

It chronologically examines the Agency's efforts to solve the mystery of UFOs, its programs that had an impact on UFO sightings, and its attempts to conceal CIA involvement in the entire UFO issue. Using CIA records compiled from that review, this study traces CIA interest and involvement in the UFO controversy from the late 1940s to 1990.

James Woolsey ordered another review of all Agency files on UFOs. In late 1993, after being pressured by UFOlogists for the release of additional CIA information on UFOs, (3) DCI R. The idea that CIA has secretly concealed its research into UFOs has been a major theme of UFO buffs since the modern UFO phenomena emerged in the late 1940s.

Many are convinced that the US Government, and particularly CIA, are engaged in a massive conspiracy and coverup of the issue. UFOlogists-a neologism for UFO buffs-and private UFO organizations are found throughout the United States. (1) Former US Presidents Carter and Reagan claim to have seen a UFO. HainesĪn extraordinary 95 percent of all Americans have at least heard or read something about Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs), and 57 percent believe they are real. 1, 1997Ī Die-Hard Issue CIA's Role in the Study of UFOs, 1947-90 Gerald K. "But Roswell is a very interesting place with a lot of people that would like to know what's going on.Source: Studies In Intelligence Vol. "I won't talk to you about what I know about it but it's very interesting," Donald Trump said. "I heard that two days ago," Trump said, "so I'll check on that."ĭuring a June interview conducted by his son, Donald Trump, Jr., Trump hinted that he was in possession of classified knowledge about the alleged alien crash site in Roswell, New Mexico. While Trump has not explicitly expressed a belief in UFOs or alien life, he told Fox News in October that he would take a "good, strong look" into the existence of unidentified flying objects. Describing space as the "world's newest warfighting domain," Trump said the Space Force was necessary because of "grave threats to national security." Space Force as the country's sixth branch of the Armed Forces. In December 2019, Trump announced the formation of the U.S. Still, the interview is the latest in a string of events that has whipped speculation on the internet into a frenzy. The Jerusalem Post said it had found no evidence to substantiate Eshed's claims and neither has Newsweek.Īccording to an Israeli professor, President Donald Trump came near to revealing the existence of extraterrestrials to the world but was prevented by members of the Galactic Federation. Eshed also claimed that aliens and American astronauts were working together at a secret underground base on Mars.Įshed claimed that the aliens "are researching and trying to understand the whole fabric of the universe, and they want us as helpers." They want to first make us sane and understanding."Īccording to Eshed, aliens struck a deal with the U.S. "Trump was on the verge of revealing," Eshed said, "but the aliens in the Galactic Federation are saying: 'Wait, let people calm down first.' They don't want to start mass hysteria. "The UFOs have asked not to publish that they are here," Eshed said, "humanity is not ready yet." Understandably, the aliens wanted to keep a low profile. On Tuesday, the Jerusalem Post published some of Eshed's quotes in English and they contained the most incredible claims made about Trump, who has long being the center of conspiracy theories-some of which he has actively encouraged.Īccording to Eshed, aliens from an organization called the Galactic Federation have been in touch with the governments of the U.S. Professor Haim Eshed, who served as the head of Israel's space program from 1981 to 2010 spoke to the Hebrew newspaper Yediot Aharonot on Sunday. Donald Trump has information about alien life and almost revealed it, only demurring after an intervention by the Galactic Federation, a former Israeli official said in a bizarre newspaper interview.
