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gathering of nearly 20 first-hand govern- _ forward today, as a unified coalition, to dis- ment witnesses to UFO/ET events. These close what they know about the subject. gatherings principally took place at the There are 44 such witnesses thus far identi- Westin Hotel in Washington, DC, although _ fied. separate briefings took place at the * Level Two Witness These are wit- Pentagon and elsewhere in the Washington nesses who have been identified but feel vicinity. intimidated about coming forward and All of the US Government witnesses request the protection of congressional who were present signed a statement that _ hearings and the protective effect of a con- they are willing to testify under oath before _ gressional subpoena. They number 55. an open hearing in the US Congress con- * Level Three Witnesses: These are wit- cerning the UFO/ET projects and events nesses who are known to us but who are which they personally and directly wit- considered probably hostile or uncoopera- nessed. These government UFO witnesses _ tive witnesses. They would need to be sub- spanned from the early 1950s to the 1990s, _ poenaed and treated as potentially hostile and represented events and/or projects witnesses. There are at least eight such observed while these witnesses were in the witnesses in this category. Air Force, Army, Navy, NASA, private industry and intelligence operations. Most THE WASHINGTON BRIEFINGS of these witnesses had top secret clearances 7-11 April 1997 and were testifying regarding events which The purposes of the events of 7-11 April took place while they had those clearances. __ were as follows: It should be noted that the witnesses who * To gather together bona-fide first-hand were assembled during the week of 7-11 government UFO witnesses to further April are the courageous tip of a much _ solidify the coalition of such witnesses who larger iceberg. There are 107 such first- are willing to come forward with definitive, hand government UFO witnesses who have unambiguous information concerning the been identified to date, and who should be UFO/ET subject. subpoenaed by the Congress to testify in * To convene a closed, confidential brief- open hearings. Conceptually, these wit- ing for members of Congress, congression- nesses may be divided into three levels: al staff, White House staff, military leaders * Level One Witnesses: These are wit- and other Washington leaders on the sub- nesses who are ready and willing to come _ ject, and for these leaders to hear the direct forward today, as a unified coalition, to dis- close what they know about the subject. There are 44 such witnesses thus far identi- fied. * Level Two Witnesses: These are wit- nesses who have been identified but feel intimidated about coming forward and request the protection of congressional hearings and the protective effect of a con- gressional subpoena. They number 55. * Level Three Witnesses: These are wit- nesses who are known to us but who are considered probably hostile or uncoopera- tive witnesses. They would need to be sub- poenaed and treated as potentially hostile witnesses. There are at least eight such witnesses in this category. testimony of the US Government and mili- tary witnesses. This briefing was designed to present the best scientific evidence and witness testimony to establish the reality of the subject matter, and to ask specifically for open congressional hearings on the matter. * To conduct a background educational briefing for interested members of the media. * To provide private briefings to other military, intelligence and political leaders as needed. All of the objectives listed above were mat met. All members of Congress plus the President, Vice-President and key cabinet officials, as well as key military and intelli- gence leaders, were invited to the briefing. Further, they were offered the opportunity to receive private briefings at their conve- nience during the week. On 9 April, a closed briefing was held for members of Congress and congre: al staff, etc. Nearly 30 congressional offices were represented by either members of Congress or staff members. Also pre- sent were VIPs from the executive branch, foreign embassy staff, government scien- tists, representatives sent to the briefing by two state governors' offices, and many other dignitaries. During the briefing, participants were introduced to a substantial Briefing Document which contains numerous scien- tific cases and over 250 pages of definitive and unambiguous US Government docu- ments related to the subject. The govern- ment documents were selected from a larg- er collection of several thousand. Many were provided to CSETI by the CIA in 1994. These participants also viewed a collec- tion of excellent photographic, video and movie footage evidence spanning over 40 years and from every continent. Eleven first-hand government and mili- tary witnesses were selected to testify before this group of government leaders. For over one and a half hours they provid- ed definitive and unambiguous testimony regarding UFO/ET events. Their testimony ranged from a world-renowned astronomer who was present when an apparent extraterrestrial signal was received at the Harvard Observatory (SETI) facility; to an Eisenhower military top-secret witness who saw ET metal debris from a UFO c py Te 62 * NEXUS JUNE - JULY 1997