Stop Blaming the Government for UFOs!

Posted on May 1, 2008 by Lisa A. Shiel

In the last 20 years, one theory about UFOs seems to have gained momentum and become the favorite among a certain class of ufologists. Of which theory do I speak? The one which states that many (even most) UFOs represent secret government projects.

I have one comment on this theory—gimme a break!

My father served in the Air Force for 20 years. Then he worked in the defense industry for about the same length of time. I spent many years on Air Force bases, and living in the vicinity of secret government projects. My father, Walt Shiel, worked on the B-2 stealth bomber during its black-project days. While he remains a skeptic about UFOs, he has told me several times that the secret project theory is ludicrous. No government entity would test super-secret aircraft over populated areas! Northrop, which built the B-2, maintained a complex at Palmdale, on the edge of the Mojave Desert near Edwards Air Force Base, a major test facility. Let me tell you, Edwards sits way out there in the desert. Few people live anywhere near it.

When my dad worked for Northrop, we lived about 12 miles from the main gate at Edwards. We could see nothing of the base. Despite the flat landscape and lack of trees or other obstructions, the base itself remained out of sight for us. The main gate lay miles from the heart of the base.

Edwards is a remote installation. That’s where secret planes get tested—not over interstate highways or the city of Phoenix, Arizona.

Tomorrow, part two—the truth about UFOs and restricted airspace.

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  1. Anonymous, on May 3rd, 2008 at 5:38 PM Said:

    I’ve been investigating UFOs for over 20 years. I’m also a pilot.I’ve never subscribed to the theory that the UFO phenomenon can be explained away by the silly Top Secret air force/government aircraft explanation. Perhaps a precious few can but not the other 99.9 percent.
    None of the serious investigators or researchers I am aware of subscribe to that theory either so I am uncertain where you came up with the title-Stop Blaming the Government for UFOs label and then ascribed it to most UFO researchers.
    It strikes me that you must be new at this to have made the allegation.

    Best,

    Don Ledger
    Pilot, author

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