Subject: Justifying a Cover Up of the Existence of ET Life Regarding... >Date: Thu, 12 Jan 1995 20:07:01 +0000 >From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: Re: More UFO's on TV >Im sure that if the government or who evers in charge ever found something >proving aliens exist, it would change everything, it would be the most >sensational news *EVER*, and most of all the human race could progress much >faster than ever before with all the public backing and all the other >things that would come with the greatest dicovery of all time. I dont think >that people would want to STOP this, it would be incredibly stupid to do >so... >If theres anybody out there who agrees with me, SAY SO. And if theres >anybody who doesnt agree with me, say so, and tell me why you dont. Hi Nicola, This question of whether to release this information may not be quite as "black and white" as you suggest. There would be many complex considerations including religious, political, military and psychological issues and the resulting conclusions would largely depend on how much was known about such ET visitors. For example, if you had proof of ongoing ET visitations by several differing species, but knew little about the nature, origin and intentions of these ET visitors, would you really want to make this public? Would it be responsible for you to undermine the religious beliefs and the security of your own people, or would it perhaps be considered prudent to deny and ridicule the existence of such a phenomenon until you hopefully had some idea what you were dealing with? Consider also the conclusions of the "Brookings Report", a report strictly entitled "Proposed Studies on the Implications of Peaceful Space Activities for Human Affairs", by the Brookings Institute. The report was prepared for NASA's Committee on Long-Range Studies and concluded that the announcement of the discovery of ET life could justifiably be withheld. The following is an extract from a newspaper article announcing those conclusions: THE NEW YORK TIMES, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1960 MANKIND IS WARNED TO PREPARE FOR DISCOVERY OF LIFE IN SPACE __________________________ Brookings Institution Report Says Earth's Civilization Might Topple if Faced by a Race of Superior Beings __________________________ WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 (UPI)-Discovery of life on other worlds could cause the Earth's civilization to collapse, a federal report said today. This warning was contained in a research report given to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration with the recommendation that the world prepare itself mentally for the eventuality. The report, prepared by the Brookings Institution, said "while the discovery of intelligent life in other parts of the universe is not likely in the immediate future, it could nevertheless happen at any time." Discovery of intelligent beings on other planets could lead to an all-out effort by Earth to contact them, or it could lead to sweeping changes or even the downfall of civilization, the report said. Even on Earth, it added, "societies sure of their own place have disintegrated when confronted by a superior society, and others have survived even though changed." [END] >...i see no reason why the government or whoever would keep it to >themselves. There are many such reasons, I have outlined only the more obvious ones. >...so, it must be that THERE ARE NO ALIENS. yet. Would you now agree that we cannot logically reach that conclusion? Cheers, James. UFONet - U.S. (619) 778-1866 <--> U.K. 081 769 1740/8046 - UFONet ------ EMail postmaster@stairway.co.uk for details of UFONet ------