Moses Greeley Parker Memorial Library (Dracut)

The Presidents and UFOs, a secret history, from FDR to Obama, Larry Holcombe

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Includes bibliographical references (pages [307]-324) and index

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The Presidents and UFOs

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Larry Holcombe

a secret history, from FDR to Obama

"The UFO enigma has been part of our culture since the 1940s and building to a worldwide explosion of acceptance today. Now, as governments around the world open their files and records on internal UFO investigations, the US remains steadfast in its denial of interest in the UFO issue. As more of the world's population accepts the possibility of an extraterrestrial presence, the demand is building for disclosure from the United States. Using newly declassified and Freedom of Information Act documents, eyewitness accounts, interviews, and leaked documents being authenticated, THE PRESIDENTS AND UFOS details the secret history of UFOs and the corresponding presidential administration. Starting in 1941 with the Roosevelt administration, author Larry Holcombe examines the startling discoveries facing a president preoccupied by WWII, the explosion of UFO sightings during the Truman years, first contact during the Eisenhower administration, and the possibility of a UFO connection to the Kennedy assassination. In 1975, the Nixon administration came very close to admitting that UFOs exist by funding a documentary by Robert Emenegger. Almost 40 years later, this book will examine Emenegger's findings. For the first time, the involvement of all of the modern presidents up to and including President Obama, and the rise and then fall of their influence on UFO issues, are told in one story that is an integral part of the fascinating UFO tapestry"--, Provided by publisher

The beginning : the Roosevelt and Truman administrations -- First contact? : the Eisenhower administration : shifting the paradigm of power -- the great conspiracy theory : the Kennedy administration -- Leader for space : the Johnson administration -- Plan for disclosure : the Nixon administration -- Swamp gas : the Ford administration -- Presidential sighting and NASA : the Carter administration -- JAL flight 1628 : the Hudson Valley sightings : the Reagan administration -- The Belgian save and STS-48 : the George H.W. Bush administration -- The Rockefeller Initiative : the Clinton administration -- Stephenville UFO and the Crawford White House : the George W. Bush administration -- The Podesta factor : the Obama administration -- The abduction phenomenon -- Final thoughts -- Appendix A. Truman-Forrestal memo authorizing Majestic-12 Group -- Appendix B. Eisenhower briefing document -- Appendix C. cutler-Twining memo following the Washington, D.C., flap on July 12, 1952 -- Appendix D. The Special Operations Manual -- Appendix E. The Bowen manuscript -- Appendix F. The Burned Memo referencing "Lancer, " JFK's code name -- Appendix G. The most chilling of the Burned Memo documents -- Appendix H. Letter from Donald Keyhoe to President Johnson -- Appendix I. FBI memo on Frances Swan and her channeling with AFFA -- Appendix J. Letter from Air Force information officer Albert Chop, reproduced on the back cover of "Flying saucers from outer space."

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