http://truthufo.blogspot.com/: House Committee on Science and Astronautics

Monday, 25 August 2008

House Committee on Science and Astronautics

would first like to recommend to the House Committee on Science and Astronautics to identify the need to look more closely at the scientific aspects of the longstanding puzzle of unidentified flying objects (UFOs). From time to time in the history of science, situations have arisen in which a problem of enormous importance finally had to beg for a proportionate attention simply because the problem seemed to involve phenomena so far outside the limits of current scientific knowledge that was not even considered a legitimate subject of serious scientific concern. This is exactly the situation in which the UFO problem is now. One of the main results of my own recent intensive study of the UFO enigma is this: I became convinced that the scientific community, not only in this country but throughout the world, has ignored a matter of extraordinary scientific importance as nonsense. The attention of your Committee may, and I hope it will help considerably to correct this situation. As you can see in what follows, my own current opinion, based on two years of careful study, is that UFOs are probably extraterrestrials gear engaged in something which might be regarded as a "surveillance."

If the extraterrestrial hypothesis is proved correct (and I stress that the current evidence suggests that only one can go in this direction but does not constitute proof), then clearly UFOs will become a scientific problem of the highest priority. I think you might agree that even if there were only a small chance for the accuracy of this assumption, then UFOs require special attention. In fact, this opportunity seems to some of us far from insignificant. We share the view of Vice Admiral R. H. Hillenkoetter, former director of the CIA, who said eight years ago, "it is imperative that we learn where UFOs come from and what their purpose." (reference 1) Since your committee is concerned only with broad aspects of our national scientific program but also by the continuation of our entire space program, and since the program of space has now been linked in recent years with the objective impressing the search for life in the universe, I submit that the topic of the symposium today deserves your attention prominent. Indeed, I must state for the record that I believe that no other problem in your jurisdiction is an important scientific and national comparable. These are strong words, and I've used so intentional.

In addition to your responsibilities of the Committee with regard to science and space programmes, there is another responsibility broadest yet on which it is highly appropriate that you consider now the UFO problem: Twenty years of public interest, 'surprise the public, and even some public demand under the growing concern that we all try to clarify this mystery without scientific equivalent. I hope our meeting here today will cause a significant turning point, generating new scientific efforts towards the solution of this problem scientist who has been with us for over 20 years.