismissed the lawsuit stating that "public
interest
in disclosure is far outweighed by the sensitive nature of the
materials
and the obvious effect on national security their release may entail."
MILITARY CLOSE ENCOUNTERS A few months after the French release of the
COMETA report, U.S. Naval Reserve Commander Willard H. Miller agreed to
go on the record about his participation in a series of previously
undisclosed
briefings for Pentagon brass about national security and military
policy
regarding UFOs. Miller has been a key liaison to the Pentagon on the
subject
for years. "It's time to give some credibility to the fact that there
are
those in high places in the government who have an interest in this
subject,"
he says, taking a considerable risk by coming forward. Miller retired
in
1994 from active duty on the Current Operations Staff (J3) of U.S.
Atlantic
Command, Norfolk, Virginia where he worked operations, intelligence,
and
special contingency issues. With over 30 years of experience in Navy
and
Joint Interagency operations with the Department of Defense, Commander
Miller has held a Top Secret clearance with access to sensitive
compartmented
information. It has not been easy for Miller to overcome the taboo that
the UFO subject carries among his colleagues in the military. "It is
treated
much the way we used to view mental illness. Hide the crazy daughter in
the attic," he says. In a February, 2000 confidential memo titled
"Selected
Discussions with Key United States (US) Department of Defense (DoD)
Intelligence
Personnel on the Subject of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) and
Extraterrestrial
Intelligence (ETI)" prepared for this reporter, Miller spelled out the
details of meetings between 1989 and 2000 with named high level
Department
of Defense intelligence personnel - including the Director of the
Defense
Intelligence Agency (DIA), an Admiral on the Joint Staff, and the U.S.
Atlantic Command Director for Intelligence - among others. Miller says
he initiated briefings "to provide the flag officers with information
to
help the military decision-making processes when these unexplained
craft
are encountered by members of the Department of Defense." Concerned
that
many high-ranking military officers are not properly informed about the
UFO phenomenon, Miller believes that the generals who have come forward
in France could have a significant impact. "Without preparation and
planning
for encounters, precipitous military decisions may lead to unnecessary
confusion, misapplication of forces, or possible catastrophic
consequences,"
he says.. The Navy Commander's concern is justified by the historical
record.
Declassified government documents show that unexplained objects with
extraordinary
technical capabilities pose challenges to military activity around the
globe. U.S. fighter jets have been scrambled to pursue UFOs, according
to North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD) logs and U.S. Air
Force
documents. Peruvian and Iranian Air Force planes attempted to shoot
down
unexplained objects during air encounters, and Belgium F-16's equipped
with automatically guided missiles pursued UFO's in 1990. In earlier
decades,
such concerns were openly discussed among American government
officials.
In 1960, for example, Representative Leonard G. Wolf of Iowa entered an
"urgent warning" from former CIA Director Vice Admiral R.E.
Hillenkoetter
into the Congressional Record that "certain dangers are linked with
unidentified
flying objects." Wolf cited Gen. L.M. Chassin, NATO coordinator of
Allied
Air Service, warning that "if we persist in refusing to recognize the
existence
of the UFOs, we will end up, one fine day, by mistaking them for the
guided
missiles of an enemy - and the worst will be upon us." Wolf also
referenced
a three-year study which determined that air defense scrambles and
alerts
had already occurred due to the presence of UFOs. All defense personnel
"should be told that UFOs are real and should be trained to distinguish
them - by their characteristic speeds and maneuvers - from conventional
planes and missiles" the study said. These concerns were taken
seriously
enough to be incorporated into the 1971 "Agreement on Measures to
Reduce
the Outbreak of Nuclear War" between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. The
treaty states that the two countries will "notify each other
immediately
in the event of detection by missile warning systems of unidentified
objects...if
such occurrences could create a risk of outbreak of nuclear war between
the two countries." The COMETA assures its readers that UFOs have not
been
the cause of any hostile acts "although intimidation maneuvers have
been
confirmed." In France, they say, there have been "visits above secret
installations
and missile bases" and "military aircraft shadowed" by UFOs. Like
Miller,
they warn against impulsive, uninformed actions. "In the face of an
unknown
situation, one must be on guard against any instinctive self-defense
reaction
that could be easily interpreted as a provocation." Reports such as the
one from France may open the door for the U.S. and other nations to be
more forthcoming. Chile, for example, is openly addressing it's own
concerns
about air safety and UFOs. The now retired Chief of the Chilean Air
Force
has formed a committee with military and civil aviation experts to
study
recent near collisions between UFOs and civilian airliners. GOVERNMENT
WITNESSES: EXTRAORDINARY AND UNAMBIGUOUS EVENTS While Commander Miller
alerted the Pentagon, researcher Dr. Steven M. Greer was working the
issue
within the U.S.Congress and the executive branch. Greer, an emergency
physician
who has assembled government documents, visual evidence and credible
witness
reports on UFOs, also attended some of the Pentagon briefings with
Miller.
