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This is a CSETI Project Starlight comprehensive briefing document, prepared by Steven M. Greer, M.D., director of the Center for the Study of Extraterrestrial Intelligence, and dated April 1997. It contains CSETI position papers arguing that the US government secretly holds extraterrestrial craft and that covert management of the subject threatens national security, along with letters to President Clinton seeking disclosure. It also includes government records, among them an FAA Charlotte Tower re-recording of a December 1977 police helicopter sighting.

  • p. 11 …Since the I 970's, we have reason to believe that a degree of cooperation on…
  • p. 13 …extraterrestrial civilizations would, of necessity, evolve, and this in turn would strengthen world unity and cooperation.
  • p. 15 …to one of increasing openness, disclosure and cooperation with civilian research teams. (See section IV on…
  • p. 25 …International cooperation exists to a wide - extent, though some witnesses state that certain countries, particularly China…
  • p. 28 …I suggest that the Administration, in cooperation with Congress, sponsor open hearings where these witnesses, who…
  • p. 35 …to one of increasing disclosure, openness, and cooperation with civilian researchers. Failure to effect a review…
  • p. 36 …CSETI, in cooperation with other researchers and organizations, has already begun this process, and welcomes cooperative…
  • p. 38 …s; It is our sincere intention to cooperate with the U.S. government, the United Nations…
  • p. 39 …In contrast, ProJect Starlight 1s committed to working cooperatively with the U.S. government and avoiding…
  • p. 40 …govemment cooperation in this project would assist us in this goal, and specifically cou Id serve…
  • p. 41 …Along with Project Starlight, whieh will conduct briefings and an Announcement with or without government cooperation…
  • p. 42 SUGGESTED AVENUES OF GOVERNMENT COOPERATION WITH PROJECT STARLIGHT 1. Letter of introduction to foreign governments to…
  • p. 50 …Gordon Cooper, Col. USAF, Astronaut Date: November 9, 1978 Re: Cooper's assessment that UFOs are…
  • p. 98 …electronics, etc., to review this situation. illegible ) cooperation has been secured by DI / USAF and ATIC…
  • p. 179 …His loci association and cooperation with the Air Force, in our study ot wddentified fl,yinc…
  • p. 180 …ihat C!A, .m.t:l the cooper.ition or PS3 and ot..'ter interested C…
  • p. 233 …1eca v ~thout 1,7Sr11 that intnutlonal cooper,i_Son h vital. . .· . .. · ,: . .. ·,,_·.' ., (1-C) 0/. 01…
  • p. 255 …i:::;:,ossib1e to secure the Air Force cooperation which woulrl ~ ~ ces !.~J, particularly in the matt…
  • p. 298 …I am coming to Was.h- 1ncton soon !or an appointment v1th SOnator Cooper and 1…
This being the case (we are eager - nay, desperate- for someone to prove otherwise... ) all of the
so-called 'national security oaths' and other 'restrictions' placed on military, intelligence and
government contract workers are null and void. That is, they appear to have no legal validity
since the operations for which they were obtained are themselves illegal. In a constitutional
democracy, it is a basic requirement of law that such operations be constitutionally legal, and if
they are not, then all that flows from them - including such 'oaths'- are illegal and therefore non-
binding. IF these operations are legal, nobody in the Congress, executive branch or senior military
with whom we have spoken knows of it. The production of a single current executive order or
congressional directive authorizing these projects, which can be independently verified, would
convice us otherwise.
More than one covert contact has told us that, indeed, any such witnesses can and should speak
out at the right time and place since no legal entity would - or legally could - do anything about
it. We agree.
Beyond this, it is the legal, moral and patriotic duty of such witnesses to come together, and at
the highest, best and most credible venue possible, speak out in unison regarding the truth on this
matter. Granted, if only one or two such persons come forward, the case will be weak, and the
risk will be unacceptable. But if ten, twenty or more such witnesses come together, and united,
resolve to share their information and experiences on this subject, then a definitive case will be
made , and a great service to the world and their country will be fulfilled.
The return of this matter to the legal channels of government and the deliberation of the people
is one of the great unfulfilled tasks of the post cold war era. Over half a decade has elapsed since
the end of the cold war, and there can no longer be a justification (if there ever was) for this type
of extraordinary secrecy and covert agenda. Both national and world security requires that this
matter be returned to the world community as soon as possible.
We recommend that men and women of vision, courage and dedication join with us in fulfilling
this task. Far from being a legal violation of 'security oaths', the public testimony by such
witnesses is a highly moral and legal act. Further, is it not true that the continuation of this
secrecy itself is illegal and immoral, given the inherent unconstitutionality of such programs?
Credible witnesses, joining together and providing their testimony in a united strategy can return
this subject to legal oversight and control, and thereby enable the people of our country and of
the world to begin the public deliberations which should have occurred 50 years ago.
21 October 1996
Steven M . Greer M.D.
Director of CSETI
PO Box 15401 Asheville NC 28813
704-274-5671 ; fax:704-274-6766; email: 103275. l 472@compuserve.com

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