| The UFO Lawyer | | | | the spotlight by bringing them into the courtroom. |
| 03rd October 2006 | | | | CAUS is a non-profit organization dedicated to |
| Author: Francesca Black | | | | ending the secrecy that is associated with UFO |
| Copyright 2006 Francesca Black | | | | and ET contact. Targeted projects include the |
| If you thought UFO sightings only belonged in | | | | release of information from the government, the |
| science fiction movies and late night TV, and that | | | | investigation into UFO phenomenon and the |
| believers existed on the fringe of society, think | | | | appropriate collection and dispersal of information. |
| again. It is a little known fact that for over thirty | | | | Gersten and the people involved in CAUS are so |
| years UFO investigations and contact with ETs | | | | dedicated that services are offered pro bono to |
| have been debated even in our respected US | | | | eye witnesses or individuals who possess physical |
| courtrooms. | | | | or other genuine evidence. As would be expected |
| Peter Gersten, AKA the UFO lawyer, is a | | | | in any lawyer-client relationship, confidentiality is |
| maverick who for the last twenty years has | | | | guaranteed. |
| been blazing a trail for those who have | | | | One might ask how someone becomes a UFO |
| experienced frightening and unexplainable events, | | | | lawyer. Not surprisingly, there is no field specific to |
| by giving them a voice in a society where they | | | | this practice. To date, Gersten is the only |
| have been previously shunned. The founding | | | | attorney to successfully sue the government for |
| director of CAUS (Citizens Against UFO Secrecy), | | | | UFO documents. He trained and practiced as a |
| Gersten is opposed to keeping UFO information | | | | traditional lawyer for years before finding his niche |
| from the American public. Lacking the | | | | and committing himself to these projects. Before |
| sensationalism of other publicized court cases, the | | | | he became the UFO lawyer, he practiced criminal |
| success of CAUS is not generally known, except | | | | law in New York for 25 years. He now practices |
| among UFO researchers. It may come as a | | | | law in Arizona, where he currently is a trial |
| surprise to know that Gersten, representing | | | | attorney with the Navajo County Public |
| Ground Saucer Watch, won his first UFO-related | | | | Defenders Office. Maybe in the near to distant |
| case in 1977 against the CIA, which resulted in | | | | future, as more information is released and the |
| the release of over 900 pages of UFO-related | | | | public becomes more aware of UFO phenomenon, |
| documents. Even more interesting is the fact that | | | | there will be a greater call for lawyers in this field, |
| 57 documents were allowed to be withheld, | | | | and firms may be established for that end. Until |
| claiming national security considerations. Since that | | | | then, interested persons would certainly be wise |
| day, Gersten has challenged this claim, forming | | | | to study science and technology, as well as the |
| CAUS and bringing even more relevant issues into | | | | traditional courses required for a JD. |