In 1993, Greer was invited to meet with President Clinton's first
sitting
CIA Director, Admiral James Woolsey. The three hour event was arranged
by futurist John L. Petersen, President and founder of the Washington
area
think tank The Arlington Institute, who "specializes in the area of
national
and global security" and currently serves as a Pentagon consultant,
according
to Institute materials. Petersen's credentials include stints at the
Office
of the Secretary of Defense and the National Security Council staff.
Petersen
declined to answer questions concerning his purpose in hosting the
dinner
meeting at his home in Arlington, Virginia. However, he obviously was
aware
of the high stakes involved. In a sensitive memo he sent to Greer just
prior to the meeting, he said that the dinner with Woolsey would "move
the whole thing to a much, much higher plane..." and that "the most
powerful
people in the world will have a deep, compelling interest in our
activities..."
At the same time, he pointed out that the meeting - kept secret until
1998
- would raise "significant red flags for those who don't want to see
this
succeed." Greer says he only needed 15 minutes to present Woolsey with
the documentation he brought in a large briefcase. Woolsey was already
convinced as to the reality of UFO's. Most of the meeting was spent
discussing
"what all of this means" and "the geopolitical implications of
disclosing
this matter fully to the public," Greer says In August 1995,
philanthropist
Laurance Rockefeller provided Greer's briefing materials to President
Clinton,
Hillary Clinton, and Presidential science advisor Jack Gibbons while
they
spent a weekend at Rockefellers' Wyoming ranch. Clinton then instructed
Associate Attorney General at the Justice Department, Webster Hubbell,
to investigate the existence of UFOs, as disclosed in his book Friends
in High Places. Despite this request from the Commander-in-Chief,
Hubbell
was unable to obtain information on the subject. Greer has worked
tirelessly
in an effort to bring about Congressionsal hearings into the UFO
question.
He has earned the trust of over 100 government witnesses with personal,
first-hand knowledge of UFO phenomena and related projects who are
committed
to testify under oath. These witnesses made their observations while in
the Air Force, Army, Navy, NASA, private industry and intelligence
operations.
According to Greer, they are waiting only for Congressional subpoenas
to
protect them from penalties for violating national security oaths
before
coming forward. Apollo Astronaut Edgar Mitchell has talked to a number
of these witnesses. "They have stated their first hand experience with
conviction and their stories check out," he said. Coupled with the new
military disclosures acknowledging national security concerns,
advocates
for Congressional hearings believe that the testimonies of these highly
credible government witnesses could force, once and for all, a
government
examination of the "extra- terrestrial hypothesis" as has been done in
France. As a small prelude to these hearings, eleven witnesses risked
coming
forward "for ethical, moral and patriotic reasons" as Greer explained
it.
On April 9, 1997, Greer and his associates held an unprecedented,
confidential
congressional briefing at the Westin Hotel in Washington. The VIP's in
attendance included Representative Dan Burton, Chair of the House
Committee
on Government Reform and Oversight, with his chief of staff, and
staffers
from nearly thirty congressional offices. Representatives from the
executive
branch, including a staff member from Vice President Gore's office,
were
present, along with representatives of two state governors, the
Department
of Defense, and the scientific community. Greer told the attendees that
the witnesses "have directly handled this subject or have been present
while it was occuring - major events, unambiguous events, not a light
in
the sky, but extroardinary events" and "are tremendously dedicated to
trying
to bring this forward to the public." For over one and a half hours,
participants
heard from a Pentagon cryptologist who said he viewed extraterrestrial
space debris containing indecipherable writing, and a NASA
subcontracter
who saw restricted satellite photos showing flying discs that were
routinely
airbrushed out before public release. A navy pilot and his crew
experienced
electromagnetic effects in their airplane when a 300 foot UFO flew 25
miles
in two seconds directly in front of the plane, as confirmed by Gander
radar
and official government documents. Witnesses touched on national
security
concerns such as those brought to the Pentagon by Commander Miller.
