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A Call for Disclosure

Tuesday November 13, 2007
A major call for our government to disclose UFO files has occurred. More than two dozen individuals, including former airplane pilots and other officials met at the National Press Club on Monday to solicit U.S. government officials to come clean about what they know and are hiding from the everyday citizens of America. For many years now, government officials have stated that we know all that they know, and that there is no more for them to give. Yet, the majority of Americans do not believe or trust our leaders to be truthful, and this is especially important on matters that could be directly related to our national security.

Seven different countries were represented at the meeting, and all of those who participated had either had a first hand UFO sighting, or investigated one. The old stereotypical "nut case" tag is finally passing away, as UFO reports are being made and investigated by respectful, intelligent, sane individuals-many in important positions in our society. It is well known that former Presidents Carter and Reagan reported UFOs, and recently U.S. Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich admitted that he too had seen one.

You can read the entire wrap up on the hearings at Former pilots and officials call for new U.S. UFO probe. I really hope I am wrong about this, but as I have said many times before, "Don't hold your breath" waiting for the U.S. government to release any information that they want to keep concealed.

What do you think?

Comments

November 13, 2007 at 10:18 pm
(1) bill says:

Any information that they do finally release, will probably be so censored, that all you will see is black lines and a couple of words. Plus it will be photocopied so that you cannot read through the black ink on the originals.

November 14, 2007 at 12:25 pm
(2) CJ Miner says:

It is arrogant to think that we are the only planet to be inhabited. The U.S. Governmanet trys to play us for fools when they deny UFO’s exsist. They are only making themselve look foolish, because 80% of Americans believe there is life on other planets outside our solar system. I believe they are among us now only to help us, and will reveal themselves when the time is right. If Aliens wanted to hurt us, we would have been obliviated centuries ago. It’s frustrating that the U.S. Government cannot be truthful about their knowledge of UFO’s so we all can get on with what ever that knowledge will bring to us.

November 14, 2007 at 6:17 pm
(3) makeshia says:

makes you wonder what els they lie about

November 15, 2007 at 8:17 pm
(4) The Boondock says:

Yes, I believe The Truth needs to be let out by The Secret Government. The Common Masses will be better able to come up with some sort of solution to this Alien Problem than a few old folggies w/cigars in some back room. The reason why there has been this massive coverup for so long is cuz the countries of the world are greedy and paranoid and want whatever technological or other gain they can extract from alien technology so that they can be the dominant country. But I think we’re all in this together. Not only must countries join hands in trying to solve the Alien Riddle but the governments and the private sectors of the nations must also come together. And we need to do it now before some alien civilization decides to press a button and wipe us out.

November 17, 2007 at 2:17 pm
(5) David W. Bartha says:

It’s time for the truth because the truth is out there!

November 19, 2007 at 3:57 pm
(6) Sheila says:

I don’t know why the government thinks were all so stupid. It’s obvious that there’s life out there & I think that the world is more than ready to know the truth. They wouldn’t be telling us anything that we don’t already know. We just need to hear it from their lips, that’s all.

November 19, 2007 at 4:48 pm
(7) Stoneboat says:

What real relevance does the US Government serve for disclosure, other than to confirm what 3/4’s of the world has demonstrated to be true, to the extent that trace evidence and thousands of observations have already shown? If the government wants to proceed with a head-in-the-sand approach, and pretend secrecy, then it’s up to governments in the Southern Hemisphere, Canada, France, Germany, England, and other COMETA countries, and the UN, to band with UFO organizations in the US to take the lead.

November 21, 2007 at 8:52 am
(8) Everett says:

It’s quite sad to think that the US goverment has to lie to it’s people. If the people of the United States can not trust their own goverment, who can you trust. It really bothers me to think we the people, the ones that vote them into office, can not trust them.

November 25, 2007 at 9:41 pm
(9) Frank says:

Consider for a moment the potential repercussions of an eventual government admission of a decades-long-standing cover-up. Such an admission would immediately bring about serious doubts and questions about the veracity of our various religious beliefs, much less the trustworthiness of our government (and, by extension, its trust of its citizens– you and me– in turn.) Many fundamentalist theologians would be hard-pressed to accept such truths– its just not wha tthe Bible teaches, and everyone “knows” that the Bible is the ultimate source of truth. The government would find itself immediately on the defensive– why have you been lying to us all these years? Some would simply panic at the thought– Oh, my God! Aliens! We’re not safe in our beds! What if they invade/ decide to enslave us/ eat us? etc. No doubt the government will use many of these arguments to attempt to justify its long-standing policy of secrecy, to include disinformaiton, ridicule, imprisonment and probably assasinations, etc. But the real reasons likely will focus more on first trying to reverse-engineer the technology so as to capture it for our own use, and keep it ultra-secret for the same reason– some things are simply too important to share with anyone, including many top government officials, especially the ones who don’t know how to keep their mouths shut. Such secrecy is not unprecedented, but nothing has been quashed so completely for so long. Eventually, though, the truth will ultimately out. Should be an interesting show to watch, at that!

November 26, 2007 at 12:34 am
(10) Linda says:

Re: Frank’s comment @ 9. Yes, disclosure could potentially be a monumental wakeup call to all the zombified folk who entertain themselves with shows like American Idol and go shopping for deals-wrung-from-slave-labor at Walmart. Our government and our religious institutions have been spoonfeeding us lies about just about everything for years. Why do we keep swallowing them? I’ve had dreams of the skies being filled with UFOs of all colors, sizes, shapes. As completely shattering as it would be, this is one dream I wish would happen.

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