Early in 1999 Bob Bletchman of Avon Connecticut considered the implications of using the power available in some states of legal referendums. When bob drafted this proposed "UFO Ballot Initiative," he wrote Larry Bryant these words:

"It has been noted that nothing gets the vote out as much as initiatives (e.g., medical marijuana, etc.) placed on state ballots. That fact, coupled with the synergy that likely would flow from the advent of the so-called millennium, gives ... [the organized UFO research community] a window of opportunity to organize all states that permit of such public petitions to bring the UFO phenomena into the light of day. Along those lines, I submit the following proposed initiative."

The other half of this very significant project involved an approach to MUFON for formal endorsement, and possibly, formal material support. Larry Bryant used his considerable regard within the larger research/activist community to make the case to MUFON to take a board vote.