EU MP Mario Borghezi, introduces EU Parliament declaration to end UFO/ET secrecy... As of June 18, 2010 seventeen members of the European Union Parliament, led by Italian EU MP Mario Borghezi, have reportedly signed and tabled a “Written declaration on the declassification of documentation on UFOs” calling on member states to disclose documents relating to UFOs, and end UFO secrecy. The EU declaration states that the European Parliament “recognizes that in 1978 the 33rd General Assembly of the United Nations formally recognized UFOs as a valid issue.” The full text of the EU Written Declaration (0057/2010), dated June 14, 2010, is available at the Euro Parliament site: http://www.europarl.europa.eu See also comment article from two leading authors in the exopolitics field.

The EU declaration goes on to state that the European Parliament:

“1. Considers it essential to set up a scientific centre for the analysis and dissemination of the scientific data gathered to date by various European bodies and governments;

“2. Calls for public archives on UFOs to be opened up and for records to be declassified by the Member States, thus providing the public and the mass media with access to the full range of documentation on the subject;

“3. Instructs its President to forward this declaration, together with the names of the signatories, to the Council, the Commission and the governments of the Member States.

On December 18, 1978, the U.N. General Assembly adopted UNGA Decision 33/426, stating that the “General Assembly invites interested Member States to take appropriate steps to coordinate on a national level scientific research and investigation into extraterrestrial life, including unidentified flying objects (UFOs), and to inform the Secretary-General of the observations, research and evaluation of such activities.”

To date – nearly 32 years later – the U.N. General Assembly has not taken any practical steps to implement UNGA Decision 33/426.

0057/2010
Written declaration on the declassification of documentation on UFOs

The European Parliament, –

having regard to Articles 4, 179, 180 and 189 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
having regard to Rule 123 of its Rules of Procedure,

A. whereas in 1978 the 33rd General Assembly of the United Nations formally recognised UFOs as a valid issue,

B. whereas in 1993 a resolution drafted by the Italian physicist Tullio Regge and seeking to extend to European level the investigative remit of what was then the only government body looking into UFOs (the SEPRA, which has now become the GEIPAN) was tabled in Parliament,

C. whereas many members of the scientific community have been looking into the issue of UFOs and have denounced the systematic covering-up of information on the subject,

D. whereas a study of the material collected by the governments of all the Member States would have major scientific and technological spinoffs,

1. Considers it essential to set up a scientific centre for the analysis and dissemination of the scientific data gathered to date by various European bodies and governments;

2. Calls for public archives on UFOs to be opened up and for records to be declassified by the Member States, thus providing the public and the mass media with access to the full range of documentation on the subject

3. Instructs its President to forward this declaration, together with the names of the signatories, to the Council, the Commission and the governments of the Member States.

Related AOL news article:

(June 25) -- Will the European Union disclose any UFO files it might have, as one lawmaker called for several days ago, perhaps bringing new facts to a field long relegated by government officials as science fiction?

Maybe, but this isn't the first time world leaders have had a close encounter with UFOs.

As AOL News reported here earlier this week, Italian Northern League party leader Mario Borghezio has urged all 27-member EU governments to open the books and reveal any previously secret UFO files.

In Borghezio's declaration, he mentioned a 1978 United Nations summit in which "the 33rd General Assembly ... formally recognized UFOs as a valid issue."

When I read Borghezio's reference, it struck an obvious chord in my memory. Obvious because I was directly involved, and to a large degree, responsible for bringing UFOs to the attention of the U.N. that year.

Let me share some of that experience with you.

In 1977, Eric Gairy, the prime minister of the Caribbean island nation of Grenada, was struggling to generate U.N. interest in his personal crusade to establish an international committee dedicated to studying and sharing UFO reports.

Meantime, I had recently produced a documentary record album (yes, vinyl!) for CBS Inc., called "UFOs: The Credibility Factor." It featured the voices of military, government and scientific experts coming together for the first time on record to talk about the possibility that some UFOs might really be alien spacecraft.

After that album, I wanted to do more to help people who dared to speak about their own personal UFO experiences -- only to be met with ridicule and scorn.

