From: Kenny Young <ufo@fuse.net>
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 19:33:11 -0700
Fwd Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 09:13:28 -0400
Subject: Education Said Goal Of Cincinnati UFO Conference


Organizers identify education as goal at 39th UFO
Conference
By Jon Gambrell
The Hamilton (Ohio) News-Journal
September 26, 2002

For the JournalNews

KINGS MILLS =97 The 39th Annual National UFO Conference is landing
this year near Kings Island.

The goal of the conference =97 1 p.m. Saturday at the Kings Island
Resort & Conference Center =97 is to better educate southern Ohio
about UFO phenomena, organizers say.

Kenny Young, a member of the Mutual UFO Network and operator of
a tri-state UFO hotline, said the conference will address the
problem of the Tradesocietal vacancy of curiosity."

TradeWe=92re getting together to hear researchers pass along their
lifetime of efforts," said Young, a resident of Florence, Ky.
TradeWe want to educate the public and trigger curiosity."

The conference wasn=92t held last year due to the terrorist
attacks on Sept. 11, but Young feels that this year=92s event will
be successful.

Thus far, 150 people have confirmed their spot at the
conference, some of them coming from as far away as Devon,
England.

The event will feature discussions, photo exhibits and booths
operated by various UFO organizations, like the Chicago-based
Center for UFO Studies

TradeThe field is really a mixed bag right now," director Mark
Rodeghier said. TradeWe are still having sightings, but the crafts
have changed from oval to triangular. Also, there isn=92t as much
physical evidence as before."

Rodeghier said that there are two prevalent attitudes in the
field currently: That the space crafts are under intelligent
control, or the more Tradeagnostic" view that no one knows what is
causing the phenomenon.

TradeOver all, the interest is very high in UFOs," he said. TradeFifty
percent of Americans believe in UFOs and we want the subject to
get serious scientific attention."

One person who is striving to get attention for the field is
Stephen Bassett. Bassett is campaigning on the extraterrestrial
issue as an independent candidate for Congress in Maryland=92s 8th
District.

TradeWe=92re four months into our campaign," said Bassett, the only
registered lobbyist on the issue. TradeWe=92re doing very well. We are
on the ballot."

Bassett is campaigning to raise public awareness and to
encourage the federal government to make a formal acknowledgment
of the extraterrestrial presence, according to his campaign Web
site, Disclosure2003.

Bassett will be delivering a speech at the conference on TradeThe
Politics of Disclosure."

TradeOur ultimate goal is to end the government information
embargo," he said. TradeThe quality of the information released will
be a political decision and the public needs to be involved."

Conference admission is $15 per adult and $10 for children
younger than 12.