The truth is out there (6/25/08)
Scott Waldyn
Issue date: 7/2/08 Section: News
"MUFON means, first of all, people with similar beliefs working together," Maranto said. "We all have different interpretations of this phenomenon and everything else associated with it, but one thing we do have is a common ground and respect for each other's opinions and perspectives. We don't want believers, per se; we want people to know. We want people to explore and formulate thought and question."
"Intelligent people are experiencing extraordinary phenomenon - life-changing experiences of truly unusual events - and these things need to be researched," Murphy added. "Apparently, the government doesn't want to look at them, and in the absence of strong medical organization interest and the absence of any other group out there, MUFON seems to be one of the best ways to investigate this phenomenon."
At the symposium, the lecturers gave their own personal glimpses of this world to those in attendance.
Schmitt, researcher and co-author of "Witness to Roswell," among other books, has been studying the 1947 Roswell incident for the past 20 years. A former UFO skeptic himself, Schmitt argued his case in a presentation titled "Clarity of the Roswell Facts vs. the Skeptic Spin." Here, he recalled his first of many trips to New Mexico, tracking down witnesses to the incident, which he said made him a believer.
The researcher pieced together facts of the case from 600 testimonies and government documents on the subject, providing his personal theory that a cover-up was perpetrated to provide a "buffer zone" for the military to rid themselves of a panic over such an extraordinary event.
Schmitt also noted that he believed the military still doesn't know what it holds in their hands. Theories aside, the author was adamant that the crash was of extraterrestrial origins.
"I stand before you representing over 600 people we (Schmitt and co-author Thomas Carey) interviewed who said it wasn't any weather balloon, wasn't any crash dummy, but something not manufactured on this Earth," Schmitt said.
"Intelligent people are experiencing extraordinary phenomenon - life-changing experiences of truly unusual events - and these things need to be researched," Murphy added. "Apparently, the government doesn't want to look at them, and in the absence of strong medical organization interest and the absence of any other group out there, MUFON seems to be one of the best ways to investigate this phenomenon."
At the symposium, the lecturers gave their own personal glimpses of this world to those in attendance.
Schmitt, researcher and co-author of "Witness to Roswell," among other books, has been studying the 1947 Roswell incident for the past 20 years. A former UFO skeptic himself, Schmitt argued his case in a presentation titled "Clarity of the Roswell Facts vs. the Skeptic Spin." Here, he recalled his first of many trips to New Mexico, tracking down witnesses to the incident, which he said made him a believer.
The researcher pieced together facts of the case from 600 testimonies and government documents on the subject, providing his personal theory that a cover-up was perpetrated to provide a "buffer zone" for the military to rid themselves of a panic over such an extraordinary event.
Schmitt also noted that he believed the military still doesn't know what it holds in their hands. Theories aside, the author was adamant that the crash was of extraterrestrial origins.
"I stand before you representing over 600 people we (Schmitt and co-author Thomas Carey) interviewed who said it wasn't any weather balloon, wasn't any crash dummy, but something not manufactured on this Earth," Schmitt said.
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