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Classified Docs Reveal UK Tried to Stop Worldwide UFO Investigation

By Lee SpeigelMar 7th 2011 – 7:35AM
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When Britain released 8,500 pages of previously classified UFO files last week, one set of key documents quickly caught my attention and had a profound effect on me as it took me back in time 33 years. The file includes many pages detailing the British government's attempt in 1978 to derail the country of Grenada's plan...

A UFO Is Still a UFO: From Antiquity to Today

By Lee SpeigelFeb 4th 2011 – 6:04PM
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Hans Glaser

Circular ships, vertical aerial cylinders, spheres, disks, wheels in the sky, hat-shaped things, flying pillars or columns and triangular-shaped objects. At first glance, you might think those are common, almost daily, descriptions of UFOs reported by eyewitnesses. Well, yes ... sort of. Those are the actual words, found...

UFOs Help Innovative Thinkers Look to the Future

By Lee SpeigelJan 22nd 2011 – 12:00PM
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Where should forward-thinkers look when they seek innovative ideas? Perhaps to someone -- or something -- that's more innovative than they are. From Saturday to Tuesday, more than 100 of the world's leaders in business, politics, education, sports, entertainment, the environment and technology are gathering for a...

UFOs at the UN -- A Close Encounter

By Lee SpeigelJun 25th 2010 – 9:09AM
Lee Speigel

Lee Speigel

(June 25) -- Will the European Union disclose any UFO files it might have, as one lawmaker called for several days ago, perhaps bringing new facts to a field long relegated by government officials as science fiction? Maybe, but this isn't the first time world leaders have had a close encounter with UFOs. As AOL News...

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  • 02/11/12 Behind the Mask: Aliens or Cosmic Jokers? Source: New Dawn In the 1970s, when we first became fascinated by the UFO phenomenon, opinion among researchers was divided between two views: the Extraterrestrial Hypothesis (ETH) – UFOs are spacecraft from other worlds; and the 'Magonian Hypothesis' (after the 1970 book by the intelligent Ufologists' hero Jacques Vallée, Passport to Magonia ).
  • 10/01/11 Hip Pocket's new play aims for Neverland-style noir Source: The Eagle Citizen When Johnny Simons, co-founder and artistic director at Fort Worth's most unique performing arts outfit, Hip Pocket Theatre, sets out to write a play, he does it quickly.
  • 09/19/11 Save San Francisco's parks from commercialization Source: Boing Boing San Francisco's delightful Stow Lake Boat House in Golden Gate Park, and much of the park itself and other public spaces in the City, are in danger of being commercialized and crapified through backroom deals and privatization.
  • 06/11/11 La Ville hérite d'un vaste terrain boisé Source: La Tribune of Sherbrooke Le terrain est évalué à 95 100 $ au rôle municipal.
  • 05/17/11 He was another charismatic leader with a bizarre,... Source: Hullabaloo Heaven's Gate was an American UFO religion based in San Diego, California , founded and led by Marshall Applewhite (1931–1997) and Bonnie Nettles (1928–1985). [ 1 ] On March 26, 1997, in a period when Comet Hale-Bopp was at its brightest, [ 2 ] police discovered the bodies of 39 members of the group who had committed suicide in order to reach an alien aircraft which was supposedly following the aforementioned comet.

Background on jacques vallee

Jacques Fabrice Vallée (born September 24, 1939 in Pontoise, Val-d'Oise, France) is a venture capitalist, computer scientist, author, ufologist and former astronomer currently residing in San Francisco, California.

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