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From: egs@netcom.com (Edward G. Stewart)
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 16:05:06 -0800 (PST)
Fwd Date: Sat, 21 Dec 1996 04:58:33 -0500
Subject: Re: Carl Sagan

> Subject: Re: UFO UpDate: Carl Sagan dies at 62
> Date: Fri, 20 Dec 96 11:44:33 -0600
> From: Pat Parrinello <pparri@republic.net>
> To: "UFO UpDates - Toronto" <updates@globalserve.net>

>    He left us with a ship of the imagination. With this ship we
>    explore the possibilities of a certain future.
>
>    He was a Johnny Appleseed spreading the seeds of thoughts
>    through out the world and the fruits of those orchards are
>    sweet to the endeavors of hope for Man Eternal in  the Universe.
>
>    I see him in the Heavens passing by to take an occasional apple
>    from one of his trees and taste the nectar of God.
>
>    Goodby, Carl... and hello, Carl...  I know you are out there now
>    where the truth is at last found..
>
>    ~Pat~

Not a well known fact regarding Carl Sagan's role and the UFO phenomena.

After the Condon Report and the Air Force announcement that they were
discontinuing BLUE BOOK, rumors ran rampant that the Air Force was going
to destroy the BLUE BOOK files. Dr. Edward Condon tried to use his
influence to do just that. Carl Sagan on hearing of this circulated a
petition and letter with the assistance of Thornton Page
to the scientific community to prevent the destruction
of the BLUE BOOK files. He gathered a lot of support from his collegues and
placed pressure on the Air Force not to destroy the files, but to make them
available for future access and study to the public.

For whatever reason, the Air Force then stated that they would not be
destroying the files and that they would be kept for future public
access. Condon was livid and campaigned very hard to prevent the entry
of the "renegade" Carl Sagan from membership into the prestigious Cosmos
Club in Washington, D.C., thus paying a personal price for his opposition
to Condon.

As it may, ufologists have Carl Sagan to thank for the preservation of the
BLUE BOOK files.

Also, it was due to Carl Sagan and Thornton Page that the American Association
for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) held its symposium on UFOs against a lot
of political pressure not to address the subject. The symposium gave Hynek
and McDonald a forum to present their viewpoints and cases.

Ed Stewart
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