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page-by-page inventory. It was during that time that I realised _ for, at the time, classified satellite photos and radar imagery taken just how much the government was hiding under its classification during different compartmental photographic missions, such as and disclosure blanket. Even newspaper reports that had become —_—‘ Talent Keyhole (TK11) and by the Omni satellites. I am sure they part of the file were being classified. It appeared to me that they are still classified. literally did not want anyone to know what they knew. I guess As for what this information means to The Disclosure Project, it curiosity got the best of me at that point. is multi-faceted. Firstly, it provides substantiation that documents After that incident, I started to pay serious attention to what was do exist, as I can identify the kind and classification of them. going on, particularly when it came to the classification of docu- Secondly, it provides backup documentation to other witnesses. ments. I, more or less, became an official source to ask about _Lastly, it establishes a basis for congressional hearings, if nothing classifying documents, which meant full research of the docu- else, to clear the problems with congressional apathy. ments surrounding the one being classified. SURFING: Many theories have been put forth in regard to They say that hindsight has 20/20 vision. I could have turned — UFOs; they have been called everything from extraterrestrial to illegal at that point and made copies of the pages pertaining to —s multidimensional, to government black-ops projects, to demonic UFO incidents. However, my security oath and duty to country entities. From your research and knowledge, of what do you stopped me from going that extra measure to the illegal. believe the UFO phenomenon consists? The progression of this change in attitude and thoughts contin- MAYNARD: A very loaded question, to say the least! I guess ued. While I was stationed in Turkey, I finally came to the con- I would have to answer "D, all of the above"! Information and clusion that disclosure was needed. It took about six years to get evidence became available to our government, mainly in the to this point. It was also the time when I had become a Christian _ black-ops area, as you call it, which is basically covert intelli- and was really having turmoil within myself as to which way to _ gence or operations under deep cover and compartmentalisation. take a disclosure program and/or to finish my military career. I The information the government accumulated gave credence and really had no means by which to support to all of the theories: UFOs, accomplish this without literally going extraterrestrials, multidimensional trav- to jail. Call it providence or whatever, el and, for those in the religious move- but upon leaving Turkey I was ment, what can be referred to as Ponieaon. AC that point realised that “Just a simple disclosure that “lame put it this way: we live ina it might be best to wait and see what UFOs exist and contact has very settled but dynamic universe; it is else I could learn about UFOs, what ° ° ° ever-changing, yet it continues steadily the government was doing with the been made with alien beings in the same direction. We are not to be information and why they considered Is feared by the government." "the masters of this universe", nor are UFOs a threat to public knowledge. any of its inhabitants that are known to That day was probably the day I made up my mind that something had exist therein. However, I have a prob- lem with this word "phenomenon", par- to be done, and that I was being ticularly as it relates to sightings and afforded the opportunity to gain infor- encounters that are a matter of fact. mation that the public does not have, and probably will never —_ Labelling these events as a "phenomenon" is suppression of the have, without disclosure. Actually, I still have difficulty with event by a very refined disinformation program that is in place, stepping out and telling what I know, but I also firmly believe that which is automatically mimicked, i.e., "reported", by the media. it is the time for disclosure. Full disclosure! This serves in keeping the subject of UFOs in the realm of fantasy SURFING: What exactly do you mean when you say "full or "phenomenon" as reported. disclosure"? SURFING: A persistent legend in regard to flying saucers is MAYNARD: Exactly what it means! I feel that the govern- __ that at the end of World War II, after Germany had been defeated, ment should come clean and release all the information and let the —_a select group of Nazi military personnel and scientists escaped American people decide what should be done with it. capture from the Allied troops and established a secret base in Surprisingly enough, or contrary to studies done by the military Antarctica, where they continued to develop advanced aircraft that and other government agencies, I believe that American citizens may have been based on extraterrestrial technologies. and the world population as a whole are ready for this kind of dis- MAYNARD: To answer your question: I have heard the story closure. It has been far too long in coming. Even at that, doubt of the German escape to Antarctica, of spaceships being built and that the government will release everything at one time. Just a subsequent bases on the Moon. However, I have never seen any- simple disclosure that UFOs exist and contact has been made with __ thing in writing or heard it mentioned in any conversation I had alien beings is feared by the government. regarding documents. If there were any truth to it, it was beyond SURFING: Did you personally see any evidence in your work _ my area of classification and responsibility. with the government that contact has been made? If so, can you SURFING: From your knowledge, have you seen anything tell us specifically what this "contact" entails? that would make you believe that any of the UFO sightings MAYNARD: Personally, yes, as listed in the documents I was are/were craft of this nature? in charge of. I also knew several people who flew in and out of MAYNARD: No, although I did read certain documents that Nellis AFB on the Janet flights out of Las Vegas McCarran indicated our own abilities in this area: back-engineered International Airport. These were government-chartered flights equipment, propulsion systems and alien vehicles that could (unmarked) from McCarran directly to Nellis/Area 51. provide us with the capability of travelling great distances from SURFING: Can you tell us about the most convincing evi- this planet. I have also had recent conversations in this area, but I dence you have encountered? am not prepared to go into this in detail at this time. I need to MAYNARD: Not any one thing was most compelling except —_ make further inquiries and confirm this information from alternate "Just a simple disclosure that UFOs exist and contact has been made with alien beings is feared by the government." 62 ¢ NEXUS www.nexusmagazine.com FEBRUARY — MARCH 2002