UFOs - Leslie Kean [0]
CONTENTS
Cover
Title Page
Dedication
Foreword
John Podesta
Introduction
Part 1: Objects of Unknown Origin
1: Majestic Craft with Powerful Beaming Spotlights
2: The UAP Wave over Belgium
Major General Wilfried De Brouwer (Ret.)
3: Pilots: A Unique Window into the Unknown
4: Circled by a UFO
Captain Júlio Miguel Guerra
5: Unidentified Aerial Phenomena and Aviation Safety
Richard F. Haines, Ph.D.
6: Incursion at O’Hare Airport, 2006
7: Gigantic UFOs over the English Channel, 2007
Captain Ray Bowyer
8: UFOs as Air Force Targets
9: Dogfight over Tehran
General Parviz Jafari (Ret.)
10: Close Combat with a UFO
Comandante Oscar Santa María Huertas (Ret.)
Part 2: In the Line of Duty
11: The Roots of UFO Debunking in America
12: Taking the Phenomenon Seriously
13: The Birth of COMETA
Major General Denis Letty (Ret.)
14: France and the UFO Question
Jean-Jacques Velasco
15: UFOs and the National Security Problem
16: “A Powerful Desire to Do Nothing”
17: The Real X-Files
Nick Pope
18: The Extraordinary Incident at Rendlesham Forest
Sergeant James Penniston (Ret.)
Colonel Charles I. Halt (Ret.)
19: Chile: Aeronautics Cases and the Official Response
General Ricardo Bermúdez Sanhueza (Ret.)
Captain Rodrigo Bravo Garrido
20: UFOs in Brazil
Brigadier General José Carlos Pereira (Ret.)
Part 3: A Call to Action
21: Fighting Back: A New UFO Agency in America
22: The FAA Investigates a UFO Event “That Never Happened”
John J. Callahan
23: Government Cover-up: Policy or Myth?
24: Governor Fife Symington and Movement Toward Change
25: Setting the Record Straight
Governor Fife Symington III
26: Engaging the U.S. Government
27: Militant Agnosticism and the UFO Taboo
Dr. Alexander Wendt and Dr. Raymond Duvall
28: Facing an Extreme Challenge
Acknowledgments
About the Contributors
About the Author
Notes
Copyright
FOREWORD
By John Podesta
As someone interested in the question of UFOs, I think I have always understood the difference between fact and fiction. I guess you could call me a curious skeptic. But I’m skeptical about many things, including the notion that government always knows best, and that the people can’t be trusted with the truth. That’s why I’ve dedicated three decades of my life, in private practice, as counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee, at the White House under President Clinton, and now with the Center for American Progress, to the fundamental principle of protecting openness in government.
Because of this commitment, I have supported the work of investigative journalist Leslie Kean and her organization, the Coalition for Freedom of Information, in their initiative, launched in 2001, to obtain documents about UFOs through the Freedom of Information Act. In the spirit of inquiry, Kean successfully sought an injunction in federal court on one important case, as was her right under the law.
The time to pull the curtain back on this subject is long overdue. UFOs: Generals, Pilots, and Government Officials Go on the Record involves just such an effort, and it appeals to open-minded people such as myself. Presenting the facts, the book includes statements from only the most credible sources—those in a position to know—about a fascinating phenomenon, the nature of which is yet to be determined. Kean and her impressive team of contributors make no untoward claims, but provide a rational analysis of the most pertinent information, much of it presented here firsthand in riveting detail, stating that further investigations are needed. Kean has more than done her homework as a dogged investigative reporter, diligently contending with this perplexing subject for ten years while having to face attitudes of ridicule and denial within government. Yet she persevered, and her book clearly leaves the taboo against taking UFOs seriously with no leg to stand on.
Kean and her distinguished co-writers call for the establishment