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Posted April 21, 2008 7:00 AM

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by Whitney Blair Wyckoff

For a number Americans the economy is a major issue for this upcoming = presidential election. But many of those attending the X-Conference held = in=20 suburban Washington, D.C., over the weekend are concerned with a = different kind=20 of green.

The X-Conference is a weekend-long symposium on exopolitics--or = governmental,=20 political or social issues relating to aliens and UFOs. Various = heavyweights in=20 the UFO community came to the event to speak about their work and to = discuss a=20 conspiracy to cover up encounters with the third kind.

"There is no more important research going on in the world," said = Steve=20 Bassett, executive producer of the event, at the conference on Sunday = morning.=20 Most of the 120 or so audience members nodded in agreement.

Grant Cameron, a lecturing UFO researcher, said that UFOs have long = been an=20 issue with presidential candidates. But he said that he no longer thinks = that=20 presidents have all the facts when it comes to extra terrestrial = visits.

"There's a government inside a government," that controls this = information,=20 Cameron said.

Take former President Jimmy Carter, he said. Cameron said that Carter = admitted to seeing a UFO and promised to disclose any information the = government=20 had about UFOs during his presidency. But Carter never did, Cameron = said.

Rom Simone, another lecturer, said it was because Carter was an = outsider,=20 shut out of the industrial-military complex. "This is what Eisenhower = warned=20 about in his last speech," Simone said.

For this election, Cameron thought that Dennis Kucinich was the = mostly likely=20 candidate to provide full disclosure on UFOs. After all, Kucinich also = admitted=20 to seeing an unidentified flying object during one of the presidential = debates.=20 But since Kucinich dropped out of the race, Cameron endorsed another=20 candidate.

Carmeron ended up endorsing Hillary Clinton on his Web site = "Hillary is=20 sympathetic to the issue," said Cameron, a Canadian who also works as a = building=20 facility manager at the University of Manitoba to pay the bills.

Cameron added that both Hillary and former president Bill Clinton met = with=20 UFO enthusiast Laurance Rockefeller to talk about extra terrestrials. = And=20 Cameron said that he has acquired documents through Freedom of = Information Act=20 requests that show that the former president investigated UFOs.

But Cameron stressed that it is up to the UFO community to keep = pushing the=20 issue.

"Everybody is waiting for a Messiah, everyone is waiting for someone = to come=20 and make it all better," Cameron said. "Disclosure is our game. It's up = to us to=20 do the work and push the issue."

While some at the conference were skeptics about UFOs until they = witnessed a=20 sighting, Terri Mansfield said that she had believed in life outside of = Earth=20 ever since she was a little girl.

"I used to look up at the sky and wonder where I came from," she = said.

Eleven years ago, Mansfield witnessed a light formation over Phoenix = that=20 some said was a UFO. The event got much press coverage. Mansfield is = featured in=20 a documentary called The Phoenix Lights.

Even though Cameron has devoted his life to studying UFOs, he said he = has no=20 problem with cynics. In fact, Cameron's 25-year-old son has no interest = in UFOs,=20 he said.

"Everybody has a right to believe what they want to believe," he = said. "In=20 the end it will eventually work out."

Comments

Kucinich was run out of the race with stuff liike this. Meanwhile, = the polar=20 caps are melting, we're in Iraq, etc..

Posted by: geraldinetoo | April=20 21, 2008 8:05 AM

Every candie has a few loose nut crazies supporting them.
I mean = look at=20 McBush; He has Crazy John D'Mime and Jerry White supporting = him.

Posted by: C.Morris | April=20 21, 2008 9:51 AM

Can space aliens vote?

If they can, this will be another "new Hillary identity"!

Posted by: Reality | April=20 21, 2008 10:27 AM

The fact that various governemental bodies (CIA, NSA, NASA, etc.) = have been=20 withholding information on UFOs has been proven time and time again.

But no-one wants to talk about it because they're sacred that that = their=20 precious little so-called friends might laugh at them.

Posted by: uv777bk | April=20 21, 2008 2:02 PM

Everyone's a skeptic until they actually see one. Even though l = believe that=20 something is and has been going on that is indicative of some foreign=20 intelligence, I still have some doubts as to what it really is. No = doubt, if I=20 ever see one, that doubt will be decreased substantially. Many will = invoke the=20 "secret military projects" explanation, but UFO's have been seen before = the days=20 of Wilbur and Orville, and after that flight characteristics that = couldn't come=20 even close to anything man had yet invented. Jet aircraft didn't arrive = until=20 the 1950's, yet UFO's of that era had capabilities that surpass even = those of=20 modern jet aircraft.

