In news:44c9704a.707367@nntp.charter.net,
Edgar Wolphe <SpamTrap@spamcop.com> typed:

Furiously scratching in the sand, Sir Gilligan Horry <GM@ga7rm5er.com>
wrote:

Roswell - It Really Happened. by Jesse Marcel.

This should be a Must Read for UFO and Roswell fans.  It will tell the
story about how an 11 year old boy was woken up in the middle of the
night by his excited father to view the debris of a space ship from
another world.

This father, by the way, was an intelligence officer with the US Army
Air Force, and as such knew the very strict rules of secrecy that
governed all captures of potential military weapons and/or secrets...
not to mention the small fact that WWII, and the aura of secrecy that
that caused, was barely over.

So what 'n hell was Jessie thinking when he brought the debris of the
extraterrestial space ship home to show off to his wife and kid?

One of the many questions regarding Roswell that has never been
answered.  I wonder of Jessie Jr can...

Well I would think if one discovered unequivocal evidence ETs exist and have
definitely visited the Earth you would want to tell someone. The
implications are fairly Earth shattering and much more so in 1947 and would
have a profound effect on an individual, giving a whole different
perspective on one's place in the Universe. I don't think it would be
possible to keep such things a national secret, because for anyone with half
a brain the effect is going to be deeply personal, and have nothing to do
with National Security or loyalties to an employer.

Of course not all people working in intelligence are going to come out in
public, but I think one would expect a proportion of intelligence workers
will. And indeed a fair proportion have.

Actually at the end of the day there is no problem with that, because the
mainstream propaganda machine is so powerful, people who claim to have had
contact with ETs are simply regarded as nut cases. So writing books about
such experiences whether truthful or fictional is quite acceptable and is a
way for people to make money. And this activity has very little effect on
the truth or the ability for such things to be covered up, because at the
end of the day the mainstream propaganda machine simply defines these people
as Insane or purely mercenary.

But at the end of the day people are not insane, or necessarily entirely
mercenary, because the mainstream propaganda machine says they are. Neither
does it mean the stories are untrue, it just means there is a lack of
corroborative evidence. Considering full disclosure (if such things are
true) would have a profound effect on people's beliefs and political
structures is there any need?

There is plenty of anecdotal evidence of contact with ETs and a great deal
of it is consistent. The evidence exists and people are free to make up
their own mind and do their own study. Science is like that, for example
people are not forced to believe in Evolution or that Einstein was correct.
Neither are people forced to believe in ETs. But if you study these things
you are going to come to different conclusions that when you started out.
-- 
Amanda