Hi Jack,
Here are some general quotes that some here may be  interested in.   I 
will concede the word alien is not used  in here,  but it  is implied.  
And before anyone suggests that well, were these  people aware  of the 
planet Venus and hoaxes etc,I think so, I do not think they would have 
gotten to their position in life if they were that  much of  an idiot.  
And yes UFO's can mean meteors and balloons, but really, is that  what 
we are talking about.  No.  We are talking  possible extra-terrestrial 
craft. And that is what everyone really means even if they do  not use 
the word "alien".  Now these quotes are obviously  from various  books 
etc, I  am not  going to  go digging  past this  point.  There  may be 
others of more substance, but then I do have a lot of files, etc etc,
and it is a bit much to go through.  
(Hynek):
Psychiatrists  have  examined  the  witnesses  who  claimed  to   have 
encountered UFOs and even been taken aboard their  craft, such  as the 
two  shipyard  workers in  Mississippi, and  found that  they are  not 
unbalanced people.(42) "They're not  crackpots.  There  was definitely 
something here  that was  not terrestrial."(43)  Dr.  J.   Allen Hynek 
agreed, and added.  "Where they are coming from and why they are  here 
is a matter of conjecture.  but the fact that they  were here  on this 
planet is beyond a reasonable doubt."(44)
In  his  recent  autobiographical  book,  "Forbidden  Science", Vallee 
summed up his views  about the  provenance of  UFOs, a  viewpoint that 
he's  developed  through  decades  of  research:  "The UFO  Phenomenon 
exists.  It has been with us  throughout history.   It is  physical in 
nature and it remains unexplained in terms of contemporary science. It 
represents a level of consciousness that we have  not yet  recognized, 
and which is able to manipulate dimensions beyond time and space as we 
understand them."  So much for anti-gravity-powered starships ferrying 
Big  Brothers  from  outer  space.   Vallee  thinks  UFOs  are  likely 
"windows"  to  other  dimensions  manipulated  by  intelligent,  often 
mischievous,  always  enigmatic  beings  we  have  yet to  understand. 
"Greatest Conspiracies of All Time covers Vallee's theories in detail.
                             SUMMARY OF QUOTATIONS
                               UFOs: THE REALITY
General Nathan D. Twining, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 
(1957-1960):
"The  phenomena  reported  is  something  real  and  not  visionary or 
fictitious...There are objects probably approximating the  shape of  a 
disc, of such appreciable size as to appear to be as  large as  a man- 
made aircraft...The reported operating characteristics such as extreme 
rates of  climb, maneuverability  (particularly in  roll), and  action 
which must be considered evasive when sighted or contacted by friendly 
aircraft and radar, lend belief to  the possibility  that some  of the 
objects are controlled either manually, automatically, or remotely.  " 
(Letter  to  the  Commanding  General  of  the U.S.  Army Air  Forces, 
September 23, 1947.)
Brigadier General Joao Adil Oliveira, Chief of the  Air Force  General 
Staff Information Service, and Director of the first official military 
UFO inquiry in Brazil in the mid-5Os:
"It is impossible to deny any more the existence of flying saucers  at 
the  present  time...The flying  saucer is  not a  ghost from  another 
dimension or a mysterious dragon.  It is a fact confirmed  by material 
evidence.   There  are thousands  of documents,  photos, and  sighting 
reports demonstrating its existence." ("How to doubt?," _O  Globo, Rio 
de Janeiro, February 28, 1958.)
General  Lionel  M.  Chassin,  Commanding  General  of the  French Air 
Forces, and General Air Defense Coordinator, Allied Air Forces,Central 
Europe (NATO):
"The  number  of  thoughtful,  intelligent,  educated  people in  full 
possession of their faculties who have 'seen something'  and described 
it  grows  every day...  We can...  say categorically  that mysterious 
objects have indeed appeared and continue  to appear  in the  sky that 
surrounds  us...  [they  unmistakably  suggest  a   systematic  aerial 
exploration and cannot be the result of chance. It indicates purposive 
and intelligent action." (Chassin, L., Foreward to the book by  Michel 
Aime,  _Flying  Saucers  and  the  Straight  Line  Mystery,  New York: 
Criterion Books, 1958.)
Admiral Roscoe Hillenkoetter, first Director of the CIA (1947-1950):
"Unknown  objects  are operating  under intelligent  control... It  is 
imperative that we learn where UFOs come from  and what  their purpose 
is."  (Maccabee,  Bruce, "What  The Admiral  Knew: UFO,  MJ-12 and  R. 
Hillenkoetter," International UFO Reporter, Nov./Dec., 1986.)
