| Rumors abound that someone inside the US | | | | as an Apollo 17 astronaut was the last man to |
| government knew UFO's are real. | | | | walk on the moon. |
| Until I had reviewed several UFO videos I had the | | | | Schmitt, was interested in the UFO phenomena. |
| position that UFO’s were not real. You | | | | Like Reagan, Schmitt had publicly played both the |
| see my father worked at area 51 as an oil | | | | investigator and the Agnostic. On a positive note |
| driller. He told me that he had never seen any | | | | Schmitt declared, "If the government has any |
| aliens. | | | | information on UFO's, it should be released to the |
| On June 27, 1982, a year after Reagan entered | | | | public -- barring anything that might affect National |
| the White House, Ronald Reagan made one of his | | | | Security. We ought to be involved in a search to |
| most famous alien remarks when he hosted | | | | find out if there's any good evidence that UFOs |
| Steven Spielberg in the White House. Spielberg | | | | really are spacecraft that are being piloted by |
| was at the White House to present a private | | | | extraterrestrial beings." Playing the conservative |
| screening of his soon to be released movie | | | | politician Schmitt stated, "The existence of |
| called "ET: The Extraterrestrial." The movie dealt | | | | intelligent life elsewhere in our universe is highly |
| with a young extraterrestrial who becomes | | | | probable, given the huge number of sun-like stars |
| stranded on earth and struggles to return, while | | | | that exist out there. That such life would visit our |
| U.S. government agents try to capture him. | | | | star and planet, however, is unlikely, but not |
| Following the screening the President leaned over, | | | | impossible given the large number of choices it |
| grasped Spielberg on the shoulder, and quietly | | | | would have for such a visit. Further, the so-called |
| commented, "You know, there aren’t six | | | | UFOs have not done a very good job of |
| people in this room who know how true this really | | | | communicating for life (that's) intelligent enough to |
| is." | | | | travel between stars." |
| That comment really got my attention! | | | | More important than the alien comments made |
| After the commit rumors, abounded that | | | | by President Reagan, was the place that he made |
| someone inside the government had told Spielberg | | | | them - the Roswell Industrial Air Center - formally |
| that the alien model used in "Close Encounters" | | | | known as the Walker Air ForceBase. It was at |
| was too close to the truth, and the model had to | | | | this base in 1947 where the wreckage and bodies |
| be changed. The accusation was never proved | | | | of the Roswell flying saucer were rumored to |
| and Spielberg has never commented on it. | | | | have been taken from the crash outside of town. |
| A couple months later, probably still inspired by | | | | Reagan made his speech near Hanger 84, which |
| the E.T. movie, President Reagan showed up in | | | | was the rumored hanger that was used to store |
| Roswell, New Mexico to give a speech for the | | | | UFO wreckage and/or bodies in July 1947. |
| re-election of Harrison (Jack) Schmitt. Schmitt | | | | Interesting! |
| was a Republican Senator from New Mexico who | | | | |