We are now aware of the power of
government to keep things in secret and this power has come under
extreme scrutiny in recent years since Edward Snowden, former NSA
contractor, leaked government classified documents.
It is not surprising that UFO believers
also believe that the government is also hiding something about UFO
phenomena. Several members of Citizens Against UFO Secrecy (CAUS) group
used the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) in the mid to late 1970s to
compel U.S. government agencies, including NSA, to declassify secret
files on recorded UFO sightings.
Many formerly classified documents are
now being declassified through FOIA requests. One request was made by
researcher Michael Ravnitzky that eventually resulted to the
declassification of the document stamped “Top Secret Umbra,” the code
word used in most sensitive category of intelligence communications. The
affidavit with a title “In Camera Affidavit of Eugene F. Yeates:
Citizens Against UFO Secrecy v. National Security Agency” has been
declassified. This paper was originally filed in 1980 by the NSA to
justify the move to keep records on UFOs secret.
However, some parts of the document
still remained classified. Some sections have been blacked out. The
government explained that the purpose of blacking out certain sections
is to protect employee names and keep technologies, skills and foreign
connections of NSA out of the public.
The document reveals that NSA files have
239 UFO-related documents, wherein 79 of those originated with other
government agencies. Most of the reports in the paper were recorded
between 1958 and 1979.
Strange and Interesting Titles
One of the intriguing titles in the declassified documents is “UFO Hypothesis and Survival Questions” (read it here).
The paper says that the purpose of the monograph is to determine the
possible human survival scenarios in phenomena categorized as UFO. In
one sentence the paper states that UFOs are all hoaxes but this is
equally contradicts in the next sentence at it then goes on the say that
UFO phenomena have been witnessed since ancient times from different
parts of the world and several scientists with good reputation also
witnessed the phenomenon in recent times, which indicates strongly that
not all UFO reports are hoaxes.
Another interesting and intriguing title is ”UFOs and the Intelligence Community Blind Spot to Surprise or Deceptive Data” (read it here).
It is written by unnamed NSA employee who points out the serious
shortcoming in the communication intelligence interception and reporting
procedures (COMINT) of the agency.
The writer highlights the inability of
NSA to respond the right way to unexpected information or deliberately
deceptive data. He reveals how NSA intercepted communications in 1971
between two airborne aircraft. Also mentioned in the affidavit are
elongated balls of fire moving across the sky above countries other than
the U.S. There were also intercepted reports of bright objects, lights
and unknown craft in the sky over the U.S. and other countries.
You can find out more NSA UFO declassified files here.
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