UFO theorists search NSA documents

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The Associated Press

FORT MEADE, Md. (August 8, 2000 1:31 p.m. EDT
http://www.nandotimes.com) - UFO theorists are searching through
declassified National Security Agency files on the spy agency's Web
site, hoping to find evidence that proves there is life beyond Earth.

The NSA hoped the documents released two years ago would quell
suspicions that it harbored information about unidentified flying
objects. Instead, thousands are looking at the documents, which
include a National Enquirer article with the headline, "Take UFOs
Seriously or Be Prepared for Sneak Invasion by Space Aliens."

"The fact that they're releasing this stuff and it's so blacked out,
the theories just flurry," said John Greenwald, who has collected UFO
documents from government agencies for more than five years and posts
them on his Web site.

NSA staffers receive hundreds of written requests under the Freedom of
Information Act and the UFO queries are slowing everything, said
Pamela Philips, chief of FOIA/Privacy Act Services for the agency.

"More people than ever are interested in this stuff," said Peter
Gersten, an Arizona attorney and director of Citizens Against UFO
Secrecy. "Each year you get more and more people, especially young
people. With 'X-Files' and 'Star Wars,' it's exotic. It's
entertaining. It's the greatest mystery of all time."

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