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12 Pentagon Running Secret UFO Files

Pentagon Admits Running

Secret UFO Investigation

For Five Years

Harroon Siddique

Task force that investigated sightings
of unidentified flying objects ran from
2007 to 2012 with annual budget of
$22m

The truth is finally out there, after the Pentagon
admitted it ran a secret UFO investigation
programme for five years until 2012.
The US defence department’s own “X-
Files” operation, known by the less catchy title
of the Advanced Aviation Threat Identification
Program, was closed after a change in funding any government documents related to UFOs convinced the victim that she could help rid him
priorities, it said. should she win the election. of evil spirits if he transferred large sums of
But the remarkable revelation has raised Bill Clinton previously said that, during money to her, police say in the release.
more questions than answers, including whether his time in the White House, he had tried to find Stevenson, who used the alias Evanna Lopez in
the programme has been completely shut down, out if there were any secret “X-Files”, the scheme, did not return the money, police say.
or just covered up further. concluding: “If so, they eluded me.” The man sold his home several years ago
While the Pentagon claims it ended five In the UK, 209 files and approximately and transferred the money to Stevenson, police
years ago, it said it continued to take seriously 52,000 pages of information on UFOs were say. Stevenson later requested more money,
“all threats and potential threats to our people”. released during a five-year rolling disclosure purportedly to burn in an effort to "ward off the
The military intelligence official Luis programme that concluded in 2013, containing spirits," police say. The victim allegedly sold his
Elizondo, who ran the programme on the fifth details of about 6,000 separate observations car and used credit cards to pay Stevenson that
floor of the Pentagon’s C Ring, according to the reported to the British authorities since 1984. money.
New York Times, which broke the story, told the In 2009, the Ministry of Defence closed In total, the victim lost more than
paper it was only the government funding that down its hotline for UFO sightings, stating: “In $600,000 Canadian dollars, or approximately
had dried up. He said activities continued under over 50 years, no UFO report has revealed any $450,000 in U.S. currency, police say.
the direction of his successor, whom he declined evidence of a potential threat to the United Stevenson faces numerous charges,
to name. Kingdom.” including "Pretending to Practice Witchcraft,"
Either way the revelation is likely to Responding to the revelations about its fraud and possession of property obtained by
provide some satisfaction to UFO enthusiasts, activities, the Pentagon spokeswoman Laura crime.
often dismissed as conspiracy theorists. Ochoas told Reuters: “The Advanced Aviation Canada's criminal code allows for
Nick Pope, who used to run the British Threat Identification Program ended in the 2012 individuals to be charged with a witchcraft-
government’s UFO project, said: “The take- timeframe. It was determined that there were related offense when they "fraudulently portray
home message here is that there’s probably other, higher priority issues that merited funding themselves as having fortune-telling abilities or
something out there, but we don’t know what it and it was in the best interest of the DoD to pretend to use witchcraft, sorcery, enchantment
is. It’s an extraordinary revelation, not least make a change.” or conjuration in order to obtain money or
because it directly contradicts the many specific She added: “The DoD takes seriously all valuables from a victim," police say.
denials that the US government has issued threats and potential threats to our people, our "This charge is not connected in any way
previously when asked about this subject, and assets, and our mission and takes action to any religion," the release says.
their involvement in it. whenever credible information is developed.” The charge is used infrequently and is
“It precisely reflects my own experience Pope said: “This isn’t quite the closely related to other fraud charges, Global
of this intriguing but frustrating subject with the ‘spaceship in a hangar’ smoking gun the UFO News reports.
British government. Like our US colleagues, we lobby was hoping for, but it’s as close as those of Police say there have been multiple
too denied – even to parliament – that we were us who have looked at this subject from within reports of "evil spirit scams." Often such frauds
undertaking secret studies into the UFO government will ever go to saying: ‘Yes, this is involve multiple suspects who convince victims
phenomenon and consistently downplayed the real.’” [] that they are "surrounded by evil spirits and that
true extent of our interest and activity at the a family member will die very soon if the spirits
Ministry of Defence.” Woman Charged With are not removed," police say. []
The New York Times said the project,
parts of which remain classified, received $22m Witchcraft And Fraud In To Listen To Current and
(£18.7m) each year, hidden away in US
Department of Defense (DoD) budgets worth Alleged 'Evil Spirit Past
hundreds of billions of dollars. Blessing Scam' The ‘X’ Zone Radio/TV
It said its initial funding came largely at
the request of the former Senate leader Harry Shows
Reid, the Nevada Democrat long known for his A 27-year-old Canadian woman is facing with
enthusiasm for space phenomena. He was witchcraft and fraud charges after allegedly Rob McConnell
quoted as saying: “I’m not embarrassed or conning a 67-year-old man of $450,000 in what
ashamed or sorry I got this thing going. I think authorities are calling an "evil spirit blessing at
it’s one of the good things I did in my scam." The Official Blog
congressional service. I’ve done something that Samantha Stevenson, of Toronto, has
no one has done before.” been charged with "Pretending to Practice of
Last year, John Podesta, chair of Hillary Witchcraft," according to a Thursday release The ‘X’ Zone Nation
Clinton’s presidential campaign, declared that from York Regional Police in Ontario. xzonenation.blogspot.com
he had convinced her to explore declassifying Stevenson, acting as a psychic, allegedly