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