X-Conference 2005 Press Release - April 4, 2005

Washington, DC - PRG announced today the final speaker lineup for the 2nd Annual Exopolitics Expo - X-Conference 2005 - to be held at the Hilton Gaithersburg Hotel outside of Washington, DC on April 22-24. In a rare appearance on the East Coast, Jaime Maussan, the most popular journalist in the nation of Mexico, will present the most comprehensive review ever of events ongoing in Mexico since 1991 - perhaps the greatest geographic concentration of extraterrestrial-related phenomena in history - by the man at the center of it all. Extensive and extraordinary new footage will be shown including the surveillance video record associated with the 2004 release by the Mexican Department of Defense. The exopolitical implications of mass sightings in a nation bordering the United States are profound.

Also, another important lecture has been added for Saturday, April 23. Grant Cameron and Stephen Bassett are co-authors of a manuscript with the working title, U.S. Presidents and the Politics of Disclosure. That manuscript is 450 pages in length with 550 footnotes. A book proposal was presented to three dozen publishers by a top New York literary agent. The typical response: "Great proposal, but we couldn't do this book." Translation: "It's too controversial". Grant Cameron is going to go into the most controversial aspects of this book in waiting. This material is at the center of exopolitics.

Full speaker information is posted in the Speaker section at the conference website via the web portal at www.x-conference.com .  

PRG also indicated today a press conference is being scheduled at the National Press Club, 13th Floor, 14th and F Streets, NW, Washington, DC to make a number of news announcements associated with X-Conference 2005. It will be open to the public. Exact time and room location will be posted shortly in the Press section at the X-Conference website. Stephen Bassett will lead a panel which will include Grant Cameron, Richard Dolan, Michael Salla, PhD; and Alfred L. Webre, JD.

The X-Conference is a unique event which focuses on the political, governmental and social aspects relating to extraterrestrial-related phenomena.  It is produced by PRG as part of the ongoing activist movement seeking to end the truth embargo.  Thirty lecturers and panelists will present.  Registration information can be found at the conference website via the web portal at: www.x-conference.com or by phone at 202-215-8344.

The full speaker and panelist lineup now includes:  Walter H. Andrus, Jr.; Monsignor Corrado Balducci (Italy); Stephen Bassett; Commander Graham Bethune; Grant Cameron; David Coote; James Courant; Don Daniels; Paul Davids; James Deardorff, PhD; Richard Dolan; Ann Druffel; Robert Durant; Stanton Friedman (Canada); Charles James Hall; Paola Harris (Italy); John Greenewald, Jr.; Michael Heiser, PhD; Lynne D. Kitei, MD; Melinda Leslie; Bruce Maccabee, PhD; Jaime Maussan (Mexico); Michael Salla, PhD (Australia); Richard Sauder, PhD; David Sereda; Alfred Webre, JD (Canada); Robert Wood, PhD; Ryan Wood.
 
Contact:
Stephen Bassett
Executive Director
202-215-8344
 

Washington, DC - PRG is pleased and honored that Catholic theologian, Monsignor Corrado Balducci, will come to the United States for the first time since 1968 and give the Keynote Address at X-Conference 2005, April 22-24, 2005, Hilton Washington, DC North/Gaithersburg. 

Monsignor Balducci, now retired, is the highest ranking Catholic official to publicly speak to the question of an extraterrestrial presence engaging the human race.  His views arise from his personal research and do not represent an official position of the Holy See.  Nevertheless, they have drawn much interest and debate worldwide.  This will mark the first time Monsignor Balducci has spoken of these matters in the United States. 

Corrado Balducci, still robust and active at 82, has had an extraordinary career.   He is a Curia member and served the Holy See as a diplomat and member of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.  He is an expert on demonology and parapsychology and was for several years the exorcist of the diocese of Rome, the Pope’s diocese.  He has written several books, including the bestseller "Il Diavolo" (the Devil).  In 2001 he published a paper,  UFOlogy and Theological Clarifications, which consolidated his views.  He is a frequent guest on the Italian State TV, where he began making personal public statements on extraterrestrial-related phenomena in 1995.  He has presented to numerous conferences in Europe, but never in the U.S. - until now.       

