U. S. Government Witnesses
We have quotes from 14
U. S. Government Witnesses
about UFOs
Harry G.
Barnes “For six
hours ... there were at least ten unidentifiable objects moving above
Washington. They were not ordinary aircraft. Barnes was
Senior Air Traffic Controller for the C.A.A. in 1952.
Harland Bentley "I was in a facility in California doing classified work. Our
astronauts were doing a loop around the moon. I heard them say they had a bogey
coming in at 11:00. It was another type of ship. There were portals there that
they could see in. They could see beings of some sort. They just took
photographs. After a few thousand miles, they took off from the capsule and went
away. This happened before the lunar landing. This event was unedited because of
where I was." Harland Bentley, NASA, Department of Energy
John Callahan
"The UFO was bouncing around the 747. [It]
was a huge ball with lights running around it...Well, I've been involved in a
lot of cover-ups with the FAA. When we gave the presentation to the Reagan
staff, they had all those people swear that this never happened. But they never
had me swear it never happened. I can tell you what I've seen with my own eyes.
I've got a videotape. I've got the voice tape. I've got the reports that were
filed that will confirm what I've been telling you." John Callahan was FAA Division Chief of
Accidents and Investigations. From a video interview with The UFO Disclosure
Project.
Lambros
Callimahos “If 'they'
discover you, it is an old but hardly invalid rule of thumb, 'they' are your
technological superiors.” Callimahos
was a National Security Analyst, 1968.
Dr. H.
Marshall Chadwell "Sightings of
unexplained objects at great altitude and traveling at high speeds in the
vicinity of major US defense installations are of such nature that they are not
attributable to natural phenomena or known types of aerial vehicles." Chadwell,
former assistant director of the CIA's Office of Scientific Intelligence, in a
December, 1952 memo to then-director of the CIA, General Walter B. Smith.
Albert M.
Chop "I've been
convinced for a long time that the flying saucers are real and interplanetary.
In other words we are being watched by beings from outer space." Chop was
deputy public relations director at NASA, and former US Air Force spokesman for
Project Blue Book.
Dr. Brain T. Clifford
"Contact between U.S. citizens and
extra-terrestrials or their vehicles is strictly illegal" Dr. Brain T. Clifford, a Pentagon official, from a press conference ("The
Star", New York, Oct. 5, 1982)
Allen Dulles
“Maximum
security exists concerning the subject of UFOs.” Dulles was
CIA Director, 1955.
James
V. Forrestal The truth was
known by only a very few persons. Of the original group that were the first to
learn, several committed
suicide, the most prominent of which was Forrestal, who jumped to his death from
a 16th story hospital window. Secretary Forrestal's records are sealed to this
day. Forrestal was
Secretary of Defense
Roscoe Hillenkoetter ”Behind the scenes, high-ranking Air
Force officers are soberly concerned about UFOs. But through official secrecy
and ridicule, many citizens are led to believe the unknown flying objects are
nonsense.” From a public statement,
1960. "Unknown objects are operating under intelligent control... It is
imperative that we learn where UFOs come from and what their purpose is... " From, "What The Admiral Knew: UFO, MJ-12 and R. Hillenkoetter,"
International UFO Reporter, Nov./Dec., 1986. "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.
Admiral
Hillenkoetter was the first Director of the CIA, 1947-50. In 1957, he joined the
Board of Governors of the National Investigations
J. Edgar Hoover
"I would do it
[aid the Army Air Force in its investigations] but before agreeing to it we must
insist upon full access to the discs recovered. For instance in the LA* case the
Army grabbed it and would not let us have it for cursory examination." From a handwritten notation at the
bottom of a now declassified memo. (asterisk added, see below) * -- "LA" in this
case may refer to Los Alamos, where the first atomic bombs were developed. There
is some coroboration for this in the newly released, but unofficial MJ-12
documents. "The
Federal Bureau of Investigation has been requested to assist in the
investigation of reported sightings of flying disks..." "[UFOs are] considered top secret by
intelligence officers of both the Army and the Air Forces." From a declassified 1949 FBI document from the San Antonio FBI office, to J.
Edgar Hoover. "An investigator for the Air Force
stated that three so-called flying saucers had been recovered in New Mexico.
They were described as being circular in shape with raised centers.
Approximately 50 feet in diameter. Each one was occupied by three bodies of
human shape but only 3 feet tall. Dressed in metallic cloth of a very fine
texture. Each body was bandaged in a manner similar to the blackout suits used
by speed flyers and test pilots." From a March 22, 1950 memo to J. Edgar Hoover from the Washington FBI Office,
released in 1976 under the freedom of information act. Hoover
was Director of the FBI
Victor Marchetti
"We have, indeed, been contacted - perhaps even visited - by
extraterrestrial beings, and the U.S. government, in collusion with the other
national powers of the earth, is determined to keep this information from the
general public.” "The purpose of the international
conspiracy is to maintain a workable stability among the nations of the world
and for them, in turn, to retain institutional control over their respective
populations. Thus, for these governments to admit that there are beings from
outer space... with mentalities and technological capabilities obviously far
superior to ours, could, once fully perceived by the average person, erode the
foundations of the earth's traditional power structure. Political and legal
systems, religions, economic and social institutions could all soon become
meaningless in the mind of the public. The national oligarchical establishments,
even civilization as we now know it, could collapse into anarchy.” "Such extreme conclusions are not
necessarily valid, but they probably accurately reflect the fears of the 'ruling
classes' of the major nations, whose leaders (particularly those in the
intelligence business) have always advocated excessive governmental secrecy as
being necessary to preserve 'national security." "How the CIA Views the UFO Phenomenon", Victor Marchetti, May
1979.Marchetti was a former CIA official:
John Maynard
"I said, “Now this is supposed to be a system that tracks radar anomalies on
Earth, right?” He says, “Yep, that’s what it does.” So I ask, “Then why are half
of them pointed toward outer space, towards the moon, towards areas that are
just blank space? What are they looking for?” He says, “Well, you’ve got to have
a need to know to know about that”.…We go back to a comment made by one of the
astronauts when he stepped on the moon. It was the day after they got there. It
was the original flight, and he says, “You’re right, they’re already here.” It
got out on the airwaves. I know several people who recorded it. It was quickly
taken out of all tapes that were public broadcast.
John Maynard, Defense Intelligence Agency, Military Intelligence Analyst,
Walter Bedell
Smith "The Central Intelligence Agency has
reviewed the current situation concerning unidentified flying objects which have
created extensive speculation in the press and have been the subject of concern
to Government organizations... Since 1947, approximately 2,000 official reports
of sightings have been received and of these, about 20% are as yet unexplained.” "It is my view that this situation
has possible implications for our national security which transcend the
interests of a single service. A broader, coordinated effort should be initiated
to develop a firm scientific understanding of the several phenomena which
apparently are involved in these reports..." From a 1952 memorandum to the
National Security Council. Smith was Director of the CIA from 1950 to 1953.
