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JOHN F. KENNEDY AND THE UFO CONNECTION JOHN KENNEDY AND CONNECTION UFO THE Kennedy Linked US-USSR Space Missions with Classified UFO Files n September 1963, President Kennedy launched a groundbreaking initiative to get the USSR and the USA to cooperate in joint space and lunar missions. In the background of this publicly announced initiative with powerful Cold War implications was a more secretive attempt to release classified UFO files. Leaked documents reveal that Kennedy instructed the CIA to release classified UFO files as part of the cooperative space effort with the Soviet Union. If Kennedy had succeeded, there would have been a joint space mission to the Moon and eventual public release of classified UFO files by both the USA and the USSR. In a stunning speech before the United Nations General Assembly on September 20, 1963, President Kennedy said: Finally, in a field where the United States and the Soviet Union have a special capacity—in the field of space—there is room for new cooperation, for further joint efforts in the regulation and exploration of space. | include among these possibilities a joint expedition to the moon.” In September 1963, President Kennedy declared that the USA should share information about UFOs with the USSR. Two months later, the "assassination directive" drafted two years earlier by the CIA Director for the MJ-12 Group was carried out. Part 2 of 2 So, Kennedy was offering to put an end to the space race and start joint missions with the Soviets. In putting into effect his commitment for joint space missions, President Kennedy issued National Security Action Memorandum (NSAM) No. 271 on November 12, 1963. The memorandum, classified Confidential, is addressed to "The Administrator [James Webb], National Aeronautics and Space Administration" (NASA) and headed "Cooperation with the USSR on Outer Space Matters". The key passage in the text reads: I would like you to assume personally the initiative and central responsibility within the Government for the development of a program of substantive cooperation with the Soviet Union in the field of outer space, including the development of specific technical proposals.” NSAM 271 goes on to say that the initiative was a direct outcome of Kennedy's "September 20 proposal for broader cooperation between the United States and the USSR in outer space, including cooperation in lunar landing programs". In addition to this Confidential NSAM, Kennedy issued a more highly classified Top Secret memorandum to the Director, Central Intelligence Agency, on the same day, November 12, 1963. The subject header of the file reads "Classification review of all UFO intelligence files affecting National Security". Kennedy wrote: ..L..have instructed James Webb to develop a program with the Soviet Union in joint space and lunar exploration. It would be very helpful if you would have the high threat {UFO] cases reviewed with the purpose of identification of bona fide as opposed to classified CIA and USAF sources... When this data has been sorted out, | would like you to arrange a program of by Michael E. Salla, PhD © July-August 2009 Email: drsalla@exopolitics.org Websites: http://www.exopolitics.org http:/Awww.exopoliticsinstitute.org by Michael E. Salla, PhD © July-August 2009 NEXUS ¢ 53 DECEMBER 2009 - JANUARY 2010 www.nexusmagazine.com