The intersection of the world's great religions with extraterrestrial-related phenomena and the disclosure process is of enormous exopolitical consequence.  PRG has invited several religious scholars to explore this nexus.  Approximately 28 lecturers and panelists will present over the weekend on a range of topics.
    
The X-Conference is a unique event which focuses on the political, governmental and social implications of extraterrestrial-related phenomena.  It is produced by PRG as part of the ongoing activist movement seeking to end a government imposed truth embargo regarding extraterrestrial-related phenomena.

Contact:  Stephen Bassett
              Executive Director
              202-215-8344
 

X-Conference 2005 Press Release - February 9, 2005

Washington, DC - ABC News has announced it will air on Thursday, February 24 at 9 pm EST a two hour documentary titled: Peter Jennings Reporting UFOs: Seeing is Believing is the product of 150 interviews by PJ Productions and Springs Media.  Quoting from the ABC News website, "Each year there are thousands of reports of unidentified flying objects, but the U.S. government doesn't investigate any of them.  This special program will seriously examine the unexplained phenomena around the world that so many people believe is proof of the existence of UFOs."   Several X-Conference speakers from 2004 and 2005 will appear in this documentary.   With the retirement and pending retirement of Tom Brokaw and Dan Rather respectively, Peter Jennings is arguably the most respected and powerful news anchor in the world.  Paradigm Research Group and other organizations have invested more time over the past nine years in raising the awareness of ABC News to the issues attending extraterrestrial-related phenomena than all the other networks combined.  Is this a breakthrough in the truth process - tune in and find out.   See: http://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/story?id=468496&page=1

The X-Conference is a unique event which focuses on the political, governmental and social aspects relating to extraterrestrial-related phenomena.  It is produced by PRG as part of the ongoing activist movement seeking to end the truth embargo.  Approximately 28 lecturers and panelists will present.   New for this year:

Walter H. Andrus, Jr. -  At the Saturday evening banquet, Walter H. Andrus, Jr. will receive the PRG Hall of Fame Award.  This is the only PRG Award being announced in advance out of courtesy to the many MUFON members who may wish to make plans to join him in April at the X-Conference.

After 57 years of dedicated interest in extraterrestrial-related phenomena, Walt Andrus is a legend.   As with so many others, that interest was precipitated in August 15, 1948, when he and his wife and son had a daylight sighting of four objects flying in formation over downtown Phoenix, Arizona (49 years later lights in formation would once again be seen over Phoenix, Arizona).  The rest is history.   He went on to be a founding member of the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) in 1969 and the International Director of the MUFON from 1970 to July 16, 2000 when he was succeeded by John F. Schuessler.   He also served on the staff of Skylook, as Editor in Chief of the MUFON UFO Journal and Editor or Co-editor of the annual MUFON International UFO Symposium Proceedings.  MUFON became the largest and best known organization in the world addressing the science of extraterrestrial-related phenomena and took up the mantle of NICAP as it was slowly dissembled by intelligence agency plants during the 1970's.  MUFON International Director John F. Schuessler will join Walt in giving a presentation on 30 years of engagement.

Pilots Panel 
One of the most trusted segments of our society are the civilian pilots who transport millions of Americans safely every year and the military pilots who defend the country.  In the early years they reported many sightings, and such reports were eventually suppressed and discouraged.   Some pilots began researching the issues, many have learned much over the years and all have risked some personal discomfort by seeking the truth of these matters.  After civilian and military pilots were strongly discouraged from publicly reporting unusual sightings, thousands of pilot reports were collected over many years by researchers.  This database now forms one of the most important evidence compilations for the ETH in the world.   Stephen Bassett will moderate a panel of six senior pilots who have engaged the most important issue of our time.    

This panel will include: Cmdr. Graham Bethune, Navy pilot; Robert Brown, senior cooperate pilot; David Coote, airline captain: Don Daniels, airline captain; Robert Durant, airline captain; and Jim Courant, airline captain.    
    
