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A
Briefing Document
NORAD
Secret Status Events Report 2001
and
Related
Canadian Documents
___________________________________
December
2013
A Briefing
Document NORAD Secret Status Events Report 2001
and
Related Canadian Documents
Date: December 11.2013
To:
The Hon.
Rob Nicholson Minister of National Defence Conservative MP
The Hon. Thomas Mulcair Leader of
the Official Opposition NDP MP
Justin Trudeau - Leader Liberal
Party of Canada Liberal MP
The Hon. Charles Sousa - Minister
of Finance – Liberal MPP Ontario
Cc:
The Hon.
Peter MacKay Minister of Justice, Stella Ambler MP Mississauga South, ON, Olivia
Chow Trinity Spadina ON, The Hon. Keith Ashfield Fredericton NB, The Hon Peter
Kent Thornhill ON, David Tilson Caledon ON, Ted Opitz Etobicoke Centre ON, Eve
Adams Mississauga Brampton-South
From:
Victor
Viggiani M.Ed.
News Director The ZlandCommunications
NewsNetwork –Mississauga ON
The Honourable Paul T. Hellyer –
Toronto ON
Stanton T. Friedman MSc.–
Fredericton NB
Richard Syrett – Thornhill ON
Christopher John Russak – Toronto
ON
Donald Robb - Caledon – ON
Douglas Fremont M.Ed. –
Mississauga ON
Re: ZNN NORAD Press
Release
Canadian NORAD Jets
Chase UFOs
Dear
Honourable Ministers and Members of the House of Commons and Provincial
Legislative Assembly
The press release associated with
this briefing document was posted on Tuesday Nov 19.2013. Since its
distribution it has received over 2000 reads on various web sites and on
Google and Yahoo search engines.
EXECUTIVE
SUMMARY
The documentation in the press release Canadian NORAD Jets Chase UFOs
unequivocally indicates Canadian NORAD jets have pursued unknown tracks. The
documentation in the NORAD log report attesting to this is irrefutable. As
described in this briefing document and as shown in the NORAD log report - contact
was made with an ‘unknown’ which subsequently eluded the CF-18s in question.
The press release and this briefing document also reveal the existence of pertinent
files indicating the Canadian government has assessed and attempted to
sequester the UFO matter from the Canadian public as well as suggest plans be
discussed should a ‘flying saucer’ land on Canadian soil.
In an attempt to establish an open,
on-going and more mature dialogue concerning the UFO issue, ZlandCommunications
provides the contents of this briefing document. The undersigned are leaders in
the Canadian community. They represent Canadian politics, education, the radio and
television industry, scientific and international research and business
communities. Each cosigner is convinced that a dialogue among the Government,
the Electorate and Press is fundamental to extending the social contract that
exists among these components of the social order. They remain convinced no
reason exists for elected officials to remain uninformed about the evidence and
what unelected officials have known for years.
What you are about to read - military
logs and ancillary documents represent part of a matrix of converging lines of
evidence. This expanding matrix unquestionably proves the matter of unidentified flying objects has been discussed,
analyzed, politicized and sequestered at the highest levels of governance on
the planet.
RATIONALE
We present
this matrix of concrete evidence to elected officials and to members of the Press
in the interest of clarity as an attempt to determine the nature of the 2001 NORAD
incident. We also submit this information to establish how ancillary documents
in ZNN’s press release relate to the NORAD incident in question. One specific document
clearly delineates how the Canadian military, in its partnership within NORAD,
has modeled its treatment of unidentified flying objects after that of the US
Air Force.
We begin by assuming that
scrambling jets by NORAD indicates there has been a possible breach of national
security as a result of an unauthorized incursion into Canadian airspace. It
also appears that elected officials are unaware of this matter.
In this context there appears to
be growing concern and confusion about what scrambled NORAD jets are
actually pursuing – as documented in the NORAD EVENTS STATUS REPORT obtained by
ZNN through the AIA process.
There are a number of procedural
ambiguities and notational inconsistencies within the 2001 NORAD flight log report.
These inconsistencies also plague the assessment and interpretation sent to ZNN
by the former Minister of Defence, the Hon. Peter Mackay about this incident
report – a report that he was unable to locate and thus unable to read. It is further
disconcerting that – the former Minister of Defence, the Hon. Peter Mackay -
unilaterally dismissed the possibility of NORAD jets encountering and making
contact with ‘unidentified flying objects’ at 35,000 feet in a report that neither
he nor his staff could locate nor had read.
