Currently, there are many credible people advocating the disclosure of information related to the UFO phenomenon. Some include former Canadian Defense Minister, Paul Hellyer, who stated in a lecture in 2005 that “UFOs are as real as the planes that fly over your head.”
These types of statements are not new, however. In 1960, the first director of the CIA, Vice Admiral Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter, said in a signed statement to Congress, “It is time for the truth to be brought out... Behind the scenes high-ranking Air Force officers are soberly concerned about the UFOs.”
Rear Admiral
Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter
Director of the CIA 1947 - 1950
Dr. Daniel Bass received his PhD in anthropology from the University of Michigan and examines the interplay of ethnic, religious and national identities, and how minority communities in nations beset by violence try to get their voices heard above the din. His research is focused primarily in Sri Lanka and South India. Dr. Bass teaches such classes, as The Religious Experience, Culture and Society and Anthropology of Global Popular Culture at Florida Atlantic University.