Returning from last year:

Cheryll Jones - This former CNN News anchor will again co-host the X-Conference along with Stephen Bassett.  She is a polished professional journalist with extensive experience covering a broad range of national and international issues.  Her accomplished TV broadcasting career includes extensive experience on both sides of the camera.  Starting as a weather reporter, Cheryll quickly extended her skills and credentials to include talk show host / producer / field reporter / writer and network news anchor.   She is uniquely distinguished as the only TV broadcaster to be both a news anchor and degreed meteorologist at the network level.  Her career has taken her from her hometown of Knoxville, Tennessee to major markets including Miami, Atlanta, New York, Denver, Kansas City and West Palm Beach. Through Cheryll's prime time broadcasts on CNN and The Weather Channel, her face and voice became familiar to viewers in millions of homes around the world.  Cheryll’s numerous professional awards include being named "Woman of the Year" by Women in Communications and "Distinguished Alumnus of the Year” by Metropolitan State College in Denver, Colorado.     
           
Stanton T. Friedman (PRG 2004 Hall of Fame inductee), may well be the most recognized researcher in the field of extraterrestrial-related phenomena in the world.  He has been making the case for the ETH for over three decades.  And he makes it very well.  His work intersects many of the core themes of exopolitics.  Stanton Friedman spent two years at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey before switching to the University of Chicago in 1953.  He received BS and MS degrees in Physics from UC in 1955 and 1956, where Carl Sagan was a classmate. He worked for fourteen years as a nuclear physicist for such companies as General Electric, General Motors, Westinghouse, TRW, Aerojet General Nucleonics, and McDonnell Douglas on such advanced, highly classified, eventually canceled projects as nuclear aircraft, fission and fusion rockets, and nuclear power plants for space.
 
Since 1967 he has lectured on the topic Flying Saucers ARE Real at more than 600 colleges and over 100 professional groups in fifty states, nine Canadian provinces, most of Europe, Brazil, Australia, Korea, Mexico, Turkey, Argentina, and Israel. He has published more than 70 papers on extraterrestrial-related phenomena besides his dozens of conventional articles and appeared on hundreds of radio and TV shows. These include the TNT Larry King UFO Special on Oct.1, 1994; Nightline; Sally Jessie Raphael; Unsolved Mysteries; Entertainment Tonight; Leeza; Sightings; Canada AM; Coast to Coast AM with Art Bell and many more.  Stan is the original civilian investigator of the Roswell incident, who co-authored Crash at Corona and instigated the Unsolved Mysteries Roswell program.  He was heavily involved in both the 1979 documentary UFOs are Real and the 1993 & 1996 videos Flying Saucers Are Real.  His new interactive CD ROM, UFOs: The Real Story, was published in 1996. TOP SECRET/MAJIC (Marlowe and Co., NY, 1996), his explosive book about the Majestic 12 group established in 1947 by President Truman to deal with crashed saucers, includes classified documents never before published. It is already in its 6th printing.
            
Other speakers already announced include:  Stephen Bassett, Paul Davids, Richard Dolan, Ann Druffel, John Greenewald, Jr., Dr. Lynne Kitei, MD,  Charles James Hall, Michael S. Heiser, PhD, Bruce Maccabee, PhD, Jaime Maussan, Michael Salla, PhD, Richard Sauder, PhD, David Sereda and Alfred L. Webre, JD.
 
Full speaker information is posted in the Speaker section at: www.x-conference.com.  

Contact:
Stephen Bassett
202-215-8344

Washington, DC -  The January/February 2005 issue of the peer-reviewed Journal of the British Interplanetary Society (JBIS) published an article titled Inflation-Theory Implications for Extraterrestrial Visitation.  Dr. James Deardorff was the lead author along with Dr. Bernard Haisch, Dr. Bruce Maccabee and Dr. Harold Puthoff.  The paper reassesses the extraterrestrial hypothesis in light of the new physics and includes references to the posture and actions of the U.S. Air Force.  It is an important development, and PRG is pleased two of the paper's authors (Drs. Deardorff and Maccabee) will present on the implications of their findings.  It is also notable a Space.com article, ET Visitors: Scientists See High Likelihood, Jan 14, 2005 by Leonard David, received millions of hits after the article was a top-story link at the Drudge Report website for several days.  The paper can be downloaded at: www.paradigmclock.com/X-Conference/Graphics/JBIS.pdf.    

