Table of Contents
Foreword John Podesta xi
Introduction 1
Part 1 Objects of Unknown Origin 15
1 Majestic Craft with Powerful Beaming Spotlights 17
2 The UAP Wave over Belgium Major General Wilfried De Brouwer 24
3 Pilots: A Unique Window into the Unknown 41
4 Circled by a UFO Captain Júlio Miguel Guerra 47
5 Unidentified Aerial Phenomena and Aviation Safety Richard F. Haines 52
6 Incursion at O'Hare Airport, 2006 65
7 Gigantic UFOs over the English Channel, 2007 Captain Ray Bowyer 73
8 UFOs as Air Force Targets 82
9 Dogfight over Tehran General Parviz Jafari 86
10 Close Combat with a UFO Comandante Oscar Santa María Huertas 93
Part 2 In the Line of Duty 99
11 The Roots of UFO Debunking in America 101
12 Taking the Phenomenon Seriously 115
13 The Birth of COMETA Major General Denis Letty 122
14 France and the UFO Question Jean-Jacques Velasco 128
15 UFOs and the National Security Problem 141
16 "A Powerful Desire to Do Nothing" 153
17 The Real X-Files Nick Pope 162
18 The Extraordinary Incident at Rendlesham Forest Sergeant James Penniston Colonel Charles I. Halt 179
19 Chile: Aeronautical Cases and the Official Response General Ricardo Bermúdez Sanhueza Captain Rodrigo Bravo Garrido 189
20 UFOs in Brazil Brigadier General José Carlos Pereira 198
Part 3 A Call to Action 207
21 Fighting Back: A New UFO Agency in America 209
22 The FAA Investigates a UFO Event "That Never Happened" John j. Callahan 222
23 Government Cover-up: Policy or Myth? 230
24 Governor Fife Symington and Movement Toward Change 247
25 Setting the Record Straight Governor File Symington III 262
26 Engaging the U.S. Government 265
27 Militant Agnosticism and the UFO Taboo Alexander Wendt Raymond Duvall 269
28 Facing an Extreme Challenge 282
Acknowledgments 293
About the Contributors 297
About the Author 303
Notes 305
Index 327