It becomes clear - upon reading
the response the Minister MacKay sent to ZNN - that:
a) The Minister was unable to locate
the very same document obtained by ZNN from the Department of National Defence
in Ottawa using the AIA, and;
b) Because of his inability to
locate the NORAD STATUS EVENT and without having read the document, the
Minister went on to speculate on, or was possibly advised, that which what the
CF-18 Hornets were pursuing was either an aircraft without a transponder or a
non-functioning transponder, or a flock of birds. [NOTE: a CF-18 has a maximum speed of 1190 mph - Mach 1.8 up to 40,000
feet. Ducks and other migratory birds are capable of up to 50 mph. The
Peregrine Falcon can achieve speeds of up to 200 mph in a full dive. None of
these species can fly at 35,000 ft.]
One must call into question a
management system that cannot provide the Minister with a verified government
document within his own department that was easily obtained by a citizen using
the AIA.
Regrettably - a reading of all
four pages of the NORAD document submitted tells a very different story than
that of the Minister’s speculations. One finds a very evocative chronology of
events and log entries that reveal a peculiar encounter between two NORAD jets
and three craft of unknown origin flying at or near supersonic speeds in
straight and level flight. As clearly indicated in the NORAD log, the unknown
crafts (flight size of 3) were able to out pace an LR-35 jet as well as elude
the CF-18s. Therefore it must be presumed that the unknowns possessed a similar
if not more advanced capacity to fly near or above supersonic speeds.
If the Minister had taken greater
measures to locate the NORAD report he would have discovered that,
in this evocative chronology of events, the CF-18s did make contact with unknowns
but did not or were unable to take action.
[Log Entry Ref: page three, date
index 01/09/12, time index 12:13:54 “YQQ CF18s have contact at
350’,…wm” NOTE: The three digits 3-5-0
express flight levels above 18,000 feet. In this instance 350’ means an
aircraft is flying at 35,000 ft.]
If indeed contact was made, as
stated by the pilots in the log, these highly trained jet aviators would have
been able to easily distinguish between a flock of birds and a standard
aircraft of any kind with or without a transponder. Any observation as to what
the craft were, once contacted by the NORAD jets, was not in the NORAD log –
although the dozens of lines redacted in this report may shed light on that which
the pilots actually made contact.
If the unknown was in fact a
standard aircraft the pilots would have responded according to JANAP – CIRVIS
and NORAD procedures. In the face of what pilots actually did report in the NORAD ATC log - i.e. ‘have contact at 350 feet’ with the ‘unknown(s)’- procedure would
dictate an interception in order to escort the craft. Since this did not occur,
it can only be presumed the unknown craft eluded the CF-18s or simply -
disappeared.
Most
perplexing is that nowhere in the NORAD ATC log does the lead or trailing pilot
state or describe what was actually seen. One would expect that once the pilot
stated that – “YQQ CF-18s have contact…”,
some type of description of the craft or its activity would have been made.
That this did not occur appears very peculiar. The CF-18s either made contact or they did not.
In
addition - if the ‘unknown(s)’ were a flock of birds as blithely suggested by Minister
MacKay, he is asking members of the public to believe that a species of
ornithoides is capable of flying at 35,000 feet and that this species of birds could somehow have eluded CF-18
Hornets – one of the most sophisticated jets in the NORAD arsenal.
This notion is completely
irreconcilable and specious. For Minister MacKay to respond in this manner is
either a hollow attempt to obfuscate facts, or it indicates he was/is totally
out of the loop in gaining access to information from his deputy ministers,
other officials within his own portfolio and from NORAD concerning craft of
unknown origin entering Canadian airspace in an unauthorized manner. Citizens
must and should expect more clarity from Ministers of the Crown.
Other
matters to consider within the NORAD EVENTS STATUS REPORT
The most
disconcerting aspect of this particular event seems to imply that NORAD, with
the massive facilities, technologies and resources at its disposal, appears not
to have been in control of Canadian airspace – at least not in this particular
instance. This also raises the questions – how often do these kinds of
incidents occur - that NORAD jets are scrambled to chase and unsuccessfully
pursue ‘unknown tracks’ and, does this incident and others like it mean that
craft of unknown origin are able to enter Canadian airspace with impunity?
