only to be told that it was probably a jet or Monaghan 9weather balloon. Despite the fact that Project Blue Book (a government UFO investigation) yielded a 1,465 page scientific report containing charts, photographs and analyses, worth about a half million dollars in research, the government stated in a 1969 news release that due to lack of any "significant" conclusions, UFO research would be terminated. Most fans of the research only read the introduction and conclusion sections of the report. Unfortunately those sections were written by an enthusiast of the U.S. Air Force: and hence embraced their policy of denial and falsehood (Life 118). Consequently, the government's decision to halt research was accepted with little protest or suspicion. Yet, the question whether the government is holding back vital UFO information is still very strong. Many contend that the U.S. government is doing so in an effort to ensure national safety and prevent potential mass hysteria by publicizing the existence of alien beings. In 1947, in New Mexico, one of the most famous and potent pieces of evidence literally befell the United States. "Barney" Barnett, and some local archeological students found shriveled and broken up pieces of shiny metal and scattered dead bodies all over. A few days later, the army had quarantined the area, shipped everything away, and told the witnesses that it was their "patriotic duty" to keep the incident a secret. Nonetheless, Barnett and the students went public about it (Life 74). To this day, hundreds of reports and books detail this famous "Roswell incident" and Monaghan 10claim that the government, again, is hiding undeniable proof of alien life. The Viking mission to Mars in 1976 is another prime example of the government's policy of non cooperation and denial. The Voyager had taken two pictures of a rock form of a human face on Mars' surface. Before a 1992 Observer voyage to Mars, many requested NASA to t...
