| | | | | his friend, an unnamed retired air force general, to |
| In a speech given at the University of Toronto on | | | | ask for his opinion on what he had read. The |
| September 25, 2005, former Canadian Minister of | | | | general claimed that every ounce of it was true |
| Defense Paul Hellyer talked about how a book | | | | and that the military was already at war with |
| called The Day After Roswell written by Colonel | | | | aliens. Hellyer claimed that the general said that |
| Philip J. Corso, who was the former head of the | | | | the famous Roswell crash in New Mexico was |
| U.S. army's Foreign Technology Division and later a | | | | indeed an alien craft and it frightened the U.S. |
| member of Eisenhower's National Security Council, | | | | military making them believe they had uncovered |
| claimed that the U.S. government has been | | | | a foe for which there was no defense. It was the |
| actively preparing for alien invasions for over 60 | | | | general's contention that their main focus had to |
| years. | | | | be keeping the information away from the |
| | | | | general public, who panic and create a major social |
| In Corso's book, the incorporation of alien | | | | disruption so extreme that it could bring countries |
| technology in military weaponry is well | | | | to their knees and possibily cause world wars. |
| documented. He talks about partical beam | | | | |
| weapons with nicknames such as "Saint of Blue | | | | According to the general, the Orson Well's 1938 |
| Geminini". According to Corso, these weapons | | | | broadcast of War of the World's was an |
| were part of an arsenal of USAF7795, a code | | | | orchestrated test to get a feel for how the public |
| number for the Air Force's first satellite which | | | | would react to an alien invasion. The short wave |
| was designed to locate, track, and destroy | | | | of panic, as many listeners took it as a real news |
| enemy surveillance satellites or UFO's if necessary. | | | | broadcast, was enough to convince the military |
| | | | | that in order to maintain continuity in society the |
| Corso beleived that the Strategic Defense | | | | public had remain ignorant in the event of |
| Initiative, nicknamed Star Wars under the Ronald | | | | evidence of alien beings. |
| Regan administration, which PR firms sold to the | | | | |
| general public as a space-based defense system | | | | The general also claimed that not all aliens |
| against a potential Soviet missle attack, was in | | | | represented a threat and that some were |
| reality a system which was a partnership | | | | ethically superior. Corso's final conclusion in his |
| between the U.S. and Russia to set up a global | | | | book was that humans were an experimental |
| defense system against an alien invasion. In | | | | creation by aliens who had inhabited this planet |
| Corso's book, he claimed that Dr. Rimili | | | | inancient times; that people are basically their pets. |
| Avramenko, a senior engineer who worked on | | | | He also claimed that President George H.W. Bush |
| the SDI program, claimed that extra terrestrial | | | | agreed to plans to one day build a moon base |
| techonology gained from secret government UFO | | | | that could serve as a potential point of |
| studies was used to enhance the SDI program. | | | | interception of unwanted interstellar visitors. As |
| He even referred to Star Wars as "the weapon | | | | advanced as Alien species may be, the unnamed |
| of the aliens" in a conversation with reporter | | | | general said that we have a chance against an |
| George Knapp. | | | | invasion since the military has learned how to use |
| | | | | alien technology in their own defense mechanisms |
| In the Toronto speech, Hellyer said that reading | | | | and is now more capable of handling alien attacks |
| the book prompted him to place a phone call to | | | | than ever. |