Release of UFO Reports

LAST WEEK. THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR RELEASED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SECRET FILES RELATED TO P OR UNIDENTIFIED ANOMALOUS PHENOMENA. OTHERWISE KNOWN AS YOUTH VOTE PHOTOS, VIDEOS AND REPORTS OF POSSIBLE ALIEN ENCOUNTERS ARE INCLUDED IN THE 162 FILES. WGCUS TEDDY BYRNE HAS MORE ON THE RELEASE OF THESE DOCUMENTS. >> SO FOR MORE ON THE LATEST UNVEILING OF UFO DOCUMENTS, I'M JOINED BY CHRISTIAN STEPIEN, THE CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER WITH THE NATIONAL UFO REPORTING CENTER. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY. BUT TO BE HERE, THANKS FOR HAVING ME. SO THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR RELEASED DOZENS OF PREVIOUSLY SEALED DOCUMENTS. MANY SHOWING DETAILED REPORTS ON POTENTIAL UNIDENTIFIED ANOMALOUS PHENOMENA. AND YOU HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW SOME OF THESE DOCUMENTS. SO WHAT ARE YOUR TAKEAWAYS FROM THE RELEASES? >> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, WE'RE VERY PLEASED THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS TAKING THE STEPS AND THAT YOU KNOW, THERE'S ACTUALLY AN ONGOING EFFORT TO RELEASE AND FIND THESE FILES. I KNOW THE PEOPLE ARROW HAVE BEEN SCOURING, YOU KNOW, THE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS PUTTING OUT REQUESTS FOR ANYTHING THEY HAVE ON UFO'S. SO IT'S A BIG STEP FORWARD TO ACTUALLY GET SOME MOVEMENT ON THIS. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE INFORMATION THAT'S BEEN RELEASED IS NO. THERE'S NOTHING SUPER DRAMATIC. AND THERE THERE'S THERE'S NO SMOKING GUN THAT REVEALS, YOU KNOW, THE PROOF THAT WE'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR, THAT EXTRA TERRESTRIAL ZURN ON HUMAN INTELLIGENCE ARE PILOTING CRAFT AROUND THE PLANET EARTH. THERE'S A LOT OF INTERESTING STUFF IN THERE. DON'T GET ME WRONG. THERE'S A LOT OF FILES FROM THE 40'S 50'S 60'S 70'S, OLD FBI FILES AND THINGS. BUT A LOT OF THAT HAS BEEN KNOWN PREVIOUSLY. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK WITH WITH GROUPS LIKE THE BLACK FAULT THAT HAVE GONE OUT WITH FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUESTS THAT HAVE UNCOVERED A LOT OF THE STUFF BEFORE. THERE'S SOME NEW VIDEOS FROM SOME OF THE DRONES OVER THE MIDDLE EAST THAT ARE INTERESTING THAT SHOW OBJECTS FLYING SMALL OBJECTS FLYING. BUT AGAIN, NOTHING NOTHING THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY POINT TO AND SAY, HEY, WE CAN SAY CONCLUSIVELY THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE DIDN'T MAKE. YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO THE PROOF THAT WE'RE ALL LOOKING FOR. ISN'T THERE YET? >> ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS I WILL SAY GOING THROUGH THIS WITH SOME OF THE NAMES AND THE DATES THAT WERE THROWN IN HERE. THERE WAS A REPORT THAT CAME IN THAT INCLUDED FORMER FBI DIRECTOR J EDGAR HOOVER. SO WE KNEW THAT THE RELEASES IT AT LEAST CONFIRMS PEOPLE'S BELIEVES THAT ALIENS AND EXTRATERRESTRIAL SEARCHING HAS BEEN AT LEAST A PRIORITY FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT FOR SOME TIME. >> WELL, THE U.S. GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN COLLECTING REPORTS ON THESE THINGS FOREVER. THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT. THE FBI, YOU KNOW, INTERESTINGLY, THERE'S NO REPORTS IN THIS BATS FROM THE CIA. