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Originally posted by Freenrgy2
I'm sure Obama was briefed by several alphabet agencies as to what our involvement in these areas is. However, I do not believe that he was told everything. To steal a line from "Independence Day"...plausible deniability.
I also believe that these alphabet agencies determine whether or not a sitting president is to be told or not, depending on the opinion of the one in office. Carter wasn't told as he had an interest in UFO's and, in my opinion, would have been the best chance in the last 40 years to disclose what we had. So, he wasn't told.
Regan was close with his speech where he made the statement about what we would do if the earth was attacked by extraterrestrials. Very odd to mention that in a speech.
Bush 41 absolutely knows as former head of the CIA. Clinton, I believe, was not told. Bush 43 knows as well.
This subject is the best kept secret in the higher eschelons of the government. Unless ET actually lands somewhere where there are a multitude of witnesses, this will never be publically disclosed no matter how many whistle blowers there are.
Originally posted by VitriolAndAngst
... these alphabet agencies determine whether or not a sitting president is to be told or not, depending on the opinion of the one in office. Carter wasn't told as he had an interest in UFO's and, in my opinion, would have been the best chance in the last 40 years to disclose what we had. So, he wasn't told.
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This subject is the best kept secret in the higher eschelons of the government. Unless ET actually lands somewhere where there are a multitude of witnesses, this will never be publically disclosed no matter how many whistle blowers there are.
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If there were an actual UFO found, with Fusion or anti-matter energy, the ability to put up a force field, and perhaps some health technology -- would they share it? No. They might say national security, to the uber patriots that support this status quo -- but really, they can dribble out patents for decades, keep themselves wealthy and in power, and not give too much to the plebes.
Keeping any UFO tech and information, is too dang profitable for any powerful agency. Just based upon how Fascists and greedy corporatists think -- they'd never reveal a thing. It has nothing to do with "are we ready" or national security.
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Really, I don't know one way or the other -- but I expect that they lie, because they lie about banking and reasons for war and everything else that makes a buck.
Originally posted by The Undertaker
reply to post by Mindmelding
I'm going to go ahead and pass on the bridge. But I am going to stick to my guns on the gradual release "Spoonfeeding" of information to the masses. Can you imagine in 1947 when the Roswell crash occured, if they came out and said we're being visited by extraterrestrials on a daily basis and theres nothing we can do about it? The cold war was heating up and technology was the key to winning; of course their going to cover it up. They wanted all of the good toys for themselves. But, they knew they couldn't hide it forever so theres been a gradual release of extraterrestrial concepts over the years and it does seem to be ramping up. Have you ever noticed that when the Military is asked to investigate a sighting their canned response is "the military does not investigate ufo's"? I'll bet they investigate, track, and posses alien spacecraft though.