Loring
Air Force base was visited by a silent triangular ship which hovered
over
B-52's on strategic alert. A senior admiral, amid command center chaos,
issued a "force down" order against an elliptical-shaped craft of
unknown
origin, tracked by satellite, radar, and chased by military planes.
According
to the witness, it literally jumped between states in under a minute,
flew
out to sea and suddenly left the earth's atmosphere. By all accounts,
the
VIP's present paid close attention. They had been clearly informed that
these witnesses were only the tip of the iceberg out of a pool of more
than 100. "This is a subject that can either bore you to death or shock
you to death or absolutely leave you speechless" witness Major Steven
Lovekin
told them. A veteran Congressional staffer received a standing ovation
when, unsolicited, she took the floor and declared her determination to
bring this information to the public by organizing for hearings on
capitol
hill. The next day, Miller, Lovekin, Mitchell and Greer brought the
same
information to the Joint Staff Vice Director for Intelligence at a
private
PkOtagon briefing. PROTECTING HARD-EARNED REPUTATIONS Two years after
the
Washington briefing, the COMETA released its dramatic report which
ended
by stating that "only increasing pressure from public opinion, possibly
supported by the results of independent researchers, by more or less
calculated
disclosures, or by a sudden rise in UFO manifestations might perhaps
induce
U.S. leaders and persons of authority to change their stance." Witness
testimonies and other evidence presented in 1997 did not seem to create
movement in that direction. "Because the Congress is afraid they won't
get re- elected, they don't even want to talk about this. I just think
somebody should do something," says the Congressional staffer who is
working
for hearings behind the scenes. When Representative Burton left the
Westin
Hotel that night, he requested that all information on the subject be
sent
to his office. Yet a recent inquiry to Burton's office revealed that
whatever
interest the Congressman may have shown will not bear fruit until the
demand
for hearings - from both the press and the public - escalates. "We
haven't
heard a very loud call for hearings on this issue yet," said press
secretary
John Williams. "As far as any intention of holding hearings regarding
the
existence of UFOs or anything that pertained to that briefing, we have
no intention of holding any hearings on that right now." Williams
stated
that Burton's interest in the subject is purely personal. Some
representatives
are interested, but only behind closed doors, says a democratic
campaign
manager, requesting anonymity, who has been intimately involved in
electoral
politics for 29 years. He has met personally with a number of members
of
congress on the subject. "With our thirty second commercials' ability
to
destroy hard-earned reputations, particularly using a subject like
this,
people are very hesitant to take a leading role on the subject,
although
they know that it's a very real matter," he says. Nonetheless, one
congressman
did respond to public pressure. In 1993, New Mexico representative
Steven
Schiff requested that the General Accounting Office investigate the
infamous
1947 crash of a mysterious object in the desert near Roswell, New
Mexico.
Two years later, he learned from the GAO that all documents and radio
messages
during the relevant time period had been destroyed "without proper
authority."
Schiff was unable to attend the Washington briefing in 1997 and died of
an aggressive skin cancer the following year. No other member has
picked
up where he left off. Dr. Greer, who has privately briefed both
Representative
Christopher Cox and Senator Richard Bryan of the Senate Intelligence
Committee,
is asking supporters to apply pressure. Missouri, the "Show Me" state,
has become the first to launch a ballot initiative urging Congress to
convene
hearings in which government witnesses can testify "regarding their
personal
knowledge of any UFO-related evidence." Certified by the Missouri
secretary
of state in March, the initiative states that "the Federal Government's
handling of the UFO issue has contributed to the public cynicism
toward,
and general mistrust of, government - a development injurious to our
republic."