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING SOME SOME OF THE STUFF THAT THEY HAVE. BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, ALL THESE REPORTS BASICALLY KIND OF GO INTO FILING CABINET AND THERE'S NEVER A SERIOUS ANALYSIS OR A SERIOUS SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH PROJECT TO TRY AND FIND OUT WHAT THESE THINGS ARE. THEY'RE BASICALLY LABELED INCONCLUSIVE OR, YOU KNOW, WE JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION. AND THAT'S THE END OF IT. >> BUT THEN WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT HOW MOST UFO REPORTING IS COME THROUGH, IT'S THE FARMER AND HIS WIFE IN THE MIDDLE OF A FIELD OF NOWHERE. BUT THESE INCLUDE REPORTS THAT IN FROM THE GEMINI 7 MISSION WHERE ASTRONAUTS FRANK BORMAN, JIM LOVELL, THEY REPORTED SEEING AN OBJECT AND OTHER PARTICLES. THEY COULDN'T EXPLAIN. SO WHEN YOU ARE SOMEONE WHO IS IN THE BELIEF THAT THEY WANT UFO IS TO BE REAL. WHEN YOU SEE KIND OF THE MAINE'S THAT ARE BEING THROWN OUT, THE AREAS OF GOVERNMENT THAT ARE BEING THROWN OUT. HOW DOES THAT, YOU KNOW, HELP YOU FILL RESEARCHERS AND JUST SAY THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THESE GROUPS LIKE NASA AND THE FBI ARE ALSO INVOLVED IN THE SEARCHES FOR THE UNKNOWN. >> WHAT HELPS THE CREDIBILITY OF THE SUBJECT TO KNOW THAT AGAIN, PEOPLE ARE TAKING IT SERIOUSLY AND THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT BEING SWEPT UNDER THE RUG AND WE'RE NOT OLD. ALL BEING TOLD THAT WERE CRAZY FOR EVEN BELIEVING IN THE POSSIBILITY OF ALIENS. YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE GEMINI STUFF IS ALSO PROBABLY EXPLAINABLE BY EOC EXPLANATIONS SUCH AS YOU KNOW, ICE CRYSTALS COMING OFF THE CAPSULE OR A PIECE OF THE SPACE CRAFT THAT WAS FLOATING AWAY. SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE INTERESTING REPORTS AND IT'S IT'S GREAT TO SEE PEOPLE TAKING THEM SERIOUSLY. BUT WE DON'T HAVE A SOMETHING THAT'S JUST GOING TO BLOW THE LID OFF THIS YET. >> BUT THEN AS THE PUBLIC BECOMES MORE AWARE, MORE CONSCIOUS OF THESE STORIES AND JUST MAYBE GET TO THE POINT OF ACCEPTING IT. HOW DO YOU FEEL THAT THEY'LL REACT IF THIS DOES GET CONFIRMED? BUT IT JUST BE THE LIFE CHANGING MOMENT OR WHAT ACTUALLY JUST BECOME THE NEWS OF THE DAY. AND EVERYONE MOVES ON TO THE NEXT TOPIC. >> WELL, I THINK EVERY INDIVIDUAL WILL REACT DIFFERENTLY. SO I THINK SOME PEOPLE WILL PROBABLY NEVER BELIEVE THAT NO MATTER WHAT COMES OUT AND SOME PEOPLE WILL THAT MIGHT SHATTER THEIR LIVES. I THINK OVERALL THE GENERAL POPULATION WILL ACCEPT THAT AGAIN, THERE'S ENOUGH INFORMATION OUT THERE NOW THAT THEIR SURVEYS DONE THAT, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS HALF THE PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY BELIEVE IN UFO'S AT THIS POINT. SO THERE'S ALREADY A PRETTY PREVALENT GENERAL BELIEF THAT THIS IS GOING ON WHEN WE GET MORE TANGIBLE PROOF IT WILL JUST HELP SOLIDIFY THAT. AND I THINK PEOPLE WILL ACCEPT THE REALITY IS WHAT IT IS. AND IF THESE THINGS ARE OUT THERE AND THEY'RE REALLY OUT THERE, WE HAVE TO ACCEPT IT. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE TO ADJUST TO AS A SPECIES AS A SOCIETY AND AND MOVE ON. >> WELL, CHRISTIAN STEPIEN FROM THE NATIONAL UFO REPORTING CENTER. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO TALK WITH US TODAY. >> YEAH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I'D ENCOURAGE ANYONE WHO HAS EVER SEEN THE COME TO OUR SITE REPORTED THE FOR REPORTING CENTER UOFL CENTER DOT COM. IT'S REALLY EASY TO FILE A REPORT. MORE STORIES WE GET THE BETTER. AND YOU CAN BE IN THE NEXT RELEASE OF THE >> FILES THAT COME OUT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR. THE. >> AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A GREAT DAY. ALL RIGHT. THANKS A LOT.