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tainly not the only one , and in itself not a valid reason to make all contact illegal or to declare contactees criminals to be jailed and fined immediately. It appears the primary effect of such a law would not be to prevent contact: it would be to silence witnesses. EXTRATERRESTRIAL EXPOSURE LAW ALREADY PASSED BY CONGRESS BIG WAVE A wall of water arose from a calm sea and wreaked havoc when it came ashore in Daytona Beach, Florida, damaging hundreds of parked vehicles and injur- ing 75 people, during late July 3rd, 1992. , The 27-mile-long rogue wave was apparently the result of an undersea landslide, according to a federal seis- mologist. "I saw this huge wall of white water," said Roy Bennett of South Daytona Beach, who had been strolling with his wife on the beach. "If we hadn't run, we'd have been pinched in between cars or cars would have been on top of us." Most of the damage from the 18-foot- tall wave was around the Main Street pier of Daytona Beach. (Source: The Miami Herald, 5 July 1992) Manan SanaUns aa naane weeameway se On 5 October 1982, Dr Brian T. It appears the primary effect of such a Clifford of the Pentagon announced at a Jaw would not be to prevent contact: it press conference (The Star, New York, 5 would be to silence witnesses. Oct. 1982) that eoritact between US citi- According to NASA spokesman zens and extraterrestrials or their vehicles Fretcher Reel, the law as it stands is not is strictly illegal. immediately applicable, but in case of According to a law already onthe books need could quickly be made applicable, (Title 14, Section 1211 of the Code of What this means is that it is ambiguously Federal Regulations, adopted on 16 July worded, so that it can be interpreted either 1969, before the Apollo moon shots), any- one way or the other, as the goverment one guilty of such contact automatically desires, becomes a wanted criminal to be jailed for ft ig certainly not a coincidence that Dr one year and fined US$5,000. Clifford held his press conference during The NASA administrator is empowered the period when the popularity of the film to determine, with or without a hearing, £T was at its peak. As E.T. portrayed a that a person or object has been “extrater- type of extraterrestrial that was benevolent restrially exposed" and impose an indetet- and Jovable, the inference is that the press minate quarantine under armed guard, conference was intended to discourage which could not be broken even by court attempts to communicate or fraternise order. with UFO occupants. However, instead of There is no limit placed on the number having the intended effect, it backfired, of individuals who could thus be arbitrari- causing public furore. ly quarantined. There may be some relationship The definition of “extraterrestrial expo- between this fiasco and the next semi-offi- sure" is left entirely up to the NASA cially endorsed attempt to deal with the administrator, who is thus endowed with subject of extraterrestrials, the TV series total dictatorial powers to be exercised at ‘V’, which was featured with repeat perfor- his slightest caprice, which is completely mances and maximum publicity by major contrary to the Constitution. networks worldwide. The aliens por- According to Dr Clifford, whose com- trayed in ‘V’ are the most horrifying and manding officers have been assuring the repulsive nightmares imaginable, but are public for the last 39 years that UFOs are defeated thanks largely to a CIA hit man nothing more than hoaxes and delusions _ specialising in covert operations. to be dismissed. with a condescending (Source: MUFONET Network, 23 March 93) smile, “This is really no joke; it's a very Se serious matter." A woman came home to find her hus- band frantically shaking in the kitchen, with what looked like an electrical wire running from his waist towards the elec- tric kettle. She picked up a heavy piece of wood and smashed it into him to jolt him away from the current, breaking his arm in two places. She then discovered that he was lis- tening to his Walkman and having a jig. (Source: Fortean Times #69, 1993) SH A ne. Lite Book! | TTITMTATIE Tele San This legislation was buried in the 1,211th subsection of the 14th section of a batch of regulations very few members of government probably bothered to read in its entirety—the proverbial needle in the haystack—and was slipped onto the books without public debate. Thus from one day to the next we learn that, without having informed the public, in its infinite wisdom, the government of the United States has created a whole new criminal class: UFO contactees. The lame excuse offered by NASA as a sugar coating for this bitter pill is that extraterrestrials might have a virus that could wipe out the human race, This is certainly one of the many possibilities inherent in such contact, but just as cer- NEXUS¢53 MOTHER NATURE GIVES A SHOCKING EXPERIENCE AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1993