Coast to Coast - June 18 2017 - J Allen Hynek & UFOs - Disclosure & Secrecy.nfo
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Coast to Coast - June 18 2017 - J Allen Hynek & UFOs - Disclosure & Secrecy
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More Info............: http://www.coasttocoastam.com/show/2017/06/18
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Release Notes
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DATE: Sunday - June 18, 2017
HOST: George Knapp
GUESTS: Mark O'Connell, Grant Cameron
In the first half, researcher, author and professor, Mark O'Connell (who also
wrote numerous episodes of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and "Deep Space
Nine") joined George Knapp to talk about how astronomer J. Allen Hynek went from
being a UFO skeptic to a true believer, in what remains one of the great
misunderstood stories of science. Working with files from CUFOS (J. Allen
Hynek's Center for UFO Studies), O'Connell pieced together the definitive
account of Hynek's career. After the 1947 Kenneth Arnold UFO sightings, the Air
Force was perplexed on how to handle the issue, which seemed to indicate they
lacked control over their own airspace. So they brought in Hynek, an established
astronomer, who debunked various sightings, suggesting they were mostly
misidentifications of astronomical or man-made objects.
While investigating a mass UFO sighting in 1966 in Michigan, Hynek proffered his
infamous "swamp gas" explanation, saying "although I could not prove it in a
court of law, all the evidence suggests that these people may have been looking
at swamp gas." Hynek was widely ridiculed for his conclusion, and considered it
as a low point in his career. Yet, this proved to be a turning point for him as
a UFO researcher, in which he decided he would no longer cover for the Air
Force, O'Connell cited. Hynek went on to create a UFO classification system,
with the 'Close Encounter' scale, which Steven Spielberg used for his film,
"Close Encounters of the Third Kind" (referring to contact with aliens). Dr.
Hynek's great accomplishment, O'Connell noted, was that he made the discussion
of UFOs socially acceptable, and scientifically acceptable.
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Many think the government is about to disclose what it knows about UFOs and
others think the government is doing everything in its power to keep the UFO
reality a secret. In the latter half, UFO researcher Grant Cameron argued that
the "secret keepers" are gradually revealing this information, via an
acclimatization process, that is more about "confirmation" than disclosure. He
has determined there are some 64 reasons why US presidents have decided to
maintain UFO secrecy, and these include panic by segments of the public, as well
as the UFO connection to nuclear weapons and bases, and disturbing
demonstrations that UFOs can easily seize control of them from the military.
There is a long history of leaks regarding UFOs, and one of them dates back to
the 1940s, when then Sec. of State, Cordell Hull, allegedly took a Minister to
the sub-basement of the Capitol building, where he showed him three alien
creatures in glass jars, and a lightweight spaceship, Cameron recounted. Ron
Pandolfi, said by some to be the CIA's real-life Fox Mulder, has briefed six
presidents on UFOs since the 1980s, Cameron reported. He also traced the
connections and differences of some of the players in the UFO secrecy and
disclosure movement including Steven Greer, Tom DeLonge, Dan Smith, Steve
Bassett, Bob Lazar, and Robert Bigelow.
WEBSITE(S):
presidentialufo.com
BOOK(S):
The Close Encounters Man
Managing Magic: The Government's UFO Disclosure Plan
The Clinton UFO Storybook: ET Politics in the White House
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