Including Drs. Deardorff and Maccabee, PRG is announcing four more speakers for the 2nd Annual Exopolitics Expo (X-Conference), scheduled for April 22-24, 2005 at the Hilton Washington, DC North/Gaithersburg.  The other two are researcher/activist David Sereda and exopolitical pioneer Michael Salla, PhD.  The conference website is:  www.x-conference.com. 

The X-Conference is a unique event which focuses on the political, governmental and social aspects relating to extraterrestrial-related phenomena.  It is produced by PRG as part of the ongoing activist movement seeking to end the truth embargo.  Approximately 28 lecturers and panelists will present.   New for this year:

James Deardorff, PhD is a prolific researcher of extraordinary range who embodies the legacy of James E. McDonald.  He began his studies at Reed College in Portland, Oregon in 1946-47 and then switched to Stanford University, where he majored in physics earning his bachelor of science in 1950.  He attended UCLA receiving a second bachelor of science in meteorology in 1951.  After a 4-year stint in the Navy Dr. Deardorff went on to achieve an MS (1956) and PhD (1959) in Meteorology.   After postgraduate work he took a position at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, CO, in 1962.  There he migrated into the study of laboratory and numerical modeling of turbulent thermal convection, and boundary-layer turbulence and diffusion.  After a few years at NCAR he became a senior scientist, enjoying a successful, 16-year research career.   A list of the published research papers during this career is provided in an expanded curriculum vitae.  After NCAR Jim took a position at Oregon State University in 1978 as a research professor in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences.   It was in Oregon that Dr. Deardorff became interested in extraterrestrial-related phenomenon and by the late 1970s had decided the evidence pointed conclusively towards the ETH.  By 1985 his research interests had irrevocably turned to the ETH and its implications for society, and around this time he had the first of five sightings.  So in 1986 he took early retirement from OSU.   Writing papers and research grant proposals and attending to associated administrative duties no longer seemed as important as exploring extraterrestrial-related phenomenon and trying to raise public awareness.  By 1987 he had written three peer-reviewed papers dealing with this new area of interest:     
      
David Sereda is a social and environmental activist with a broad range of interests.   As with many others, his interest in extraterrestrial-related phenomena was sparked in 1968 by a strong sighting of a large, classic disc-shaped object hovering in a clear sky with hundreds of witnesses shouting with excitement and pointing upwards in amazement.  After 20 minutes of watching this object, David saw it disappear.  This event created a life-long interest in extraterrestrial-related phenomena which combined with interests in space, religion, philosophy, astronomy and science and led to a multifaceted career in high technology, environmental and humanitarian issues and professional photography.   Between 1995 and 2001, at the request of Martyn Stubbs, who taped and cataloged over 400 hours of live NASA mission broadcasts, and professional photographer Michael Boyle, David conducted an investigation of NASA and the Stubbs 1990s space shuttle mission video footage.  The results of that investigation led to the development of the book and documentary film, Evidence, The Case for NASA UFOs.   His most recent project is a documentary about actor/producer Dan Aykroyd's interest and advocacy regarding extraterrestrial-related phenomena.     
     
Returning from last year:

