So, What’s Up With The Cover-Up: “They”, “Them” and “Those Who Are In-The-Know”.

Across the street from my parents lives a friendly little old man with a story to tell. During World War II, Joe, who is a Polish national, was imprisoned in a nazi concentration camp and Joe’s crime, openly opposing a nazi presence in his homeland and hiding a Jewish Family from Adolph Hitler’s evil “Final Solution.” If you ask, Joe will show you the numbers that were tattooed on his arm that designated his imprisonment. However this brave man is not the subject of this post, the subject is his his son. His son firmly believes that aliens in collussion with the United States government is out to get him and for whatever reason they want to read his thoughts. I have actually seen this gentleman come over to visit his father wearing a baseball cap covered with tinfoil so “They” Can not read his thoughts. Sounds crazy I know, however many believe this and maybe for good reason.

Conspiracy theories are much like flies, they buzz around causing a nusance and generally make people a little crazy. Roosevelt knew the Japanese were coming and allowed it to stimulate the American economy and save our nation from a depression. Others believe that the whole moon landing was an elaborate hoax to rally the American people around a common cause and take everyone’s mind off the conflict in Southeast Asia. And of course others believe the conspiracy that there was another gunman on the grassy knoll who was actually responsible for the assasination of beloved American President John F. Kennedy. However these do not even come close to touching the granddaddy of all conspiracy theories, the American government is involved in an elaborate cover-up to hide the existence of extraterrestrials from Joe Q. Public, Like you and I and “They” will go to any lengths to accomplish their goals. My question is just who is “They” and why are they keeping something so incredible from us?

In 1984, a series of documents were released to a discerning American public that seemed to outline the American government’s involvement in a grand scheme to keep the American people ignorant of a something that could completely shock the world and change our perception of our place in the universe. The documents outlined how in 1947, then president Harry S. Truman felt a need to investigate the alleged crash of an alien spacecraft in the desert’s of New Mexico and the thousands of eyewitness accounts that were flooding the FBI of seemingly normal people who were witnessing strange lights and craft in the sky that were clearly not of a terrestrial origin. The documents that came to light also outline the formation of a special team of investigators to look into the UFO question. This team has been known by many names but perhaps the best known name of this ultra above top secret orginization is famously known as, Majestic 12 and the documents are widely considered a hoax. My question is are they a hoax or proof of a vast government Cover-Up?

Now I know I may be sounding a little paranoid and maybe a bit Fox Mulderish, but these documents are public record and do show some pretty interesting things. In September of 1947, President Truman sent a memo to top physisits, Vannevar Bush and the Secretary of Defense James Forrestal stating that “Operation Majestic 12, was to be immediately implemented”. After the release of the memo Bush and Forrestal went about the difficult task of bringing together some of the greatest minds known to mankind from top scientists such as, Doctor Jerome Hunsaker an aeronautical engineer from MIT to hardened men of war such as Rear Admiral Roscoe Hillencoeter who would later become the first director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Other great men have been named as co-conspiritors such as, the “Father of the nuclear bomb” and overseer of the Manhattan project, Robert Oppenheimer and Albert Einstein. The only requierments these men had upon them, investigate the UFO question, send out disinformation and of course keep your mouth SHUT.

If these documents are real it shows that our government knows something and they aren’t giving up that information any time soon. Why are these documents which have caused so much debate considered to be a hoax? Perhaps the people who released the documents have something to do with it. In November of 1980, Paul Bennewitz, an New Mexico businessman and UFO enthusiaist came into possession of a mysterious teletype that exposed a ultra top secret government project called, “Operation Aquarius.” Operation Aquarius was supposedly smuggled out of a secret government installation and outlines the American Governments concerted effort to completely lie to the American people of an alien presence on planet Earth and their knowledge of their intentions. As with anything else the Aquarius teletype was quickly exposed as a lie and buried.

It was not until 1984 when the Shit, so to speak would hit the proverbial fan when Jamie Shandera, a television documentarian came into possession of the allegedly real Majestic 12 documents. Shandera, immediatly made the documents public and the real paranoia would begin. The MJ 12 documents seemed to prove the governments involvement in a vast conspiracy of disinformation that tens of thousands is the real Mccoy. The documents include Truman’s memo authorizing the formation of Majestic twelve and they also showed Truman’s desire that he be given ultimate authority over this secret cabal of scientists and military men. The MJ 12 documents also include a lenghty memo written by General Twining, an alleged member, which stated that Flying Saucers are very real and their occupants pose a threat to not only the national security of the United States but also the rest of the world.

In 1988, the Federal Bureau of Investigations went about the daunting task of investigating the MJ 12 documents and the alleged cover-up of an alien presence on planet Earth. After many man hours and sleepless nights the FBI came to conclusion that the Majestic 12 documents did not prove a single thing and should be considered a hoax to bring disrepute upon the American government. As far as the Documents exposing a government cover-up of aliens was concerned they amounted to nothing but a hoax. Case Closed.

Despite investigators proving the Majestic 12 documents to be a hoax tens of thousands of folks still believe wholeheartedly in the continuing existense of the ultra top secret orginization known as Majestic 12. The concept has been featured many times on such popular television programs as the “X-files” and the short lived program entitled “Dark Skies”. These programs raised the bar a notch concerning MJ 12 by stating that the orginization was not just involved with investigating the alien question but was actively involved with conspiring with the aliens to kill hundreds of millions of Earthlings so the aliens could colonize our world. One UFO researcher even went so far as blaming the Kennedy assasination on MJ 12 because the Democrat “Knew to much” and threatened to expose the vast cover-up. Score one more for the Cover-up.

Epilogue: So What Does It All Mean?

Over the last two weeks we’ve looked at some compelling evidence that alien civilizations are visiting our world and possibly abducting unsuspecting innocent humans from the comfort of their homes not to mention the vast conspiracy to Cover-up those visitations. Is it possible that a vastly superior alien race with bitchin’ technology is visiting our world? Absolutely. It is a true statement to say that some of the eyewitness accounts are misidentifications and downright hoaxes, I say 80-90%. This figue may be a little high but I’m just ballparking, however that leaves 10-20% that can still be called unexplained.

It is also difficult to dismiss all the eyewitnesses as a bunch of ignorant red neck hicks. A great deal of eyewitness accounts come from folks who are trained observers such as police officers, airline pilots and soldiers not to mention clergy. Most folks have absolutely nothing to gain from reporting their account except ridicule and ostrization from their family and friends and society in general. You would have to be downright crazy not to mention stupid to lie about something you say you saw. Who would do that?

As for me, do I believe our overpopulated globe spinning innocently in the coldness of space is being visited by an extraterrestrial civilization? When I consider how huge space is and how many stars there are I would have to say yes I do feel that we have been visited in the past as well as today. It is incredibly egocentric to say we are it and no other form of life exists out there. As for the question of a vast conspiracy by our government to Cover-up the knowledge of said alien visitations, I will admit I remain somewhat skeptical. Of course I believe the government has gone about the business of investigating alien vistitations to our world that much is obvious, however I think they are just as stumped as we are and maybe just maybe people are reading a little to much into it and looking for a boogey-man where one does not exist.

Rick E. Hale
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