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Article #117: The UFO Lawyer

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






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