The language in the lines
immediately following the shocking confirmation of contact by the pilot(s) with the ‘unknown(s)’ is indecipherable due
to its technical jargon - making it impossible to determine what the pilots saw
as they made contact. One would – as mentioned above – expect some category of
description of the alleged ‘contact’. Curiously this did not occur. (See page 3
of the NORAD log)
The line previous to the ‘YQQ CF-18s have contact’ statement by
the pilot reads; “Time to target for CF-18s is 90 secs…”. This statement in the NORAD log clearly demonstrates the CF-18s
were in fact pursuing and approaching something.
The following page in the NORAD
log clearly indicates, in more clear language, that another aircraft – an LR-35
MEDEVAC jet made either visual or radar contact with the ‘unknown(s)’. The
LR-35 jet reported that their aircraft could not ‘keep up’ with the
‘unknown(s)’. This implies intelligent control in straight and level flight by
the ‘unknown(s)’ at speeds exceeding 530 mph. [The LR-35 (Lear jet) has a maximum speed of 530 mph – Mach 0.81 in
straight and level flight.]
This portion of the high-speed event
occurred at 35,000 feet. Only pressurized aircraft with high-tech structural
design are capable of flying in this rarified flight environment – ruling out a
small aircraft as well as birds. This evidence suggests the notion of an object
of unknown origin under intelligent control cannot
be ruled out. Ancillary documents discussed below suggest our government is
concerned.
The other associated documents obtained
by ZlandCommunications from Library and
Archives Canada, other AIA requests and other sources – provide sobering
verification and proof that Canadian officials took the matter of unidentified flying objects very
seriously. Meetings, discussions and other forms of exchange validate
government officials placed more than trivial priority on the matter of ‘flying
saucers’. One need only read these documents to grasp our government’s involvement
in developing strategies and procedures concerning this phenomenon.
Together, with the 2001 NORAD
SECRET Status Events Report, these pieces of verified documentation provide converging lines
of evidence that the Canadian government considered and still considers this phenomenon
as real and of high interest; otherwise why would memoranda be marked ‘secret’
or ‘restricted’?
Furthermore it remains clear that
these unknowns or as they are commonly called - UFOs – are elusive and possess
flight capabilities enabling them to out maneuver and elude our most
sophisticated aircraft.
The ZNN press release identifies
documents obtained by ZlandCommunications that clearly indicate the following:
1.
A NORAD SECRET
Status Events Report reveals 2 NORAD CF-18 jets were
scrambled to chase three ‘UNKNOWN TRACKS’ in 2001 out of COMOX AF
Base BC. Contact by one or more of the NORAD CF-18s was confirmed.
2. In the same report an LR-35
MEDICAL EVACUATION jet out of Anchorage Alaska apparently
indicated contact of some kind and that their aircraft could not keep up
with the ‘UNKNOWN TRACKS’. (See NORAD SECRET Status
Events Report in press release.)
3. Ancillary Documentation: Three other specific documents
obtained by ZNN clearly indicate that Canadian Joint Intelligence Committees and a Senior Radio Engineer from
Transport Canada were concerned about and exchanged correspondence that
discussed UFOs (flying saucers). Links to these documents are provided in the
ZNN press release and at
the end of this document – *page 18.
One such memo
from the Defense Research Board describes
how plans were to be made should a UFO land on Canadian soil. Yet another
to the Joint Intelligence Committee
outlines how the RCAF would follow the lead of the US Air Force in
keeping information about UFOs away from the public.
A third document reveals Canadian
officials were concerned enough about the UFO matter to send a Senior
Radio Engineer from the Dept. of
Transport to Washington DC. The
stunning results of this official’s inquiries are summarized in a three-page
letter. Meetings with Washington DC and Canadian Embassy officials, among
other details, uncovered serious and dramatic US government findings on
UFOs: "Flying saucers exist… The matter is the most highly
classified subject… rating higher than the H-bomb.”? (See Wilbert
Smith Memo p.2)
NB. Pursuant
to the government’s own documentation as revealed by ZNN, it is now incumbent
upon elected representatives to review evidence residing within their own government archives and respond in a
thorough manner to the unacknowledged issues raised by its own catalogued and certified
data.
