Flying Saucers

(Purported leaked Secret Government Memo at end.)

Many people in the panhandle of Florida are claiming to have seen flying saucers.

In these parts we have the dubious distinction of being one of the most frequented areas of the country for the elusive critters.

People out West have to travel to some place in Nevada for a similar opportunity.

Interestingly, some of the people who have seen these things represent some pretty respectable, feet-on-the-ground types.

Not prone to Elvis sightings, hallucinations, or making things up in order to get attention.

Even so, the government's explanations has leaned toward swamp gas and weather balloons.

But, given their personal experience, many people in these parts aren't buying swamp gas or weather balloons. Neither are all the people who have followed these things on radar screens.

Personally, I never put much stock in flying saucers...

...but when I started noticing how much effort the government seems to be putting into explaining away the reports, I began to wonder.

Why might our government be so desperate to "explain away" thousands of UFO sightings?

I'm still pretty dubious about all this, but for a brief moment let's just assume for the sake of argument that this flying saucer stuff is true.

What would a responsible government do?

There would be two choices:

-tell the truth

-lie like hell

If you tell the truth, you might throw the country into a level of panic that's not been witnessed since the great flood.

Given the demonstrated technology implicit in these things, we would clearly be witnessing an intellectually superior species.

Maybe, if reports are true, a number of intellectually superior species.

We would no longer have our egocentrically central place in "our" God's universe!

Organized religion apparently has a need to believe these things.

You may recall that before the evidence became overwhelming, "the Church" staunchly maintained that the sun revolved around the earth and the earth was the center of the universe.

In other words, mankind--with emphasis very much on man at that point—was at the very center of all of what God created.

Do I detect a bit of ego at work here?

Not that wasn't enough of a shock, but finding that there were species in the universe that were clearly superior to "man" would be an even more deflating concept....

...which, using history as a guide, many people would instantly reject.

Fundamentalist preachers—the kind that seem to be the most vocal and visible—would scramble to publicly reinterpret scriptures to keep the faithful from questioning religion...

...the very thing people turn to when they feel threatened by things like this.

Not good.

Plus, in the face of such superior technology, the military of the US-of-A might look a bit inadequate.

A technology far beyond our capabilities to defend ourselves?

Not at all good.

What should an accountable government do?

Maybe anything necessary to keep the truth from coming out.

Lie about it. Cover it up. Hide the evidence.

For the good of the people. For the good of the country.

Sort of makes you wonder, does 't it?

Editor's note: With evidence on both sides of this issue, the UFO/flying saucer debate is a long way from being settled.

However, for flying saucer buffs we're including a photocopy below of a supposedly leaked government document on this issue.