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these events. A passive or non-cooperative stance would of course
have the opposite effect.
b In any case we do not desire, nor do we recommend, the disclosure of
certain valid secret projects which are vital to national security or to
future defense readiness, including projects at Nellis Air Force Base in
area S4, which apparently deal with reverse engineering extraterrestrial
technology for human applications.
•espective of the level of U.S. government involvement or cooperation, we
wish to assure you that we intend to conduct this project in a way which will
not harm the President, the military, the Government or the society in
reneral. However, due to the high likelihood of extraterrestrial-human
interactions in general, and extraterrestrial contact by CSETI research
teams specifically, which may be imminent, we are committed to fulfilling
this project within the coming year. Furthermore, we are carefully and
systematically thinking through what needs to be included in an extended
effort that will assure that the response to this Announcement is positive
end full of hope. We welcome and invite your participation.
credible, will be seen by millions and probably hundreds of millions of
people. Along with Project Starlight, which will conduct briefings and an
Announcement with or without government cooperation, this subject,
and the U.S. government’s connection to it, will be known by a very
large segment of the population. The Administration would be best
served by positioning itself in a cooperative, open, disclosing manner
during this process. To do otherwise would be to increase suspicion
and mistrust of government in general and the Administration in
particular.
s Government cooperation and involvement with Project Starlight would
afford government valuable input into the process, content and timing of