Therefore, we respectfully request
the Minister of Defence to respond in writing to the questions below. We
would also request a response from the Leader of the Opposition the Hon.
Thomas Mulcair, the Leader of the Liberal Party Mr. Justin Trudeau, and as
well, a response from the Hon. Charles Sousa whom I have previously
briefed on matters related to this issue on February 9, 2009 at his
constituency office in Mississauga Ontario Canada.
For the
Minister of National Defence - The Hon. Rob Nicholson:
1. How often are you, as Minister
of Defence, informed or briefed by NORAD officials about Canadian jets being
scrambled from any Canadian Air Force base or NORAD to pursue craft
of unknown origin within Canadian airspace?
2. a) Have you or to your
knowledge, have previous Ministers of Defence or the Prime Minister ever been
briefed on the UFO matter? b) Have you or the Prime Minister ever been directed
by anyone - including officials holding positions of authority in Canadian or
American military or intelligence agencies - not to discuss or answer questions
publicly or in the House of Commons on matters concerning unidentified flying
objects/UFOs or the possibility of their extraterrestrial origins?
3. Have discussions or
correspondence arisen in Cabinet, among you and the Prime Minister, officials
in the Canadian Armed Forces, CSIS, the RCMP or CSEC?
4. If the government’s position is
that no scientific evidence exists to prove UFOs are real and possibly under
intelligent control, why then do the government and the DND classify and mark
documents as ‘secret’ and continue to remain unresponsive in public to and
entirely silent on the UFO matter? Please
clearly state the position and policy of the government and the DND on
unidentified flying objects.
6. What is your response to, and
assessment of the memorandum penned by a representative of the
Canadian Department of Transportation to his superiors; and specifically
the statements: "Flying saucers exist… The matter is the most highly
classified subject… rating higher than the H-bomb.”? (See Wilbert
Smith Memo p.2)
7. Please provide
ZlandCommunications with a yearly or monthly estimate of the regularity with
which Canadian jets are scrambled to pursue ‘unknown tracks’
or non-correlated targets within Canadian airspace.
8. What is your appraisal of: a)
the Aug 4, 1950 memo on
“Flying Saucers” by GS Austin to follow USAF policy to‘playdown’ UFOs, b) the April
19, 1950 memo by AJG Langley to make plans should a flying saucer land on Canadian soil, c) will you respond
to questions about these memos in the House and from the Press?
9. ZNN
respectfully requests that you investigate and assess the NORAD SECRET Status Events Report 2001.
Please send us the entire results of your investigation within a reasonable
amount of time. Please include all results you may obtain referring to log
entries on page 3,
date index 01/09/12 - time index 12:13:54, regarding CONTACT made by the
scrambled jets [ “YQQ CF18s have contact at 350’,…wm”]
10. Minister
Nicholson, based on the documentation in this brief and in the government’s own
files, will you establish a Parliamentary Committee to investigate and call
witnesses concerning all available documentation on the historical and current
involvement of Canadian military and intelligence agencies and other government
departments in the matter of unidentified flying objects? If so, how and when will you
proceed; if not, why not?
Thank you
most sincerely for taking the time to read and respond in person to our
enquiries in writing.
For The Hon. Thomas Mulcair - Leader of the
Opposition
1. How often are you informed of,
or briefed by NORAD or other government officials about Canadian jets being
scrambled from any Canadian Air Force base to pursue craft of unknown
origin over Canadian airspace?
2. Are you prepared to raise these
issues by asking the Min. of Defence and the Prime Minister the same and
additional questions - as stated above to the Min. of Defence the Hon. Rob
Nicholson by ZNN on the floor during Question Period? If, yes how will you
proceed? If, no – why not? With due respect, will you inform
ZlandCommunications in advance of the timing and scheduling of
such questions?
3. After due consideration of the NORAD
SECRET Status Events Report - what is your personal reaction and objective
professional assessment as a solicitor to each of the following: a) The NORAD
Secret Status report log, and, b) The remaining documents contained in the
ZNN press release?
4. Do you wish to be briefed on
the documentation regarding the UFO issue both
as catalogued among the 9500 files in the Library and Archives Canada
repository, as well as those documents residing in
international research files emanating from France, Brazil, Peru, the UK,
Denmark and other G20 countries? If yes, how shall we proceed? If no – why not?
