For years, UFO believers and debunkers have been at odds over the issue of why the US Government keeps information about UFO's secret, or for that matter if it keeps any information secret at all. For those still claiming that the US Government has no information to release with reaguards to UFO's, they might be interested in knowint that in 1980, the NSA was involved in a letigation known as "Citizens Against Unidentified Flying Objects Secrecy v. NSA", Civil Action No. 80-1562.
During the trial, the defense relied almost entirely on the affidavit of an NSA employee known as Eugene F. Yates. The prosecution was not allowed to view this affidavit. It was delivered to the judge, alone, in his personal chambers. Based on this affidavit, the judge ruled in the favor of the NSA, without the defense ever having heard the NSA's argument for why UFO documents must remain secret.
Skeptics have charged for years that many UFO's are in fact secretive aircraft such as the SR-71 Blackbird, F-117 Seath Fighters, and the famed U-2 spy plane. However, many paranormal investigators and believers are unconvinced. In any event, the issue of what UFO's are is not a subject the US Government will address. However, the NSA recently released a censored copy of the affidavit of Eugene Yates, pivotal to the 1980 lawsuit.
These documents are currently available at the NSA's Freedom of Information act (or FOIA) server. These documents require Adobe Acrobat reader, version 3.0 or better to be opened, and can be obtained at the following web address:
NSA Copy of the Affidavit of Eugene Yates
http://www.nsa.gov/docs/efoia/released/ufo/ufo1.pdf
UPDATE
A second document pretaining to the case, the "Memorandum and Order - Citizens Against UFO Secrecy v. National Security Agency" has recently been removed from the NSA FOIA server. Fortunetly I posess a copy of this document. Copies of this and the Affidavit of Eugene Yates can be obtained from me personally via ICQ, AIM, or Yahoo Messanger. Please check my profile for contact information.
During the trial, the defense relied almost entirely on the affidavit of an NSA employee known as Eugene F. Yates. The prosecution was not allowed to view this affidavit. It was delivered to the judge, alone, in his personal chambers. Based on this affidavit, the judge ruled in the favor of the NSA, without the defense ever having heard the NSA's argument for why UFO documents must remain secret.
Skeptics have charged for years that many UFO's are in fact secretive aircraft such as the SR-71 Blackbird, F-117 Seath Fighters, and the famed U-2 spy plane. However, many paranormal investigators and believers are unconvinced. In any event, the issue of what UFO's are is not a subject the US Government will address. However, the NSA recently released a censored copy of the affidavit of Eugene Yates, pivotal to the 1980 lawsuit.
These documents are currently available at the NSA's Freedom of Information act (or FOIA) server. These documents require Adobe Acrobat reader, version 3.0 or better to be opened, and can be obtained at the following web address:
NSA Copy of the Affidavit of Eugene Yates
http://www.nsa.gov/docs/efoia/released/ufo/ufo1.pdf
UPDATE
A second document pretaining to the case, the "Memorandum and Order - Citizens Against UFO Secrecy v. National Security Agency" has recently been removed from the NSA FOIA server. Fortunetly I posess a copy of this document. Copies of this and the Affidavit of Eugene Yates can be obtained from me personally via ICQ, AIM, or Yahoo Messanger. Please check my profile for contact information.