- Having spent several decades writing -- futile -- letters
urging U.S.presidents and presidential candidates to support a reputable
UFO research project, here's a likely worthless bit of information for
those who wish to follow in my footsteps to the edge of nowhere (who knows,
your letter might be the one that influences political minds that care
about real science): If you plan to write Senator John Kerry at his Washington
office about UFOs, do be sure to mention that the building in which his
third floor office is located, the Russell Senate Office Building, is named
after the late Senator Richard Russell, whose UFO experience is legendary.
Russell (D-GA), as noted famously in reputable books and web sites about
UFOs, was the powerful chairman of the U.S. Armed Services Committee who
saw two UFOs during a visit to Russia in 1955 (See a detailed report here
in This Month In UFO History, "October 14, 1955 - US Senators See Flying
Saucers In Soviet Russia "). Apparently,
Russell was subsequently advised by U.S. government officials not to discuss
his sighting and he reluctantly admitted as much. The Fund for UFO Research
and Dr. Bruce Maccabee are credited, fortunately, with gaining release
of important documents relating to this incident under the Freedom of Information
Act, but it was former Los Angeles aviation writer and newspaper columnist
Tom Towers who dramatically exposed the incident publicly in the fifties
simply by quoting Russell's statements, in a letter to Towers, stating
that he had been advised not to discuss the matter. Towers, Rense readers
may recall, played the role of Albert Chop in the 1956 United Artists documentary
motion picture, "U.F.O."
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- For those intent upon pleading with John Kerry for The
Truth About UFOs in the event that he wins the election, there's the ice-breaker
for your letters to 304 Russell Building, Washington, D.C. 20510 -- and
pointing out the relationship between UFOs and the respected senator after
whom the building is named couldn't be a better place to start.
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