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This is a National Enquirer article by Thomas L. Muldoon, dated 27 November 1979, about a heavily censored 1968 National Security Agency report that the paper obtained through Freedom of Information Act appeals. According to the article, the report concludes that UFOs are not all hoaxes and cites Air Force records of unexplained sightings. It also warns that contact with a technologically superior civilization could threaten human survival. The report compares an unprepared nation to the surprise at Pearl Harbor and urges a more urgent, survival-minded approach to the UFO problem.
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the same thing at the same time. On occasion, physical evidence of a circumstantial nature was reported to have been found to support witnessed sightings. "A continuing high percentage of reports of unusual aerial objects are being reported by people in responsible positions in science, government and industry." certain terms, that some eminent scientists believe that UFOs are extraterrestrial in origin and cautions that this fact "cannot be disregarded." Moreover, there could be some very "serious" and far-reaching human survival implications." warns the report, adding: "If they discover you, it is an old but hardly invalid rule of thumb, they are your technological superiors. "human history has shown us time and again the tragic results of a confrontation between a technologically superior civilization and a technologically inferior people." In an attempt to rally concern about the presence of UFOs, the report pleads for stepped-up action. "Up until this time, the leisurely scientific approach has too often taken precedence in dealing with UFO questions." it states. Then, making a frightening comparison to highlight the awesome dangers, the report reasons: "If you are walking along a forest path and someone yells, "rattler," your reaction would be immediate and defensive. You would not take time to speculate before you act. You would have to treat the alarm as if it were a real and immediate threat to your survival. "Investigation would become an intensive emergency action to isolate the threat and to determine its precise nature. It would be geared to developing adequate defensive measures in a minimum amount of time. "It would seem a little more of this survival attitude is called for in dealing with the UFO problem." The report which was drastically censored by the NSA to protect national security doesn't indicate who wrote it or for whose eyes it was intended. Although it states that the nature and origin of UFOs are still a mystery, it sounds a clear alert. The potential threat is dramatically under scored in the document by inclusion of a chilling list of other instances in history when nations failed to prepare adequately in the face of danger. And the list of instances, called "Other Examples of Blindness to Surprise Material Causing Defeat," starkly points out: "Because we could not appreciate the power of the carrier strike force, we were surprised and defeated at Pearl Harbor. "Because Americans found it incomprehensible that a crude technology could effectively defend itself against a sophisticated weapons system, many aircraft were lost to World War 2 model anti-aircraft and small arms fire in Vietnam." The implication is unmistakable: Only if we are fully prepared to meet the potential threat from UFOs can we ever rest safe and secure as a nation. - THOMAS L MULDOON NATIONAL ENQUIRER (USPS 372-940) Published by National Enquirer, Inc. London, England. Mail to: National Enquirer, Inc. MAIL SUBSCRIPTION $112.95 a year at L. K. 314.95 a year in Canada. 317 a year for ten en- dresses. Second Class postage good at Lake Knox, Plain, and at additional mailing offices.
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FOIA release, from the nsa collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 2 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.