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Subject: ROSWELL-DECLARATION Part 2
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Subject: Roswell Incident 1947

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This is PART 2 of the material distributed with the
ROSWELL_DECLARATION
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TAKING THE OFFENSIVE ON ROSWELL             (Written by Kent Jeffrey)

Bringing the Roswell case to light could represent far more than the
mere exposing of a government coverup or the creation of a major
news story.  It could represent one of the greatest revelations in
the history of humankind -- the knowledge that we, as intelligent
life, are not alone.  For this reason, if for no other, it should
be pursued relentlessly until an absolute and definitive answer is
obtained.

My interest in the Roswell case stems in part from the fact that my
father, a retired colonel and former air force pilot (and WWII
fighter ace), at one time knew and worked with General William
Blanchard, the man who issued the press release announcing that a
"crashed disk" (UFO) had been recovered.  In 1947, at the time of
the Roswell incident, Blanchard was a colonel and the Commander of
the 509th Bomb Group at Roswell Army Air Field.  In the early
sixties when my father knew and worked with him, he was a three-star
general stationed at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.   In my
father's opinion, General Blanchard was an extremely sharp
individual who would never have made a fool of himself by issuing
a press release announcing that the group under his command had
recovered something as out of the ordinary as a crashed UFO without
being absolutely certain he was correct.  I have since had the
opportunity to talk with others who knew and worked with General
Blanchard and who share that same view.  The fact that the
military's official denial claimed that what Blanchard and his men
misidentified as a crashed UFO was nothing other than a weather
balloon strains credibility beyond limits.

Generally, in contrast to the political environment of many other
countries, when the United States military puts out an official
statement, we as Americans can feel assured we are being told the
truth.  While such confidence is not ill founded, there are
exceptions.  For example, because of the nature of his job, my
father was once made aware of a "cover story" involving the crash
of a top- secret aircraft in the early 1960s.  Under the auspices
of an intelligence agency, a press release was issued that was
false.  Cover stories exist.

Former military witnesses have stated unequivocally that Blanchard's
"crashed disk" press release on July 8, 1947, was true, and that the
subsequent announcement denying it was a cover story.  This would
mean that the U.S. government has been in possession of the wreckage
of an extraterrestrial craft for the last forty-seven years.  The
right of the American people to know of the existence of such a
craft and therefore of extraterrestrial intelligence would be a
social or philosophical issue, not one of national security.
Suppression of such knowledge, including restricting individuals
from testifying about it, would be a form of censorship and
therefore contrary to the principles upon which a free and open
society is founded.

Researchers have located Roswell witnesses who, in fear of
government reprisal, will not allow their testimony to be made
public.  In an effort to help get the Roswell matter into the open,
a prestigious Washington, D.C., law firm has been retained to
provide legal counsel to any witnesses (past or present) who have
information on the Roswell event or on the subsequent disposition
of the wreckage, and who might consider going public with their
testimony.  As part of this effort, legal research has been done and
attorneys from the firm have traveled to New Mexico and interviewed
witnesses there.

For legal and other reasons, government reprisal against Roswell
witnesses who elected to go public would appear unlikely.  For one
thing, it would serve to validate their testimony and thereby make
them instant heroes in the eyes of the public for having contributed
to bringing down the most spectacular coverup in history.  This is
probably the reason no action was ever taken against Lieutenant
Colonel Jesse Marcel, the former intelligence officer of the 509th
Bomb Group who went public with his account in 1978.

Furthermore, accusing any Roswell witnesses of wrongdoing for
speaking out and bringing the truth to the American people on this
subject would be the height of hypocrisy on the part of the
government.  By doing so it would be tacitly admitting guilt in
having deceived its own people.  While billions of tax dollars have
been spent over the last few decades on lunar, planetary, and deep
space exploration, the American people have been kept in ignorance
about Roswell and the existence of extraterrestrial intelligence.
Many would consider such blatant omission inexcusable.  Perhaps this
is why the coverup continues.

As a result of a somewhat chance encounter in Europe a few months
ago, I am now involved in another Roswell project, unrelated to the
legal effort.  It involves MUFON - CES (Mutual UFO Network - Central
European Section), an invitation-only group consisting primarily of
engineers, scientists, and university professors in the
German-speaking countries of Western Europe.  Knowing that I
frequently travel to Europe because of my work, MUFON'S
international director Walt Andrus gave me the phone number of a
MUFON - CES member, Joachim Koch, who lives in Berlin and who is a
practicing general surgeon there.  I gave him a call and
subsequently met him and another member of MUFON - CES, Hans-Jurgen
Kyborg, in the lobby of the Palace Hotel in Berlin.  For over three
hours we discussed different aspects of the UFO phenomenon in Europe
and in America.  They had heard of the Roswell incident but said it
wasn't widely known in Europe.  They seemed interested in learning
more about Roswell, so I left some material with them, including a
couple of short papers I had written on the subject.

