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UFO Activist to Congress “Beam Me Up!”
UFO Activist to Congress posited on the second day of the conference. Clinton is not going to become the president of
“Beam Me Up!” Getting retired legislators to listen was the United States without going through the
extraterrestrial issue. Period,” he asserted. “It’s
Warren Rojas step one. time for these people to start talking.” []
Roll Call Bassett’s latest lobbying tactic revolves
John Podesta: Outgoing
hoh.rollcall.com around flooding 180-odd members, including Barack Obama adviser
dozens of fax-enabled offices, with meeting reveals regret over failure to
Stephen Bassett, executive director of Paradigm requests. disclose secret UFO files
Research Group and founder of the
Extraterrestrial Phenomena Political Action The highest-value targets in this Podesta, who has now stepped down
Committee (X-PPAC), has devoted the past 18 advocacy dragnet are the Republican leaders from his role, has had a longstanding
years to overcoming the “truth embargo” about Bassett believes have jurisdiction over this interest in all things extraterrestrial
government involvement in alien affairs. particular issue: Senate Intelligence Chairman
Richard M. Burr; House Intelligence Chairman The senior adviser to President Barack Obama
He’s now ready for Congress to Devin Nunes; Senate Commerce, Science and has tweeted about his regret at not securing the
officially weigh in. Transportation Chairman John Thune; House disclosure of UFO files before he stepped down.
Science, Space and Technology Chairman
“Once this evidence is properly looked Lamar Smith; Senate Homeland Security and John Podesta left his post at the White
at, the way it should be, any reasonable person Governmental Affairs Chairman Ron Johnson; House on Friday, but not before he sent the
will come to the same conclusion,” Bassett told House Homeland Security Chairman Michael message out into the Twittersphere.
HOH about the cumulative knowledge his McCaul and House Oversight and Government
advocacy group wants to share with interested Reform Chairman Jason Chaffetz. He said: "Finally, my biggest failure of
lawmakers. 2014: Once again not securing the #disclosure of
“The goal is to get one of the the UFO files. #the truthisstilloutthere".
Bassett laid the groundwork for his committees to commit for comprehensive
latest congressional outreach a few years back, hearings,” he said of his endgame. “Not three Podesta has a longstanding interest in
hosting a 30-plus-hour mock hearing (spanning witnesses, come up [to] the Hill for half a day UFOs, which was first brought to light while he
five days) at the National Press Club in 2013. and give ’em a spiel. I’m talking about 25, 30, was working as President Bill Clinton's chief of
He had copies of the recorded sessions of the 35 witnesses, at least, testifying over a week, staff between 1998 and 2001.
Citizen Hearing on Disclosure delivered to two weeks if possible. The reason is we’ve got
every Capitol Hill office — a bundle containing those witnesses and the issue is not an issue that Podesta has previously called for the
10 DVDs, a letter signed by the participating you can dispense with something trivial.” release of all files on the topic of UFOs.
witnesses and a request to meet with Bassett —
immediately following the midterm elections. None of the committee aides HOH And as his Tweet showed, it seems his
probed about Bassett’s info dump responded to biggest regret of last year is being unable to
The NPC event was chaired by a handful inquiries about whether they’d received (much provide people with the truth about any visitors
of former pols Bassett recruited to the task. less reviewed) the Citizen Hearing materials. from outer space.
“Their presence gave it a great deal of gravitas,” Per Bassett, the last time Congress delved into
he said of snagging ex-Reps. Roscoe G. Bartlett, extraterrestrial issues was back in 1968 — but His tweet has now led to calls to open
R-Md.; Lynn Woolsey, D-Calif.; Carolyn he maintains that was just for show. any files about extraterrestrial activity. []
Cheeks Kilpatrick, D-Mich.; Darlene Hooley,
D-Ore.; Merrill Cook, R-Utah; and ex-Sen. “The government wanted this wrapped The ‘X’ Chronicles Newspaper
Mike Gravel, D-Alaska, to review the up. They were being driven crazy by the and other
marathon-length testimony presented by PRG’s public,” Bassett said, noting the Air Force shot
panel of experts. down everything lawmakers were presented Selected Books, Periodicals &
with a year later in its report. Catalogues
Woolsey noted that her fellow panelists,
now permanently off the campaign trail, had But Bassett believes recent Are NOW AVAILABLE
nothing to lose by participating in the self- developments, including former White House at
funded gathering on extraterrestrials. chief of staff John Podesta’s social media blast
about the truth still being out there (“X-Files” wikipublishinghouse.com
“This would be one of the issues that a fans’ mantra) and President Bill Clinton’s out-
sitting member would risk losing an election of-left-field chat with late night host Jimmy
over,” she said, hinting that attaching one’s Kimmel about Area 51, means the stars have
name to this effort is to invite attack ads — and aligned for a serious discussion about whether
possibly the revocation of security clearance. we’re the ne plus ultra of intergalactic
governance.
Kilpatrick appeared genuinely interested
in the intellectual exercise. “There is no doubt in my mind Podesta
posted that tweet because of the faxes sent to the
“I think the Congress has a role to play 70 congressional offices. He knows the
… and I think we ought to educate Americans as Rockefeller Initiative is about to come into
to what it is and what it might become,” she play,” Bassett relayed via email.
That’s why Bassett wants President Barack
Obama to bite the bullet and formally announce
that we have been — and continue to be —
visited by otherworldly beings.
“Ultimately, it’s not that big a deal,” he said.
“It’s a non-partisan issue.”
Anyone tempted to wait on this would
be a fool to do so, Bassett said.
He advised Republican strategists
against dragging their heels until after the next
presidential election because another prominent
world leader — he mentioned Russian President
Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi
Jinping specifically — could swoop in and
claim the pro-disclosure glory.
Same goes for the presumptive Democratic
nominee.
“As far as I’m concerned … Hillary
