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UFO or not UFO? Area 51 declassifying pours cold water on theory
thetechherald ^
| Apr 12 2009
| Rich Bowden
Posted on 04/12/2009 6:41:16 PM PDT by JoeProBono
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Grainy B&W image of supposed UFO , Passoria, New Jersey, 1952. Credit: CIA
The experimental planes produced light flashes that some interpreted as alien spaceships and this was considered helpful by the team in covering their activities.
"We considered it to be a bonus," said Barnes. "They made it easier to conceal what we were doing."
However some ufologists have said the area has only been partly declassified and UFO work at the base may well have carried out though in a region unknown to engineers such as Barnes.
"Those guys who came forward may very well be telling the truth, with the caveat that they wouldn't know if there was something going on," said Stanton T. Friedman, a nuclear physicist, lecturer and top UFO researcher.
Friedman added that evidence coming out of places such as Area 51 proved how much was going on in the country without peoples' knowledge.
"National security has a real place in all of this stuff. There is no way to tell your friends without telling your enemies," he said. "A lot of Americans woke up to the fact that there's a lot going on that they don't get told about."
To: JoeProBono
I used to work that “Area” and that pic is as hokey as a they come.
To: JoeProBono
Having served in the military in one of the intelligence services, I know one thing for sure: Everyone working in Area 51 would have been on a “need to know” basis. So this engineer would have had first-hand knowledge regarding ONLY the specific work and specific projects that HE was assigned. If secret UFO stuff was going on in some remote area of 51, unless this engineer was ASSIGNED to THAT specific type work, he would not have a clue as to ANY of it. So his dismissal of UFO activity, plus $1.50 will get you a cup of coffee at most places, other than Starbucks.
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posted on
04/12/2009 6:50:51 PM PDT
by
Tucker39
(I Tim. 1:15b " .....Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.")
To: JoeProBono
Yeah, so what? We all know they’ve had plenty of time to move everything to Area 52.
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posted on
04/12/2009 6:58:27 PM PDT
by
hunter112
(SHRUG - Stop Hussein's Radical Utopian Gameplan!)
To: hunter112
Utah is secret. Cut it out.
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posted on
04/12/2009 7:00:25 PM PDT
by
eyedigress
(Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil.)
No ONE person at a sensitive area knows enough to explain much at all. There might not be UFOs there, but there sure and the hell is not a guy who can explain anything in total.
To: Quix
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posted on
04/12/2009 7:05:22 PM PDT
by
WorkingClassFilth
(Actually, it all started back in Mayberry. Helen Crump was a traveler and Floyd, well, you know...)
To: hunter112
It's not top secret anymore... Area 53 ?
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posted on
04/12/2009 7:16:57 PM PDT
by
GSP.FAN
To: eyedigress
This area?
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posted on
04/12/2009 7:18:31 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: freeplancer
"There might not be UFOs there"
The truth is out there, one just has to believe.
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posted on
04/12/2009 7:21:21 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(Big Ears + Big Spending --> BigEarMarx, the man behind TOTUS)
To: Tucker39
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posted on
04/12/2009 7:21:40 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
Maybe??? Dirt is in my eyes, hang on.
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posted on
04/12/2009 7:23:30 PM PDT
by
eyedigress
( Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place.)
To: hunter112
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posted on
04/12/2009 7:24:03 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: eyedigress
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posted on
04/12/2009 7:25:21 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: WorkingClassFilth
Did you wake him up? It's Easter you know.
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posted on
04/12/2009 7:29:10 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
All the time. Ding! Ding! Ding! Ten bucks goes to FR on behalf of Joe the nice attorney. :^)
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posted on
04/12/2009 7:30:07 PM PDT
by
eyedigress
( Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place.)
To: eyedigress
They sure have moved up on UFO pictures, haven't they? This one was photographed on several different days in several different configurations. (google: capitola ufo)
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posted on
04/12/2009 7:39:47 PM PDT
by
Sundog
(The founding fathers understood what would happen when all three branches of government failed.)
To: Sundog
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posted on
04/12/2009 7:46:06 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
Nothing personal and your pics are great. I worked the “range” for a number of years. It’s not a visual thing.
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posted on
04/12/2009 7:47:02 PM PDT
by
eyedigress
( Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place.)
To: Paladin2
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posted on
04/12/2009 7:47:05 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
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