Occasionally, I get asked something along the lines of this: “Why do you place so much faith in the Freedom of Information Act when it comes to looking for UFO data?” Such a question is often posed by those who assume that anything of a Flying Saucer nature that surfaces out of the carefully guarded vaults of officialdom simply has to be faked or disinformation. That, however, is very far from being the case.
I don’t dispute – at all – that the official world is sitting on a massive body of data on UFOs that still has yet to see the light of day. And, the unfortunate reality of the situation may mean that it will never see the light of day. But, that doesn’t mean the relatively small body of data that has surfaced is without any merit. Quite the opposite, in fact…
As a perfect example of what I’m talking about, an intriguing 1960s case – the details of which surfaced via FOIA and that has undoubted Contactee overtones to it – can be found in the now-declassified UFO files of the FBI. Dating from October 10, 1967, the report – prepared by a special-agent of the FBI – reads as follows:
“A young while female, who refused to give her name, appeared at the Dallas [Texas] FBI Office on October 9, 1967. She stated she is interested in Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) and has received a quantity of information concerning beings from outer space. She stated she will not reveal her identity as she would feel like a fool if the information is not true. She stated if it is true, however, she will meet with interested officials and furnish all the information she has, provided nothing is done to endanger her safety.
“She stated in July 1967, she met a being from another planet who had assumed earthly form. He gave her certain information, then he was picked up and departed from the earth on August 21, 1967. She stated she then received messages from non-earthly sources in a manner she refused to discuss. She stated these sources told her of the following:
“1. An anti-missile missile was fired at a UFO over Africa on May 22, 1962, but the UFO was protected by its ‘force field’.
“2. A UFO was detected 22,000 miles from earth by radar about August 6, 1967.
“3. A UFO was detected over Antarctica August 20, 1967.
“4. A UFO was detected over the ‘Dewline’ in the past week and was shot down, and beings from outer space are trying to recover it.
