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139 with so many people allegedly knowing bits and pieces of the story. Someone would have talked. RESPONSE: Many people have talked about what little they know, though key people like ClCman Cavitt continue to stonewall. Tens of billions of dollars are spent each year by hundreds of thousands of people to keep secrets, and much of this effort is 100 percent successful. 3. OBJECTION: There is no way the government could hide the wreckage of a crashed saucer, or alien bodies. RESPONSE: Obviously, our stockpiles of nuclear weapons, chemical and biological agents, high-tech equipment, laser weapons, and the like are kept well hidden. Considering that the United States has an estimated twenty thousand nuclear warheads, then hiding a saucer or two with a few bodies would not be difficult. There are thousands of square miles in the American West that are off limits to private and commercial aircraft, and a large area near Nellis AFB, Nevada, is forbidden even to most military flights. 4. OBJECTION: The Freedom of Information Act has made it possible for any citizen to get any document, and federal agen- cies have to respond promptly to all requests. If crash-related documents ever existed, they would have to be released under this system. RESPONSE: Each agency has many categories of information it need not release. Furthermore, documents usually have to be carefully identified, which makes general requests almost use- less. Requests often take several years to fulfill, especially when they are made to the CIA or NSC. It took Friedman five years to get a few small portions of old CIA documents, many of which turned out to be translated European newspaper arti- cles. Half his requests were turned down flat, and many others were answered with pages almost entirely blacked out. (See appendices.) THE GREAT COVER-UP 5. OBJECTION: While it might be possible to hide saucers and