5. As a
respected solicitor – we ask that you render your opinion to us on the
following claim:
The level of
secrecy employed by the Canadian government about the UFO matter is unjust
based on the following facts: The evidence provided by the government’s own
publicly released files including the 9500 files on the UFO matter contained in
Library and Archives Canada may provide sufficient and legal grounds upon which
to pursue this matter through the Department of Justice or the courts to
establish Canadians in fact have the democratic right to know the truth about
the UFO matter and; whether their government is entitled de facto to use
authority and unwarranted secrecy to conceal this free knowledge from the
people.
6. Will you personally call for a Parliamentary
committee or establish a committee within your own caucus - to investigate the
historical and current involvement of the Canadian government - its military
and intelligence agencies in the management of the matter of unidentified
flying objects as portrayed by the 9500 UFO files and other documentation that
can be provided by ZNN?
ZNN would
be pleased to answer and consult with you on any questions you may have on this
significant issue. Thank you most sincerely for taking the time to read and respond
in person to our enquiries in writing.
For Justin
Trudeau - Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada
1. What is your reaction and
response to the NORAD SECRET Status Events Report and other memoranda
and documents submitted in the ZNN press release?
2. Are you prepared to raise these
issues by asking the Min. of Defence and the Prime Minister the same and
additional questions - as stated above to the Min. of Defence, the Hon. Ron
Nicholson by ZNN, on the floor during Question Period? If yes, how will you
proceed? If, no – why not? With respect, will you inform
ZlandCommunications in advance of the timing and scheduling of
such questions?
3. After due
consideration of the NORAD SECRET Status Events Report 2001 - what is your personal reaction to
and objective professional assessment of each of the following: a) The NORAD
Secret Status report, and; b) The remaining documents contained in the ZNN
press release?
4. Do you wish to be briefed
further on the substantial documentation that is available regarding the
UFO issue, both as catalogued among the 9500 files
in the Library and Archives Canada repository, as well
as those documents residing in international research files
emanating from and that have been released by, France - Brazil - Peru - the
UK, Denmark and other G20 countries? If, yes how shall we proceed? If, no
– why not?
5. Will you call for a Parliamentary
committee or establish a committee within your own caucus - to investigate the
historical and current involvement of the Canadian government - its military
and intelligence agencies in the management of the matter of unidentified
flying objects as portrayed by the 9500 UFO files and other documentation that
can be provided by ZNN and other Canadian researchers?
ZNN would
be pleased to answer and consult with you on any questions you may have on this
very significant issue. Thank you most sincerely for taking the time to read
and respond in person to our enquiries in writing.
For the Hon. Charles Sousa – Minister of
Finance - MPP Mississauga South
1. Will you share the
briefing document with members of your caucus, the Minister of Energy in
Ontario, Mr. Mulcair and the Min. of National Defence that I provided
for you at our February 9, 2009 meeting at your constituency office,
during which we discussed issues related to the matter in question?
2. After
due consideration of the NORAD SECRET Status Events Report 2001 - what
is your personal reaction to, and objective professional assessment of, each of
the following: a) The NORAD Secret Status report, and b) The remaining
documents contained in the ZNN press release?
I would be pleased to again meet
with you regarding this unfolding matter. Thank you most sincerely for taking
the time to read and respond in person in writing to our enquiries.
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Question to all aforementioned Members of
Parliament: Do you
agree or disagree the knowledge that UFOs are real and that they may have
off-world origins - should be freely available and accessible to all Canadians?
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ZlandCommunications
possesses a large compendium of Canadian documentation, which validates the
involvement of the RCMP, other Ministers of Defence as well as other agencies
and government departments in the matter of unidentified flying objects. All
are available to MPs and the Press upon request. One fine example of documentation
confirming government involvement appears in a routine yet powerful 3-page memo
indicating possible extraterrestrial origins of UFOs was on the agenda at one
or more formal meetings of the Defence
Research Board.
Other substantive and unacknowledged background
information
Notwithstanding
the authority, influence and expertise of most elected officials, it is
commonly acknowledged that, for the most part, those elected who represent
citizens in Parliament are completely uninformed about and are prejudicially
kept “out of the loop”, concerning
the matters discussed in this briefing document. Political figures are quite often the last to
find out about, comprehend and internalize what the masses have known all
along. This is a focus of change.