Professor Hermann Oberth, German rocket expert  considered one  of the 
three fathers of the space age. In 1955, Dr.  Werner von Braun invited 
him to the U.S. where he  worked on  rockets with  the Army  Ballistic 
Missile Agency and later NASA:
"It is my thesis that flying saucers are real and that they  are space 
ships  from  another solar  system.  I  think that  they possibly  are 
manned by intelligent observers  who are  members of  a race  that may 
have been investigating our earth for centuries." (Oberth  H., "Flying 
Saucers Come From A Distant World," _The American Weekly, October  24, 
195.)
General Kanshi Ishikawa, Chief  of Staff  of Japan's  Air Self-Defense 
Force; Commander of the 2nd Air Wing, Chitose Air Base (1967):
"Much evidence tells us UFOs have been tracked by radar; so, UFOs  are 
real and they may come from outer space... UFO photographs and various 
materials  show  scientifically that  there are  more advanced  people 
piloting the saucers and  motherships." (1967  interview published  in 
UFO News, Vol. 6, No. 1, 1974.)
Gordon Cooper, Astronaut (Mercury-Atlas 9, Gemini 5), Col. USAF (Ret):
"I believe that these extra-terrestrial vehicles  and their  crews are 
visiting this planet from other planets, which obviously are a  little 
more technically advanced than we are here on  earth. I  feel that  we 
need  to  have  a  top  level,  coordinated program  to scientifically 
collect and analyze data from all over the  earth concerning  any type 
of  encounter,  and  to  determine how  best to  interface with  these 
visitors in a friendly fashion."  (Letter  to Grenada's  Ambassador to 
the United Nations, November 9, 1978)
Major-General  Pavel  Popovich,  pioneer  Cosmonaut and  "Hero of  the 
Soviet  Union,"  President  of  All-Union Ufology  Association of  the 
Commonwealth of Independent States:
"Today it can be stated with a high degree of confidence that observed 
manifestations of UFOs are no longer confined to the modern picture of 
the world... The historical evidence of the phenomenon... allows us to 
hypothesize that  ever since  mankind has  been co-existing  with this 
extraordinary  substance,   it  has   manifested  a   high  level   of 
intelligence  and  technology.  The  UFO  sightings  have  become  the 
constant  component  of human  activity and  require a  serious global 
study... The scientific study of the UFO phenomenon should take  place 
in  the  midst  of  other sciences  dealing with  man and  the world." 
(Popovich, P., MUFON 1992 International Symposium Proceedings.)
Dr.  Paul  Santorini,  Greek  physicist  and  engineer  credited  with 
developing  the  proximity  fuse  for the  Hiroshima atomic  bomb, two 
patents for the guidance system used in the U.S. Nike missiles, and  a 
centrimetric radar system.  In 1947, he investigated a  series of  UFO 
reports over Greece that were initially thought to be Soviet missiles:
"We soon established that they were not missiles... Foreign scientists 
flew to Greece for secret talks with me... A world blanket of  secrecy 
surrounded the UFO question because the authorities were  unwilling to 
admit the existence of a force against which we had no possibility  of 
defense."  (Fowler, R., _UFOs. Interplanetary Visitors, 1974.)
UFOs: THE EFFECT OF RIDICULE
Admiral Roscoe Hillenkoetter (see above):
"It is time for  the truth  to be  brought out  in open  Congressional 
hearings.  Behind  the  scenes  high  ranking  Air Force  officers are 
soberly concerned  about the  UFOs. But  through official  secrecy and 
ridicule, many citizens are led to believe the unknown flying  objects 
are nonsense." (Statement in a NICAP news release, February 27, 1960.)
Dr. Frank B. Salisbury, Professor of  Plant Physiology  at Utah  State 
University:
"I must admit that any favorable mention of  the flying  saucers by  a 
scientist amounts  to extreme  heresy and  places the  one making  the 
statement in danger of  excommunication by  the scientific  theocracy. 
Nevertheless, in recent years  I have  investigated the  story of  the 
unidentified flying object (UFO), and I am no  longer able  to dismiss 
the  idea  lightly."  (Paper  on "Exobiology"  presented at  the First 
Annual Rocky Mountain Bioengineering  Symposium, May  1964.  Quoted  in 
Fuller, John G., _Incident at Exeter, Putnam, 1 966.)
Representative Jerry L. Pettis, (R-California), stated in 1968  during 
the House Committee on Science and Astronautics UFO hearings: 
"Having spent a great deal of my life  in the  air, as  a pilot...   I 
know  that  many  pilots...have  seen  phenomena  that they  could not 
explain. These men, most of whom  have talked  to me,  have been  very 
reticent to talk about this publicly because of the ridicule that they 
were afraid would be heaped upon them... However, there is a phenomena 
here that isn't explained." (U.S.  House of Representatives, Ninetieth 
Congress, July 1968.)
b Happy Trails,
Fred.
 Fred.Austin@sphinx.hughestech.com 
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