Bruce Maccabee, PhD  studied physics at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Mass (B.S.) and then at The American University, Washington, DC (MS, PhD, physics).  In 1972 he commenced his long career at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, presently headquartered at Dahlgren, Virginia. He has worked on optical data processing, generation of underwater sound with lasers, various aspects of the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) and Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) using high power lasers and is presently involved in a program related to Homeland Security.  Bruce has been active in extraterrestrial-related phenomena research since late 1960s when he joined the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP) and was active in research and investigation for NICAP until its demise in 1980.  He became a member of MUFON in 1975 and was subsequently appointed to the position of State Director for Maryland, a position he still holds. In 1979 he was instrumental in establishing the Fund for UFO Research and was the chairman for 13 years. He presently serves on the National Board of the Fund.  Dr. Maccabee is the author or coauthor of about three dozen technical articles and more than a hundred UFO articles over the last 30 years, including many which appeared in the MUFON Journal and MUFON Symposium proceedings. He wrote the last chapter of The Gulf Breeze Sightings by Edward and Frances Walters (Morrow, 1990). He wrote the UFO history chapter of the book UFOs: Zeugen und Zeichen, published in Germany in 1995.  He is co-author with Edward Walters of UFOs Are Real, Here's The Proof, (Avon Books, 1997), he is the author of The UFO/FBI Connection (Llewellyn Books, May, 2000) and the author of the novel, Abduction in My Life (Granite Publishing, 2001).  He is listed in Who's Who in Technology Today and American Men and Women of Science.           

Michael Salla, PhD (Australia) lost his status at American University and his projects were denied renewal as a direct result of his participation in X-Conference 2004.  This is just one more disgrace in a long history of head-in-the-sand denial by the entire American academic community regarding extraterrestrial-related phenomena.  Michael has the courage and integrity to follow the information wherever it leads.   American University is perfectly situated to be a leader in the development of exopolitics.  The opportunity was and is there to break new ground, to make a difference.  American University took a pass.   Michael is a pioneer in the development of exopolitics, the scholarly study of the main actors, institutions and processes associated with an extraterrestrial presence that is not acknowledged to the general public or the mass media by government authority.  His interest in exopolitics evolved out of his investigation of the sources of international conflict and its relationship with the undisclosed extraterrestrial presence. He cites evidence of multiple extraterrestrial races currently engaging humanity and the planet in a variety of ways.  His book Exopolitics: Political Implications of the Extraterrestrial Presence (Dandelion Books, 2004) presents a comprehensive study of the political implications of the extraterrestrial presence. His forthcoming book, The Challenge of Exopolitics (Dandelion Books 2005) analyzes challenges in educating the general public about exopolitical issues.  He has a PhD in Government from the University of Queensland, Australia, and an MA in Philosophy from the University of Melbourne, Australia. He has conducted research and fieldwork in the ethnic conflicts in East Timor, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Sri Lanka, and organized peacemaking initiatives involving mid to high level participants from these conflicts.

Other speakers already announced include:  Richard Dolan, Ann Druffel, John Greenewald, Jr., Dr. Lynne Kitei, MD, Paul Davids, Charles James Hall, Michael S. Heiser, PhD, Jaime Maussan, Richard Sauder, PhD and Alfred L. Webre, JD.
 
Full speaker information is posted in the Speaker section at: www.x-conference.com.  

Contact:
Stephen Bassett
202-215-8344

Washington, DC - PRG is announcing three more speakers for the 2nd Annual Exopolitics Expo (X-Conference), scheduled for April 22-24, 2005 at the Hilton Washington, DC North/Gaithersburg.  Religious scholar, Michael S. Heiser, PhD; Mexican researcher and journalist, Jaime Maussan; and historian Richard Dolan will present.   The conference website is:  www.x-conference.com.

The X-Conference is a unique event which focuses on the political, governmental and social aspects relating to extraterrestrial-related phenomena.  It is produced by PRG as part of the ongoing activist movement seeking to end the truth embargo.  Topics in 2005 will include:  impact of the film industry, MJ-12 Documents, the Rockefeller Initiative, Area 51, underground bases,  ET studies during the Carter administration, and much more.  Approximately 25 lecturers and panelists will present.  Three speakers are being announced.   New for this year:

Michael S. Heiser, PhD -  A devout Christian, Dr. Heiser is part of an extremely important exopolitical development wherein the Christian faith, including fundamentalist denominations, is examining the implications of extraterrestrial-related phenomena - past and present. PRG considers this developing body of work of utmost importance and will be making concerted effort to bring this scholarship to the public's attention.   Michael Heiser did his Ph.D. dissertation in the field of Hebrew Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages at the University of  Wisconsin-Madison.  He holds an M.A. in Ancient History from the University of Pennsylvania (major fields, Ancient Israel and Egyptology), and a second M.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (Hebrew Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages).  He also attended Dallas Theological Seminary.  Michael is the recipient of several academic awards and scholarships, and has written articles accepted in several scholarly journals.  He has also taught full time at the undergraduate level since 1992.   Dr. Heiser is one of an emerging group of young, brilliant scholars who are reexamining all ancient religious texts, often in their original languages, with an open mind willing to consider and factor in the extraordinary discoveries of the past 50 years.    An extended Curriculum Vitae is located at: www.paradigmclock.com/X-Conference/Heiser_Resume.htm

