Secret government UFO file unveiled

Space via Msnbc ^ | 11-16-05 | Leonard David

[emiller]

There is one question that persistently circles the community of Unidentified Flying Object true-believers: If the government has nothing to hide, UFO fans often ask, then why is it keeping so many UFO records under lock and key?

“Well, it turns out that the government does have something to hide,

[emiller]

I believe in aliens- one of them does my gardening on Wednesdays.

[LucyT]

Ping a ling.

[BreitbartSentMe]

lol, that reminds me of a true story. We live in San Diego, and when my kids were growing up we used to travel up the 5 to visit Grandma, going through the Border Patrol checkpoint each time. My kids knew that they were looking for 'aliens' and one time my son asked me the the agents there could tell if someone was from another planet just by looking at them.....

[johnny7]

Are there UFO's? Yes.

Does the government have any better explanation of what they are than you do? No.

[tx_eggman]

[rhombus]

Are there UFO's? Yes.

Did Saddam have WMD? No.

Huh?

[Williams]

Wow, what a nothing BS story. It doesn't support the headline or the opening premise of the story, that the revelations have nothing to do with ufo's.

What you have are secret intercepts that refer to ufo sightings and an NSA analysis that the NSA isn't equipped to deal with such unconventional info. OK.

[Red Badger]

[Red Badger]

slow news day.........

[Frank_Discussion]

How are those two questions related?

[MarineBrat]

As an astronomer, my friends sometimes ask me if I've ever seen a UFO, and my answer is always an immediate and confident "yes!" Which often surprises people, until I follow it up by saying that I have seen many objects that I couldn't identify flying through the air. Probably most of us have, but that doesn't mean I think it's a flying saucer. When you spend all night looking at the sky just a few miles from Edwards Air Force Base and China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station you're going to see stuff that you can't identify.

One night we saw something from Mt. Pinos that really made the hair on the back of my neck stand up. It turned out that NASA had exploded a barium canister in low Earth orbit to study the Earth's magnetic field. But until I researched and discovered what it was, it was a UFO!

[Explorer89]

Was that in 1989?

[plsvn]

One night we saw something from Mt. Pinos that really made the hair on the back of my neck stand up. It turned out that NASA had exploded a barium canister in low Earth orbit to study the Earth's magnetic field. But until I researched and discovered what it was, it was a UFO!

Yes, I've seen these, too. Well worth going out of your way to see one.

[Steve_Seattle]

"Wow, what a nothing BS story."

Yep, all it seems to be saying is that releasing government/military records pertaining to UFO sightings might jeopardize classified information concerning our Cold War reconaissance capabilities. Not even a UFO skeptic like the late Phillip Klass denied that there were UFO sightings by the military; he simply said - and I agree - that there is no reason to believe that any of these sightings involved spaceships from other planets.

[rhombus]

How are those two questions related?

Some people believe with little evidence, other people doubt despite lots of evidence. That's all. Nothing any deeper.

[reagan_fanatic]

I hear Calypso Louie is an expert on flying saucers - let's ask him.

[steve-b]

I've seen unidentified flying objects in the sky. I've also seen unidentified food objects in my refrigerator. It does not follow that either of them came from some other planet.

[Frank_Discussion]

Lots of evidence for UFOs. I figured that's what you meant, but I wanted to hear it from you.

Personally I see an entirely different absurdity:

1. I agree that the evidence for WMD's in Iraq is overwhelming, based on anecdotal, photographic, physical, and historical sources from credible observers and analysts. We justifiably call BS on the Left on ignoring this heavy weight of data.

2. I agree that the evidence for UFO's is overwhelming, based on anecdotal, photographic, physical, and historical sources from credible observers and analysts. Most so-called "conservatives" scoff at this heavy weight of data.

It's absurd to maintain such a duplicity.

(Notice I said *nothing* about "aliens". I'm talking about UFO's, which can be analyzed and studied without ET waddling into the story.)

[NeoCaveman]

Is he legal?

[martin gibson]

It does not follow that either of them came from some other planet...

that's because they are inter-dimensional, silly!