The following confirmation is from an interview with Gordon Cooper by 'OMNI' magazine, in March 1980, Cooper stating:
"I've always been honest about my views on this subject.
Because the astronauts have been so badly misquoted by irresponsible journalists, it's up to each of us to say what he believes in.
I'm engaged in a lawsuit against people who used my name for a commercial venture, quoting me to the effect that I'm dedicated to forcing the government to tell the truth about UFOs.
I never said that at all. If any UFO information is being suppressed, it's certainly not in the U.S. Air Force, because I was at a high enough level to know about it".
The recent 'Disclosure Project' promotion is headed, "'NASA CONCEALS UFO INFORMATION' SAY TOP SECRET INSIDERS".
Isn't world-wide 'ufology' essentially now campaigning for, 'A call to fight against America's despicable ruling tyrants and their policies against any acknowledgment that aliens were found at Roswell, why MJ-12 has been a fifty-year shame on democracy, how it's known that alien abductions are real, plus a loathsome NASA CONCEALS UFO INFORMATION cover-up', etc.?
Whatever happened to 'God Bless America' and all that?
The 'Disclosure Project' impeaches, "that rogue, illegal secret groups within the government and certain corporations have compelling evidence that is being withheld from the public, Congress and the President".
Clearly, 'ufology' challenges that the incumbent US government, aside from having a conviction and courage to face external threats, should equally either admit to, or reveal, the rife corruption, disgrace and dishonour perpetrated on its own people.
Outwith any beliefs/skepticism in 'UFOs' and all it encompasses, can we agree this is the current viewpoint of mainstream and popularised 'ufology'?
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During discussions re this very topic, that was a posting I made to the, 'UFO Research List' on 15 March, 2002.
I came across it by accident recently, whilst searching for something unrelated.
I kept a note, as occurred that it could have been written today.
Will it still be as, 'fresh' in another 20 years time, I wonder.
Meantime, if I might take this opportunity to ask a question; was this footage of a UFO beaming down (sounds familiar!) ever explained?
1993-08-04 UFO Midway City, Fl