UFOs
"Little Green Men", "Martians", "Outer Limits" ! That is what people
think about when aliens and come to mind. Aliens have been around, as
far as we can see, since 1561. The question is now asked, How come because
they [] have been sighted, encountered, and taken hostage; Why have we
been kept in the dark by our governments? "Since UFOs were considered a
security risk, the report on these sightings was originally classified as
secret (Kadrey 22)." The name 'flying saucer' was 'coined' by a Air Force
pilot in 1947, when he stated that he had saw something that looked like a
'flying saucer'. "The government knew about UFOs and have been tracking them
since 1947, which is to be believed when ...
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cover-ups around the nation. "Our problem is with government
secrecy, because it widens the gap between citizens and the government,
making it much more difficult to participate in the democratic process
(Stacey 40)," says Steven Aftergood while addressing UFO secrecy. The UFO
enigma, or as it is formerly know as the "'Cosmic Watergate' : the ongoing
cover-up of the government's knowledge about extraterrestrial UFOs and their
terrestrial activities (Stacey 36)" is believed to be started during the
Nixon administration, which is still under alot of scrutiny. The Nixon
Administration also established the Freedom of Information Act [FOIA] in the
1970s', it opened the door to alot of truth and more coverups. " I don't
think they would do a 300-page report on everything they detect," says Joe
Stefula who is a UFO researcher. The "military would far rather have people
blame such things on flying saucers than them (Brookesmith 14). "
Several secret UFO Projects have proven the existence ...
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The next issue that is going to be covered to prove the existence of
UFOs is Sightings of UFOs.
'Flying Saucers' , 'fireballs' , or 'Unidentified Flying Objects '.
Whatever the name, people just seem to exactly know what your saying. A private
pilot named Kenneth Arnold "spotted nine weird, cresent-shaped disks flashing
through the air as he was flying over the Cascade Mountains in Washington State,
USA. Accounts of Arnold's experience were flashed around the world by the news
media, and triggered a wave of 'flying saucer' reports across the United States.
By 4 July 1947, there had been sightings in every state but Georgia and West
Virginia; by 16 July 1947, the United States Army ...
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