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July 2010_june_july_2009.qxd 31/07/2010 10:52 AM Page 19 Lennon, Hawking, Friedman on UFOs 19 LENNON, HAWKING, have come to equate it with extraterrestrial life, explanation offered from authorities on either FRIEDMAN ACCUSE but that is an overstepping of bounds. It is in no side of the border. That is what bothers believers in alien life. They theorize that the government way a synonym for "spaceship." It is precisely GOVERNMENT OF what the letters of the acronym stand for -- an makes no statement because they know what is unidentified flying object. UFOs can, and have out there and believe that widespread panic MISHANDLING UFOS? often been proven to, be as innocuous a thing as would ensue if the common man became aware a weather balloon, a shooting star or sunspots of how un-alone we really are. By Frank Thomas Croisdale playing tricks on the eyes. Friedman has a theory as to the Niagara Falls Reporter Now, more and more folks are starting motivation behind governments for such to question whether we are out here alone. If behavior: "There's UFOs over New York, and I ain't too not, are we safe from whatever else may share "I don't know of any government on this surprised." -- John Lennon, from the song the cosmos with us? planet that wants its citizens to owe their "Nobody Told Me There'd Be Days Like Count famed British astrophysicist primary allegiance to the planet. Nationalism is These." Stephen Hawking among them. Hawking the only game in town." recently said that courting alien interaction Whether UFOs are beings from other You're either a believer or you're not. might not be such a good idea. He likened the planets or more plausibly explained phenomena There's no gray area; it's as black and white as a outreach to beings from outer space to is a topic that has been and will continue to be group of zebras playing a game of dominoes. Columbus discovering North America. You hotly debated. What is known is that the past Some of us believe in the existence of advanced know, it turned out well for most everyone eight months have seen more sightings than in cultures of beings from other planets and some except the trusting Native Americans, who lost any time in history. Maybe it is just coincidence, of us don't. For those in the "believe" ledger, the just about everything in the deal. and maybe we will soon find out if Hawking's past year has been a doozy for evidence that Hawking believes that our planet, with warning came a day late and a dollar short. we're not alone in this vast universe. its abundance of natural resources, would be Friedman, at least, is confident that if Most recently, the skies over China have just the type of treasure trove sought by aliens are out there, mankind should understand seen more possible extraterrestrial action than plundering pirates from other planets. Hawking that we are part of a fabric far bigger than the bar scene in "Star Wars." On July 9 and July suggested that we should not seek contact with ourselves: 11, some sort of flying entity was seen for miles aliens, but rather do our damnedest to hide. One "Now is probably the time to say, yes, in the skies above Hangzhou. Whatever was up problem with that -- we have routinely beamed we're part of a galactic neighborhood; there appeared to be made of pure energy and out "we are here" radio transmissions to the unfortunately, we're not the big shots in the cut a swath of light so wide and long that flights cosmos for decades. neighborhood." [] were grounded at nearby Xiaoshan Airport. The question is, has anyone or anything Due to the advent of video-sharing sites heard our primitive cry? Who’ll do Larry King’s like YouTube, there is an abundance of footage Stanton Friedman has a simple answer available, each shot by different folks and each to that question -- yes. UFOs? showing a different angle of the same The acclaimed nuclear physicist -- who by Billy Cox spacecraft. While that doesn't do anything to has worked for GE, GM and Westinghouse over bolster the proof of aliens, it does go a long way a long and varied career -- believes in alien life Given the upcoming departure of Larry to quash the concerns of those who would and also believes that the government is King from CNN, the not unreasonable next suggest the whole thing is a hoax. purposely keeping the citizenry in the dark on question is: Will the network continue to serve Some of the photos and video of the the matter. up the once-in-a-blue-moon UFO fare that Hangzhou UFO depict what appears to be a "Some UFOs are intelligently controlled marked some of The King’s more memorable rectangular red spacecraft atop the impossible extraterrestrial spacecraft, and this is the biggest moments? energy source. The July sightings are hardly the story of the millennium," Friedman recently Working on a well-sourced tip that a first for China. In 2006, there were multiple told AOL News. "After 53 years of certain veteran producer was the real mover- photos and videos taken of a revolving investigation, I'm convinced we're dealing here shaker behind “Larry King Live”’s UFO spacecraft that seemed to disappear from the with a cosmic Watergate." programming (Larry allegedly is not a fan), De sky after igniting at warp speed. Friedman believes that the government Void contacted said individual, who told De Earlier this year, in China and other has been covering up close encounters of the Void to contact yet another producer. This countries such as England, Spain and Columbia, third kind all the way back to the Roswell, Another Producer protested that she was only in there were numerous reports of a pyramid- N.M., incident of 1947. In July of that year, charge of bookings and couldn’t speak with the shaped UFO hovering in the daytime skies. In there was a crash outside the small town. The press unless authorized by publicity. the videos posted from these sightings, there is initial official reports said that a flying saucer Understanding well in advance that such often a smaller diamond-shaped entity that had crashed. They were quickly amended to a query would fly like a pregnant rhinoceros in seems to originate from, then swirl around, the state that nothing more than a weather balloon the pole vault, De Void nevertheless fulfilled the larger pyramid figure. had come plummeting back down to Earth. obligation and e-mailed one Ryan Jimenez at It is important to note here that the term Friedman claims to have interviewed TBS Inc., in Tinseltown. Kept it simple, asked UFO is one that we can all agree upon. Many military personnel who were involved with the for permission to speak to a producer about Roswell investigation and says they admitted to CNN’s future UFO coverage. Jimenez replied: him that a spacecraft and dead alien bodies were “Nothing to comment on — can’t predict the a part of the crash site. news.” De Void reminded Jimenez that certain UFO sightings are not just in other things can be predicted, like the Roswell locales than our own, either. Late last year, Anniversary Festival, same time every year and many people noticed something strange all that, then regurgitated the request. Jimenez hovering over the Horseshoe Falls right here in pulled a Kevin Spacey in “Glengarry Glen Niagara Falls. There are multiple videos of Ross” with an abrupt “Not possible.” whatever it was posted on YouTube. Just for the sheer king-hell fun of it, De The Niagara UFO appears to be Void then asked Jimenez for Ted Turner’s triangular shaped with a shooting star-like contact information. And heard the slatted energy source. When the spotlights from one of blinds slap shut three agitated time zones away. PARAGATORS GEAR the local casinos circled around, it would reflect OK, this is childish. What are UFOs is now available at off the UFO and flash a bright blue. The object now, cooties, boogers? Not something THE ‘X’ ZONE STORE was unmoving and stayed in the same spot for professional adult network execs with any more than an hour. www.xzonestore.com What was it? There has been no official dignity should be caught discussing with — gulp — the media?[]