Secondly, the UFO phenomenon has
been the target of a 65 year-old campaign of ridicule and disparagement by the
US Air Force, the US government and US media. Canada – according to the
documents in our press release – followed suit. Suffering from this well
orchestrated derision – the UFO matter has never been taken seriously – until
now.
Why? Fear of the unknown nature of
the UFO/Extraterrestrial hypothesis has driven this issue underground –
morphing it into a conspiracy-laden subject with no credibility – no discussion
and one that has become the butt of yarns and jokes among an uninformed media
and its indolent public.
Thirdly, government and media have
contiguously rejected and refused to discuss the real data, real witness
testimony and verified documents concerning this matter as well as the
ever-increasing number of UFO sightings throughout the planet. This information
despite these restrictions exists and has gradually allowed the UFO issue to
claim a certain notoriety. The NORAD log and the associated Canadian documents
discussed in this brief are only a small part of the world-wide upsurge in the
expression of what is occurring in our skies - strengthening the credibility of
this indisputable evidentiary material. Here are some examples.
NUFORC – The National UFO Reporting Center in Washington State
has catalogued over 5700 UFO sightings in 2013 alone. It is estimated by PSI that some 150 million people
have seen a UFO since 1947. The Canadian UFO Report
says Canadians reported just under 2000 UFO sightings in 2012. CNN reports that
80% of the American public
believes the US government is hiding information on UFOs and their possible
extraterrestrial origin. This data is a fraction of international records.
Space constraints do not permit the vast military data to be included. As
indicated above, these documents are available upon request.
The
dissemination of UFO information is a highly restricted commodity. Granted, some files have indeed been released by
governments however – they are merely ‘dumped’ into the public domain with no
clarification or comment by the government bureaucrats who issue them. From
2008 to 2011 the UK released over 12,000 files – none of which produced a
scintilla of political effusion. A substantial global Internet buzz did occur
however it did not translate into any political action or questions within the
UK government or substantial mainstream press coverage.
To achieve a more definitive understanding
of this aberration and why and how documents are kept from the public – you are
invited to review the well recognized Edward
Taus CIA
document, entitled ‘Flying Saucers’ - item 3 - outlining how the CIA planned
to manage all details of the UFO matter by keeping government interest and
concern about UFOs out of the press and away from public scrutiny. Another strong
indicator of how this issue was managed is a spectacular FBI memo captioned
‘Flying Disks’ and a handwritten note penned by J. Edgar Hoover. Both obtained
through a US FOIA request. The memo reviews Hoover’s note in the first
paragraph. It then discusses how disks recovered by the Army Air Corps would be
made available to the FBI for examination. Flying
Disks Memo – Hoover’s Note.
However –
the current public exposé and disclosure of these kinds of powerful documents
along with those included in this brief and the many thousands of others run
counter to government obfuscation and media ridicule. FACT: Documented evidence
confirm UFOs do exist and they are of
real concern to the government – proving with no unequivocally the UFO issue has indeed been discussed,
analyze, politicized and sequestered at the highest levels of governance on the
planet.
The many international
encounters of UFOs cited by pilots, police, military personnel and citizens and
the wide variety of documents and witness testimony involving unidentified
flying objects – are moreover, ignored and relegated to the realm of myth,
falsehoods, hoaxes and nonsense. Nothing could be further from the truth, as
demonstrated by the finest example possible - the country of France.
France
ranks high among countries throughout the globe that seek more government
transparency on the matter of unidentified flying objects. France has distinguished
itself by publishing the remarkable COMETA
REPORT (UFOs and Defense: What should we
prepare for?)
Officials
from the French Air Force, astronomers and ranking military and police officials
made up the investigative committee. To date the COMETA REPORT is the most
thorough international investigation into the UFO matter.
The COMETA
report because of its scientific base has established a new standard of
credibility and a renewed era of openness and transparency on the UFO matter. It
would be an essential element in any investigation by Canada and the Press. The
Canadian media must examine this matter publicly. It is also time for the
Canadian government to step forward and provide the public with an official public
examination of this issue. This matter belongs to the people - not the
government.
Summary Comments
It is of
no surprise whatsoever that to some, if not all elected officials, the military
and intelligence communities in Canada as well as in other G-20 countries are
not responsive to, nor do they have any motivation to address, disclose or
clarify this highly contentious political issue. This situation has unfolded
because of wide spread obfuscation, secrecy, silence and the use of tactics
known as compartmentalization and plausible deniability concerning the UFO
matter among high ranking intelligence and government officials for over 65
years.
