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from the National Academy of Sciences and two state governors' offices. Separate media briefings were attended by reporters from The Washington Post, US News and World Report, The Boston Globe, The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), WTNH-TV, United Press International, USA Today, and a producer from CBS "60 Minutes." Briefing participants were provided with extensive photographic, written, and video documentation of "definitive and unambiguous" evidence for the existence of UFOs.” In addition, 11 of the best witnesses were selected to testify before the assembled government leaders. The testimony included a statement from "a world-renowned astronomer who was present when an apparent extraterrestrial signal was received at the Harvard observatory (SETI) facility" in the late 1980s. In a subsequent interview several weeks later, Greer said that over three dozen signals of non-Earth-based origin have been received by the META (Million-channel ExtraTerrestrial Assay) System at Harvard University.*° In our own research efforts we were indeed able to confirm Greer's statement. The Million-channel ExtraTerrestrial Assay (META) at the Harvard/Smithsonian observatory is fed by a 26-meter, steerable Cassegrain radio telescope which became operational in 1985. After five years of scanning for narrow-band radio signals (near the 1420 MHz line of neutral hydrogen), the META hardware searched more than 60 trillion channels! During that time there were 37 candidate "events" that exceeded the average detection threshold.*! These "events" were, in fact, electromagnetic signals of varying duration that were determined to be of non-Earth origin. However, they were published with no fanfare in the Astrophysical Journal.” When we inquired as to why the anom- alous signals were not considered extremely significant, public relations officials at SETI in Palo Alto, California, stated that they were not repeatable events; that is, when the anomalous regions were re-scanned, the signals did not repeat. No explanation for the signals was given other than they were "unidentified." At the briefing, additional witnesses discussed firsthand knowledge of UFO artifacts; well-documented photographic evidence that was altered by NASA; as well as the testimony of a Naval employee who witnessed a major UFO encounter off the Eastern seaboard which was photographed, tracked on radar, and pursued by military aircraft in +01 1981. The ultimate goal of the closed congressional briefing was to bring about open congressional hearings on the existence of UFOs and extraterrestrial life in a non- sensational, rational manner. However, if they are not forthcoming, CSETI plans to press for the disclosure of UFO/ET reality either through the United Nations or a public blue- ribbon panel of former and current military, NASA, intelligence, and government employees with direct, firsthand knowledge of the UFOs. Stay tuned! For decades, purveyors of disinformation have carefully cultivated the notion that only wackos had sighted or believed in UFOs. This perception, widely promoted by the media and educational establishments, is one of the main reasons why the scientific 16 THE TESTIMONY OF THE ASTRONAUTS