SECURITY MATTER – X: THE UFO / FBI CONNECTION, with Dr. Bruce Maccabee. During the early years of UFO sightings (1947-1955) the FBI collected information provided by the Air Force. As with the proverbial "black hole" or "roach motel," information went in and didn't come out. No one outside the FBI (and few within) knew of the Flying Disc File with reports labeled "Security Matter - X." – the REAL X-files. Not until 1977, when Maccabee received the Flying Disc file from the FBI as a result of a request under the Freedom of Information Act, did more than a couple of people know that in the early years there were top Air Force officials who secretly and seriously considered the Interplanetary Hypothesis. The FBI, because of its penchant for collecting and storing information, acted as a sort of "window" on Air Force activities. Through the historical eyes" of the FBI one can see the internal struggle of the Air Force officials to make some sense of the flying saucer problem without publicly, or even privately, admitting that something unusual was really going on, something of potentially great importance. The FBI, too, "covered up" its initial interest in the flying saucer reports. When asked, in the 1960's, whether or not the FBI had ever been involved J. Edgar Hoover, Director, said "no." He lied. This lecture will present some of the early history of FBI involvement and the surprising (some might say "shocking") revelations about the Air Force UFO investigation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Maccabee
Dr. Bruce Maccabee. UFO research website.
Interview with Dr Maccabee about the "X-files" in Popular Mechanics.
Besökaren kan läsa mer om Dr. Bruce Maccabees bakgrund, yrkeskarriär, osv, i de två översta länkarna ovan. Den tredje och nedersta länken leder till en intervju med Dr Maccabee om kopplingen mellan FBI och UFO-fenomenet, gjord av webbsidan "Popular Mechanics".
Videoklippet ovan "SECURITY MATTER - X: ..." visar en presentation av Dr Bruce Maccabee vars underliggande tema kan sägas vara motstridigheten i US Air Force och FBIs officiella och inofficiella hållning till UFO-fenomenet. Presentationen ifråga är ifrån, tror jag, år 2004 och var den andra av två presentationer som Dr Maccabee gjorde på en konferens kallad "X Conference" eller kort, "Xcon."
Fokus i presentationen ovan är historiken kring FBIs intresse och undersökningar av UFO-fenomenet, både på eget initiativ och i samarbete med US Air Force.
Dr Maccabee bygger sin presentation på de 1600 sidor av information om FBIs inblandning i UFO-frågan han fick genom sin "Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)"- begäran han gjorde 1976.
Jag kan rekommendera besökaren att först läsa intervjun med Dr Maccabee i Popular Mechanics för mer bakgrund och sammanhang till innehållet i hans presentation.