A few weeks after our meeting, I received a letter from Messrs. Koch
and Kyborg.  In it they told how those in Europe were very much
aware of how the former communist governments in Eastern Europe had
prevented their citizens from freely exchanging thoughts and ideas,
sometimes by killing them, and how these governments continuously
lied to the people.  They had always thought that Western democratic
governments did not act in such a way, but when they learned about
the coverups concerning Roswell and the UFO phenomenon, they could
now see how wrong they had been.

They expressed the belief that knowledge concerning man's place in
the universe with respect to other intelligent life was not a matter
of any nation's national security, but rather a fundamental right
of all humankind.  They proposed that we work together and asked me
to write a "Roswell Declaration" to be used in an international
effort to pressure the U.S. government into lifting the secrecy
surrounding UFOs and Roswell.

Their proposal is to work with UFO organizations throughout the
world in a drive to get signatures, especially from engineers and
scientists, in support of the Roswell Declaration.  On a
yet-to-be-determined day later this year and under a
well-orchestrated plan, the news media in different countries around
the world would be notified and furnished with material about the
Roswell incident in an effort to bring international attention to
the case.  They discussed the idea with Illobrand Von Ludwiger, a
theoretical physicist and the director of MUFON - CES.  The proposal
was then presented at the annual MUFON - CES conference last October
in Austria, where it was well received by the attending members.

In response to their request, I have written a five-page position
paper, "Time for the Truth About Roswell," which includes a detailed
summary of the Roswell event, an analysis of media and government
treatment of it, and arguments for allowing the public to know the
truth.  The "Roswell Declaration" is taken directly from that
position paper and contains an appeal to the Administration for an
Executive Order to declassify any U.S. Government information on
UFOs or extraterrestrial intelligence.

Polls have shown that over fifty percent of adult Americans believe
in the reality of UFOs and extraterrestrial intelligence.
Unfortunately, that interest has never been galvanized into a
large-scale grassroots movement.  This may now become a reality as
a drive is currently underway to collect signatures for the "Roswell
Declaration" from U.S. citizens.  In addition to the Mutual UFO Net-
work, both the J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies and the Fund
for UFO Research have, in a show of unity, agreed to participate in
this effort.

On the same day as the international effort to bring media attention
to the Roswell case, a copy of the "Roswell Declaration," along with
a listing of the total number of signatories from each of the fifty
states as well as from other countries, will be delivered to the
offices of all members of Congress and to the White House.  Also on
that day, if finances permit, a copy of the "Roswell Declaration"
will be placed in the first section of the national edition of a
major U.S. newspaper.

Since this will be primarily a word-of-mouth, grassroots effort,
your help in making copies of the declaration and distributing them
to as many people as possible will be of great importance.  The
declaration and the position paper, "Time for the Truth About
Roswell," will also be made available on computer bulletin boards
throughout the world.  Although it is felt that there is a high
probability the U.S. Government is withholding information regarding
the existence of extraterrestrial intelligence, the primary goal is
to get the matter into the open, so that the truth can be
conclusively determined, one way or the other.  It is hoped,
therefore, that all individuals, no matter what their opinion on the
subject, will support this effort.

In the event Congressman Steven Schiff of New Mexico is successful
in his admirable effort to initiate a Congressional inquiry into the
Roswell incident, a large number of signed "Roswell Declarations"
from U.S. citizens would undoubtedly have a positive effect on that
effort.  Whether or not such an inquiry takes place, it is important
not to become complacent.  There are no guarantees of success.  An
all-out effort should be made on all three fronts -- Legislative,
Judicial, and Executive -- to put the greatest possible pressure on
the government.  We are engaged in a difficult endeavor, but one
that is worthwhile, just, and possible to win.  It concerns an issue
about which most individuals would want to know and about which all
people have a right to know.

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Signed declarations can be sent to:
MUFON; 103 Oldtowne Road; Seguin, TX  78155. U.S.A.
CUFOS; 2457 W. Peterson Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60659, U.S.A.
FUFOR; Post Office Box 277, Mt. Rainier, Maryland 20712, U.S.A.
Kent Jeffrey, 37 Porteous Ave., Fairfax, CA 94930, U.S.A.
Joachim Koch, Stadtrandstr. 550 g, 13589 Berlin, Germany
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Viele Gruesse

Joachim

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