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IN THE LINE OF DUTY CHAPTER 11 "It is one of the ironies of modern rule that it is far more acceptable today to affirm publicly one's belief in God, for whose existence there is no scientific evidence, than UFOs, the existence of which—whatever they might be—is 1 . ” 7 physically documented." ALEXANDER WENDT AND RAYMOND DUVALL Because all of us have long been exposed to an atmosphere of ridicule and the automatic dismissal of the UFO phenomenon, I suspect that the information presented so far may have been very surprising, even shocking, for some readers. It's not easy for anyone to come to terms with evidence for the reality of UFOs, and yet we've seen that such evidence can't be dismissed out of hand. In reading about General De Brouwer's painstaking investigation, or the disc hovering above O'Hare Airport, or the huge, flashing object jumping through the night sky over Tehran, we find ourselves forced to reconcile two radically conflicting paradigms. There is the one position we've always known, in which these things are out of the question; they can't happen, according to agreed-upon laws of physics and cosmology, and therefore they simply don't happen. But then there's the fact that unknown objects have been seen by thousands of people all over the world, demonstrating these "impossible" capabilities right before our eyes. Most disturbing, of course, is the implied possibility that these UFOs, apparently under some kind of intelligent control, might have an origin outside of planet Earth, no matter how unthinkable that idea may be. The reader may feel bewildered by this possibility, incredulous and hesitant to go on. There may still be that inclination to dismiss it all as foolishness or some kind of psychological aberration that no amount of evidence can change. Some readers might feel defiant at this point, or deeply alarmed. Simple curiosity and an open mind will temper these very natural reactions. Anyone who adventures into this strange realm goes through some level of internal struggle, as I did after discovering and researching the COMETA Report. Like everyone else, I was unnerved by all this, but also, as an investigative journalist, I soon became intrigued by its power and portentousness. As I've already described, I wanted to find out as much as I could about the UFO phenomenon— really find out if fired a weapon and struck a UFO. It still gives me chills to think about it. PART 2 THE ROOTS OF UFO DEBUNKING IN AMERICA