Jaime Maussan (Mexico) - since 1991 events taking place in Mexico have had extraordinary implications for exopolitics.  Perhaps the greatest sightings flap in       history has occurred just outside the borders of the United States.  An entire nation was given an intense indoctrination into extraterrestrial-related phenomena. The Mexican military and civilian government became involved.  No one is more qualified to present this history than Jaime Maussan.  The July 1991 solar eclipse, which passed over Mexico, was the beginning of a wave of mass sightings.   Thousands of people across Mexico witnessed and video recorded night lights and daylight disks.  Over the past dozen years Maussan has compiled over 5,000 videos and photos from such eyewitnesses and has presented this information around the world.    He was born in Mexico City, and earned a B.A. degree in radio and television from the Miami University in Ohio.  He has had a 25 year career in the media, during which he has received numerous awards, and is now General Director and Anchorman of "60 Minutes" Mexico.  He       produced 20 commercial videos for "Programas de Investigacion", achieving leadership for an independent production company in Mexico.  He also produces a radio program "Jaime Maussan, UFOs and other Mysteries," one of  the most popular shows in Mexico.  He also works as an Investigative Journalist/Anchorman and General Producer of the TV show ¨Tercer Milenio" that is broadcast via the Televisa Network to all Latin American countries, Europe, the United States and also through the Sky Satellite System. In 1996, he was producer of the feature radio program "Jaime Maussan, UFOs and Other Mysteries" transmitted through XEW Radio and the RASA Network, which became one of the most popular radio programs in Mexico.
     
Returning from last year:

Richard Dolan: studied history, English, and philosophy as an undergraduate at Alfred University.   His deep passion for the discipline of history resulted in a scholarship to study at Oxford University and a near miss for a Rhodes Scholarship.   He chose instead to do graduate work at the University of Rochester, where he focused on German and Soviet studies before moving on to American Cold War diplomacy.   Not wanting to teach, he left academia to write.  In 1994 he became interested in the UFO problem, approaching it from the angle of history and politics.  He was intrigued by the cultural schizophrenia - the fact that mainstream and academic culture (official culture) continued to treat UFOs as amusement, but that so many intelligent people privately had taken it seriously.  Throughout 1995, 1996, and 1997 he conducted a systematic bibliographic search, hunting down the many out-of-print books and UFO documents released over the years through the Freedom of Information Act.  He found the amount of information nearly overwhelming.  A detailed chronology of relevant events was prepared in advance of writing his critically acclaimed book, UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Coverup, 1947-1973.   This book provides a clear, comprehensive, but concise historical narrative of the problem.  He is now at work on the study's second volume, which will take the story through the remainder of the 20th century.                  

Speaker information will be posted in the Speaker section at: www.x-conference.com.  

Contact:
Stephen Bassett
202-215-8344

Press Release - December 23, 2004
X-Conference 2005

Washington, DC - PRG is pleased to announce the 2nd Annual Exopolitics Expo (X-Conference), scheduled for April 22-24, 2005 at the Hilton Washington, DC North/Gaithersburg, has begun assembling the speaker lineup for 2005.

The X-Conference is a unique event which focuses on the political, governmental and social aspects relating to extraterrestrial-related phenomena.  It is more than a public conference - it is part of the disclosure process itself.   As was the case last year, all Congressional offices will be notified and Members or staff encouraged to take advantage of this convenient opportunity to become informed on an issue about which they have been misinformed for over five decades.