Posted by: Armchair Warrior | April=20 21, 2008 2:46 PM

The reason that world governments are keeping the information secret = is that=20 you and I can't handle the truth. Imagine the chaos that would result if = suddenly every one of your religious beliefs and that of all the other = religions=20 in the world regarding god, creation, and the afterlife were revealed to = be=20 complete fabrications by wishful thinkers, To quote Margaret Thatcher. = "..Oh my,=20 you cant tell the people..." when interviewed by a well known ufo=20 researcher.

Posted by: Larry | April=20 21, 2008 4:35 PM

I don't care what you say, I saw one! It was 1928, and I was a = youngin'. It=20 was in a cloud with a tail that looked like a giant sperm. It moved = around the=20 valley is sync with the UFO. I could see lights of different colors = glowing=20 within the cloud. Eventually it went vertical and disappeared = entirely!
Just=20 kidding; I was a jazz musician with a habit. I rarely got out of NYC or=20 Chicago.

Posted by: OldCreaky | April=20 21, 2008 10:09 PM

Well....I've never seen one up close but high in the skies above the = Santa=20 Monica mountains up in the high desert I saw lights that moved unlike = any planes=20 or jets I know of - at first I thought they must be satellites - (those = I have=20 tracked across a night sky) but these lights began to move very fast = changing=20 direction at sharp angles - they were NOT meteorites as I've seen this=20 phenomenon as well and this was very different - granted, they were very = far=20 away but the movement was unmistakable...what were they?...... don't = know, but=20 they looked very much like the moving lights in the Nasa videos that are = widely=20 regarded as UFO phenomenon...so I may not be a true believer but I keep = an open=20 mind about such things.....its a really big universe and if we're the = only ones=20 , seems like a terrible waste of space:)

Posted by: Mel | April=20 22, 2008 12:39 AM

When will we have full disclosure? Never. Once the genie is out of = the=20 bottle, the powers that be will never get it back in. It is advantageous = for the=20 government and the visitors to keep the secret. And like Larry said, = people=20 would be very upset to hear that we are a cloned slave race created by = aliens.=20 With the year 2012 approaching, you have to be living under a rock not = to notice=20 that people around the world are quickly running out of food, energy, = water, and=20 the monetary system is failing around the globe. Our planet is going = through=20 major earth changes and the sun is entering the most violent cycle ever=20 recorded. Earth will be lining up with the center of the universe in = just 3 and=20 a half years and the 10th planet approaches. The fewer there are of us, = the=20 easier it will be to deal in 2013. And the ones that survive, like = Darwin said,=20 will be the strongest, the most fit, the more intelligent. Plant your = garden=20 now, buy gold and silver, and organize your community if you plan on = being part=20 of the future as a homo noeticus, the new man.

Posted by: ClassifiedOpinions | April=20 22, 2008 1:50 AM

Wouldn't it be something if they were ALL military advanced = technology, and=20 the goverment staged an Alien Invasion. Mass chaos. How much freedom = would we=20 give up then? Look how long it took them to own up to the=20 stealth.
jmo

Posted by: carmen | April=20 22, 2008 3:48 AM

Carmen, that is exactly what they are planning. It will be both = terrifying=20 and awesome to see. If something like that is going to happen, who is = going to=20 stop them. They have had this technology for years and have perfected = the design=20 and cloaking capability. Everything you have seen in Sci-Fi pretty much = exists=20 to some extent. They are starting slowly with UFO messages in the sky = and=20 increased sightings with multiple craft. The next phase is staged = assault on=20 certain military installations and isolated incidents. It is coming and = you will=20 surrender your Freedom to live.

Posted by: Mike | April=20 22, 2008 3:53 PM

Hello,
The ET coverup does not begin with the CIA, MI6, FBI, MJ-12 = the US=20 Government -- or any other manmade organization for that matter. =
Aliens have=20 been interacting with man throughout human history -- from the building = of the=20 pyramids, to the current wave of abductions, genetic manipulations and = more. The=20 ETs are far more complicit than anyone else in the ongoing = coverup.

Posted by: charles wren | April=20 24, 2008 3:32 AM

We deserve to know exactly is out there and the Gov has brainwashed = people=20 for so long just listen to these ignorant closeminded morons who are = still=20 calling anyone who has a siting "crazy" etc
these people need to pull = their=20 heads out of their asses - we have all seen them in the nite sky just = look up=20 you'll see them

Posted by: kiki Boobay | May=20 10, 2008 7:21 PM

I've seen one in 1956 I was six years old. Alberquerque New Mexico. = Dam thing=20 look like Hillary Clinton. And the truth.

Posted by: John John | May=20 14, 2008 10:52 PM

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