Abducting the Truth
The SCI FI Channel takes a leading role in the search for
the truth about UFOs.
By Kathie Huddleston
SCI FI Magazine, October 15, 2002
In early July of 1947, something crashed in the desert near Roswell, New Mexico.
Now, 55 years later, mystery still shrouds an event that may well have impacted
how little we know about UFOs today. In a 2002 Roper poll, 72% of Americans
believe that the federal government is not telling us everything it knows about
UFOs.
Because SCI FI Channel believes the UFO phenomenon has not received the high
level of attention it deserves in the scientific community, as well as in Congress
and the national media, the Channel will take an active role in the creation
of the Coalition for Freedom of Information (CFI). According to Larry Landsman,
director of special projects for SCI FI Channel, this independent alliance will
bring together both those who have studied and been exposed to the phenomenon,
and who believe it is worthy of further investigation. The formation of the
Coalition will be announced in early October during a press conference in Washington,
DC.
According to Landsman, since 1947, the United States government has put up roadblocks
to prevent the release of information it possesses on UFOs. In fact, most UFO
researchers believe that significant classified information is being withheld.
Government agencies continue to deny that UFOs are an issue of national security,
while at the same time refusing to release information under the Freedom of
Information Act for the reasons of national security, stated Landsman. Furthermore,
the government continues to insist that none of the UFO evidence investigated
represents developments beyond "present-day scientific knowledge" and that no
evidence exists that UFOs are "extraterrestrial vehicles." According to UFO
researchers, information that has been obtained under the Freedom of Information
Act, along with some official government agency reports, contradict these conclusions.
The Coalition for Freedom of Information will work to promote credibility in
the eyes of a scientific community that has long discouraged research into the
question of UFOs, by creating a public forum where well-respected members of
the scientific community can discuss the issues in a neutral setting. Also,
the Coalition will work to promote Congressional interest and action by bringing
together credible witnesses and experts who can raise the level of debate, as
well as help foster serious media coverage so that the facts are presented to
the general public in an objective and authoritative way.
To find out more about SCI FI's advocacy efforts and the Coalition for Freedom
of Information, visit http://www.freedomofinfo.org.