Last year's subjects included:  U.S. government posture and actions with respect to extraterrestrial related phenomena  *  the government imposed truth embargo - the  cover-up  *  the role (complicity?) of the media in the truth embargo  *  the role of the film industry  *  NASA  *  foreign government's posture and actions  *  MJ-12 Documents  *  Philip Corso's legacy  *  the FBI connection  *   Dr. James McDonald's Legacy  *  Secretary of Defense James Forrestal   *   the Disclosure Project  *   the Rockefeller Initiative  *  Area 51  *  reverse engineering  *  crash retrievals  *  underground bases  *  remote viewing  * Jimmy Carter studies  *  politics of disclosure  *  the post-disclosure world.

Approximately 25 lecturers and panelists will present.  Three speakers are being announced.   New for next year:

Lynne Kitei, MD - is an internationally acclaimed physician and health educator, a leader in early disease detection and prevention and Chief Clinical Consultant at the world-renowned Arizona Heart Institute's Imaging/Prevention/Wellness Center in Phoenix, Arizona.  This highly accomplished professional is presenting at the X-Conference because she is a key witness to the still-unexplained mass sighting that took place throughout Arizona on March 13, 1997 - the "Phoenix Lights."    After years of private research Lynne has "come out" to talk about the challenges facing high level professionals who wish to address any aspect of extraterrestrial-related phenomena as well as the inadequate media and government response to this extraordinary event. 

Dr. Kitei has been recognized in the Who's Who of American Women, was chosen as the Woman of the Year in Pennsylvania, and has been featured for her innovative and groundbreaking work in publications such as the Philadelphia Inquirer, TV Guide magazine, Runner magazine, Phoenix magazine, and Physician's Management magazine.  She is an award winning producer, writer and director of health-related documentary films and was called the "woman pioneer of medical communications" in TV Guide after creating and producing innovative TV news health reports for NBC in Philadelphia in 1976.  She has dedicated over 25 years to global public awareness, wellness, and health education.  Her AIDS, Substance Abuse and Teen Pregnancy programs have won the Telly Bronze Award in 1995, the National Education Film & Video Festival Silver Apple Award in 1994, the New York International Film Festival Finalist Award in 1992 and 1993, the Chicago International Film Festival Silver Hugo and Finalist Awards in 1993, the Columbus International Film & Video Festival Honorable Mention Award in 1991, and the Arizona Hemmy Award in 1993 and 1994.

Dr. Kitei receive her BS in Secondary Science Education from Temple University and an M.D. from the Temple University School of Medicine.

Alfred L. Webre, JD -  a futurist, peace advocate and environmental activist, is the father of Exopolitics.  When "exopolitics" is formally (academically) recognized as the term describing the political and social intersection of the human race with extraterrestrial-related phenomena and ultimately extraterrestrial beings, the primary origin of this enormously important nomenclature will be attributed to Alfred Lambremont Webre.  Michael Salla subsequently worked to expand and develop content within the intellectual framework, and Stephen Bassett worked to bring this framework and terminology to a  larger audience.   Dr. Webre is International Director of the Institute for Cooperation in Space (ICIS); a founder of the No Weapons in Space Campaign (NOWIS), a Canadian coalition to prevent the weaponization of space; and coordinates the Campaign for Cooperation in  Space.  He is a co-architect of the Space Preservation Act and the Space Preservation Treaty to ban space-based weapons.   He is also an on-air host on Vancouver Coop Radio CFRO 102.7 FM.

Webre is a former Fulbright Scholar and graduate of Yale University, Yale Law School (Yale Law School National Scholar), and the University of Texas Counseling Program.  He was General Counsel to the NYC Environmental Protection Administration and environmental consultant to the Ford Foundation, futurist at Stanford Research Institute, and author.  He taught economics at Yale University (Economics Department) and Civil Liberties at the University of Texas (Government Department).  Alfred has been a delegate to the UNISPACE Outer Space Conference and NGO representative at the United Nations (Communications Coordination Committee for the UN; UN Second Special Session on Disarmament); elected Clinton-Gore Delegate to the 1996 Texas Democratic Convention; and a Member, Governor's Emergency Taskforce on Earthquake Preparedness, State of California (1980-82), appointed by Gov. Jerry Brown.  Mr. Webre produced and hosted the Instant of Cooperation, the first live radio broadcast between USA and the then Soviet Union, carried live by Gosteleradio and NPR satellite in 1987. He is a member of the District of Columbia Bar.

