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There is an old Chinese proverb which says, "Unless we change directions, we are likely to end
up where we are going." How true. And where we are going in this area is immensely
dangerous. Extreme secrecy, especially on something this far-reaching and important, undermines
democracy, subverts the constitution, conc~ntrates enormous technological power in the hands
of the unelected few and puts the entire planet in harms way. This must end.
CSETI Project Starlight has been working for nearly 3 years to collect evidence, identify current
and former government, military, intelligence and corporate witnesses, and brief various world
leaders. Much has been accomplished, with no paid staff, no significant funding and the
dedication and volunteer efforts of a persistent team. But much remains to be done. Here is a
partial list:
In June of 1995, we convened a meeting of important miliary and government witnesses from
the US and Russia, and we all signed a letter asking President Clinton to issue an executive order
permitting such witnesses to speak without penalty or retribution. I suggest that the
Administration, in cooperation with Congress, sponsor open hearings where these witnesses, who
now number over 2 dozen, could openly testify to what they know about the UFO/ET matter.
This would constitute a definitive disclosure, I assure you. In this regard, you can help in two
ways : 1) Write the President and ask that he issue an executive order permitting these witnesses
to safely come forward. and at the same time write your Senator and Congressman and request
that they sponsor open hearings where these witnesses may speak. 2) Contact me immediately
if you or someone you know may be a current or former government, military or corporate
witness . We have protective measures in place, and the more witnesses we have, the stronger
the case - and the greater the margin of safety for all concerned. Please help us if you can.
The iatemational community and the United Nations should similarly hold open hearings on this
matter. We have witnesses from all over the world. and ideally, an international disclosure and
evidence gathering effort should begin immediately.
The world community should not sit by passively, thus abdicating responsibility to secret
operations. CSETI has for 5 years been involved in a citizens diplomacy effort, and made
significant breakthroughs in developing protocols to contact these extraterrestrial visitors. Rather
than passively watching this as some distant 'phenomenon', we should attempt to establish
communication with these life forms. and begin the early stages of an open inter-planetary
relationship. If you are interested in learning more about how you can be involved in such a
research and diplomacy effort, contact us.
Lastly, we must be prepared to forgive. There is nothing to be gained by calling for severe
retribution for those involved with either current or past secrecy. Many may have felt they were
doing the right thing at the time, and even currently. We do not need a cosmic Watergate,and
we must collectively renounce it. We should be willing to look to the moment and to the future,
and forgive the past. There is precedent for this: In the early days of the Clinton Administration,
there were sweeping disclosures about past excesses and crazy experiments wi_thin the Department
of Energy, and the former Atomic Energy Commission. We learned of plutonium being put on