Robert Bletchman, a Connecticut attorney who conceived of the
initiative,
has no doubt it would win votes in the November election, as long as
the
requisite number of signatures are collected in time. "My expectation
is
that Missouri will kindle a firestorm of proactive interest throughout
the country in those sixteen states that allow for the direct
initiative,"
he says. Hundreds of thousands of votes would be involved. "What does
Congress
pay attention to? How real people at the ballot box actually vote,"
Bletchman
says. "Maybe for the first time the politicians would have to pay overt
attention." THE REAL NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT On September 15, 1998,
Commander
Willard Miller and Dr. Steven Greer entered the Pentagon through the
VIP
entrance. After passing through metal detectors, they were escorted
past
armed security guards, up the massive staircase and into the innermost
ring of the Pentagon. An electrically controlled door brought them into
the comfortable outer office of the Director of the Defense
Intelligence
Agency (DIA), adorned with mahogany, walnut, brass, and military
plaques.
Thirty minutes later, the DIA Director came out of his inner chamber,
parting
company with an entourage of high- level foreign Admirals and Generals.
He graciously ushered in his two guests, taking his place at the head
of
a massive wood table. According to Miller's confidential memo of
February
2000, an Army Colonel, a DIA staff member and a Defense Department
clerk
were also seated around the table. The briefing lasted 50 minutes.
Greer
provided the military officials with declassified documents from the
CIA,
DIA, FBI, NORAD, SAC (Strategic Air Command) and NMCC (National
Military
Command Center), referencing specific UFO events connected with
military
forces and bases. At the general's request, he provided a
"comprehensive
overview" of the subject. Commander Miller's Military Information
Outline
prepared for the briefing included a discussion of national security
implications,
military risks and recommended courses of action. Greer and Miller
explained
to the DIA Director that there is no credible evidence of hostility
from
UFO occupants. "The only threat to the national security of the United
States is the continued denial of undeniable physical UFO occurrences
and
sightings to a public growing increasingly frustrated with its
government's
weak explanations," Miller says he told the Pentagon officials. "Some
US
Air Force denials defy logic and strain the public's tolerance, he
said.
His point was dramatically illustrated in the aftermath of an
extraordinary
event that occurred one spring evening over the state of Arizona. On
March
13, 1997, thousands observed enormous, lighted, triangular craft flying
low and silently, sometimes hovering wingless over populated areas.
Hundreds
of feet long, air traffic controllers failed to register them on radar.
To this day, the people of Arizona do not know what penetrated US
airspace
that night. In response to public demand, Phoenix city council member
Frances
Barwood initiated an investigation into the Arizona triangles. "I like
answers. I don't like unfinished business. People need to push their
elected
officials to find out what is invading our air space," she says.
Barwood
says she personally spoke with over seven hundred people who saw the
objects.
She was never provided any reasonable explanation. Instead, the
councilwoman
was given the run-around from her city, state and federal government -
including Arizona Senator John McCain - and was publicly ridiculed by
the
mayor of Phoenix. Yet she still considers this "an issue of state and
national
significance." Barwood has retired from politics to write a book about
this experience. "The fact that the government never interviewed one
witness
doesn't make me feel too secure about our national security," she
commented
during a recent interview. Arizona attorney Peter Gersten responded by
filing a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Department of
Defense
in 1999. The case challenged the adequacy of the governments
"reasonable
search" for information about the triangular objects seen over Arizona
in 1997, and elsewhere in the US over the last twenty years. As
recently
as January 5, 2000, four policemen at different locations in St. Claire
County, Illinois, witnessed a brightly lit, huge triangular craft
flying
at 1000 feet, according to the Los Angeles Times. Most alarming was the
report from Lebanon police officer Thomas Barton that he witnessed the
hovering object jump at least 8 miles in 3 seconds. Aeronautical expert
Paul Czysz, who spent 29 years at McDonnell-Douglas designing
faster-than-sound
aircraft, says that such rapid motion cannot be explained in
conventional
terms. The object would be a "fireball" and "people on board would be
mush,"
he says. Yet nearby Scott Air Force base and the FAA purport to know
nothing
On February 29, 2000, a reporter brought the issue of military denial
and
the Arizona lawsuit to the attention of U.S. Senator John McCain of
Arizona
at a California press conference. "I think it's of great interest,"
responded
the Presidential candidate, acknowledging that the 1997 "lights" seen
over
Arizona have "never been fully explained." Nonetheless, the DoD
continues
to maintain that it can find no information about the triangular
objects.