Little doubt
exists as to why, you as an elected official or as a member of the press who
may read this brief, may consider the UFO matter preposterous. Essentially the
matter has been manipulated and disfigured beyond recognition by decades of
ridicule. This brief is an attempt to reconcile this disfigurement and put our
government and the fifth estate on the road to acknowledgement and action.
It is not
necessarily the fault of elected officials that they possess little or no
knowledge of what has been occurring in our skies. Most, simply have not been
attentive to the decades-long investigations into the substantive documentation
available by former military personnel, former government employees and
independent researchers – most of whom during their careers may have been part
of the machinery to keep this information from the public and elected
officials.
While
politicians and the media were consumed by planning how to manage WW II, the
Cold War, the Korean and Vietnam Wars, the race to the Moon, the JFK assassination,
the fall of Communism, the Berlin Wall, 911, Iraq and Iran, terrorists and a
myriad of financial and political crises - between and among these events, a well
orchestrated machinery engineered and precluded any serious mention or
possibility of the UFO issue emerging as the third rail of US or Canadian
politics.
In the
midst of global disasters, financial collapses and cyclic eras of war - craft
of unknown origin have proliferated - seen by citizens and military pilots,
tracked on radar and identified as unknowns - coming and going in our airspace
with impunity for decades. NORAD has witnessed it, the Belgian military has
witnessed it, US Air Force pilots have witnessed it. How much longer can this
matter be ignored?
The major
flaw in any statement by government officials that UFOs do not exist or are not
a threat to national security is that the matter has never been investigated in order to justify such a statement.
This is
revealed in a statement by the highest-ranking intelligence official in the US
- a Navy Admiral who was mindful and fully aware of the UFO issue. No better
example exists that confirms officials behind the scenes knew something peculiar
was going on. Military officials of rank in the 1950s and 60s were in fact keenly
aware of the UFO problem. In no way did they considered the UFO matter preposterous,
but that it was indeed a matter of grave trepidation and uncertainty –
primarily because at that time – other than a highly select level within the
military and intelligence community - few really understood or knew about what
was actually occurring. Eventually a few brave individuals began to speak out.
After
several years of avoiding the UFO issue, the highest-ranking intelligence
officer on the planet – the first director of the CIA, Navy Admiral Roscoe
Hillenkoetter - broke his silence. He stated in the New York Times - Feb 27
1960:
“It is time for the truth to be brought
out... 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... I urge immediate Congressional action to reduce the
dangers from secrecy about Unidentified Flying Objects...”
Decades
later in 2002 John Podesta former Chief of Staff under President Bill Clinton
stated at The National Press Club in Washington DC:
“I think it's time to open the books on
questions that have remained in the dark on the question of government
investigations of UFOs. It's time to find out what the truth really is that's
out there. We ought to do it because it's right, we ought to do it because the
American people, quite frankly, can handle the truth and we ought to do it
because it's the law.”
We trust
that Canada – its strong media and proud government will assume a bold responsive
leadership role in North America with respect to the questions raised in this
document – questions of substantial gravity and unremitting global
apprehension. We are at an impasse; the secrecy and silence must come to an
end. Each of the signatories to this brief is profoundly convinced that a dialogue among
the Government, the Electorate and the Press is fundamental to bridging this
issue with the social contract that currently exists among these three parties – it is the only way a resolution to the
current impasse can and will be achieved.
From a
political, legal and journalistic perspective – little more needs to be said
other than: “Constitutionally, government has always been given the right to keep
secrets – but it has never been given the right to lie to its people.”
To Elected Representatives: We trust
that this matter will be addressed and that you will respond responsibly to our
questions in a serious and timely manner. We hope your genuine and personal consideration
of this matter will prompt the next stage in the process to determine what
authentic steps may be forthcoming to bring about clarity and transparency to
this matter – a matter that has historically been relegated to ridicule,
secrecy and silence by both elected government officials and those in the
military and intelligence communities. This must change.
To Members of the Press: It is
time to take over the job that UFO researchers have been doing for you for over
65 years. Researchers have amassed enormous tomes of documentation that - in a
court of law would produce a conviction - scilicet. This documentation is
readily available. The next step is yours.
We the
undersigned look forward to your timely response.
