Recent Developments in Air Defense Suggest Coming Disclosure

I couldn't help but post something on this, as I have been getting an impression that the 1st-world nations seem to be moving toward UFO disclosure. Consider these recent developments:

1) The US Air Force just launched a covert mission involving the X-37B and, most likely, DARPA's HTV-2 craft. Experts are speculating that the mission involved the destruction of the HTV-2 by the X-37B, or by some kind of weapon system involving the X-37B, accounting for the disappearance of the HTV-2 just the other day. Some are suggesting the mission is designed for rapid interception of multiple aerial targets across the globe.

2) The European Union has just discovered that the entire fiasco around the ash cloud from the Iceland volcano was unwarranted, as there apparently WAS NO ash cloud that could pose the kind of risk which was suggested. The entire incident could have been resolved if a scientific plane had gone up to analyze the cloud, but this plane just happened to be under maintenance until the last day of the air traffic ban. But the most interesting part is that the European Union has used this incident to jumpstart an effort to UNIFY EUROPE'S AIR SPACE. Check out this link to the news article:

EU presses to unify Europe's fragmented skies

I found this quote from the article particularly interesting:

The reassessments also will include a crisis-management plan to deal much more aggressively with ALL AVIATION-RELATED EMERGENCIES, not just those caused by volcanic ash.

"The crisis was well managed, but it was managed as a crisis" — not as a manageable threat, said Brian Flynn, deputy head of operations at Eurocontrol, the Brussels-based air traffic management agency. A comprehensive crisis management system was needed to be created to deal with FUTURE EVENTS THAT MAY JEOPARDIZE INTERNATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC, he said.

"Volcanic eruptions are very rare in Europe. But we must also be able to deal with other threats to air safety, such as terrorism security alerts, health epidemics, and MAJOR SOCIAL UNREST," Flynn said.

Add to all of this the recent statements from the world's leading scientists about the likelihood of alien life, including one from the Vatican, and the large number of recent alien- and UFO-related documentaries on TV, and the abundance of Rasmussen Reports and other public surveys asking things like "Do you believe in UFO's" and "How would you react to an alien presence," as well as the growing movement to disclose UFO files, and President Obama's statement on fixing the nation's overblown black budgeted military spending...

I am not going to get my hopes up too high, because we all know how many times we've been let down on this before. But this is starting to look suspicious to me.

[edit on 27-4-2010 by Magnus47]

It is plain incorrect to say that there is NO precedent for ash causing near fatal interuption to a jet engine, as can be attested to by a British pilot who flew through a cloud, which stripped the paint from his plane, scratched the lens on the landing light, and stopped all four engines. It was a matter of luck that he , his crew, and the passengers of the craft werent flattened by sudden and unintentional interaction with the surface of the earth. To deny this is quite foolish since its a matter of record and has been known about for thirty years. People need to quit debating it. However, wether or not the ashcloud from Iceland was of the right consitancy to cause this almost terminal failiure is another question, one which could have been answered alot easier if everyone had worked together. In fact it would have been easier for ANY one nation to send up a plane equiped with filter based chemical analysis gear, and a well expirienced pilot who could glide the damn thing home in an emergancy . You would have thought that wouldnt have been hard since Europe is a big place, and home to some of the best pilots in the entire freaking world.However, nothing like that happened because the entire response to the incident was badly organised , disjointed and confused. This is because although in Europe we have common laws which apply to all nations, the standard operating procedures for emergancies are all very slightly different, as are the disaster management methodologies.
The proposals for unified airspace (while I dont agree that they are the best way) are meant to make co-ordination between the nations easier in the event of such a catastrophic issue coming to light. While I agree something needs to be done, I cannot accept that the best way is to unify the airspace. There ought to be a system for emergancies only , which links the air traffic controlers of all Europe, both military and civilian during such a crisis, sure. But I dont think its a great idea to have it as a permanent fixture.