Senado dos EUA, 1998: eleitor pede a Grassley que a NASA explique os “UFOs dos astronautas”

[manuscrito: 1320.4 Aeronautics: UFO's] Headquarters Action Tracking System (HATS) INCOMING CORRESPONDENCE ACTION ID Number: L/1998-00729. Title: Rothman/UFO Sightings by Astronauts. Recipient: L/Heffernan. Author: Grassley. Organization: Senate. Date Written: 08/03/1998. Date Received: 08/31/1998. Date Concurred: [em branco]. Date Submitted: [em branco]. Date Signed: 09/04/1998. Date Closed: 09/10/1998. Action Office: LD/Rothman:P. >>Current Due Date: 08/22/1998<<. Original Due Date: 08/22/1998. Status: Closed. Signature Office: L/Heffernan. Info Offices: L/Heffernan, L/Heninger, L/Kerwin. Abstract: Senator Grassley forwards letter from (b)(6) who is requesting information on UFO sightings by Astronauts. Comments: [em branco]. Enclosures: letter. Related Records: [em branco]. Keywords: (b)(6) UFO,astronauts,sightings. File Plan: 1320.4. Analyst: JMassey. 09/10/1998. Page 1 of 1

[manuscrito: yellow] SEP - 4 1998. L:HR:mtg:L/1998-729f. The Honorable Charles E. Grassley, United States Senate, Washington, DC 20510. Dear Senator Grassley: Thank you for your letter of August 3, 1998, on behalf of (b)(6) who is requesting information about the possible sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) by NASA astronauts. Over the years there have been many objects sighted by the astronauts during space missions. Most of these items were later identified by photographs or NORAD records as material from launch vehicles or spacecraft or were such items as water droplets. No unidentified materials were seen on missions to the moon. The Air Force, in the interest of national security, received and investigated all reports for many years but has discontinued this activity. NASA has no program for investigating UFOs and has not withheld information on sightings. In 1976, James Oberg thoroughly researched the UFO/astronaut allegations and published an article about it in SEARCH magazine. We are enclosing that article for (b)(6) information. In addition, enclosed is a NASA Fact Sheet which summarizes the current status of NASA's involvement in UFO investigations. We trust this information will aid you in responding to (b)(6) inquiry. Sincerely, ORIGINAL SIGNED BY. Edward Heffernan, Associate Administrator for Legislative Affairs. Enclosures

bcc: Z/Roger Launius (with incoming); provided info. Sent to Sherry Kuntz in the Hill office

[papel timbrado do Senado com endereços dos escritórios do senador em Washington e em Iowa] United States Senate, Charles E. Grassley, Washington, DC 20510-1501. August 3, 1998. Ms. Mary D. Kerwin, Deputy Assoc. For Legislative Affairs, National Aeronautics & Space Administration, 300 E Street, S.W., Two Independence Square, Room 9L33, Washington, DC 20546. Dear Ms. Kerwin: Enclosed please find a communication from (b)(6) regarding several concerns about the space program. I would appreciate any assistance you could provide pertaining to this matter. Please mark your return correspondence to the attention of Sherry Kuntz when responding to my office. Thank you for your attention to my request. Sincerely, [assinatura] Charles E. Grassley, United States Senator. CEG/sk. Enclosure. Committee Assignments: Finance, Judiciary, Agriculture, Budget, Chairman, Special Committee on Aging. Printed on recycled paper