Returning from this year:

Paul Davids is a leading expert on the history of the Hollywood connection to science fiction and extraterrestrial-related phenomena.  He was executive producer and co-writer of the Showtime film “Roswell,” starring Martin Sheen and Kyle MacLachlan, nominated for a Golden Globe as Best Television Motion Picture of 1994.  Though always interested in science-fiction, the UFO issue is a matter of science fact for him, ever since a widely reported 1987 daylight sighting.  In 1996 he was guest speaker at the banquet for the 50th anniversary of the White Sands Missile Range Pioneers, where he spoke about The Roswell Incident, and he has produced numerous informational programs about UFO’s.   Paul earned a B.A. from Princeton University, where he won the university's three top creative writing awards all in one year (including the F. Scott Fitzgerald Prize), and afterwards he studied under full scholarship at the American Film Institute Center for Advanced Film Studies in Los Angeles.    

Speaker information will be posted in the Speaker section at: www.x-conference.com.  


Contact: Stephen Bassett
             202-215-8344 (new number)

X-Conference 2005 Press Release - October 13, 2004

Washington, DC - Paradigm Research Group announced today the 2nd Annual Exopolitics Expo - the X-Conference - is scheduled for April 22-24, 2005 at the Hilton Washington, DC North/Gaithersburg. See: www.x-conference.com.

The 1st X-Conference, held April 16-18, 2004, brought together in the Washington area the most powerful group of speakers ever assembled to focus on the governmental, political and media aspects of 50+ years of extraterrestrial related phenomena and state sponsored deception, disinformation and denial.   The 2004 event was very well received by 650 attendees. X-Conference 2005 will expand on this success with an equally powerful assemblage of speakers, who collectively hold enough knowledge of government involvement with extraterrestrial-related phenomena and the imposed truth embargo to end the cover-up tomorrow.   All it would take is for political leaders and journalists to pay attention.

Conference producer, Stephen Bassett, stated, "Once again the political media as well as congressional members and staff will have the opportunity to obtain in an extended weekend a basic understanding of how and why the United States government sequestered from the American people the full truth of an extraterrestrial presence about the planet since at least the mid-1940's."    He added, "The X-Conference is not just an event, it is an affirmation of truth to power. It is a mechanism of disclosure -the process, underway in earnest since the end of the Cold War, leading to formal acknowledgment by the United States government of extraterrestrial beings engaging the planet." 

Over the next two months speakers will be selected around a number of conference themes and the schedule will be posted to the conference website. The 2004 X-Conference included 25 speakers from 5 countries with 9 PhD/MDs.

The schedule, which is subject to change, now includes:

Friday/Saturday/Sunday:  16 extended lectures, 3 panel/Q&As, 10 lecture/Q&As
Friday/Saturday: documentary film showings
Friday Evening: Speakers' Cocktail Party
Saturday: Special Presentation - Stephen Bassett
Saturday Evening:  Banquet, Keynote Address, PRG Awards 
Sunday Evening:  X-PPAC Fund Raiser Cocktail Party

During the Saturday evening banquet, PRG Awards for "Journalistic Courage," "Political Courage," and "Lifetime Achievement," among others will be presented.

The Hilton Washington DC North/Gaithersburg is a 3 Star, 3 Diamond hotel with unlimited free parking, metro access, conference facilities for 1500, banquet facilities for 400+ and is equidistant from all three major airports (Reagan, Dulles, BWI). 

Paradigm Research Group was founded in 1996 to support the work of research/activist organizations addressing the science and politics of extraterrestrial-related phenomena.

[Note: PRG Executive Director, Stephen Bassett, will be speaking at the National UFO Conference ( www.nufoc.org ) October 29-31, 2004 and the UFO Crash Retrieval Conference ( www.majesticdocuments.com ) November 12-14, 2004.]

Contact: Stephen Bassett
               202-215-8344 (new number)