JFK and the UFOs
The webmasters of the Drudge Report have suggested yet another motive for JFK assassination conspiracy theorists to latch on to. They refer to an uncovered letter which President John F Kennedy wrote to the head of the CIA ten days prior to his assassination. The letter shows that the president demanded to be shown highly confidential documents about UFOs. The secret memo is one of two letters written by JFK asking for information about the paranormal on November 12 1963, which have been released by the CIA for the first time.
Author William Lester said the CIA released the documents to him under the Freedom of Information Act after he made a request while researching his new book ‘A Celebration of Freedom: JFK and the New Frontier.’ According to Lester, Kennedy’s interest in UFOs shortly before his death is likely to fuel conspiracy theories about his assassination. Some alien researchers say that the latest documents, released to Mr Lester by the CIA, add weight to the suggestion that the president could have been shot to stop him discovering the truth about UFOs. In one of the secret documents released under the Freedom of Information Act, JFK writes to the director asking for the UFO files. In the second memo, sent to the NASA administrator, the president expresses a desire for cooperation with the former Soviet Union on mutual outer space activities.
In an interview with AOL news, Lester said of Kennedy "One of his concerns was that a lot of these UFOs were being seen over the Soviet Union and he was very concerned that the Soviets might misinterpret these UFOs as U.S. aggression, believing that it was some of our technology. I think this is one of the reasons why he wanted to get his hands on this information and get it away from the jurisdiction of NASA so he could say to the Soviets, 'Look, that’s not us, we’re not doing it, we’re not being provocative.'"
Author William Lester said the CIA released the documents to him under the Freedom of Information Act after he made a request while researching his new book ‘A Celebration of Freedom: JFK and the New Frontier.’ According to Lester, Kennedy’s interest in UFOs shortly before his death is likely to fuel conspiracy theories about his assassination. Some alien researchers say that the latest documents, released to Mr Lester by the CIA, add weight to the suggestion that the president could have been shot to stop him discovering the truth about UFOs. In one of the secret documents released under the Freedom of Information Act, JFK writes to the director asking for the UFO files. In the second memo, sent to the NASA administrator, the president expresses a desire for cooperation with the former Soviet Union on mutual outer space activities.
In an interview with AOL news, Lester said of Kennedy "One of his concerns was that a lot of these UFOs were being seen over the Soviet Union and he was very concerned that the Soviets might misinterpret these UFOs as U.S. aggression, believing that it was some of our technology. I think this is one of the reasons why he wanted to get his hands on this information and get it away from the jurisdiction of NASA so he could say to the Soviets, 'Look, that’s not us, we’re not doing it, we’re not being provocative.'"