UFO Cover-up: Why?

National Security or Power Mongering?

They’re Here   by Bill M. Tracer

So, if indeed the US government has been hiding the truth from its people regarding UFOs, and possible “secret” relations they might have established with extraterrestrials many years ago, or even ancient extraterrestrial artifacts found on the Moon and/or Mars, what kind of motives might they have for hiding such information? Theories abound, rumors and even a kind of modern UFO “lore” has grown up around this topic, and has found a comfortable home on the Internet, where it proliferates and constantly mutates. But how much of this UFO lore is fact and how much is fiction?

The Brookings Report

Some propose that this cover-up has its origins in certain suggestions found in a report written in 1960, now informally called the Brookings Report. This idea is hotly debated, since the cover-up seems to have begun before 1960, though at the very least this report could be from where much of the cover-up policy became solidified. This report was commissioned by NASA in 1960, and was prepared by the Brookings Institution. Its actual formal full name is, Proposed Studies on the Implications of Peaceful Space Activities for Human Affairs. As the name states, this report looks at a variety of subjects interrelated to the spread of Humankind into the realm of outer space, with an emphasis on our doing so peacefully. While it is a rather lengthy report, there are certain small portions that talk about the implications of extraterrestrial life and the possible ramifications of our receiving radio communications from distant aliens. It also explores the possibility that ancient extraterrestrial artifacts might be discovered by Human space travelers once exploration takes us to other worlds like the Moon, Mars, and/or Venus. These sections are of special interest to those who find cover-up suggested in this report. Though the report does not come right out and say that the discovery of such extraterrestrial artifacts should be covered up, or that such communications should not be shared with the world, the implication is clearly there in the report’s tone.

Thanks to the diligence of one, Dan Woolman, who requested a copy of this report under the Freedom of Information Act, (FOIA), a complete copy of the Brookings Report, (all 276 original pages), is now available online, scanned and translated into a Microsoft Word document, then further edited to correct errors. After looking it over, I noted that not quite all of the scan translation errors have been corrected, but it is very readable, just the same. The link on the report’s full name above, will take you to this scanned/translated document.