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Originally posted by robertfenixNow the question is what was it....
Aliens, a foriegn spy plane, a nuclear powered experimental plane, a spy rocket, a recovered german anti G craft... I can not say without a doubt which one it was. I do know that it was not a balloon, from Mogal.
Originally posted by Meteor_of_War
If it was a foriegn spy plane, or a nuclear powered experimental plane, or a spy rocket, or a recovered german anti G craft or anything else of the sort then why wouldnt it have been admitted to the public by now? I dont see any reason why after 67 years now and the cold war has long been over they still would need to keep it secret.
Originally posted by Meteor_of_War
Or how about when Stanton Friedman requested the Roswell documents through the FOIA but they first sent a report to a judge explaining why they couldnt release the documents and that it would be a threat to national security. When Friedman finally did get the report after the judge, at least half the damn thing was blackened out. Just try to give one good reason for the blackened out text other than because the report revealed the existance of a crashed alien craft and EBE's at Roswell in '47.
Originally posted by intrepid
As well as religion. If ET's were found to be true, this could lend credence to the theory that Earth was seeded by aliens. Remove religion and you lose that form of control by the government.
Originally posted by Meteor_of_War
mrmulder, i actually think i can answer that...quite simply as a matter of fact. The government still after all this time feels the nation (and possibly the world) would go into mass panic and hysteria at the offical announcement of the existance of extraterrestrials. It would literally change everything, from our science and philosophy and way of thinking to the world's religious communities. And if new substitutes for our fossil fuels and propulsion systems were gained from it, our whole economic system would colapse. An official announcement/disclosure truly would be a big deal and would have to be handled very carefully.
think there is a chance that it was actually a ufo that crashed there in Roswel but I think its only 5% compared to a covert goverment project that was a carry over from some other German prototype 80% or a Russian spy aircraft that crashed on American soil 15% which the implications would have been devastating to the growing American power in the European community as we were looked upon as the mighty super power in the world. If it was possible for the Russians to invade our airspace with a single (???) aircraft then maybe the US is not as powerful as they thought, and we might have a different Europe today as more countries may have joined the western bloc and the soviet empire.
Originally posted by Gazrok
I don't think the government is keeping it quiet because they think we'll panic. I think there are many valid reasons for keeping it quiet back in '47. I wonder how many of them remain valid though...???
Personally, I think eventually they made some kind of deal that they aren't very proud of, and that would sink them if it ever came to light.
Originally posted by Skadi_the_Evil_Elf
I wonder what BS the airforce will try selling next?
Originally posted by mrmulder
I can't. That's just the point. What really ticks me off is when the government blacks out everything for reasons of "national security." I am so sick and tired of hearing that excuse. Give me one good reason why the government uses "national security" for something that happend 50 years ago.
Originally posted by Nygdan
So the secret files from the Roswell incident have been released, and ATS does not have a research group requesting the files themselves and, well, researching it?????
Originally posted by Meteor_of_War
Originally posted by Nygdan
So the secret files from the Roswell incident have been released, and ATS does not have a research group requesting the files themselves and, well, researching it?????
Did you read the article?
There was no "smoking gun" in the desclassified Roswell files...as a matter of fact there was nothing indicating that anything at all even happened early July, '47.