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This is Edward J. Ruppelt's memoir of his role in the seminal US Air Force UFO study projects: Projects Sign, Grudge and Blue Book. According to this account, he coined the acronym 'UFO' and put many of the official procedures for reporting and studying UFOs in place. An enjoyable read, this book captures the feel of working for the mid-20th century US military. He describes the changing attitudes of the USAF about UFOs during the early 1950s: wobbling between denial, ridicule, paranoia, and genuine inquiry.
EnPassant
Just in case you want to know where Mitchell got his information - he tells of his sources here, from 2:11 to 2:32
JimOberg
EnPassant
Just in case you want to know where Mitchell got his information - he tells of his sources here, from 2:11 to 2:32
Sadly, Mitchell WON'T say what [if any] 'UFO information' he got from Gordon Cooper when they were office mates on the same Apollo lunar crew in 1968-9. I sure would like to know if Cooper's stories looked like, or didn't look like, the ones he began telling after he was eased out of the astronaut corps in 1970. Mitchell refuses to tell.
EnPassant
Here he is saying that ppl in the military and intel. Wanted to get it off their chest and what they said solidified his views. There is some subtext here-
1. Something prevented them from speaking out earlier and they had to carry the burden of secrecy. 2. What they said "solidifed" Mitchel's views. That is, what they said positively confirmed the reality of the phenomena.edit on 31-10-2013 by EnPassant because: (no reason given)
3n19m470
reply to post by draknoir2
Sometimes I just kinda feel like being Captain Obvious for the day, too While we are sharing obvious facts, I have one too that I feel is also vitally important to share with you: The dragon in your avatar is not orange, and. furthermore, your dragon avatar does not serve to provide evidence of real dragons as well as a second-hand account would. Yeah...take that! Oh...you mean, you were not trying to prove the existence of dragons? And it was kind of pointless and rude for me to speak as if you were? Oh...well maybe the person you replied to was not trying to assert that their speculations of subtext served as better evidence than a second hand account...
That's like if I see you in the pub and suddenly I get all swollen in the chest and get right in your face and say, with spittle flying out of my mouth and all, "What?!?!? Celery IS NOT as nutritional as broccolli!!!!!" And shove you back with both of my hands as hard as I can. I mean...doesn't make much sense does it? You never even said anything about broccolli so i look like a madman! The poster you replied to never said that their assertion of subtext was any better of a form of evidence than a second hand account... So, with that being said... Calm down there, madman... you don't want to take on the appearance of a raving lunatic now, do you?
So anyway, who is "Mitchell"? Are we talking Paul Mitchell? Mitchell Coombs? Mitchell Bade? Or is just a one name like Madonna?
I should just create a thread called "Unlocking The Secrets of Steve" and just confuse the heck out of people and make up an outlandish tale and act totally serious the whole time like its a true story...all the time never revealing the true identity of the fictional Steve...
Side note: anybody ever seen that movie, The Tao of Steve.? Not bad really...
draknoir2
EnPassant
Here he is saying that ppl in the military and intel. Wanted to get it off their chest and what they said solidified his views. There is some subtext here-
1. Something prevented them from speaking out earlier and they had to carry the burden of secrecy. 2. What they said "solidifed" Mitchel's views. That is, what they said positively confirmed the reality of the phenomena.edit on 31-10-2013 by EnPassant because: (no reason given)
No offense, but your personal interpretation of what you perceive to be "subtext" is of even less evidentiary value than second hand anecdotal accounts.
Here he is saying that ppl in the military and intel.
“Sometimes, you wonder whether Uri’s entire public career has actually been a front for his shadow world activities.”
Geller's public career has been controversial, especially after magicians like James Randi have shown that his signature act of bending spoons psychically can easily be replicated, according to the Skeptics Dictionary.
While Geller has his detractors, he apparently has some impressive supporters. Former CIA officer Kit Green, Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell, and retired US army colonel John Alexander, re all interviewed in the film, according to the Independent. Mitchell's work in various military paranormal studies was detailed in "The Men Who Stare At Goats."
www.huffingtonpost.com...
From Mike
Q: What about Edgar Mitchell - he has stated that numerous military witnesses to Roswell are afraid to 'go public' about what they know - has Alexander spoken with Mitchell ?
Alexander: Edgar and I are personal friends and have sat on boards together. There are some points that we agree to disagree on.
www.examiner.com...
Most, though, appeared to have come to see Mr. Mitchell. As perhaps the highest-profile claimant of alien visitation, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology doctor in aeronautics and astronautics told the gathering the time will come when we have to get off this rock we call Earth.
"The sun will burn out in due course, and we have to be off this planet if our species is to survive," he said. "At this point in human history on this planet, we're now starting, and should be, to reach out beyond our planet and then beyond our solar system to find out what is really going on out there."
After the press conference, Mr. Mitchell said he got involved because people with UFO encounters "figured I was reliable enough to carry their stories and not compromise them."
"All of a sudden, when I began to realize the UFO phenomenon and alien visitation was real, I thought, 'OK, we're not alone in the universe.' That's pretty big news for we humans."
www.colinandrews.net...
The GUT
That we are being set-up by all these intelligence cadre has long since passed into the realm of "fact" for me.
What they might be setting us up for is, of course, still a matter of speculation.