Former pilots, officials call for UFO study

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Source: Reuters

Former pilots, officials call for UFO study
Panel calls on Air Force or NASA to reopen decades-old investigation
Tues., Nov. 13, 2007

WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential hopeful Dennis Kucinich may have been ridiculed for saying he had seen a UFO, but for some former military pilots and other observers, unidentified flying objects are no laughing matter.

An international panel of two dozen former pilots and government officials have called on the U.S. government to reopen its generation-old UFO investigation as a matter of safety and security, given continuing reports about flying discs, glowing spheres and other strange sightings.

“Especially after the attacks of 9/11, it is no longer satisfactory to ignore radar returns ... which cannot be associated with performances of existing aircraft and helicopters,” they said in a statement released at a news conference Monday.


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