Author: (b)(6) <(b)(6)> at internet. Date: 7/6/98 04:14 PM. Priority: Normal. TO: chuck grassley at Grassley-DC. Subject: Message from a Voter. Greetings Honorable Senator Grassley, I have recently encountered a number of new and interesting tidbits of information concerning letters I have previously written to you in regard of the UFO phenomenon that seems to be happening in the United States as well as the rest of the world. I greatly appreciate all the information you have led me to through our past correspondence. I am hoping you can help me track down a few more specific things. Here is a something I heard from someone I was corresponding with: "On Sunday, August 10, 1997 at around 9:45am CDT, I was watching TV and switched to the NASA channel for news of the ongoing shuttle mission. At the time, they were broadcasting a nighttime view of Earth. As I watched, I was surprised to see a light rising vertically from the bottom of the screen where Earth was displayed. As it continued to rise vertically (relative to the TV screen), the shuttle camera clearly began to track the light and kept the picture centered on it. "After it rose well above the horizon of Earth, the light made an apparent 90-degree turn to the right (again relative to the screen) and continued off in that direction. The shuttle camera continued to track the object and began to zoom in for a closer look. At that point NASA cut off the feed from the external camera and displayed the Houston space center instead. Unfortunately, I wasn't prepared to record this on my VCR. The entire episode lasted less than a minute, so I was unable to get the VCR ready in time." I am also interested in any information that can be relayed about the Groom Lake Area, also know as Area 51, or Dreamland, and an area known as Area S-4. The media has stated that these areas in the Nevada desert are testing grounds for US "Black Projects". I believe that vehicles such as the SR-71 Blackbird, and the F-117 Stealth Fighter where tested here. The government to date denies the existence of such places, even though I have in my possession of several videotapes, pictures, and even a Russian satellite image showing the area. Does such a place exist? Or at least, are you, the Air Force, or NASA, whoever happens to be in control of the site willing to tell us that is does exist. It is my understanding that the Nellis Air Force Base surrounds Area 51, so I imagine that the Air force is the one who has jurisdiction over the Area. Many people including Bob Lazar, Bill Uhouse, and the father of a guy I work with all claim to have worked in this secret area, and have seen and worked on craft of an alien origin. Bill Uhouse claims that both President Nixon, and Bush visited the Area 51 facility to examine the progress of recreating alien technology. He also claims that the project was going on with the aid of an alien "gray" known as Jarod (JAY-rod). If there is any truth to their claims and the claims of many others, I would wonder why such a spectacular secret would be kept from us, and why the aliens would not have made themselves known to the general populace of Earth. Please do not just send me another list of Project Blue Book documents, and I have already seen the censored files released by the CIA. These documents have been censored so all that they do is bring more suspicion toward the government, and they just make me think even more that someone is hiding something. The thing I can't figure out is why.

Anything you can do to help in my search for the hidden truth is greatly appreciated. Please help me find out if we do have aliens at Area 51, or even an admission that Area 51 exists. Thanks Much, (b)(6). Here is a list of Organizations, and places which may be helpful in helping track down some information: Organizations - Military groups and civilian contractors. * Nellis Air Force Base - Controls the land surrounding Area 51. * Nevada Test site - Borders base on the west. Initially "owned" Area 51. * Security Anonymous "Cammo Dudes" patrolling base perimeter. * "Janet" Aircraft - Official EG&G "airline" ferrying workers to Groom Lake. * Air Force Flight Test Center - Agency that controls Area 51. Based at Edwards Air Force Base. * EG&G Special Projects - General contractor at Area 51. * Bechtel - General contractor at Nevada Test Site, with some projects at Area 51. * Tonopah Test Range - "Semi-secret" aircraft testing base northwest of Area 51. * Lockheed-Martin - Aircraft manufacturer for whom the base was built. * Johnson Controls - Contractor at Nevada Test Site, possibly also at Area 51. * Wackenhut Security - Security contractor at Nevada Test Site. Places * Rachel, Nevada - Nevada's "UFO capital", the closest town to Area 51. * Basecamp Airfield - "Secret" airfield in plain sight. * Green River Launch Complex, Utah - According to "Popular Mechanics" the site of the "new Area 51". * Papoose Lake - Site of Lazar's "Area S-4" south of Groom Lake. * Tikaboo Peak - Last accessible viewpoint into Area 51

Shuttle Discovery - Mission 20. The voices of the astronaut and of the amateur radio station WA3NAN Goddard in the Space Center of Greenbelt Maryland. WA3NAN: We are retransmitting the Space Shuttle airground communication from mission 20. This is WA3NAN. Astronaut James F. Buchli... Astronaut: Houston, this is Discovery, we still have the alien spacecraft under observance...