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FILMMAKER PAUL DAVIDS SENDS UFO INFO TO CLINTON

~~Says President's Response Could Be Hint of Inside Knowledge

by Paul Davids

Following President Clinton's December, 1995, statement in Ireland about the Roswell Incident, I decided to contact the President on this issue. The President had said that, as far as he knows, there was no spaceship recovered at Roswell in 1947, but added that, if it did happen, and if alien bodies were recovered, "the Air Force didn't tell me about it, and I would like to know."

In response, I sent the President a two page letter urging a change of policy regarding the secrecy and classification of documents surrounding the UFO issue. I enclosed four videotapes: the movie "Roswell" (of which I was Executive Producer and co-writer), and three documentaries I prepared that present UFO evidence: "Down in Roswell" (a compendium of news coverage through the years on the Roswell Incident), "Reply to the Air Force Report on the Roswell Incident" (an indictment of the Air Force "Mogul Balloon" report), and "Golden Anniversary UFO Briefing for the White Sands Missile Range Pioneers," based on a UFO presentation I was asked to make as keynote banquet speaker for the 50th anniversary of the founders of White Sands Missile Range and Proving Grounds -- a presentation that was attended by representatives of all branches of service, the Defense Department, and major military research labs.

In urging a change in the [UFO] policy, I cited President Clinton's much appreciated precedent in releasing documents, through the Department of Energy, that revealed details of secret radioactivity testing programs on civilians, as an example of disclosures his Administration initiated that greatly served the public's right to know.

I also cited the fact that in the President's recent document declassifications, documents were made available going back to a 1917 troop deployment order from World War One. If such documents survived from that time period, one wonders why the crucial outgoing messages from the Roswell base of 1947 were all destroyed long ago, according to the findings of the recent GAO report about the Roswell Incident. I pointed out this discrepancy as a reason the public cannot take comfort in the Air Force's recent explanations. I rejected the Air Force Roswell Report as a self-serving effort to "spin" the issue rather than provide consistent and sensible answers, and I asked that the President consider following recommendations of men of stature such as astronaut Gordon Cooper and Lawrence Rockefeller, who have publicly decried the government's unwillingness to confirm what is known and what remains classified relating to the so-called "ET issue."

On previous occasions, the President had answered two of my letters on other subjects, so I held out hope of a response. My family has felt a deep respect and high regard for Bill Clinton for decades, going back to the 1960's when my father was one of his professors in U.S. Diplomatic History at Georgetown University, and I felt my inquiry, as the Executive Producer of a movie that called the government to task in a very serious way, would get his attention.

To my surprise, a brief reply was sent to me by the President immediately following the date of Richard Hoagland's Washington Press Conference, in which Hoagland cited lunar and Martian anomalies that support possible conclusions of ancient alien artifacts existing on those worlds. The reply was sent by Priority Mail in a priority envelope. (Previous correspondence from Bill Clinton was always by standard first class mail.) My letter to the President had been marked Personal and Confidential. His signed reply was marked Personal.

The President expressed gratitude and appreciation for my having sent him the videocassettes, calling it both generous and thoughtful on my part, and he passed on Hillary's best wishes to me as well.

It did not surprise me that he did not discuss any of the issues in writing. It was gratifying that there was no denial expressed, no belittling of the issue or reference to check the findings of Blue Book or the Condon Committee Report, which have been staple government replies to UFO questions for decades. I also appreciated that the materials I sent, which were a firm and rather merciless frontal assault on what has seemed to be a longstanding, entrenched government position, were received with gratitude and were not in any sense taken as unacceptable or as an embarrassment or a problem.

The timing of the reply, which could have been a coincidence, seemed more likely to me to be a "wink" in my direction -- a strong hint that something related to this issue is in progress. It was not only the timing in regard to Hoagland's controversial Washington appearance; it was also interesting that just a few days later, papers across the country carried a front page story about how NASA was making its biggest priority the search for extraterrestrial life, not just in the universe but in our own solar system, right in our own backyard. It was as though Hoagland's gameplan (with no credit to Hoagland acknowledged by NASA) had suddenly moved to someone's "front burner."

All of this raises questions as to what developments we might see in a Clinton second term.

* UFO DOCUMENTARY VIDEOS BY PAUL DAVIDS *

The UFO videotapes that Paul Davids sent to President Clinton, referred to above, are available by sending a check to Paul Davids at 1107 Fair Oaks Ave. #261, South Pasadena, CA 91030. $29.95 for one tape, $49.95 for two tapes or $64.95 for three tapes. Prices include shipping and handling. The tapes are each one-hour long and commercially packaged. Titles and brief descriptions follow:

(1) "Golden Anniversary UFO Briefing for the White Sands Missile Range Pioneers." For the 50th Anniversary of White Sands, Paul Davids was invited to make the keynote banquet presentation to representatives of all branches of service on UFO evidence. A powerful statement on behalf of ending UFO secrecy and the public's right to know. Many visuals included.

(2) "Down in Roswell." A compendium on Roswell as covered by the news media through the years, including the talk shows, interviews, press
conferences, magazine format shows and promos that supported the launch of the Showtime movie "Roswell" (which was Executive Produced and Co-written by Paul Davids).

(3) "Reply to the Air Force Report on the Roswell Incident." Paul Davids tears apart the 1994 Air Force Report that again denied an extraterrestrial
connection in the Roswell Incident and attempted to explain it away as a secret research balloon (Project Mogul). A merciless, relentless and sometimes humorous jab at the new round of "official denials" that coincided with the Showtime movie, "Roswell."

NOTE: The Showtime movie "Roswell" can be rented or purchased at many video stores.