From: | skindrud@rosebud.berkeley.edu |
Title: | INTERNET OFFERS OPPORTUNITY TO BLOW LID OFF "COSMIC WATERGATE" |
Source: | Canada NewsWire |
Date: | Feburary 27, 1996 |
flying saucer," says nuclear physicist Stanton Friedman, a noted UFO
researcher and frequent speaker at campuses across North America and
Europe. But now Friedman, with the help of the Internet, is out to change
that through a new on-line sightings report form. "I'm not looking for
run-of-the-mill lights in
the sky cases," says Friedman. "We've got a zillion of those and who cares.
I'm looking for multiple witness, radar visual cases - which almost always
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involve the military or commercial airlines. I'm looking for physical trace
cases, strange markings after the saucer leaves. I'm especially searching for
anyone connected with saucer crashes or military cover-ups." Friedman says,
"What's missing on the UFO scene is an active effort on the part of the
responsible media to blow the lid off the Cosmic Watergate." He hopes visitors
to the World Wide Web site, "Stan Friedman's UFO Page"
(http://medianet.nbnet.nb.ca/ ufo/ ) he produces in collaboration with Unity
Publishing will provide the kind of detailed, verifiable information to fuel
serious investigation. "I'm hoping to encourage people to come out with their
better cases," he says. "In turn that will encourage others to come forward
with their better cases." Friedman will screen the sightings and contact
some of
the people with the most interesting encounters. Unity will provide a monthly
on-line report. In addition the site is linked to MUFON, the Mutual UFO
Network, which maintains a catalog of UFO sightings. "All information
will be kept strictly confidential and no one's name will be used without
their
permission," says Unity Publishing president Deborah Prosser, who adds, "We
hope to dispel the myth that UFO sightings are all unreliable and
easily discredited. We are excited about the possibilities the Internet
can provide with this means of reporting." Friedman, the original
investigator of the Roswell, New Mexico crashed saucer incident, is the
author of scores of
papers on UFO phenomena and the co-author of Crash at Corona. He has been a
guest on hundreds of radio and television programs including Larry
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King, Unsolved Mysteries, Sally Jesse Raphael, Night Line, Shirley, and
Canada
AM. The Web page is his second venture with Unity Publishing, which also
produced his CD-ROM UFOs: The Real Story. The CD includes eyewitness
videos, rare photos, previously classified documents and an interactive
interview with
Friedman. Its aim is to present the evidence for existence of
extraterrestrial spacecraft, the viability of interstellar travel and the
involvement of government in UFO cover-ups. Based in New Brunswick, Canada,
Unity is the successful multimedia developer of such programs as Ask
About Endangered Species, Ask About Dinosaurs and Ask About Forestry.
Friedman says his Web page is, "an opportunity for people who have
interesting cases both to protect their identities and have their stories
investigated. It also offers an emotional outlet. I often get people
saying, 'I've never told anyone this
before'." This reluctance to expose their belief in alien life forms,
says Friedman, is despite the fact that a majority of people believe such life
either exists or is likely to exist. "You know," he says, "I took part in a
debate at Oxford University last October. The question we were debating was,
'This house believes that intelligent alien life has visited Planet Earth.'
And, you know what percentage voted agreement? 60 per cent!" So what is
all this
about a "Cosmic Watergate?" Why would authorities want to hide proof of
UFOs? Friedman says there are five main reasons:"They want to know how
they work -they have good weapons potential. They're worried about what would happen if
someone else figures out how they work first. There could be all kinds
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For further information: Mike Stapenhurst, (506) 450-9864