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al > “1 a DONALD RUMSFELD'S SURPRISING UFO CONNECTION The quote (from http://ncas.sawco.com/ a pleasure to welcome all the members of ufosymposium/intro.html): this distinguished panel, and particularly to Chairman [George] Miller: I want to welcome Dr Allen Hynek, who is a son of join in welcoming you here. Iwantto [Illinois and presently serves in the point out that your presence here is nota Department of Astronomy and [as] challenge to the work that is being done by Director of the Lindheimer Astronomical the Air Force, a particular agency that has — Research Center. to deal with this subject. Dr Hynek is a member of a number of Unfortunately, there are those who are _ scientific societies, and has served in the highly critical of the Air Force, saying that Government service as well as in the acad- the Air Force has not approached this prob- emic community. As his Congressman I lem properly. I want you to know that we am delighted he has been invited to appear are in no way trying to go into the field that on this panel, and we certainly look for- is theirs by law, and thus we are not critical ward to his comments. of what the Air Force is doing. We should Thank you, Mr Chairman. look at the problem from every angle, and (Source: Rense.com, 10 May 2004, we are here in that respect. I just want to —Attp:/Avww.rense.com/general52/rum.htm) point out we are not here to criti- cize the actions of the Air Force. Thank you. Mr [J. Edward] Roush: I think it is only appro- priate that Dr Hynek be intro- duced by our colleague, Mr Rumsfeld. a k ¢ Mr [Donald] > : : g kz Rumsfeld: , — ; ‘ ; . Thank you, Mr Tell the boss there's been a mix-up with the special delivery Chairman. It is from Area 51. Osama's still back there..." a pleasure to welcome all the members of this distinguished panel, and particularly to welcome Dr Allen Hynek, who is a son of Illinois and presently serves in the Department of Astronomy and [as] Director of the Lindheimer Astronomical Research Center. Dr Hynek is a member of a number of scientific societies, and has served in the Government service as well as in the acad- emic community. As his Congressman I am delighted he has been invited to appear on this panel, and we certainly look for- ward to his comments. Thank you, Mr Chairman. (Source: Rense.com, 10 May 2004, http:/www.rense.com/general52/rum.htm) on the UFO phenomenon—including Aliens in the Skies: The New UFO Battle of the Scientists, by John G. Fuller. Published in 1969, it discusses the House Committee on Science and Astronautics which invited six prominent scientists (including Hynek and Sagan) to testify before a special UFO hearing on July 29, 1968. Anyway, I haven't read it through, but I was looking at it when the name "Rumsfeld" popped out at me... I tried to find out if it could be the Donald Rumsfeld who participated in those hearings (only referenced as Mr Rumsfeld). If so, who ever thought he was involved in this historic and very, very detailed hearing into the reality of UFOs? So, I did a search of his bio but found nothing in his official bio that showed he had served on the Committee. But he was in DC during that time—as a Congressman from Illinois. I then searched for the UFO Committee report and I found the amazing quote posted at the end of this email. By Jove, Donald Rumsfeld was on that UFO hearing committee and even introduced Hynek. Who knew? Just a curious fact I thought you might be interested in. Curiouser and curiouser... Best, Sher [Te a small collection of vintage books 60 = NEXUS from Sher, via Rense.com www.nexusmagazi ne.com OCTOBER — NOVEMBER 2004