Dreamer that I was, I wanted to bring something before the United Nations, to try to get that esteemed group of international leaders to finally come together on a subject that could potentially advance the world in both scientific and sociological ways.

If you want to do something at the U.N., I learned, you can't just walk in off the street and announce that you want to tell the world how important UFOs are (or any subject, for that matter). You have to either be a delegate or sponsored by a country.

So I sent my UFO album to Gairy via the Grenada embassy in New York. He and I met and struck a deal: I told him I was aware of his efforts lobbying the U.N. to pay attention to his UFO campaign, and I offered to produce a presentation with a stacked lineup of UFO experts bound to pique the interest of international leaders.

So I sent my UFO album to Gairy via the Grenada embassy in New York. He and I met and struck a deal: I told him I was aware of his efforts lobbying the U.N. to pay attention to his UFO campaign, and I offered to produce a presentation with a stacked lineup of UFO experts bound to pique the interest of international leaders.

Courtesy of Lee Speigel

 

Former WNBC Radio producer Lee Speigel (now a writer for AOL News) organized a meeting of military, scientific and psychological experts with U.N. Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim on July 14, 1978, to plan a presentation to the U.N. Special Political Committee. Topic: the importance of establishing an international UFO study panel.

In the lengthy chapter, titled "Unidentified Flying Objects," Air Force officials laid out for academy cadets clear and concise information about UFOs, including the following, almost shocking, revelations (completely contrary to official explanations):

"What we will do here is to present evidence that UFOs are a global phenomenon which may have persisted for many thousands of years ...

"The most stimulating theory for us is that the UFOs are material objects which are either 'manned' or remote-controlled by beings who are alien to this planet. There is some evidence supporting this viewpoint."

After offering cadets numerous examples of UFO cases that were unexplained, the chapter concludes, "This leaves us with the unpleasant possibility of alien visitors to our planet, or at least of alien controlled UFOs ... and what questionable data there are suggests the existence of at least three and maybe four different groups of aliens."

Even filmmaker Steven Spielberg offered to help with our 1978 presentation. Just a few months after the 1977 premiere of his epic "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" (in which astronomer Hynek served as scientific consultant), Hynek, Vallee and I met with Spielberg in Los Angeles, and he offered to have Columbia Pictures provide UFO-related materials to show at the U.N.

When the day of the event arrived, Nov. 27, 1978, in addition to speeches given to the special political committee by Hynek and Vallee, nuclear physicist Stanton Friedman spoke about the evidence that favored his theory of extraterrestrial visitation.

Courtesy of Lee Speigel

A United Nations news conference followed the Nov. 27, 1978, presentation by scientists on the need to establish an international study committee about UFOs. Pictured, from left, are nuclear physicist Stanton Friedman, producer Lee Speigel, Grenada Ambassador Wellington Friday, Grenada Prime Minister Eric Gairy and astronomer J. Allen Hynek.

And there was also Army Lt. Col. Larry Coyne, who electrified the committee with a story about a night in 1973 when he and his Army helicopter crew had a terrifying close encounter with a UFO.

Among the documents I prepared for the event was a letter that I asked ex-astronaut Cooper to write, which was distributed to all U.N. delegates. In it, he said, "I believe these extraterrestrial vehicles and their crews are visiting this planet from other planets, which obviously are a little more technically advanced than we are here on Earth.

"I would also like to point out that most astronauts are very reluctant to even discuss UFOs due to the great numbers of people who have indiscriminately sold fake stories and forged documents, abusing their names and reputations without hesitation."

It was an amazing experience, bringing all these people together for such a high-profile event. The outcome of all our efforts was that the General Assembly invited interested member nations "to take appropriate steps to coordinate on a national level scientific research and investigation into extraterrestrial life, including unidentified flying objects, and to inform the secretary-general of the observations, research and evaluation of such activities."

But the UFO issue quietly hit the back burner on the U.N. agenda when, in early 1979, Gairy was overthrown in Grenada by opposition leader Maurice Bishop.

So, here we are in 2010 with a new international effort afoot. It's no wonder I feel a little kinship with the European Union's Borghezio. It would be great if his endeavor to pry some real UFO stuff out of the EU works.

It's been 32 years since I tried it at the U.N. I'm a patient man.

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