It provided details of its search to the court as required by U.S.
District
Court Stephen M. McNamee of Phoenix for Gersten's lawsuit. On March 30,
2000, the judge concluded that "a reasonable search was conducted' even
though no information was obtained, and he dismissed the case. Like
Barwood,
Gersten is incredulous. "What is it that has unlimited, unrestricted
access
to our airspace in populated areas?" he says. "With so many worries
about
terrorist attacks, how could they not know what these triangles are?"
The
danger of such blatant denial is what Navy Commander Willard Miller
brought
to the attention of the three star general from the Defense
Intelligence
Agency that day in 1998. Miller told him that the continued denial of
information
"causes the public to begin to loose additional faith in the military
and
the government. That's not good for the country. That type of non-
response
threatens the stability, trust and fabric of an open democratic
society,"
he said. Miller and Greer left the DIA director with a multi- volume
package
of briefing materials and video documentation which had been prepared
for
the Washington briefing in 1997. Once again, the French Generals make
the
same point raised by their American counterparts. "How can one try to
ignore
a phenomena that is manifested by the regular crossing of our air space
by moving objects...If we do nothing, the very principle of defense and
air intelligence would be called into question," they state. According
to Miller, all of the high-ranking military officers at the briefings
showed
"a great amount of inquisitiveness." There was little laughter. "The
briefings
were accorded the same serious attention given to other briefings on
national
security matters," says Miller. He has yet to assess, however, whether
he achieved the desired effect of transforming military policy towards
UFO encounters and response to public inquiries. "WHAT SHOULD WE
PREPARE
FOR?" ASK AMERICAN FIRE FIGHTERS UFOs and Defense: What Should We
Prepare
For? recommends that the French government reflect on "the measures to
take in the event of a spectacularßand indisputable manifestation
of a UFO." Surprisingly, the United States has taken one small step in
that direction. The second edition of the Fire Officer's Guide to
Disaster
Control is currently used for training by the Federal Emergency
Management
Agency (FEMA) at its National Fire Academy and is taught nationally
through
the seven universities offering degrees in fire science. Chapter 13 of
the guide is titled "Enemy Attack and UFO Potential." It warns fire
fighters
of known "UFO hazards" such as electrical fields that cause blackouts,
air and ground travel disruptions by force fields, and physiological
effects.
"Do not stand under a UFO that is hovering at low altitudes. Do not
touch
or attempt to touch a UFO that has landed," the book warns. Researched
primarily by now deceased US Naval Reserve Captain Charles Bahme, a Los
Angeles deputy fire chief who also worked for the Department of Defense
and the U.S. State Department, the chapter describes the role that fire
fighters should play "in the event of the unexpected arrival of UFOs in
their communities." As an example, it outlines a scenario of a UFO
crashing
into the boiler room of a school, where the spilled oil ignites,
endangering
the lives of those inside the craft. The fire officials are instructed
to let the military take over. Dr. William M. Kramer, professor of Fire
Science at the University of Cincinnati and an Ohio Fire Chief, co-
authored
the chapter and will be updating it this year. Kramer says that "the
vast
majority of fire fighters believe very definitely that UFOs are
genuinely
unidentifiable craft and are not natural phenomena native to our known
earth and our known existence." Like most people, they are reluctant to
admit this publicly. The French Institute of Higher Studies for
National
Defense and the National Center for Space Studies are a few steps ahead
of the United States military and NASA. Not only do they openly present
information acknowledging the existence of UFOs and attempt to explain
their origin, they also recommend a widespread information and training
campaign on preparedness which would reach all sectors of the relevant
political, military, and civilian spectrum in their country. Perhaps
the
report by the bold French generals - with its goal of "stripping the
phenomenon
of UFOs of its irrational layer" - will be a catalyst for American
authorities
to examine the issue of UFO's in a new light." end of quote
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